{"id":337756,"date":"2026-07-12T18:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/337756\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:07:09","slug":"florida-lgbtg-democratic-caucus-issues-endorsements-for-congressional-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/337756\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida LGBTG+ Democratic Caucus issues endorsements for congressional seats"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus<\/a> held its annual conference meeting this month and emerged with endorsements for political candidates running for office across the state.<\/p>\n

The caucus requires two-thirds of voting members to support a candidate before the endorsements are approved. The LGBTQ+ Caucus votes determined the endorsements after presentations from candidates and recommendations from the organization\u2019s Campaigns Committee before going to the membership for votes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe endorsed candidates have demonstrated a strong commitment not just to the cause of equality but to good governance for all,\u201d said\u00a0Kristen Browde, President of the Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe overwhelming support for those we endorse reflect broad confidence not just in a candidate\u2019s commitment to equality, democracy, and the issues that matter most to LGBTQ+ Floridians, but to their ability to win, even in difficult races. These candidates earned that confidence, and we are proud to support them.\u201d<\/p>\n

There were a total of 19 endorsements and they were either for statewide races or for congressional seats.<\/p>\n

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Candidates endorsed for statewide offices by the LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus include David Jolly for Governor. They also backed Jose Javier Rodriquez for Attorney General and Donald A. \u201cDon\u201d Pritchard for Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer services.<\/p>\n

Their endorsements for candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives districts in Florida include Gay Valimont for Congressional District 1, Seth Harp District 3, Brit Robinson Seat 4, Alex Hazen District 5, Marialana Kintner District 7, Jennifer Jenkins District 8, Kimberly Overman District 12, Kathy Castor District 14, Christopher Irizarry District 15, Kelly Kirschner District 16, Curtis Gibson District 18, Pia Dandiya District 22, Shevrin \u201cShev\u201d Jones District 24, Jared Moskowitz District 25, Nicole Locklin District 26 and Robin Peguero District 27.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Friday\u2019s) endorsements represent the collective voice of our members and our unwavering commitment to electing leaders who will defend equality, protect our freedoms, and build a Florida where every person is treated with dignity, respect, and opportunity,\u201d said\u00a0Alfredo Olvera, Campaigns Director for the Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus. \u201cThese candidates have earned the confidence of our membership, and we\u2019re excited to help build the coalition that will send them to office.\u201d<\/p>\n

The LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus represents the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities within the Florida Democratic Party across the state with local chapters in most metropolitan areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus held its annual conference meeting this month and emerged with endorsements for political…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[139002,139003,132249,139004,139005,139006,1813,139007,28,30,138727,29,139008,3854,12108,139009,8874,139010,62635,139011,139012,139013,139014,42607,139015,139016],"class_list":["post-337756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-alex-hazen","tag-alfredo-olvera","tag-annual-conference","tag-brit-robinson","tag-christopher-irizarry","tag-curtis-gibson","tag-david-jolly","tag-donald-a-don-pritchard","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-lgbtq-democratic-caucus","tag-florida-news","tag-gay-valimont","tag-jared-moskowitz","tag-jennifer-jenkins","tag-jose-javier-rodriquez","tag-kathy-castor","tag-kelly-kirschner","tag-kimberly-overman","tag-kristen-browde","tag-marialana-kintner","tag-nicole-locklin","tag-pia-dandiya","tag-robin-peguero","tag-seth-harp","tag-shevrin-shev-jones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337756","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=337756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}