Samuel Vilchez Santiago
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Florida House of Representatives (120 members). Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years, eight years in a row at most.
- Occupation
- Senior nonprofit manager at ActBlue (per campaign site)
Background
- Won the August 18, 2026 Democratic primary for House District 43 with about 66% of the vote over Daisy Morales. source: watermarkoutnews.com
- Chair of the Orange County Democratic Party since 2023 (per campaign site). source: theballotbrief.com
- Former Florida state director for the American Business Immigration Coalition and Florida campaign manager for All Voting Is Local (per campaign site). source: theballotbrief.com
- Managed Johanna López's campaign for the Orange County School Board (per campaign site). source: theballotbrief.com
- Undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a master's in public policy from the University of Oxford (per campaign site). source: theballotbrief.com
- Chair of the Orange County Democratic Party since 2023 (The Ballot Brief, per campaign site). source: theballotbrief.com
- Senior nonprofit manager at ActBlue (The Ballot Brief, per campaign site). source: theballotbrief.com
- Former Florida state director for the American Business Immigration Coalition and Florida campaign manager for All Voting Is Local (The Ballot Brief, per campaign site). source: theballotbrief.com
- Undergraduate degree from Princeton University; master's in public policy from the University of Oxford (The Ballot Brief, per campaign site). source: theballotbrief.com
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- Repeal laws Vilchez Santiago describes as discriminatory and oppose attacks on LGBTQ+ rights source: watermarkoutnews.com
- Defend access to health care source: watermarkoutnews.com
- Make sure students feel safe in school source: watermarkoutnews.com
- Address rising housing costs and expand Medicaid access source: theballotbrief.com
- Invest in public schools and expand technical and dual-enrollment programs source: theballotbrief.com
- Protect voting rights and civil rights source: theballotbrief.com
- Housing costs and Medicaid expansion source: theballotbrief.com
- Public schools, technical and dual-enrollment programs source: theballotbrief.com
- Voting rights and civil rights source: theballotbrief.com
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