Who is running for U.S. Senate (Florida, rest of the current term) in 2026?

U.S. Senator from Florida (appointed January 2025)

Ashley Moody is a fifth-generation Floridian raised in Plant City and a three-time University of Florida graduate who worked as a federal prosecutor, was elected a Hillsborough County circuit judge in 2006, and served as Florida Attorney General from 2019 to 2025². Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed her to the U.S. Senate, where she was sworn in on January 21, 2025, and she won the August 18, 2026 Republican primary for the remainder of the term²¹.

Where they stand 10 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• Transgender athletesNo, and Congress should set a biological sex rule nationwidehigh

  Said · high confidence

  • Said "Male athletes have no business competing in women's sports" and called for passing legislation; her office says she cosponsors the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, a federal bill limiting girls' and women's school teams to biological females. (2026-09-23) source
  • Voted for cloture on the motion to proceed to S. 9, the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, a procedural vote; it failed 51 to 45. (2025-03-03) source
• Income taxesCut taxes across the board, including for top earners and corporationsmedium

  Voted · medium confidence

  • Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which made the 2017 individual tax cuts permanent, including the 37% top rate; it passed the Senate 51 to 50, with the Vice President breaking a 50 to 50 tie. (2025-07-01) source
• Safety net programsKeep them, but add work requirements for able-bodied adultsmedium

  Voted · medium confidence

  • Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which added work requirements for able-bodied adults on Medicaid and SNAP. (2025-07-01) source
• ImmigrationSecure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steadymedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Introduced the RIPPLE Act to expand the 287(g) program, saying it would give state law enforcement resources to "more efficiently get dangerous criminals out of our communities." (2025-06-10) source
  • Voted for S. 2, the Secure America Act, a reconciliation bill providing $70 billion for immigration enforcement and border security through 2029; it passed 52 to 47. (2026-06-05) source
• Politicians trading stocksNo, ban it for members and their spousesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Spoke on the Senate floor urging passage of the Stop Insider Trading Act, which bars members of Congress and their spouses and dependent children from buying covered stocks, saying most of the country wants "banning members from trading stocks." (2026-07-27) source
• AbortionIllegal, except to save the mother's life or in cases of rape or incestlow

  Said · low confidence

  • Cosponsored the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and said "We will always fight for life." (2025-10-08) source
  • As Florida Attorney General, filed a brief urging the Florida Supreme Court to keep a proposed 2024 abortion-rights amendment off the ballot, arguing its summary was misleading. (2023-11) source
  • Her campaign biography says she has been a national leader in protecting the sanctity of life. (2026) source
• Trade and tariffsNo single answer fitsmedium

  Voted · medium confidence

  • Voted against S.J.Res. 37, which would have ended the national emergency used to impose tariffs on Canadian imports; it passed 51 to 48. (2025-04-02) source
  • Voted against S.J.Res. 49, which would have ended the national emergency used to impose global tariffs; it failed 49 to 49. (2025-04-30) source
  • Voted against S.J.Res. 88, which would have ended the national emergency used to impose global tariffs; it passed 51 to 47. (2025-10-30) source
• Aid to IsraelNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • Voted against discharging S.J.Res. 26, a resolution to block a proposed sale of certain weapons to Israel; the motion failed 15 to 83. (2025-04-03) source
• Aid to UkraineNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • Voted for H.R. 5334, which imposes sanctions and other measures on Russia; it passed 86 to 11. (2026-08-07) source
• GunsNo single answer fitslow

  Official action · low confidence

  • Cosponsored the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would let people with a home-state concealed carry permit carry in other states that allow it, saying state lines should not "infringe on citizens' rights to bear arms." (2025-10-21) source

No public position found on: National debt, Social Security, Minimum wage, Business regulation, Healthcare, Foreign policy, Energy and climate, Judges, Marijuana, Redistricting, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Supreme Court reform, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, Birthright citizenship, E-Verify mandate, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.

Florida State Representative, District 13

Angie Nixon is a Jacksonville-born Democratic state representative, union organizer and University of Florida graduate who has served in the Florida House since 2020, first for District 14 and since 2022 for District 13²⁴. She won the August 18, 2026 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat and says she has served as executive director of Florida for All, a statewide voter registration coalition¹⁴.

Where they stand 21 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• HealthcareGovernment-run coverage for everyone (Medicare for All)medium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports Medicare for All covering every person in America, free at the point of service with no premiums, deductibles or copays. (2026) source
• Childcare and pre-KGuarantee low-cost childcare for all families plus universal pre-Kmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports universal, high-quality child care and pre-kindergarten for every family regardless of income, with costs capped at a small share of income. (2026) source
• Paid leaveCreate a national paid family and medical leave program plus paid sick daysmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports paid family and medical leave for every worker in America, guaranteed by law. (2026) source
• Student loansCancel large amounts of debt and make public college tuition-freemedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports tuition-free public college and trade school and canceling student debt. (2026) source
• Minimum wageRaise it higher and tie it to the cost of livingmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports raising the federal minimum wage to a living wage indexed to inflation for every worker. (2026) source
• Social SecurityExpand benefits and fund it with higher taxes on the wealthymedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports protecting Social Security and expanding benefits rather than cutting them. (2026) source
  • Her campaign site supports a 5 percent annual wealth tax on billionaires to pay for programs. (2026) source
• Income taxesRaise taxes on the highest earners and corporations to pay for programsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports a 5 percent annual wealth tax on net worth above $1 billion, taxing capital gains like wages, and closing corporate tax loopholes, with revenue used for direct payments to households under $150,000 and other programs. (2026) source
• Business regulationMuch stronger rules, including breaking up the largest companiesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports breaking up concentrated tech monopolies, strengthening antitrust enforcement, and cracking down on corporate price gouging and Wall Street landlords. (2026) source
• ImmigrationMuch more open immigration with less enforcementmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports abolishing ICE and rebuilding immigration enforcement from scratch, a moratorium on deportations pending an audit, and a swift path to citizenship for Dreamers and undocumented residents. (2026) source
• MarijuanaDecriminalize small amounts (fines, not jail)medium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports federal decriminalization of marijuana. (2026) source
• Campaign financeOverturn Citizens United by amendment and add public financing of campaignsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports overturning Citizens United, capping super PAC contributions, and public financing of elections. (2026) source
• RedistrictingIndependent commissions draw maps, with a national ban on partisan gerrymanderingmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports ending partisan gerrymandering with independent redistricting commissions. (2026) source
• Supreme Court reformAdd 18-year term limits and an enforceable ethics code, keeping nine seatsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports term limits and binding ethics rules for the Supreme Court. (2026) source
• Politicians trading stocksNo, ban it for members and their spousesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks while in office. (2026) source
• AI regulationFederal safety rules for powerful AI, with states free to add moremedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site calls for real federal guardrails on AI, including safety requirements for AI chatbots and independent safety testing before AI products reach kids. (2026) source
• Energy and climateAn aggressive shift to clean energy with firm deadlinesmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site supports a bold, union-built transition to renewable energy and ending taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuel corporations. (2026) source
• Foreign policyLead with diplomacy and aid more than military forcemedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site calls for a foreign policy rooted in diplomacy, human rights and restraint, using the UN and multilateral diplomacy before military action, and criticizes the $1.01 trillion defense budget. (2026) source
• Aid to IsraelKeep it, but with conditions on how weapons are used and aid to Gazamedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site calls for ending U.S. support for West Bank settlements, upholding the Gaza ceasefire, and enforcing the Leahy Law barring U.S. military aid from enabling human rights violations. (2026) source
• Safety net programsMove toward a guaranteed income or much broader programsmedium

  Said · medium confidence

  • Her campaign site proposes a universal jobs program, direct payments to households earning under $150,000, expanded Section 8 vouchers for every eligible family, and universal school meals. (2026) source
• AbortionLegal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)low

  Said · low confidence

  • Her campaign site supports protecting reproductive freedom, including the right to abortion, contraception and IVF, free from political interference. (2026) source
  • As a Florida state representative, voted against SB 300, which lowered Florida's abortion limit from 15 weeks to 6 weeks; it passed the House 70 to 40. (2023-04-13) source
• GunsNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • As a Florida state representative, voted against HB 543, which allowed concealed carry without a license for people meeting specified requirements; it passed the House 76 to 32. (2023-03-24) source

No public position found on: National debt, Trade and tariffs, Judges, Term limits, Electoral College, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, Birthright citizenship, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, Aid to Ukraine, China policy.

Private citizen

Neil J. Gillespie is running for the U.S. Senate with no party affiliation from a campaign office in Ocala; he describes himself as a working class capitalist and says he is running in part over what he calls lawfare and a lack of due process in state and federal courts¹³. He filed as an unaffiliated presidential candidate in 2024 and says he suspended a 2028 presidential campaign while running for the Senate²³.

No public position found on: Income taxes, National debt, Social Security, Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Business regulation, Healthcare, Abortion, Guns, Immigration, Trade and tariffs, Foreign policy, Energy and climate, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Marijuana, Redistricting, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Supreme Court reform, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, Birthright citizenship, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, Aid to Israel, Aid to Ukraine, China policy.