Juan-Carlos "J.C." Planas (born July 17, 1970 in

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) is an American politician. He received his bachelor's degree from the

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in 1993. A former prosecutor, he received his

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from

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in 1998. He lives in the community of Westchester in Miami-Dade County, Florida. He is married to Viviana. Originally a Republican and former member of

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, Juan-Carlos switched his party registration to unaffiliated in 2019, and subsequently to Democratic in 2020. This was in part due to Planas' opposition to

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, the Republican president at the time. In July 2023, Planas returned to politics and announced his candidacy for the

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Supervisor of Elections in 2024. His opponent was Republican State Representative

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., who ultimately defeated him. Garcia won 44.16% of the vote, amounting to 458,770 votes.https://enr.electionsfl.org/DAD/3713/Summary/

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1970 births Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Florida Living people Florida State University alumni Republican Party members of the Florida House of Representatives American politicians of Cuban descent Florida Democrats 21st-century members of the Florida Legislature {{Florida-FLRepresentative-Republican-stub