These five elected officials have all resigned from their jobs because they want to move up to Congress in a special election. Florida law requires elected officials to resign in order to get on the ballot for a new elected officials if the terms of the two offices overlap. Submitting irrevocable resignations, from left: Omari Hardy, state representative of Palm Beach County, Bobby DuBose, state representative of Broward County, Barbara Sharief a Broward County commissioner, Perry Thurston a state senator from Broward and Dale Holness a Broward County commissioner.