{"id":304892,"date":"2026-06-12T06:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T06:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/304892\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T06:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T06:59:21","slug":"florida-chamber-rolls-out-first-wave-of-legislative-endorsements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/304892\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Chamber rolls out first wave of legislative endorsements"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida Chamber of Commerce<\/a> released its first round of legislative endorsements Thursday, backing more than 80 candidates running for state legislative seats in a slate dominated by incumbent Republicans.<\/p>\n

The Chamber said the endorsements are largely based on how each lawmaker scored on the organization\u2019s annual Legislative Report Card<\/a>, which tracks votes on issues affecting the state\u2019s business community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Florida Chamber has a long and proven track record of endorsing and electing candidates who stand for the pro-jobs policies necessary to continue Florida\u2019s momentum towards a top 10 global economy,\u201d Florida Chamber President and CEO Mark Wilson said in a news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe trust these proven incumbent and former legislators to continue to make Florida\u2019s future a priority by focusing on job creation and further economic opportunity for all Florida families and local businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Senate endorsements include 14 candidates, all Republicans except for Democratic Sen. Mack Bernard of Palm Beach County. While the bulk are incumbents, the Chamber also endorsed former Rep. Josie Tomkow\u2019s re-do campaign in Senate District 14 as well as Reps. James Buchanan\u2019s and Lauren Melo\u2019s bids to upgrade to the Senate.<\/p>\n

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In the House, the Chamber\u2019s support again went overwhelmingly to Republican incumbents, including Speaker-designate Sam Garrison and Jennifer Canady, who is in line to succeed Garrison as Speaker. The group also endorsed Democratic Reps. Gallop Franklin, Kim Kendall, Jervonte Edmonds and Rob Long, all of whom have earned relatively strong Legislative Report Card scores during their time in office.<\/p>\n

The Chamber didn\u2019t weigh in on contested races for open seats but said additional endorsements will drop as Election Day draws nearer. The organization vowed to put \u201cits full 100-plus years of combined political experience\u201d into getting its favored candidates elected.<\/p>\n

The full endorsement list is below.<\/p>\n

Senate:<\/p>\n

SD 2: Sen. Jay Trumbull<\/p>\n

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SD 4: Sen. Clay Yarborough<\/p>\n

SD 6: Sen. Jennifer Bradley<\/p>\n

SD 10: Sen. Jason Brodeur<\/p>\n

SD 12: Sen. Colleen Burton<\/p>\n

SD 14: former Rep. Josie Tomkow<\/p>\n

SD 18: Sen. Nick DiCeglie<\/p>\n

SD 20: Senate President Designate Jim Boyd<\/p>\n

SD 22: Rep. James Buchanan<\/p>\n

SD 24: Sen. Mack Bernard<\/p>\n

SD 28: Rep. Lauren Melo<\/p>\n

SD 36: Sen. Ileana Garcia<\/p>\n

SD 38: Sen. Alexis Calatayud<\/p>\n

SD 40: Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez<\/p>\n

House:<\/p>\n

HD 1: Rep. Michelle Salzman<\/p>\n

HD 3: Rep. Nathan Boyles<\/p>\n

HD 4: Rep. Patt Maney<\/p>\n

HD 5: Rep. Shane Abbott<\/p>\n

HD 7: Rep. Jason Shoaf<\/p>\n

HD 8: Rep. Gallop Franklin<\/p>\n

HD 11: Speaker Designate Sam Garrison<\/p>\n

HD 15: Rep. Dean Black<\/p>\n

HD 16: Rep. Kiyan Michael<\/p>\n

HD 17: Rep. Jessica Baker<\/p>\n

HD 18: Rep. Kim Kendall<\/p>\n

HD 19: Rep. Sam Greco<\/p>\n

HD 20: Rep. Judson Sapp<\/p>\n

HD 22: Rep. Chad Johnson<\/p>\n

HD 23: Rep. J.J. Grow<\/p>\n

HD 24: Rep. Ryan Chamberlin<\/p>\n

HD 25: Rep. Taylor Yarkosky<\/p>\n

HD 26: Rep. Nan Cobb<\/p>\n

HD 27: Rep. Richard Gentry<\/p>\n

HD 28: Rep. Bill Partington<\/p>\n

HD 29: Rep. Webster Barnaby<\/p>\n

HD 30: Rep. Chase Tramont<\/p>\n

HD 32: Rep. Brian Hodgers<\/p>\n

HD 33: Rep. Monique Miller<\/p>\n

HD 34: Rep. Robert Brackett<\/p>\n

HD 35: Rep. Erika Booth<\/p>\n

HD 36: Rep. Rachel Plakon<\/p>\n

HD 39: Rep. Doug Bankson<\/p>\n

HD 48: Rep. Jon Albert<\/p>\n

HD 49: Rep. Jennifer Kincart Jonsson<\/p>\n

HD 50: Rep. Jennifer Canady<\/p>\n

HD 51: Rep. Hilary Holley<\/p>\n

HD 52: Rep. Samantha Scott<\/p>\n

HD 54: Rep. Randy Maggard<\/p>\n

HD 56: Rep. Brad Yeager<\/p>\n

HD 57: Rep. Adam Anderson<\/p>\n

HD 58: Rep. Kimberly \u201cKim\u201d Berfield<\/p>\n

HD 59: Rep. Berny Jacques<\/p>\n

HD 61: Rep. Linda Chaney<\/p>\n

HD 65: Rep. Karen Gonzalez Pittman<\/p>\n

HD 66: Rep. Traci Koster<\/p>\n

HD 69: Rep. Daniel \u201cDanny\u201d Alvarez<\/p>\n

HD 70: Rep. Michael Owen<\/p>\n

HD 72: Rep. William \u201cBill\u201d Conerly<\/p>\n

HD 73: Rep. Fiona McFarland<\/p>\n

HD 75: Rep. Danny Nix<\/p>\n

HD 76: Rep. Vanessa Oliver<\/p>\n

HD 77: Rep. Tiffany Esposito<\/p>\n

HD 79: Rep. Mike Giallombardo<\/p>\n

HD 80: Rep. Adam Botana<\/p>\n

HD 81: Rep. Yvette Benarroch<\/p>\n

HD 83: Rep. Kaylee Tuck<\/p>\n

HD 84: Rep. Dana Trabulsy<\/p>\n

HD 86: Rep. John Snyder<\/p>\n

HD 88: Rep. Jervonte \u201cTae\u201d Edmonds<\/p>\n

HD 90: Rep. Rob Long<\/p>\n

HD 91: Rep. Peggy Gossett-Seidman<\/p>\n

HD 93: Rep. Anne Gerwig<\/p>\n

HD 94: Rep. Meg Weinberger<\/p>\n

HD 106: Rep. Fabian Basabe<\/p>\n

HD 110: Rep. Tom Fabricio<\/p>\n

HD 111: Rep. David Borrero<\/p>\n

HD 112: Rep. Alex Rizo<\/p>\n

HD 114: Rep. Demi Busatta<\/p>\n

HD 115: Rep. Omar Blanco<\/p>\n

HD 119: Rep. Juan Carlos Porras<\/p>\n

HD 120: Rep. James Vernon \u201cJim\u201d Mooney, Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Chamber of Commerce released its first round of legislative endorsements Thursday, backing more than 80 candidates…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[112189,28,4036,3327,30,29,127716,3329],"class_list":["post-304892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-2026-legislative-report-card","tag-florida","tag-florida-chamber","tag-florida-chamber-of-commerce","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-legislative-report-card","tag-mark-wilson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}