Age
56
Education
Juris Doctorate-University of Florida Levin College of Law; post graduate Studies at Harvard University- School of Public Health (Case studies in Biostatistics and Epidemiology); Undergraduate-Bachelor of Business Administration
Hometown
Jacksonville
County
Duval
Instagram
@LJ4CONGRESS
LinkedIn
LaShonda Holloway
Campaign Phone
9043005677
I support comprehensive immigration reform with modern border technology that treats people with dignity. Further, we need more immigration judges to reduce backlogs, and a pathway to earned citizenship for long term, law abiding undocumented immigrants. We should also protect Dreamers.
The Government should strive to keep families together, expand legal pathways for workers, and focus enforcement on violent criminals, not hardworking families who contribute to our economy. America is strongest when we uphold both the rule of law and our values.
Yes. Climate change has driven up the cost of INSURANCE from natural disasters to HEALTHCARE expenses, not to mention threatening our military readiness.
In sum, Every dollar we invest in clean energy, resilient infrastructure, and disaster preparedness saves taxpayers money over time. Addressing climate change is not just environmental policy—it’s economic policy, public health policy, and national security policy.
AFFORDABILITY in HOUSING and HEALTHCARE.
Plus, a FAIR LIVING WAGE ( the federal minimum wage has not been increased since 2009.
Freedom of speech is one of our most fundamental constitutional rights. It is in the First Amendment and protects our ability to criticize the government, advocate for change, worship freely, organize peacefully, and express unpopular opinions without government censorship. It belongs to everyone, not just those who have power.
However, there are time, place and manner restrictions of free speech. You can not incite violence or defame a person’s character.
The President has Executive power to oversee Federal agencies.
The President manages the Executive Branch and supervises federal agencies. Congress manages the Legislative Branch and has the constitutional authority to create agencies, appropriate funding, conduct oversight, and investigate whether agencies are faithfully executing the LAW and controls the spending (purse).
Checks and balances require both branches to fulfill their constitutional responsibilities so that no one branch becomes too powerful.
Voting is a fundamental constitutional right, and no eligible citizen should lose that right because of paperwork or cost.
I would support making citizenship documents free or low-cost; expand mobile and online document services; waive fees for low-income Americans, Seniors, Veterans, and Disaster victims.
We could also fund Legal assistance to help people obtain replacement records.
In particular, Women whose names changed after marriage or divorce should have a simple process to verify their identity without unnecessary burdens.
Election Laws should protect election integrity while ensuring every eligible citizen can vote.
I would also sign onto the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
The Federal Government should be a strong partner in ensuring every child has an equal opportunity to succeed, regardless of their ZIP code.
Preschool: Expand access to affordable, high-quality early childhood education because early learning produces lifelong educational and economic benefits.
K-12: Support public schools through equitable funding, protect students’ civil rights, invest in teacher recruitment and retention, expand career and technical education, and ensure every student has access to technology, school meals, mental health services, and safe learning environments.
Higher Education: Make College, Trade, Workforce Training, Apprenticeships, and Community College more affordable by increasing Pell Grants, reducing Student Debt burdens, and investing in research, innovation, and workforce development.
Education is an investment in America’s economic competitiveness and democratic future.
Age
62
Education
BA Political Science from Duke University; JD from Harvard Law School
Hometown
Jacksonville, FL
County
Duval
Instagram
@votekirwan
LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-kirwan-a5070aa/
Campaign Phone
904-335-8683
I support a balanced approach to immigration reform that secures our borders, modernizes our legal immigration system, and treats people with dignity.
First, we need effective border security. A country must know who is entering and leaving, and immigration laws must be enforced fairly and consistently.
Second, we need to fix our legal immigration system. Employers, families, and immigrants often face years-long backlogs and unnecessary bureaucracy. We should streamline legal pathways, reduce delays, and ensure businesses can access needed workers while protecting American workers and wages.
Third, Congress should address the status of people who have lived, worked, paid taxes, raised families, and contributed to their communities for years. Any solution should uphold the rule of law while recognizing the realities facing families, employers, and communities.
We can have secure borders, an orderly immigration system, and remain a nation of opportunity. Those goals aren’t in conflict.
Yes. Climate change is real, it is already affecting communities across our country, and pretending otherwise only makes the problem harder and more expensive to address.
Climate change presents significant financial risks to our economy. In Florida, those risks are particularly visible. Rising insurance costs, stronger storms, flooding, and damage to public infrastructure all carry real economic consequences for families, businesses, and taxpayers.
I believe Congress should take a practical approach that strengthens infrastructure, supports innovation, encourages cleaner and more efficient technologies, and helps communities prepare for changing conditions.
As a Floridian, I have seen firsthand how rising insurance premiums and storm recovery costs affect working families. These are not abstract concerns. They are real financial burdens facing households and businesses today.
My first priority would be lowering the cost of living for working families. Housing costs continue to rise, health and property insurance premiums are straining family budgets, healthcare remains unaffordable for many, and young people are finding it harder to buy a home than previous generations. Congress has too often failed to address the shortage of affordable housing and other barriers to opportunity. I would focus on practical reforms that expand housing supply, increase competition, and reduce financial pressure on working families.
My second priority would be restoring Congress as a functioning institution capable of addressing the country's long-term challenges. Too many Americans see endless political conflict but little progress on issues such as immigration, housing, infrastructure, and the national debt. I would work to strengthen ethics standards, increase transparency, and help restore a culture of governing that values problem-solving over political theater.
To me, freedom of speech is one of the foundations of a free society. It protects the right of people to express their views, criticize their government, advocate for change, practice their faith, organize politically, and engage in public debate without fear of government punishment.
Freedom of speech is especially important because it protects speech we disagree with, not just speech we find comfortable or popular. While no right exists in complete isolation from other rights and responsibilities, our default position should be to protect speech, not suppress it.
Both Congress and the President have important oversight responsibilities, and our constitutional system works best when each branch fulfills its role.
Federal agencies are part of the executive branch, so the President is responsible for managing them and ensuring they faithfully execute the laws. At the same time, Congress oversees agencies through hearings, investigations, appropriations, and legislation. This helps ensure agencies remain accountable to the public and operate within the authority granted by law.
Unfortunately, Congress has not always exercised its oversight responsibilities as vigorously as it should. Recently, there have been concerns about executive overreach, the politicization of federal institutions, and actions by agencies that many believe exceed their legal authority. Regardless of which party controls the White House, Congress has an obligation to investigate those concerns, demand transparency, and hold executive officials accountable to the law.
Existing federal law already limits voting in federal elections to U.S. citizens, and there is little evidence that non-citizen voting occurs on a scale that would justify imposing significant new barriers on eligible voters. I believe our existing system of requiring voter identification at polling places is sufficient and there is no need to add additional burdens.
If Congress were to impose such a requirement, government would have a responsibility to ensure that eligible citizens are not denied access to the ballot because of cost, bureaucracy, or missing paperwork. I would support making the necessary documents readily available, affordable, and, where appropriate, free of charge.
My guiding principle is simple: if an eligible citizen has the right to vote, government should be helping that citizen participate, not creating obstacles that make participation more difficult.
While states and local communities should remain primarily responsible for operating schools, the federal government has an important role in expanding educational opportunity.
At the preschool level, I support universal access to Pre-K education. Early childhood education supports working families while helping children build foundations for lifelong success.
At the K-12 level, primary responsibility should remain with states and local districts. However, the federal government should support disadvantaged students, enforce civil rights protections, assist students with disabilities, and help ensure opportunity is not determined by a child's ZIP code.
In higher education, the federal government should focus on affordability, strengthening student aid, supporting public higher education, and recognizing that technical education, apprenticeships, and workforce training are valuable pathways alongside four-year degrees.
The federal role is to expand access and opportunity.
Age
31
Education
Bachelor of Arts
Instagram
@brit4congress
Campaign Phone
904-420-0444
Simplifying and streamlining the pathways to citizenship and making the process the same for all groups of people. The Statue of Liberty is inscribed with "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." and generations before us came to this country with much less restrictions. I believe immigrants make this country great and we need to make it easy to come here in a legal manner and get citizenship in 3-5 years so that people can participate in democracy and pay into the system.
Yes, I believe in the Green New Deal and funding alternatives to fossil fuel. Florida is particularly exposed to climate change due to Hurricanes and wet bulb events which will only get worse as climate change continues acting as a net negative to the state's economy and making it less economically viable to live here. We need to think about and fund long term efforts to combat climate change and help future generations be prepared for the changes they will face because of it.
Universal healthcare (Medicare for All) and No More Wars (strengthening the War Powers Act so that the president needs congressional approval to take military action)
Freedom of speech means the right to criticize the government without repercussion and is critical for a healthy democracy. It also means being able to say what you want online by supporting Section 230 which protects free speech online and is crucial for privacy and security on the internet.
Congress has the right to oversee federal agencies to make the sure the money is being used as it is appropriated by Congress.
By making it free for women and all people to get these documents by having the government reimburse you for the expense required to obtain the document – otherwise it's effectively a poll tax to prevent people from excising their right to vote. I would also make it an offense for a government official to delay or obstruct someone who is trying to obtain those documents in order to protect the right to vote.
I believe the federal government should fund Universal Pre-K and provide free 4-year college at public universities, and reinstate federal funding cuts to DEI programs. Especially as families struggle with rising costs like groceries, we should have universal free school meals to ensure children are properly fed and prepared for learning.
