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Jennifer Jenkins

Jennifer Jenkins is a candidate running for the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Florida's 8th Congressional District. Jenkins is an educator and licensed speech-language pathologist. She previously served on the Brevard County School Board from 2020 to 2024, gaining national prominence in 2020 when she unseated a school board member who later co-founded the conservative group Moms for Liberty. Following her term, she founded the political advocacy organization Educated. We Stand. to counter political extremism in education.

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Criminal justice and policing

Ensure first responders have stable funding, training, and mental health support. Support evidence-based public safety strategies that reduce violence and recidivism. Protect the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens and immigrants alike, because safety and civil liberties go hand in hand.

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Economy, jobs and wages

Affordability Jennifer understands Florida’s cost crisis because she lives it. From groceries to property insurance, everyday expenses are out of control. In Congress, she will: Stabilize Florida’s property insurance market through bipartisan federal reinsurance and catastrophe backstops. Oppose reckless tariffs that drive up the cost of everyday goods. Fight for tax and cost-of-living policies that put working families first, not special interests.

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Education

Protect the U.S. Department of Education and federal civil rights enforcement in schools. Fully fund IDEA and defend Section 504, ensuring students with disabilities receive the supports they are guaranteed by law. Expand Title I and invest in teachers, classrooms, and student mental health.

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Healthcare

Healthcare While GOP leadership has stood with MAGA extremists who cut Medicaid and allowed Affordable Care Act Subsidies to expire, families are seeing health insurance premiums spike. Jennifer will: Expand Medicaid so Floridians aren’t forced into emergency care or medical debt. Restore and strengthen ACA subsidies to lower premiums immediately. Protect coverage for pre-existing conditions and invest in access to mental health care.

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She’ll fight to lower costs, address the broken property insurance system, protect health care, and ensure every Floridian has the freedom to thrive.

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Housing

She’ll fight to lower costs, address the broken property insurance system, protect health care, and ensure every Floridian has the freedom to thrive.

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Affordability Jennifer understands Florida’s cost crisis because she lives it. From groceries to property insurance, everyday expenses are out of control. In Congress, she will: Stabilize Florida’s property insurance market through bipartisan federal reinsurance and catastrophe backstops. Oppose reckless tariffs that drive up the cost of everyday goods. Fight for tax and cost-of-living policies that put working families first, not special interests.

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Immigration

Ensure first responders have stable funding, training, and mental health support. Support evidence-based public safety strategies that reduce violence and recidivism. Protect the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens and immigrants alike, because safety and civil liberties go hand in hand.

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Taxes and government spending

She’ll fight to lower costs, address the broken property insurance system, protect health care, and ensure every Floridian has the freedom to thrive.

jenkinsforfl.com ·

Affordability Jennifer understands Florida’s cost crisis because she lives it. From groceries to property insurance, everyday expenses are out of control. In Congress, she will: Stabilize Florida’s property insurance market through bipartisan federal reinsurance and catastrophe backstops. Oppose reckless tariffs that drive up the cost of everyday goods. Fight for tax and cost-of-living policies that put working families first, not special interests.

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