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Keith Matthews
Keith Matthews (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 18. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Matthews completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Keith Matthews was born in Camden, New Jersey. He earned a high school diploma from Pennsauken High School and an associate degree from Gloucester County College in 1991. His career experience includes working as a registered nurse.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 18
Kim Kendall defeated Keith Matthews in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 18 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kim Kendall (R)  | 69.9 | 91,289 |
 | Keith Matthews (D) | 30.1 | 39,290 | |
| Total votes: 130,579 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Keith Matthews advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 18.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 18
Kim Kendall defeated Nick Primrose in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 18 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kim Kendall | 57.5 | 15,135 |
 | Nick Primrose | 42.5 | 11,166 | |
| Total votes: 26,301 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Matthews in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Keith Matthews completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Matthews' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Keith is running for Florida state House of Representatives District 18 in north St. Johns County. He aims to help steer our legislature away from our current culture wars and toward common sense, science-based policies to help families, businesses, and the environment in St. Johns County.
Keith, a life-long Democrat, enjoys fishing, boating, our beautiful beaches, his dogs, camping, the Jaguars, cooking, and a good music festival. His mother Barbara is a retired school teacher who lives in New Jersey.- Reproductive Rights: The right for any patient to have options regarding care should never be taken away by the government. Women should never be limited in their rights to choose what happens to their bodies or have limits on choice or contraception. Exceptions do not work and are an intrusion on the patient-physician relationship.
- Affordability: Homeowners insurance costs in this state, as we all know, are too high. Regulators have not done nearly enough to get this under control. The focus legislatively recently seems to to limit the consumers’ right to confront the industry, which I do not agree with. I propose an independent, binding arbitration or the like to control legal costs. Since 2020, Florida is 3rd for costs due to natural disasters, yet our premiums average almost double that of number 1, Texas.
- Vouchers: Public funds are for public schools. We must not continue to allow our tax dollars meant to support education for our youth to be diverted to private institutions, who may or may not have our children’s best interest in mind. This is just wrong. And let our teachers teach.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”
Health and Human Services Committee.
Select Committee on Health Innovations
Education and Employment
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Florida House of Representatives District 18 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 8, 2024
