Private citizen (technology and management consultant)

Dean Abrams is a technology and management consultant whose campaign says he spent three decades in enterprise technology and consulting work at Microsoft, HP and KPMG and helped rebuild New York City's emergency communications systems after September 11². He is running with no party affiliation with running mate Joe Van Vactor, a retired Air Force veteran, and says his campaign is self funded and takes no PAC or corporate money¹²³.

Where they stand 8 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• Minimum wageRaise it higher and tie it to the cost of livingmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign site says he will move to tie future increases in Florida's $15 minimum wage to Florida's cost of living and remove the state preemption that blocks local wage floors. (2026) source
• ImmigrationTighter border security plus a path to legal status for long-time residentsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign site says violent offenders and traffickers face enforcement, employers exploiting unauthorized labor face accountability, and he supports a path for long-term, law-abiding residents, including those brought here as children. (2026) source
• GunsKeep current laws and enforce what is already on the booksmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign site says he supports constitutional carry, which is already Florida law, and stand your ground, and objects to the procedure in Florida's red flag law, proposing a replacement with a full adversarial hearing, right to counsel and prompt return of property. (2026) source
• Curriculum and booksParents, including the right to remove material they object tomedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign site supports parental authority over curriculum and says no child should be exposed to sexual content or age-inappropriate material in school, with written, transparent review standards. (2026) source
• Business regulationStronger rules on big corporations, banks and tech companiesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign site proposes capping insurer profits, barring institutional investors from buying single-family homes, capping payday and title loans, creating a state consumer financial protection office, and penalizing data brokers, while supporting small business deregulation. (2026) source
• Energy and climateA gradual shift to cleaner energy, driven by incentivesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign site opposes offshore drilling and fracking and supports protecting net metering, distributed solar and battery storage. (2026) source
• School vaccinesEnd school vaccine requirements; leave it to parentslow

  Said · low confidence

  • His campaign site says forced medical procedures violate bodily autonomy, opposes vaccine passports and employer shot requirements, and says parents, not agencies, hold authority over their children's medical decisions. (2026) source
• School choiceNo single answer fitsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • His campaign site lists support for school choice and parental authority over curriculum. (2026) source

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Healthcare, Abortion, Housing and growth, Policing and crime, Election rules, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Marijuana, Gender care for minors, Redistricting, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Ranked-choice voting, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, Nuclear power, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.