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Audrey Henson
Audrey Henson (Republican Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 60. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Henson also ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 13th Congressional District. She did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 23, 2022.
Henson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Audrey Henson grew up in St. Petersburg, Florida. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida in 2013. Henson's professional experience includes starting the construction business By the Bay Bobcats and founding and serving as CEO of the nonprofit College to Congress.[1][2]
Elections
2022
Florida House of Representatives election
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 60
Lindsay Cross defeated Audrey Henson in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 60 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lindsay Cross (D)  | 54.2 | 38,707 |
 | Audrey Henson (R) | 45.8 | 32,683 | |
| Total votes: 71,390 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Lindsay Cross advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 60.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Audrey Henson advanced from the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 60.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jarib Figueredo (R)
- Jackie Toledo (R)
Congressional election
See also: Florida's 13th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Florida District 13
Anna Paulina Luna defeated Eric Lynn, Frank Craft, Dwight Young, and Jacob Curnow in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 13 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anna Paulina Luna (R) | 53.1 | 181,487 |
 | Eric Lynn (D) | 45.1 | 153,876 | |
 | Frank Craft (L) | 1.8 | 6,163 | |
 | Dwight Young (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 17 | |
 | Jacob Curnow (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | |
| Total votes: 341,546 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Eric Lynn advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 13.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 13
Anna Paulina Luna defeated Kevin Hayslett, Amanda Makki, Christine Quinn, and Moneer Kheireddine in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 13 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anna Paulina Luna | 44.5 | 37,156 |
 | Kevin Hayslett | 33.6 | 28,108 | |
 | Amanda Makki | 17.0 | 14,159 | |
 | Christine Quinn | 3.0 | 2,510 | |
 | Moneer Kheireddine | 1.9 | 1,599 | |
| Total votes: 83,532 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Audrey Henson (R)
- Will Braddock (R)
- Christian Boston (R)
- Jim Davis (R)
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Frank Craft advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Florida District 13.
Campaign themes
2022
Florida House of Representatives election
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Audrey Henson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Congressional election
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Audrey Henson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Henson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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After college, she founded the incredibly successful nonprofit. While CEO of College to Congress, she led efforts to secure $48 million in congressional appropriations for the House Paid Internship Program. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Audrey successfully launched C2C-University (C2C-U), a free tech platform that prepares students for public service internships. Through C2C-U, College to Congress has provided internship opportunities and jobs to over 1,500 students from across the country, including veterans.
Audrey also started By The Bay Bobcats, a woman-owned and family-operated construction business focused on excavation, demolition and hardscaping in Pinellas. Audrey’s goal for By The Bay Bobcats is to provide homeowners the opportunity to affordably improve the value of their homes in a manner that preserves Pinellas County’s beautiful waterways.- As a native Floridian, whose family are 9th generation Floridians, Audrey grew up in St. Petersburg, FL., Audrey understands the unique challenges that face our community. She is committed to protecting our beautiful, world-famous Gulf Beaches from offshore drilling and ensuring beach renourishment continues. An avid fisherwoman, Audrey is committed to fighting the red tide outbreaks that have taken over our beaches.
- Our National Security relies on border security. Audrey believes protecting our communities and families begins at the border and other points of entry in our nation. She is supportive of continuing to build President Trump’s border wall so we can secure our borders and the Port of Tampa, where illegal immigrants and drugs are smuggled in daily. Audrey will fight against Biden’s open-border policy which is hurting innocent individuals, including small children, who are used by gangs and cartels to exploit loopholes in our legal system to illegally sneak into our country. Audrey is grateful to our border patrol and law enforcement officers who work tirelessly every day to protect Americans.
- As a life-long Christian, Audrey believes that life begins at conception and should be protected and respected at every stage. She believes in providing life-honoring options other than abortions to women who have unplanned pregnancies, as well as providing mental health resources to offer support along the way.
Audrey fully stands with Israel. She was very proud and supportive of President Trump’s decision to move the capital to Jerusalem, along with our embassy, and believes it was the right choice and long overdue. Audrey was extremely proud when President Trump recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
Welfare Reform:
Having grown up on many government welfare programs like food stamps and Medicaid, Audrey understands first hand that these big government programs often do more harm than good. She believes the end goal of many of the programs is simply to provide “free money” but not truly help American families break the cycle of poverty. Instead of growing the government, Audrey is focused on creating opportunities for American families through good paying jobs. Audrey is passionately committed to reforming the welfare state and in doing so, save the American tax-payer trillions in spending.
Taxes:
As a two-time small business owner, Audrey knows that increasing taxes and regulation often hurt small business and regular Americans the most. That is why Audrey is committed to fighting for lower taxes. Audrey was the first candidate in the 2022 FL-13 race to sign the Americans For Tax Reform pledge.
Social Security
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See also
2022 Elections
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