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United States Senate

    • Florida Representative since 2020
    • Labor organizer and small business owner
    • Vocal opponent of the Republican stronghold in the state
    • Arrested for civil disobedience for protesting the illegal DeSantis gerrymandering efforts
    • Blew the whistle on Trump's corruption in 2019
    • Denies Israel's Genocide; Supports the IDF and wants to strengthen the USA-Israel alliance
    • Defends the military establishment
    • Avoids tough questions

U.S. House - District 7

    • US Navy Veteran; Former Nuclear Reactor Supervisor
    • Doesn’t take corporate or PAC money
    • Fights for affordable housing and childcare
    • Believes in passing comprehensive Immigration Reform
    • Former US Representative
    • Has lost or dropped out of previous races
    • Failed to qualify via petition; paid his way in to the race
    • US Navy Veteran
    • Advocates for increased funding for police departments
    • Takes huge donations from big PACs such as Blue Dog PAC
    • Refuses to condemn genocide in Israel

U.S. House - District 11

    • Teacher and sports coach
    • Wants to preserve the natural beauty, clean air and safe water
    • Proposed a hybrid Universal Basic Income program to eliminate working poverty
    • Project Literacy 2040: A National commitment to functional literacy
    • College professor
    • Champions direct democracy
    • Focused on technology-based leadership
    • Supports cryptocurrency and AI
    • Advocates for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
    • Worked for the National Transportation Safety Board
    • Corporate Lobbyist
    • Entered the race at the last minute after Barbie Harden Hall withdrew

Governor of Florida

    • Public school teacher
    • Advocate for the Youth Adult Voices
    • Want to address Florida affordability by addressing the property insurance crisis and expand affordable working-class housing
    • Doesn’t take PAC money and relies on grassroots fundraising
    • Born in Haiti and migrated to Florida with her family as a child
    • Ivy League Attorney. Former civil rights attorney, serving in the US Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
    • Vocal against Republican led efforts on redistricting
    • Campaign is focused on ending the Republican efforts of “culture wars”
    • Former lobbyist
    • Former US House Representative for the Republican Party in the Tampa area
    • Voted to increase military funding to Israel
    • Created the "Forward Party" before registering as a Democrat

Florida Chief Financial Officer

    • US Army Veteran, Attorney and former IRS investigator
    • Advocate for Property Insurance Reform, to provide relief from high property insurance costs
    • Financial Watchdog. “Work to uncover waste, demand accountability, and ensure taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly.”
    • Colombian immigrant
    • Former Florida State Senator for District 40 from 2017-2022
    • Wants to hold insurance companies accountable
    • Charlie Crist running mate as Lieutenant Governor in the 2014 elections

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture

    • Lawyer and former sports agent
    • As a lawyer, provided legal aid to migrant farm workers
    • Believes in protecting our water and land from overdevelopment and hyperscale AI Data Centers
    • Fights against attempts to block cannabis legalization and the hemp industry
    • Has the endorsement of Rainbow Democrats
    • 24 years as sergeant in the Broward Sherrif’s Office
    • No website or social media to find his policies

Florida Senate - District 10

    • Mayor of Maitland
    • Experience as an environmental and land-use attorney
    • Served in the Orange County Attorney’s Office
    • Focused on affordability
    • Former board member of the Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District
    • Wants to boost small businesses
    • Believes in improving the district transportation networks

Florida House - District 43

    • Chair of the Orange County Democratic Party
    • Immigrant from Venezuela
    • Opposed the county’s efforts to deputize local law enforcement for deportations
    • Focused on Housing affordability and improved public transportation
    • Former State Representative for District 48
    • Lost 2 consecutive elections
    • Voted for "Stop WOKE Act" and against vaccine mandates
    • As a former Orange County Soil and Water Conservation Board member, she missed almost an entire year of meetings

Florida House - District 47

    • Former Financial Crimes Investigator for the state of Florida
    • Community organizer and advocate
    • Proponent of statewide Green New Deal
    • Believes in Medicaid expansion and protection of reproductive rights
    • Small business owner
    • Community advocate, and faith driven
    • Wants to reform property insurance
    • Believes in improving public schools and expanding career and technical programs

Orange County Mayor

    • Previously served as County Commissioner and as Orange County Clerk of the Courts
    • Wants to protect the immigrant community and workers in the county
    • Wants to invest in public safety, focused on a community involvement and solutions
    • Believes in expanding parks, recreation, arts and local festivals
    • County Commissioner for District 3
    • Wants to use part of the TDT (Tourism Development Tax) funds to help pay for local transportation and housing needs
    • Wants protections for the environment to preserve green spaces and protect rural boundaries
    • Refused to resign early, allowing a potential DeSantis appointee for the next 2 years, rather than allowing the voters to choose her successor
    • Former US Representative for District 7
    • Immigrant from Vietnam
    • Pro-Israel and refuses to condemn the genocide
    • Takes donations from pro-Israel PACs
    • Republican backed candidate
    • Opposed to vaccine mandates in schools
    • Wants to work with ICE in the county
    • Wants to increase law enforcement funding

Orange County Commissioner District 2

    • Has experience working for County Commissioners in multiple Orange County districts
    • Focused on housing affordability by increasing supply
    • Wants to redirect gas and tourism tax money towards developing mass transit solutions
    • Republican backed
    • Former Deputy Sheriff

Orange County Commissioner District 6

    • Immigrant from the Bahamas
    • Current schoolteacher
    • Major supporter of keeping Florida waterways clean
    • Strong defender of the environment in Central Florida

Orange County Commissioner District 7

    • US Army veteran
    • Founder of Justice & Power Collective; author of AAACT Mandate and PATH Act
    • Co-founder and President of the Family Support Network
    • Served on Central Florida Commission on Homelessness
    • Touts his experience working with Tallahassee Republicans
    • Wants to solve transportation with county-run rideshare app
    • Publicly libeled Orlando 50501 with accusations of antisemitism

Orange County Commissioner District 8

    • Former Florida Representative and Senator
    • Republican backed candidate
    • No real solutions found on her website

Orange County School Board Chair

    • School Board Member District 1 since 2018
    • OCPS Volunteer and PTA President
    • President of the Florida School Boards Association
    • Endorsed by the Orange CTA
    • No previous experience as an educator, OCPS volunteer or in PTA
    • Member of Moms for Liberty, an SPLC-designated "anti-government extremist" group
    • Wants to ban books in schools
    • Wants to remove support and all protections to LGBTQ+ students

Orange County School Board - District 1

    • Republican-backed

Orange County School Board - District 2

    • Republican-backed
    • Endorsed by Alicia Farrant

Orange County School Board - District 3

    • Republican-backed
    • Endorsed by Alicia Farrant

Orange County Clerk of Courts

    • Worked in the County Clerk’s office and currently serves as its General Counsel
    • Previous controversy from a criminal charge when she was 20 years old. She specified that she was granted clemency, fully disclosed the incident and was admitted to the Florida Bar
    • Orange County Commissioner for District 4
    • Former Vice Mayor in 2023
    • Former Orange County Property Appraiser
    • Endorsement from the Florida State Fraternal Order of Police
    • Sued Cordero to get out of the Clerk’s ballot

Circuit Judge - 9th District - Group 1

    • Endorsed by AFL-CIO
    • Republican-backed candidate

Circuit Judge - 9th District - Group 2

    • Endorsed by AFL-CIO
    • Corporate-backed candidate

Circuit Judge - 9th District - Group 31

    • Republican-backed candidate

County Judge - Group 5

    • Experience on public service. Service to community.
    • Career has been more focused on business and developer interests rather than individuals and community.

County Judge - Group 17

    • Public defender
    • Republican backed candidate
    • Appointed by Ron DeSantis

County Judge - Group 21

    • Endorsed by Nicole Wilson, Rita Harris and Stephanie Vanos
    • Long time member of the League of Women Voters
    • Republican backed candidate
    • Worked with ICE
    • Appointed by DeSantis

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