Candidate · November 3, 2026
Dean Ocean Abrams
On the ballot for Governor · Florida
- issues with public statements
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | Governor · Florida1, |
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| Party on the ballot | No Party Affiliation1, |
| Status | Open seat — no incumbent is running for this seat. |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Abrams, who lives in Sarasota, has worked for about three decades in technology and consulting in the private and public sectors, including at Microsoft, HP and KPMG.5 After the September 11 attacks he helped rebuild New York City's emergency communications, and he has since led accountability and efficiency work for state governments, including Florida's.5 He has volunteered with charities serving people with disabilities, seniors and people recovering from substance abuse.5
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running because problems such as insurance costs, property taxes, housing, surveillance and water keep getting worse while both major parties take money from those who profit from them.5
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitedeanabrams.com6
- Instagraminstagram.com/dean4gov266
- X (Twitter)x.com/DeanAbrams6
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@Dean4Gov266
- TikToktiktok.com/@deanabrams.fl6
- Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php?id=615913046166176
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/deanabrams2126
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Housing
His campaign website says he would bar institutional investors from buying single-family homes in Florida, lowering the federal limit of 350 homes to zero, with exemptions for builders, nonprofits, small local landlords and people who fix up and resell homes.7
- Tighten the ban, such as by covering smaller investors or ending exceptions
- Keep the 2026 law as passed
- Loosen or repeal the ban
His campaign website says large developments should require community approval and that the state should not override local decisions on matters such as housing and land use without naming a specific statewide interest.7
His campaign website says he supports Housing First with permanent supportive housing and opposes criminalizing homelessness.7
- Provide permanent housing first, without requiring treatment or sobriety beforehand
- Provide housing that comes with requirements, such as treatment, sobriety or work
- Enforce bans on public camping and move people into shelters or treatment, including court-ordered treatment for some
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website says he would eliminate property taxes on homesteaded homes worth up to twice their county's median home price and reduce them on homes above that level.6,
His campaign website says he would defend Florida's constitutional ban on a state personal income tax.7
- Add or raise taxes on the highest incomes (for example, a tax on income over $1 million)
- Keep current rates
- Cut rates or move to a single flat rate
- Phase out the state income tax
His campaign website says he opposes the federal income tax on wages and would lead a coalition of states without income taxes to press Washington.7
His campaign website says groceries should stay exempt from sales tax and supports expanding sales tax holidays.7
Family and Social Policy
His campaign website says the state should fully fund its voluntary pre-kindergarten program, address child care worker pay and create incentives for employer-supported child care.7
Health Care
His campaign website says he would direct the state's health care agency to pursue a waiver to cover the roughly 800,000 Floridians it says fall into the coverage gap.6,
His campaign website says he supports extending the enhanced ACA tax credits as a bridge so premiums do not jump suddenly.7
- Don't bring back the larger credits
- Instead of the larger credits, give the aid to people directly, such as deposits into health savings accounts
- Bring them back for a limited time, such as through 2028, with or without changes such as income limits or minimum premiums
- Bring back the larger credits permanently
His campaign website says he opposes vaccine mandates and would end Florida's school vaccine requirements in state law.7
- End school vaccine requirements
- Keep requirements but allow religious or personal-belief exemptions
- Keep requirements with medical exemptions only
His campaign website says he opposes vaccine passports, employer vaccine requirements and school closures.7
- Limit emergency powers and bar governments and employers from requiring workers to get vaccinated
- Allow emergency measures, but end them after a set time unless lawmakers vote to extend them
- Keep officials' power to declare emergencies and require vaccines for some workers, such as in health care
State Government
His campaign website says future increases in Florida's $15 minimum wage should be tied to the state's own cost of living, and that local governments should be allowed to set their own wage floors.7
Economy, Jobs and Trade
His campaign website says gig workers should get injury coverage and clear pay calculations and should not be misclassified in a way that serves the platform over the worker.7
His campaign website says the Constitution gives Congress, not the president acting by emergency declaration, the power to impose tariffs.7
Technology, Privacy and AI
His campaign website says Florida should make data collection opt-in by default, give people a one-click way to delete what a company holds on them, and require data brokers to register with the state.7
His campaign website says Florida should accept federal broadband money that comes without conditions limiting state authority and spend it on reaching addresses without service.7
Energy and Climate
His campaign website says he would ban new AI data centers in Florida and require facilities already operating to pay their full costs, including water and energy.6,
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Guns
His campaign website says he supports constitutional carry, which it says is already Florida law, and open carry.7
- No permit needed for adults who can legally own a gun
- Require a permit, with a background check and training
- Require a permit and bar carrying in more places, such as parks, public transit and bars
His campaign website objects that Florida's red flag law allows property to be taken before an adversarial hearing, and says he would propose a replacement with more due process safeguards.7
Abortion and Reproductive Health
His campaign website says he opposes abortion except when medically necessary to save the mother's life, and calls for funded support for mothers, including housing, child care and health care.7
- Legal only to save the pregnant woman's life
- Legal only in cases of rape or incest, or to save the woman's life
- Legal early in pregnancy only, up to a limit such as 6, 12 or 15 weeks
- Legal until about 24 weeks, as under Roe v. Wade, and later to protect the woman's life or health
- Legal at every stage, with no limit based on weeks of pregnancy
Immigration
His campaign website says he does not support blanket 287(g) agreements, supports cooperating with lawful federal requests to apprehend felons and violent offenders, and says Florida officers should not hold people past their release date without judicial process.7
His campaign website says he supports a path for long-term, law-abiding residents, including people brought to the US as children.7
Crime, Policing and Prisons
His campaign website says he would end qualified immunity by creating a state right to sue state and local officials for constitutional violations without that defense.7
- End qualified immunity for police officers
- Keep qualified immunity as courts apply it now
- Write qualified immunity into federal law
His campaign website says mandatory minimum sentences should be reviewed for proportionality.7
Education
His campaign website says he supports school choice but would restore income limits on vouchers.7
- Make them available to every family
- Offer them only to some students, such as those from low-income families or with disabilities
- No public money for private school or homeschooling costs
His campaign website says sexually explicit material does not belong in K-12 libraries under a written, age-based standard, with decisions made by district committees that include parents and librarians, and that books should not be removed because of their ideas.7
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website says he opposes military aid to Israel.7
- Increase military aid to Israel
- Keep military aid at current levels, without new conditions
- Attach conditions, such as limits on how US weapons are used and requirements to let humanitarian aid into Gaza
- Reduce or end military aid to Israel
His campaign website says he opposes military aid to Ukraine and that money sent abroad should be loans rather than gifts.7
His campaign website says Congress should vote before any military action.7
- Let the president order military action without needing Congress's approval
- Let the president act first, but enforce the 60-day limit and end any action Congress doesn't approve
- Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left.
Candidates for governor file campaign-finance reports with the state, not the FEC, so this guide doesn't include their fundraising. Search the state's reports: Campaign finance database search — Florida Department of State, Division of Elections.8