State Representative Kionne L. McGhee, born November 23, 1977, is a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 117th District, which includes southern Miami-Dade County, stretching from Richmond Heights to Florida City, since 2012. Kionne was born in Miami, and attended Howard University, where he graduated with a degree in political science in 2000, and the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, where he received a Juris doctorate. After graduating, McGhee wrote "A Mere I Can is American," his memoir, and started working as an assistant state’s attorney in Miami-Dade County. Florida House districts were reconfigured in 2012 and Bullard successfully ran for the Florida State Senate, meaning that the newly created 117th District, which included most of the territory in the previous 118th District, was an open seat. McGhee opted to run there in the Democratic primary, he was able to comfortably defeat his opponents, receiving 65% of the vote. He advanced to the general election, where he was elected unopposed. In 2014, when the legislature considered a bill that would have allowed "unlicensed gun owners to carry their weapons after evacuating during an emergency," which McGhee voted against when it was considered before the House Judiciary Committee, saying that it would result in "local militias." The Miami Herald praised McGhee for his "sensibly cast" vote against the legislation, which it called "misguided."