Staff Writer Ihosvani Rodriguez reports on the brothers Bober and their increasingly influential family:

There’s Peter the mayor, Bernie the newly elected judge, Carlton the hot-shot lawyer and Daniel the expert on veterans’ mental health.

A clan of overachievers, by all accounts, they are members of a Cuban immigrant family whose last name has gained ground in Broward County’s political world this year.

“We’ve gone a long way from shoveling a lot of snow in New York,” patriarch Larry Bober said in Spanish, as he spread a thick layer of butter on his Cuban toast.

Earlier this year, the youngest of the brothers, Peter Bober, 36, easily defeated Hollywood Mayor Mara Giulianti, ending her nearly 20-year reign.

In November, the oldest brother, Bernie, 49, handily won a circuit court judgeship with a walloping 74 percent of the vote after working as a public defender for over two decades. Bernie Bober, who said he always thought of becoming a judge, used campaign signs and T-shirts nearly identical to his brother Peter’s, with the name “BOBER” written large. Name recognition helped, he said.

“When my brother won, it set something off and I knew it was time to run,” said Bernie Bober, the only brother born in Cuba.

Broward Democratic Chairman Mitch Ceasar, who has known the family a long time, said many local political observers have taken notice of the brothers’ decisive victories.

“It certainly has become a significant name,” Ceasar said. “They both got in on a nonpartisan basis. They both not only had success with that, but thrived on it.” He said that increases the clout of their name.

Throughout both campaigns, parents Larry and Francine Bober were sign-carrying fixtures at polling sites.

“They were a major part of our success,” said Bernie Bober. “We had great role models in parents, and great campaign workers.”

Now all eyes are on the other brothers.

“I’ve been asked the same questions about 200 times now,” said Carlton Bober, 44, a litigation attorney and former president of the Broward County Hispanic Bar Association. “I’ve never really considered running for office in the past because I had small children. But it’s something I might consider in the near future.”

Psychiatrist Daniel Bober, 37, recently hired as director of Broward General Medical Center’s Behavioral Health Services, prefers a role behind the scenes. His most recent job was in Washington, D.C., where he advised congressional leaders on legislation dealing with war veterans.

“I wouldn’t rule anything out, but right now I am just focused on my career,” Daniel Bober said.

Larry Bober, 72, a Cuban-born engineer of Russian descent, fled Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1960 and went to New York. He and Francine, a registered nurse and real estate agent who speaks no Spanish, soon moved to Miami, but only briefly.

In 1972, just months after the youngest Bober was born, the family moved to Hollywood.”There were only a few of us [Hispanic families], and many thought we were crazy to move up here,” said Larry Bober, whose sons were raised in their mother’s Jewish faith.

All four sons downplay any competitiveness while growing up.

But when they met recently at their parents’ home in Hollywood for a “casual” photo shoot, all but Peter Bober showed up in a suit and tie. The mayor was visibly troubled, made a few jokes about the disparity and slipped out to his car. He came back wearing a jacket.

“It’s like you guys planned this, didn’t you?” Peter said to his cackling set of older brothers. “You did, didn’t you?”