Book Tops Sharief in Contentious District 35 Senate Race in Broward

Lauren Book defeated fellow Broward Democrat Barbara Sharief Tuesday in one of the more contentious local primaries in Florida this year. Book, the Democratic leader in the Florida Senate, defeated Sharief, the former Broward County mayor, the newly-drawn Senate District 35, which encompasses western Broward County including Hollywood, Davie, Cooper City, Pembroke Pines, Weston, and Miramar. The Republican-dominated legislature redrew...