Candidate · November 3, 2026

Laurel Lee

On the ballot for U.S. House · Florida's 15th District

RepublicanIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$2.7M
cash on hand
$1.3M
issues with public statements
10
outside spending for or against
$207K

§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 15th District1,2,3
Party on the ballotRepublican1,2,4
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Florida's 15th 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.

Laurel Lee, elected to the U.S. House in 2022, holds seats on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and House Administration Committees.6,7 She served as Florida's Secretary of State from January 2019 to May 2022.7 Governor Rick Scott appointed her to the Circuit Court in Hillsborough County, where she served as a judge from 2013 to 2019, and earlier she worked as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida.6,7 She earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Florida in 1996 and a law degree there in 1999.7

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says she is focused on turning conservative victories into results for the people of Florida's 15th District.6

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, FL-155
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, FL-155

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.

Immigration

Border wall and barriers

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.6

  1. Build walls or fencing along much more of the border
  2. Add barriers only in selected places, relying mainly on technology and agents
  3. Build no new barriers and spend the money on other border security
Marked: the option their statement matches.
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.6

Taxes and Budget

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.6

Business tax breaks

Her campaign website lists preserving the 20% small business deduction among the tax relief provisions she advocated for.6

Federal spending levels

Her campaign website says she supported efforts to cut unnecessary government spending.6

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.6

Family and Social Policy

Child tax credit

Her campaign website lists a doubled child tax credit among the tax relief provisions she advocated for.6

Education

Vouchers and education savings accounts

Her campaign website says the tax law she advocated for expands education savings accounts.6

Technology, Privacy and AI

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.6

Crime, Policing and Prisons

Police funding

Her campaign website says she cosponsored a resolution against efforts to defund the police.6

§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 Laurel Lee served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Laurel Lee sponsored or cosponsored 25 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

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§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, 2026.62

Raised$2,711,189
Spent$1,825,503
Cash on hand$1,320,456

Where the money came from

Individual donors$513K · 19%
PACs and other political committees$1.0M · 37%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$1.2M · 44%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $207,329 supporting and $0 opposing Laurel Lee this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 7, 2026.63

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
AMERICAN MISSION$207,329—

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.