florida VOTER ENDORSEMENT GUIDE 2018 FLORIDA PRIMARY ELECTIONS
E ENDORSED P PREFERRED A ACCEPTABLE
AN ENDORSEMENT indicates a vetted and recommended candidate based on 1) claim to be conservative but has no voting record to validate those claims. A pre- conservative voting record, 2) personal interviews or knowledge of the candidate, ferred status may also indicate that the candidate may have a mixed voting record and/or 3) thorough research showing a conservative background, training, and and therefore cannot be endorsed but is still a better option than the other candi- experience. Endorsement indicates a very high likelihood of confidence that this dates. Finally, a preferred status may be used where all the candidates are either candidate will govern and vote as a conservative. mediocre or weak and we are simply recommending the slightly better candidate.
A PREFERRED RATING indicates a candidate preferred as more conservative or more AN ACCEPTABLE RATING is used when candidates do not have enough differences competent than the other candidate/s running in the same race but who cannot between them to warrant either an “endorsement” or a “preferred” status rating, be fully supported with an endorsement. A candidate with a preferred status may and either candidate would be an acceptable choice.
UNITED STATES SENATOR GOVERNOR A 51 Henry Parrish (R) E Adam Putnam (R) E Rick Scott (R) A 51 Tyler Sirois (R) ATTORNEY GENERAL E Frank White (R) E 52 Thad Altman (R) * UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE P 56 Melony Bell (R) E Matt Caldwell (R) A 1 Cris Dosev (R) E 57 Mike Beltran (R) A 1 Matt Gaetz (R) * E 59 Ronda Storms (R) E 3 Ted Yoho (R) * FLORIDA STATE SENATOR DISTRICT P 61 Sharon Carter (D) E 5 Virginia Fuller (R) E 4 Aaron Bean (R) * P 62 Mike Alvarez (D) E 6 Fred Costello (R) P 16 Ed Hooper (R) E 64 James Grant (R) * E 7 Vennia Francois (R) E 20 Tom Lee (R) * P 66 Berny Jacques (R) E 8 Bill Posey (R) * P 38 Daphne Campbell (D) * A 69 Jeremy Bailie (R) P 9 Darren Soto (D) * A 69 Ray Blacklidge (R) FLORIDA STATE REPRESENTATIVE P 10 Val Demings (D) * DISTRICT P 70 Vito Sheeley (D) E 1 Mike Hill (R) E 11 Daniel Webster (R) * P 72 Jason Miller (R) P 2 Greg Merk (R) E 12 Gus Michael Bilirakis (R) * E 73 Tommy Gregory (R) P 10 Robert “Chuck” Brannan (R) E 13 George Buck (R) P 74 James Vernon Buchanan (R) E 11 Cord Byrd (R) * E 15 Ross Spano (R) P 79 Spencer Roach (R) E 14 Kimberly Daniels (D) * E 17 Greg Steube (R) A 83 Toby Overdorf (R) 15 Joseph Hogan (R) A 83 Sasha Dadan (R) A 18 Dave Cummings (R) E 18 Brian Mast (R) * A E 22 Charlie Stone (R) * A 84 Mark Gotz (R) A 84 Robert L. Joseph (D) P 20 Jay Bonner (WRI) E 26 Michael Cantu (R) A 84 Theresa “Teri” Pinney (R) P 22 Eddison Walters (R) E 32 Anthony Sabatini (R) P 87 Edgardo Hernandez (R) 23 Joseph Kaufman (R) E A 37 Elle Rudisill (R) P 89 Matt Spritz (D) 37 Ardian Zika ((R) P 26 Carlos Curbelo (R) * A P 109 James Bush III (R) A 47 Mikaela Nix (R) E 27 Elizabeth Adadi (R) A 47 Stockton Reeves (R) A 115 Vance Aloupis (R) A 115 Jose Fernandez (R) P 50 George Collins (R) E 116 Daniel Anthony Perez (R)*
ENDORSEMENT KEY: *Incumbent P 119 Bibiana “Bibi” Potestad (R)