Jake LaCrosse

Jacob Erikson LaCrosse (born April 29, 1965) is an American politician serving as the 48th and current Vice President of the United States since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as governor of Florida from 2005 to 2013. After graduating from the University of Texas, LaCrosse served as a police officer before running for public office.

LaCrosse was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1988 and moved back to Florida to pursue his political career. LaCrosse successfully sought the Republican nomination for the 2004 Florida gubernatorial election, after Victor Hawley announced his retirement. As governor, he passed legislation which were considered by most to be controversial, specifically xenophobic. One of his most controversial actions was defunding social services which mainly aided poor Cuban immigrants.

In 2013, after his term ended, he was not in government for 3 years, until Richard Kale asked him to be his running mate in the 2016 presidential election, where they won and LaCrosse was inaugurated with Kale on January 20th, 2017.