Following the conclusion of this weekend’s COPE 2026 Endorsing Convention, the Florida AFL-CIO is proud to announce its first slate of endorsements for candidates running for elected office across the state of Florida in 2026!
Thank you to the over 200 member delegates from across all of our Central Labor Councils who made their voices heard as part of our biennial endorsement process. We are excited to put our weight behind these candidates who best reflect the experience, commitment, and will to fight for Florida’s working families!
Candidates backed by the Florida AFL-CIO are made part of one of Florida’s largest and longest running organized volunteer political mobilizations in the state. This program includes volunteers in every corner of the state making phone calls, knocking on doors and sending mail to the approximately 1.3 million active union members, retirees and their families from all walks of life. The Florida AFL-CIO provides an infrastructure that utilizes the most up to date tools and data to spread the word about those candidates who have committed to improve the lives of working families, union and non-union alike.
NOTE: The following races do not constitute the full list of all races considered by the FL AFL-CIO or its Central Labor Councils. For races that continue to be deliberated or that are unlisted, candidates are encouraged to contact the Central Labor Councils that covers the region of their sought after seat to find out more.
An (EE) designation demarcates a candidate early endorsed by the FL AFL-CIO through its Friends of Labor endorsement process.
Statewide Office
For statewide office, the FL AFL-CIO proudly endorses the following candidates on behalf of Florida’s working families:
Governor: David Jolly / Gwen Graham
Attorney General: Jose Javier Rodriguez (EE)
Congressional Office
For Congressional Office, the FL AFL-CIO proudly endorses the following candidates on behalf of Florida’s working families:
Congressional District 2: Amanda Marie Green
Congressional District 5: Rachel Grage
Congressional District 8: Jennifer Jenkins
Congressional District 9: Darren Soto
Congressional District 10: Maxwell Frost
Congressional District 13: Leela Gray
Congressional District 14: Kathy Castor
Congressional District 16: Kelly Kirschner
Congressional District 20: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
Congressional District 22: Pia Dandiya
Congressional District 23: Lois Frankel
Congressional District 26: Mario Diaz-Balart
State House
For office in the Florida House of Representatives, the FL AFL-CIO proudly endorses the following candidates on behalf of Florida’s working families:
House District 9: Allison Tant (EE)
House District 13: Audrey Gibson
House District 15: Chadd Charland
House District 22: Amy Trask
House District 33: Dan McDow
House District 37: Jane Aman
House District 38: Michelle DeJesus
House District 39: Jarod Dwany Fox
House District 40: RaShon Young (EE)
House District 41: Bruce Hadley Antone (EE)
House District 42: Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet
House District 43: Samuel Vilchez Santiago
House District 44: Jennifer “Rita” Harris (EE)
House District 45: Leonard Spencer (EE)
House District 46: Jose Alvarez (EE)
House District 62: Kyandra Darling
House District 63: Jacqueline Coffie-Leeks
House District 64: Luis Salazar
House District 65: Karen Gonzalez Pittman (EE)
House District 67: Luis Viera
House District 77: Cornelious Fowler
House District 78: Cindy Banyai
House District 87: Emily Gregory
House District 88: Jervonte “Tae” Edmonds (EE)
House District 89: Debra Tendrich (EE)
House District 90: Rob Long
House District 95: Christine Hunschofsky (EE)
House District 96: Dan Daley (EE)
House District 98: Mitchell Rosenwald
House District 99: Daryl Campbell
House District 100: Michael Ferguson
House District 101: Todd Delmay
House District 103: Robin Bartleman (EE)
House District 104: Felicia Robinson (EE)
House District 105: Marie Paule Woodson (EE)
House District 106: Lucilla Baez-Geller
House District 107: Wallace Aristide (EE)
House District 108: Dinah Escarment
House District 113: Gloria Romero Roses
House District 117: Kevin Chambliss (EE)
State Senate
For office in the Florida State Senate, the Florida AFL-CIO proudly endorses the following candidates on behalf of Florida’s working families:
Senate District 5: Tracie Davis (EE)
Senate District 6: Jason Bellamy-Fults
Senate District 10: John Lowdnes
Senate District 14: Brian Nathan
Senate District 15: LaVon Bracy Davis (EE)
Senate District 16: Fentrice Driskell
Senate District 17: Carlos Guillermo Smith (EE)
Senate District 24: Mack Bernard
Senate District 25: Kristen Arrington (EE)
Senate District 26: David Silvers
Senate District 32: Rosalind Osgood (EE)
Senate District 36: Ileana García (EE)
Senate District 34: Ashley Gantt (EE)