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Jennifer Sandra Carroll (née Johnson, August 27, 1959) is a Trinidadian-born American politician and retired naval officer who served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Florida from January 4, 2011 to March 12, 2013. Carroll is the first black person, woman and Trinidadian-American[1] elected to the office;[2][3] she also is the first black person elected to statewide office in Florida since Reconstruction.[4] Carroll previously served as a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives. She is the bestselling author of an autobiography entitled When You Get There.[5]

Although she was later cleared, Carroll came under scrutiny for public relations work for a charity that involved itself in gambling and for $24,000 in income that she failed to report on financial disclosures and tax returns. At the request of Governor Rick Scott, Carroll resigned her post as lieutenant governor on March 12, 2013. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement subsequently concluded that she had not broken any laws.[6][7]

As a new group of florida’s political leadership takes the reins of the state, black floridians ‒ including supporters of president Donald Trump ‒ were notable by their presence. Former Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, the highest-ranking Black female elected official in Florida history thus far, was also invited to the formal inauguration ceremony.[8]

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