The vice chair of Florida\u2019s Democratic Party who was reportedly planning a run for Congress was found dead in her home Wednesday morning and her husband was arrested in connection with the suspected domestic violence incident.<\/p>\n
Nancy Metayer Bowen, the 38-year-old vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, died sometime in the morning at her home.<\/p>\n
Nancy Metayer Bowen, 38, was killed in a suspected domestic violence incident on Wednesday. Instagram<\/p>\n
Her husband, 40-year-old Stephen Bowen, was arrested in what police are probing \u201cas a domestic violence incident,\u201d authorities said during a press conference later in the day.<\/p>\n
The exact manner of Metayer Bowen\u2019s death is still unclear. Police have not released any further details.<\/p>\n
Metayer Bowen, a first-generation Haitian-American, showed prowess on the political stage even before her storied career in Florida.<\/p>\n
Metayer Bowen\u2019s husband was arrested Wednesday. Instagram<\/p>\n
After graduating from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, she secured internships with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, former Sen.\u00a0Bill Nelson\u00a0and ex-President\u00a0Barack Obama\u2019s\u00a0administration, according to her LinkedIn.<\/p>\n
She took a short break from politics to pivot to charity work in Haiti before circling back to Florida. There, she started her first job in the Broward County government as a program manager for the Junior Sustainability Stewards Program.<\/p>\n
Metayer Bowen, 38, quickly rose through the ranks of several nonprofit organizations and even founded one of her own, while balancing her various duties in government, according to her LinkedIn.<\/p>\n
Metayer Bowen was the vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida. Instagram<\/p>\n
She was tapped to serve as Coral Springs\u2019 vice mayor in late 2024. In her announcement, she promised to continue \u201cbuilding a brighter, more inclusive future for us all.\u201d<\/p>\n
That same year, she linked with former President Joe Biden\u2019s re-election team and, after he dropped out of the presidential race, pivoted to Kamala Harris\u2019 campaign as their Florida Caribbean vote director.<\/p>\n
In March 2025, she was named the Florida Democratic Party\u2019s Vice Chair of Haitian American Voter Engagement. <\/p>\n
Metayer Bowen was planning on running for Congress. Instagram<\/p>\n
\u201cThroughout her years in public office, she led with integrity, compassion, and an unwavering sense of purpose. She believed in bringing people together, listening to those she served, and working tirelessly to create positive change in her community. To us, she was a source of strength, wisdom, and love\u2014someone who always put others before herself,\u201d Metayer Bowen\u2019s family wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n
Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz\u00a0confirmed in a post on X<\/a> that Metayer Bowen was weeks away from announcing her own campaign for Congress. <\/p>\n \u201cNancy was one of the nicest people I worked with. Always fighting for her community, always pushing to help. She had such a future. This is terrible,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n Moskowitz also referenced Metayer Bowen\u2019s youngest brother\u2019s recent passing. <\/p>\n