Candidate · November 3, 2026

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

On the ballot for U.S. House · Florida's 20th District

DemocratIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$3.7M
cash on hand
$785K
issues with public statements
4
outside spending for or against
$373K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Florida's 20th District1,2,3
Party on the ballotDemocrat1,2,4
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Florida's 25th District in the U.S. House.5
Also on the ballot

§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.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz was first sworn into the U.S. House in 2005, after serving in the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate.6,7 She attended the University of Florida, where she was president of the Student Senate, and she earned a political science bachelor's degree in 1988 and a master's degree in 1990.6,7 In Congress she serves on the Appropriations Committee, where she chaired the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee in the 117th Congress.7

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website, which asks for support for her re-election, says she has devoted her career to protecting Social Security and Medicare, defending reproductive freedom, strengthening public schools, lowering health care costs and preventing gun violence.8

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, FL-255
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, FL-255

Websites and accounts

§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.

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Abortion law

Her campaign website says she has spent her career fighting to defend reproductive freedom.8

Energy and Climate

Oil and gas drilling on federal land and offshore

Her campaign website's legislative record lists a 2019 provision she secured, which passed the House, banning drilling activities on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and barring Interior Department funds for oil and gas leasing in outer continental shelf planning areas around Florida.11

Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties

Discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity

Her campaign website's legislative record lists her role as a Vice Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, a group it says works for LGBTQ+ rights and for protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.11

Infrastructure and Transportation

Highway and transit funding

Her campaign website's legislative record lists securing federal funding for local road, bridge and railroad crossing projects in Broward County among her accomplishments.11

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Debbie Wasserman Schultz served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Debbie Wasserman Schultz sponsored or cosponsored 32 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.64

Raised$3,707,925
Spent$3,980,664
Cash on hand$784,570

Where the money came from

Individual donors$2.7M · 74%
PACs and other political committees$904K · 24%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$59K · 2%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $306,377 supporting and $66,500 opposing Debbie Wasserman Schultz this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through September 16, 2026.65

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
Pro-Choice Majority Action$250,000—
AMERICA'S RENEWAL PAC, INC.—$66,500
BLUE FLORIDA MAJORITY$56,365—
EQUALITY FLORIDA ACTION INC.$13—

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.