Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. House · Florida's 15th District

2 candidates on the ballot.1,2,3

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Laurel Lee
Republican · Incumbent
Currently represents Florida's 15th District in the U.S. House.
Robert People
Democrat · Challenger

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Laurel LeeRobert People
Party on the ballotRepublican1,2,4Democrat1,2,5
StatusIncumbent6Challenger
Raised$2,711,189 through October 14, 20267$82,518 through October 14, 20268
Cash on hand$1,320,4567$26,6258
Outside spending$207,329 for · $0 against9Not found in the public sources we checked

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Laurel Lee — 10 issues
  • Police funding
    Her campaign website says she cosponsored a resolution against efforts to defund the police.10
  • Vouchers and education savings accounts
    Her campaign website says the tax law she advocated for expands education savings accounts.10
  • Child tax credit
    Her campaign website lists a doubled child tax credit among the tax relief provisions she advocated for.10
  • Border wall and barriers
    Build walls or fencing along much more of the border
    Her campaign website says she voted for a bill that puts more than $46 billion toward completing the border wall and growing the Border Patrol workforce.10
  • Immigration enforcement inside the country
    Her campaign website says the border bill she voted for provides substantial backing for deportation operations and for partnerships with local law enforcement, equipping ICE and DHS to detain and remove noncitizens it describes as criminals.10
  • Business tax breaks
    Her campaign website lists preserving the 20% small business deduction among the tax relief provisions she advocated for.10
  • Federal spending levels
    Her campaign website says she supported efforts to cut unnecessary government spending.10
  • Fraud and improper payments in federal programs
    Her campaign website says she supported efforts to end fraud, waste and abuse in government programs so taxpayer money reaches people who truly need it rather than people who are ineligible or are defrauding the system.10
  • Taxes on tips and overtime
    Her campaign website says she advocated for the tax law enacted by Congress, which it says ends taxes on tips and overtime.10
  • Rules for artificial intelligence
    Her campaign website says she is working, through her seat on the House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, to balance innovation with transparency and to protect consumers and intellectual property.10
Robert People — 32 issues
  • Who sets abortion law
    A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
    His healthcare plan says he would introduce, cosponsor or vote for federal legislation that protects a woman's right to decide whether to have an abortion.11
  • Discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity
    His campaign website says he will shield the LGBTQ+ community from harmful legislation and practices.12
  • Banking and investment rules
    His affordability plan says he would fight to preserve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and would vote for click-to-cancel legislation requiring subscriptions to be as easy to cancel as to start.13
  • Tariffs
    His affordability plan lists ending the tariff war and says he would vote to reclaim the power of the purse and end President Trump's tariff policies.13
  • Campaign finance rules
    Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
    His affordability plan says overturning Citizens United would require a constitutional amendment, which he would support.13
  • Stock trading by members of Congress
    Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
    His campaign website says he intends to back or introduce legislation banning stock trading by members of Congress.12
  • Voting by mail
    His campaign website says his priorities include protecting vote by mail.14
  • Carbon taxes and cap-and-trade
    A price on emissions from US companies, through a tax, fee or cap-and-trade
    His affordability plan says he will back legislation creating a federal carbon pricing model whose revenue would be returned to households as monthly dividends.13
  • Data centers and electricity costs
    Pause or limit new data centers
    His affordability plan lists a data center moratorium while a regulatory framework is developed, and says a moratorium on building these facilities should be enacted until existing facilities are retrofitted and studies are completed.13
  • Oil and gas drilling on federal land and offshore
    His clean energy plan says he is against expanding deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and against allowing drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.15
  • Air pollution limits
    His clean energy plan lists restoring Environmental Protection Agency standards and says he will support legislation that reinstates and reinforces them.15
  • Conservation and development on federal lands
    His clean energy plan says he will oppose congressional measures that strip protections from public land so that mining, drilling or fracking can take place.15
  • Endangered species protections
    His clean energy plan lists preserving Endangered Species protections and says he will support legislation to enshrine protections for biodiversity.15
  • Child care costs
    Make child care free, or cap what families pay at a set share of income (such as 7%), paid for with new public funding
    His affordability plan lists universal pre-K and child care capped at 7% of a family's income.13
  • Food assistance (SNAP)
    Undo the 2025 changes or expand benefits and eligibility
    His affordability plan lists reversing the 2025 law's cuts to SNAP benefits and food bank funding and says he would fight to restore SNAP and USDA funding cuts.13
  • Paid family and medical leave
    His affordability plan lists paid leave under wages and income, saying he supports reforms of workers' rights, for example requirements for paid family leave.13
  • Military aid to Israel
    Reduce or end military aid to Israel
    His campaign website says he will vote for no further arms to be sent to Israel under the current administration, and his Israel and Palestine plan says he will vote to stop American arms shipments to Israel.12,16
  • Military spending
    Cut military spending
    His affordability plan lists cutting war and Defense Department spending and says he would fight against spending taxpayer funds on forever wars, vanity projects and missions with no measurable objectives.13
  • ACA premium tax credits
    His healthcare plan says that until Medicare for All is in place he would vote to increase and extend ACA subsidies.11
  • Drug prices compared with other countries
    His healthcare plan says he would support a reference-based pricing requirement, under which the government sets a maximum price for a drug based on what the company charges in other countries, as Germany and France do.11
  • Federal Medicaid funding
    Reverse the 2025 changes or increase federal funding
    His healthcare plan says he would vote to reverse Medicaid cuts.11
  • Health insurance system
    One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
    His campaign website and healthcare plan say he supports Medicare for All, a universal health care system.11,12
  • Medicaid expansion
    His healthcare plan says he would vote to expand Medicaid coverage requirements for all states.11
  • Help for first-time homebuyers
    Large federal grants or tax credits for down payments, such as up to $25,000
    His affordability plan says he would support $25,000 in help with the down payment and closing costs for people buying their first home.13
  • Large investors buying single-family homes
    His affordability plan proposes a right of first refusal for tenants, nonprofits and agencies when a landlord sells a home, and prohibiting corporations with more than 50 homes from buying houses in a market with less than four months' supply of existing homes.13
  • Federal disaster aid (FEMA)
    His affordability plan says he will work to keep funding for disaster preparedness and recovery support, and it names NOAA, FEMA, the National Weather Service and the BRIC resilience program.13
  • Medicare dental, vision and hearing coverage
    His healthcare plan says Medicare coverage requirements should be expanded now to include dental and hearing care.11
  • Social Security benefit levels
    Slow benefit growth for higher earners or future retirees
    His Social Security plan proposes that monthly income above the 70th percentile add to a higher earner's benefit at a lower rate, phased in for new enrollees, while lower-income recipients keep the same benefits.17
  • Social Security payroll tax cap
    Apply the tax to all earnings
    His Social Security plan says he supports and proposes eliminating the Social Security tax cap on income.17
  • Social Security retirement age
    His Social Security plan says the talk that comes up every few years about raising retirement ages has gone on long enough.17
  • Corporate tax rate
    Raise it, for example to 25% or 28%, or back to the 35% top rate in place before 2018
    His affordability plan says other countries' corporate tax rates average around 28% and that adopting that standard and closing loopholes would increase revenue.13
  • Taxes on very large fortunes
    A yearly tax on net worth above a high threshold (such as $50 million)
    His affordability plan says he would support and vote for legislation that creates an annual wealth tax of 5% on billionaires.13

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.