Kendrick Meek Jr. running for U.S. House seat his father, grandmother once held

From the archives: The Meek Family--L to R--U.S. Representative Carrie P. Meek and son Kendrick Meek, his wife Leslie Meek and son Kendrick Meek Jr. at a victory party held at the Caleb Center, on Sept. 1, 1998. JON KRAL HERALD STAFF
Miami Herald

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By Claire Heddles and Raisa Habersham

Attorney Kendrick Meek Jr. filed paperwork Wednesday to run for Florida’s 24th Congressional District, after Rep. Frederica Wilson announced two weeks ago that she wouldn’t seek reelection. Meek enters with a special caché: His grandmother was among Florida’s first three Black representatives in Congress since Reconstruction after a federal court drew the majority-Black South Florida district to comply with the federal Voting Rights Act. His father then held the seat from 2003 until 2011.

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