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Florida Primary Election: Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Race for U.S. Senate
Feena Bonoan
(LF)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
Race for U.S. House District 1
Matt Gaetz
(R)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
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Darren Soto
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
Darren Soto has a proven voting and comment history in favor of progressive marijuana laws. Recently teamed with Congressman Matthew Gaetz to make it easier for sick patients as well as researchers to obtain marijuana.
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Ehsan Joarder
(R)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
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Vern Buchanan
(R)
Vern Buchanan consistently votes against marijuana reform, and has been outspoken in his skepticism against marijuana.
Race for U.S. House District 17
Greg Steube
(R)
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
Greg Steube is a supporter of marijuana reform, asserting that cannabis should be reclassified under the Controlled Substance Act to Schedule 3. He has also introduced medical marijuana legislation in the Florida senate. He has been an advocate for broadening veterans access to medical marijuana.
While a strong supporter of medical marijuana, Steube does not appear to be in favor of recreational adult use.
Manny Lopez
(D)
"I supported and participated in petition initiatives getting petitions signed for Florida Marijuana Initiatives - 2024, 2022, and 2016. I have been calling for the legalization of Marijuana since 1969. I participated and organized demonstrations supporting legalizing Marijuana during the 1972 Democrat and Republican National Conventions in Miami Beach. I tried to get legalizing Marijuana in the Florida Democrat Platform in 1976." (Candidate Survey Response)
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Jennifer Perelman
(D)
DECRIMINALIZE
When asked by Ballotopedia "What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?" Perelman responded with her top 3 campaign issues, the third being: "Criminal justice reform (abolishing for-profit prisons and decriminalization of marijuana)"
https://ballotpedia.org/Jen_Perelman
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(D)
Wasserman Schultz has stated multiple times that she is against the legalization of marijuana, and has been inconsistent in her stance regarding medical marijuana in Florida. Historically, she has been quite anti-medical marijuana, but has recently loosened her position and started to move in favor of medical marijuana programs and legislation. She has been quoted likening marijuana use to the use of opioid painkillers.
Race for U.S. House District 26
Mario Diaz-Balart
(R)
Diaz-Balart has never voted in favor of pro-marijuana legislation, but has largely remained silent on the issue in the media.
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Phil Ehr
(D)
MEDICAL USE
"Phil supports exploring a change from mandatory minimum jail sentences for low level drug offender cases to more effective rehabilitation." -candidate website
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Randolph Bracy
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
Senator Bracy has actively fought for marijuana legalization in Florida. He recently sponsored a bill to put legalization of recreational marijuana to a state ballot. Bracy also cosponsored a bill that would allow for hemp cultivation in that state, and another bill that would legalize adult-use recreational marijuana and reduce certain marijuana penalties
Geraldine Thompson
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
"yea" vote on Amends Medical Marijuana Regulations bill
Five-rating from FLCAN
Race for State Senate District 17
Carlos Smith
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
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Governor
Ron DeSantis
(R)
MEDICAL USE
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has expressed support for medical marijuana in his state, but has repeatedly admitted that he finds marijuana to be dangerous for youth and it's smell "putrid". While he claims to oppose jail time for marijuana convictions, he has made no effort for clemency or pardons and thinks that places that have legalized marijuana will end up regretting it.
U.S. House District 1
Matt Gaetz
(R)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
U.S. House District 8
Bill Posey
(R)
NO MEDICAL USE
Bill Posey consistently votes against marijuana legislation reform.
U.S. House District 9
Darren Soto
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
Darren Soto has a proven voting and comment history in favor of progressive marijuana laws. Recently teamed with Congressman Matthew Gaetz to make it easier for sick patients as well as researchers to obtain marijuana.
U.S. House District 16
Vern Buchanan
(R)
Vern Buchanan consistently votes against marijuana reform, and has been outspoken in his skepticism against marijuana.
U.S. House District 17
Greg Steube
(R)
DECRIMINALIZE
MEDICAL USE
Greg Steube is a supporter of marijuana reform, asserting that cannabis should be reclassified under the Controlled Substance Act to Schedule 3. He has also introduced medical marijuana legislation in the Florida senate. He has been an advocate for broadening veterans access to medical marijuana.
While a strong supporter of medical marijuana, Steube does not appear to be in favor of recreational adult use.
U.S. House District 25
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(D)
Wasserman Schultz has stated multiple times that she is against the legalization of marijuana, and has been inconsistent in her stance regarding medical marijuana in Florida. Historically, she has been quite anti-medical marijuana, but has recently loosened her position and started to move in favor of medical marijuana programs and legislation. She has been quoted likening marijuana use to the use of opioid painkillers.
U.S. House District 26
Mario Diaz-Balart
(R)
Diaz-Balart has never voted in favor of pro-marijuana legislation, but has largely remained silent on the issue in the media.
State Senate District 15
Geraldine Thompson
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
"yea" vote on Amends Medical Marijuana Regulations bill
Five-rating from FLCAN
State Senate District 17
Linda Stewart
(D)
Introduced SB182, which legalized smokable medical marijuana in Florida and increased the amount patients can possess. In a recent interview about a proposed (and ultimately defeated) THC cap for patients, Senator Stewart claimed that such a decision is "up to the physician treating a patient".
State Senate District 24
Bobby Powell
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
"yea" vote on bill to regulate growing
Five-rating from FLCAN
State Senate District 26
Lori Berman
(D)
MEDICAL USE
Wants to protect employees with medical cards by preventing employers from punishing workers qualified to use medical marijuana. Jobs where marijuana use could affect the employee’s performance, like driving a truck or carrying a firearm, would be exempt.
State Senate District 30
Tina Polsky
(D)
LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
MEDICAL USE
Filed a Bill protecting employees from punishing employers who are medical marijuana card holders. Jobs where marijuana use could affect the employee’s performance, like driving a truck or carrying a firearm, would be exempt.