Osceola County Voter Guide
This nonpartisan guide helps voters compare candidates in select races. Not every race below will appear on your ballot, and inclusion below does not constitute endorsement.
All candidates were offered the same questionnaire for their office and an equal opportunity to respond. Questions were optional, and responses are published as submitted. “Did not respond” indicates that a candidate did not submit responses by the deadline. (i) indicates an incumbent.
HOW TO FIND RACES ON YOUR BALLOT
Visit VOTE411.org/ballot and enter your address or visit your Supervisor of Elections website to generate a sample ballot.
Click a section below to expand its races, read the questions, answers, and any comments provided by the candidates. For the background information supplied to candidates for each question, see the questionnaires linked below.
US Congressional District 9
Dan Green
Republican
Did Not Respond
Darren Soto (i)
Democrat
Did Not Respond
US Congressional District 18
Scott Franklin (i)
Republican
Did Not Respond
Curtis Gibson
Democrat
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1. Federal Funding for Private and Religious Schools: Do you support or oppose federal tax credits that help families pay for private or religious K-12 education?
Answer: Oppose
"Public tax dollars belong in public schools. Subsidizing private or religious schools drains vital resources from public education and undermines accountability for all students."
2. Nondiscrimination Requirements for Federally Funded Religious Organizations: Do you support or oppose requiring religious organizations, when administering federally funded programs, to comply with the same nondiscrimination requirements toward program beneficiaries as comparable secular organizations?
Answer: Support
"Any organization accepting public taxpayer funds must serve all taxpayers equally. No recipient of federal funding should be permitted to discriminate against program beneficiaries."
3. Religious Activity in Federally Funded Programs: Do you support or oppose prohibiting the use of direct federal taxpayer funds for religious instruction, worship, or proselytizing?
Answer: Support
"Direct federal taxpayer dollars should never fund religious worship, instruction, or proselytizing. Public funds must strictly support secular public services for all community members."
4. LGBTQ+ Federal Civil-Rights Protections: Do you support or oppose explicitly adding sexual orientation and gender identity to federal civil-rights laws?
Answer: Support
"Every American deserves equal protection under the law. Explicitly adding sexual orientation and gender identity to federal civil rights laws ensures dignity, fairness, and safety nationwide."
5. Abortion Access: Do you support or oppose establishing federal protections for abortion access nationwide?
Answer: Support
"Healthcare decisions belong to patients, their families, and their doctors. I support codifying federal protections for abortion access to restore bodily autonomy and reproductive freedom."
6. Churches and Candidate Endorsements: Do you support or oppose changing federal law to allow houses of worship to endorse or oppose political candidates while retaining their tax-exempt status?
Answer: Oppose
"Houses of worship must maintain tax-exempt status by staying out of partisan politics. Allowing political endorsement would turn religious institutions into untraceable political PACs."
7. Is there anything else you would like voters to know?
"As a former City Commissioner and small business owner, I am dedicated to straight talk, radical transparency, and protecting church-state separation. I will fight to protect public schools, strengthen civil rights, lower living costs, and ensure our government serves all citizens equally."
Deva Simmons
No Party Affiliation
Did Not Respond
Florida House District 35
Erika Booth (i)
Republican
Did Not Respond
Eric Gray
Democrat
Did Not Respond
Florida House District 45
Erin Huntley
Republican
Did Not Respond
Leonard Spencer (i)
Democrat
Did Not Respond
Florida House District 46
Jose Alvarez (i)
Democrat
Did Not Respond
Michael Cruz
No Campaign Website
Republican
Did Not Respond
Ivan A. Rivera
No Campaign Website
No Party Affiliation
Did Not Respond