Sunshine Sentinel

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), a prominent advocate for small businesses, has announced the second round of legislative endorsements from its Florida Political Action Committee (PAC). The PAC is made up of NFIB members across the state.

"Electing pro-small business candidates is essential this election cycle," stated Bill Herrle, NFIB Florida Executive Director. "The small business economy is fragile, and we know this group of candidates understands the importance of prioritizing small businesses in the Legislature. We are confident that they will advance policies to continue to make Florida a great state to own a small business. We look forward to working with them."

In the Senate, endorsed candidates include Don Gaetz in District 1, Corey Simon in District 3, Stan McClain in District 9, Blaise Ingoglia in District 11, Danny Burgess in District 23, Ben Albritton in District 27, Erin Grall in District 29, Gayle Harrell in District 31, Jonathan Martin in District 33, and Bryan Avila in District 39.

For the House of Representatives, endorsed candidates are Michelle Salzman for District 1; Alex Andrade for District 2; Joel Rudman for District 3; Patt Maney for District 4; Shane Abbott for District 5; Griff Griffitts for District 6; Jason Shoaf for District 7; Chuck Brannan for District 10; Sam Garrison for District 11; Wyman Duggan for District 12; Dean Black for District 15; Kiyan Michael for District 16; Jessica Baker for district17 ; JJ Grow For district23 ; Ryan Chamberlin For district24 ; Taylor Yarkosky For district25 ; Bill Partington For district28 ; Webster Barnaby For district29 ; Chase Tramont For district30 ; Tyler Sirois For district31 ; Robert “Robbie” Brackett For district34 Rachel Plakon In36 Susan Plasencia In37 David Smith In38 Doug Bankson In39 Gregory Pull42 Carolina Amesty45 Paula Stark47 Jennifer Canady50 Josie Tomkow51 John Temple52 Jeff Holcomb53 Randy Maggard54 Kevin Steele55 Adam Anderson57 Kimberly Berfield58 Berny Jacques59 Ed Montanari60 Linda Chaney61 Karen Gonzalez Pittman65 Traci Koster66 Lawrence McClure68 Daniel “Danny” Alvarez69 Michael Owen70 Will Robinson71 Fiona McFarland73 Danny Nix75 Tiffany Esposito77 Jenna Persons-Mulicka78 Mike Giallombardo79 Adam Botana80 Lauren Melo82 Kaylee Tuck83 Toby Overdorf85 John Snyder86 Mike Caruso87 Peggy Gossett-Seidman91 Chip LaMarca100 Tom Fabricio110 David Borrero111 Alex Rizo112 Vicki Lopez113 Demi Busatta Cabrera114 Daniel Perez116 Mike Redondo118 Juan Porras119 James “Jim” Mooney Jr120

These endorsements follow those issued by NFIB’s Florida PAC earlier this year.