Business owner

Ashley Elizabeth Herrmann is a Riverview High School graduate and business owner who describes herself as a lifelong Floridian, community organizer, Democratic Socialist and mother of two, with work experience at the Florida Department of Transportation and in schools¹². She lost the 2024 race for House District 49 to Jennifer Kincart Jonsson and is the 2026 Democratic nominee in District 69 against incumbent Danny Alvarez¹³.

Where they stand 18 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• HealthcareKeep the Affordable Care Act and fix what is brokenmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her platform calls for expanding Medicaid by statute and creating a state bridge fund for the Affordable Care Act subsidy cliff. (2026) source
  • Told WFLA her campaign looked at expanding Medicaid and using federal dollars Florida has refused to reduce health care costs. (2026-09-25) source
• Policing and crimeFund police and add reforms like body cameras and use-of-force limitsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her platform calls for civilian oversight boards with real authority, local approval before police accept military equipment, funding pre-arrest diversion programs, and ending private prison contracts. (2026) source
  • Told WFLA she agrees for-profit prisons should be closed. (2026-09-25) source
• Qualified immunityNo, end it for police so officers or departments can be sued for rights violationsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her platform calls for a Colorado-style state civil rights claim that bars qualified immunity as a defense. (2026) source
• DEI programsKeep them and let each school or agency decidemedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her platform calls for repealing what is left of the Stop WOKE Act, including its K-12 provisions. (2026) source
• Gender care for minorsLeave it to parents and doctorsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her platform calls for repealing SB 254, the 2023 law banning gender-affirming care for minors, along with the 2023 bathroom law. (2026) source
• RedistrictingIndependent commissions draw maps, with a national ban on partisan gerrymanderingmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her platform calls for creating an independent redistricting commission by joint resolution. (2026) source
• Campaign financeKeep spending legal but require groups to disclose their large donorsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her platform calls for extending Florida's public campaign financing program to legislative races and requiring disclosure of the true source of dark money contributions. (2026) source
• Energy and climateA gradual shift to cleaner energy, driven by incentivesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Called the climate crisis an existential threat and said representatives should invest in hurricane resiliency and energy independence through solar power. (2026) source
  • Her platform would write current rooftop solar net metering rates into statute and oppose new offshore drilling leases in the eastern Gulf. (2026) source
• AI regulationLet each state write its own targeted AI rulesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her platform would require AI systems marketed to Florida consumers to flag self-harm or violence content to a human reviewer. (2026) source
• AbortionLegal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)low

  Said · low confidence

  • Her platform says to repeal the six week abortion ban and write the right to abortion into Florida law, through a renewed constitutional amendment and a statutory Right to Reproductive Freedom Act. (2026) source
• ImmigrationNo single answer fitsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her platform calls for repealing the 2025 law that requires local police agencies to enter 287(g) agreements with ICE and for banning new agreements. (2026) source
• Election rulesNo single answer fitsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her platform calls for repealing 2025 limits on citizen ballot initiatives, restoring a simple majority for constitutional amendments, and ending the fines-and-fees requirement for voting after a felony conviction; she also criticizes changes that made it harder to vote by mail. (2026) source
• Housing and growthNo single answer fitsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her platform calls for repealing the state bans on local rent control and short-term rental rules, a right to counsel in eviction court, full funding of the state housing trust fund, and a state pilot to build public mixed-income housing. (2026) source
• Business regulationNo single answer fitslow

  Said · low confidence

  • Said she would require insurers to respond to claims within 30 days, require legislative approval for rate increases, and impose significant penalties for bad-faith denials. (2026) source
• Politicians trading stocksNo single answer fitslow

  Said · low confidence

  • Her platform says to close the stock trading loophole by extending the 2026 SAVE Act's stock trading disclosure to state legislative candidates. (2026) source
• Paid leaveNo single answer fitslow

  Said · low confidence

  • Her platform would replace Florida's voluntary insurance-only paid leave law with a mandatory payroll-funded paid family leave program. (2026) source
• Minimum wageNo single answer fitslow

  Said · low confidence

  • Her platform calls for repealing the state ban on local living wage rules and raising the wage floor for Medicaid home care workers. (2026) source
• Student loansNo single answer fitslow

  Said · low confidence

  • Her platform proposes a needs-based, last-dollar scholarship to make community college free for students who need it. (2026) source

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Guns, School choice, Curriculum and books, Judges, Marijuana, Term limits, Electoral College, Ranked-choice voting, Death penalty, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, Religion in schools, China policy.