It’s time! Florida’s primary election is Tuesday, and it’s time to make your voice heard. The direction of our state — and the country — is at stake!
You can still vote early or send in your vote by mail ballot, or wait until Tuesday and vote on Election Day.
The Florida LGBTA Democratic Caucus, representing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community to the Florida Democratic Party, earlier released a full list of endorsements for the August 28th primary election.
For the state’s most watched election — for governor — no candidate received the required two-thirds vote of eligible voting members participating to receive the endorsement at our Membership Meeting on July 28. Utilizing a successive voting process whereby the candidate with the least amount of votes was eliminated each round, the final two candidates were Andrew Gillum and Gwen Graham.
Following is the full list of endorsed candidates this cycle:
Cabinet
Governor: No Endorsement (see above)
Attorney General: Sean Shaw
CFO: State Senator Jeremy Ring
Commissioner of Agriculture: No Endorsement
Federal
US Senator Bill Nelson
CD-3: Yvonne Hayes HinsonCD-5: Rep. Al LawsonCD-6: Nancy SoderbergCD-7: Rep. Stephanie MurphyCD-8: Sanjay PatelCD-9: Rep. Darren SotoCD-10: Rep. Val DemmingsCD-13: Rep. Charlie CristCD-15: Andrew LearnedCD-16: David ShapiroCD-17: April FreemanCD-18: Lauren BaerCD-19: David HoldenCD-20: Rep. Alcee HastingsCD-22: Rep. Ted DeutchCD-23: Rep. Debbie Wasserman SchultzCD-27: State Representative David Richardson
StateHouse District 28: Lee MangoldHouse District 37: Tammy GarciaHouse District 49: Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith House District 55: Audrey Asciutto House District 89: James Bonfiglio House District 115: Dr Jeffrey Solomon House District 106: Sara McFadden
The state Caucus endorsed candidates recommended by local chapters. These include:
Stonewall Democrats of Alachua County
Senate District 8: Kayser EnnekingHouse District 21: Amol Jethwani School Board: Rob HyattSchool Board: Tina Cetin
Dolphin Democrats (Broward County)
Senate District 34: Gary FarmerHouse District 92: Paulette ArmsteadHouse District 93: Emma CollumHouse District 96: Saima FarooquiHouse District 97: Jared MoscowitzHouse District 98: Andrew DolbergHouse District 105: Javier Estevez
Hillsborough County LGBTA Democratic Caucus
House District 59: Adam HattersleyHouse District 60: Debra BellantiHouse District 63: Fentrice DriskellCommissioner District 4: Andrew Davis
Lee County LGBTQA Democratic Caucus
House District 76: David BognerHouse District 78: Parisima TaebSchool District Seat 4: Debbie JordanFort Myers City Council Seat 4: Christopher Pierce
Pasco LGBTA Democratic Caucus
County Commission District 2: Kelly SmithCounty Commission District 4: Brandi Geoit
Stonewall Democrats of Pinellas County
Senate District 16: Amanda MurphyHouse District 66: Alex HeerenHouse District 69: Jennifer WebbCounty Commission District 6: Amy Kedron School Board District 6: Matt Stewart
Rainbow Ridge LGBTA Democratic Caucus of Polk County
Senate District 22: Bob Doyel
Senate District 26: Catherine Price
House District 42: Barbara Cady
County Commission District 4: Karen Cooper Welzel
School Board District 3: Sarah Fortney