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Laurel Lee
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Candidate, U.S. House Florida District 15

U.S. House Florida District 15
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
Florida 13th Circuit Court

Florida Secretary of State
Successor: Cord Byrd

Compensation

Base salary

$174,000

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Next election

November 3, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

University of Florida

Law

University of Florida

Contact

Laurel Lee (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Florida's 15th Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2023. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Lee (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 15th Congressional District. She declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]

Biography

Laurel Lee earned undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Florida. Lee's career experience includes working as an attorney with Carlton Fields, P.A., an assistant federal public defender and assistant U.S. attorney with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, and a law clerk to James S. Moody on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.[1][2][3]

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2025-2026

Lee was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Lee was assigned to the following committees:[Source]


Elections

2026

See also: Florida's 15th Congressional District election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Florida District 15

Incumbent Laurel Lee, Jose Engell, Darren McAuley, Kimberly Overman, and Robert People are running in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 15 on November 3, 2026.


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Endorsements

Lee received the following endorsements. To send us additional endorsements, click here.

2024

See also: Florida's 15th Congressional District election, 2024

Florida's 15th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)

Florida's 15th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 15

Incumbent Laurel Lee defeated Pat Kemp in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 15 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Laurel Lee
Laurel Lee (R)
 
56.2
 
195,334
Image of Pat Kemp
Pat Kemp (D)
 
43.8
 
152,361

Total votes: 347,695
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Pat Kemp advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 15.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 15

Incumbent Laurel Lee defeated James Judge and Jennifer Barbosa in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 15 on August 20, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Laurel Lee
Laurel Lee
 
72.3
 
28,571
Image of James Judge
James Judge Candidate Connection
 
18.1
 
7,137
Image of Jennifer Barbosa
Jennifer Barbosa Candidate Connection
 
9.6
 
3,809

Total votes: 39,517
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Endorsements

Lee received the following endorsements.

Pledges

Lee signed the following pledges.

  • Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform
  • U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: Florida's 15th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 15

Laurel Lee defeated Alan Cohn in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 15 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Laurel Lee
Laurel Lee (R)
 
58.5
 
145,219
Image of Alan Cohn
Alan Cohn (D)
 
41.5
 
102,835

Total votes: 248,054
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 15

Alan Cohn defeated Gavin Brown, Eddie Geller, Cesar Ramirez, and William VanHorn in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 15 on August 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Alan Cohn
Alan Cohn
 
33.1
 
14,928
Image of Gavin Brown
Gavin Brown Candidate Connection
 
22.3
 
10,034
Image of Eddie Geller
Eddie Geller Candidate Connection
 
21.9
 
9,859
Image of Cesar Ramirez
Cesar Ramirez
 
17.3
 
7,817
Image of William VanHorn
William VanHorn Candidate Connection
 
5.4
 
2,435

Total votes: 45,073
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 15

Laurel Lee defeated Kelli Stargel, Jackie Toledo, Demetries Grimes, and Kevin McGovern in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 15 on August 23, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Laurel Lee
Laurel Lee
 
41.5
 
22,481
Image of Kelli Stargel
Kelli Stargel
 
27.8
 
15,072
Image of Jackie Toledo
Jackie Toledo
 
11.6
 
6,307
Image of Demetries Grimes
Demetries Grimes Candidate Connection
 
10.4
 
5,629
Image of Kevin McGovern
Kevin McGovern Candidate Connection
 
8.7
 
4,713

Total votes: 54,202
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2014

See also: Florida judicial elections, 2014

Lee ran for re-election to the Thirteenth Circuit Court. As an unopposed candidate, she was automatically re-elected without appearing on the ballot.[4] 

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

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Twitter
Email

2024

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2022

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Campaign website

Lee's campaign website stated the following:

Economy

Because of the Biden Administration, we are facing historic inflation and skyrocketing gas prices that are crippling hardworking Americans. Laurel will fight for policies to get the economy back on track and put more money in the pockets of hardworking Americans, like cutting wasteful spending, lowering taxes, balancing the budget, and reviving the Keystone Pipeline.

Laurel will fight to reverse the failed, left-wing Biden Agenda in Congress, so we can grow our economy, fight inflation, secure America and make us energy independent again.


Law Enforcement

Laurel is a former judge and prosecutor who is a strong supporter of law enforcement and will stand up to the radical liberals who want to defund the police.

As a former federal prosecutor, she has seen firsthand the vital role police play in our criminal justice system. They are a critical piece to a law-abiding society, and she believes we must do everything we can to support our law enforcement officers and fully fund law enforcement to keep our streets and communities safe.


Second Amendment

Laurel is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. She will always fight to protect the constitutional rights of law-abiding gun owners from radical gun control liberals.


Families

Laurel is pro-life and pro-family. She believes so many of the problems we face as a country are due to the breakdown of families and a federal government that is hostile to religious liberty.


Immigration

Laurel believes we have an illegal immigration crisis at the southern border. She supports finishing the Trump Border Wall and deporting illegal immigrants who enter the country unlawfully, and she supports the border patrol agents who are under attack by the radical left.


Elections

Laurel is the former Florida Secretary of State, appointed by Governor DeSantis, where she worked to strengthen Florida’s election integrity and cyber security and increase voter registration and participation to ensure that Florida has free and fair elections.[5]

—Laurel Lee's campaign website (2022)[6]

Campaign finance summary


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Laurel Lee campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2026* U.S. House Florida District 15Candidacy Declared general$960,974 $298,308
2024* U.S. House Florida District 15Won general$2,162,710 $1,815,179
2022U.S. House Florida District 15Won general$1,563,093 $1,475,853
Grand total$4,686,777 $3,589,340
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Notable endorsements

See also: Ballotpedia: Our approach to covering endorsements

This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Notable candidate endorsements by Laurel Lee
EndorseeElectionStageOutcome
Donald Trump  source  (Conservative Party, R) President of the United States (2024) PrimaryWon General
Ron DeSantis  source President of the United States (2024) PrimaryWithdrew in Convention

Analysis

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119th Congress (2025-2027)

Rankings and scores for the 119th Congress

118th Congress (2023-2025)

Rankings and scores for the 118th Congress




Key votes

See also: Key votes

Ballotpedia monitors legislation that receives a vote and highlights the ones that we consider to be key to understanding where elected officials stand on the issues. To read more about how we identify key votes, click here.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025

The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, and ended on January 3, 2025. At the start of the session, Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.

Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025
Vote Bill and description Status
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (310-118)[8]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (227-201)[10]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (217-215)[12]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (328-86)[14]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (225-204)[16]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (219-200)[18]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (229-197)[20]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (314-117)[22]
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (216-212)
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (216-210)[25]
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) (220-209)
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (221-212)[28]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (311-114)[30]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (327-75)[32]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (219-213)[34]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (219-211)[36]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (357-70)[38]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (217-199)[40]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (320-91)[42]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (387-26)[44]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (219-184)[46]
Yes check.svg Yea Yes check.svg Passed (214-213)[48]
Red x.svg Nay Yes check.svg Passed (341-82)[50]


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External links

Footnotes

  1. 13th Judicial Circuit Court, "Laurel M. Lee," accessed November 27, 2014
  2. Office of the Governor, "Governor Ron DeSantis Appoints Judge Laurel M. Lee as Florida Secretary of State," January 28, 2019
  3. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "LEE, Laurel," accessed August 15, 2025
  4. Florida Secretary of State, “Candidate Listing for 2014 General Election,” accessed May 5, 2014
  5. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  6. Vote for Laurel Lee, “The Issues,” accessed August 22, 2022
  7. Congress.gov, "H.R.2670 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024," accessed February 23, 2024
  8. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 723," December 14, 2023
  9. Congress.gov, "H.R.185 - To terminate the requirement imposed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for proof of COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers, and for other purposes." accessed February 23, 2024
  10. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 116," accessed May 15, 2025
  11. Congress.gov, "H.R.2811 - Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023," accessed February 23, 2024
  12. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 199," accessed May 15, 2025
  13. Congress.gov, "H.Con.Res.9 - Denouncing the horrors of socialism." accessed February 23, 2024
  14. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 106," accessed May 15, 2025
  15. Congress.gov, "H.R.1 - Lower Energy Costs Act," accessed February 23, 2024
  16. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 182," accessed May 15, 2025
  17. Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.30 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to 'Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights'." accessed February 23, 2024
  18. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 149," accessed May 15, 2025
  19. Congress.gov, "H.J.Res.7 - Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020." accessed February 23, 2024
  20. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 104," accessed May 15, 2025
  21. Congress.gov, "H.R.3746 - Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023," accessed February 23, 2024
  22. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 243," accessed May 15, 2025
  23. Congress.gov, "Roll Call 20," accessed February 23, 2024
  24. Congress.gov, "H.Res.757 - Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant.," accessed February 23, 2024
  25. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 519," accessed May 15, 2025
  26. Congress.gov, "Roll Call 527," accessed February 23, 2024
  27. Congress.gov, "H.Res.757 - Declaring the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant." accessed February 23, 2024
  28. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 519," accessed May 15, 2025
  29. Congress.gov, "H.Res.878 - Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives." accessed February 23, 2024
  30. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 691," accessed May 15, 2025
  31. Congress.gov, "Social Security Fairness Act of 2023." accessed February 13, 2025
  32. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 456," accessed May 15, 2025
  33. Congress.gov, "H.R.2 - Secure the Border Act of 2023," accessed February 13, 2025
  34. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 209," accessed May 15, 2025
  35. Congress.gov, "H.R.4366 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024," accessed February 13, 2025
  36. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 380," accessed May 15, 2025
  37. Congress.gov, "Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024," accessed February 23, 2024
  38. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 30," accessed May 15, 2025
  39. Congress.gov, "H.R.8070 - Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025," accessed February 18, 2025
  40. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 279," accessed May 15, 2025
  41. Congress.gov, "H.R.6090 - Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023," accessed February 13, 2025
  42. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 172," accessed May 15, 2025
  43. Congress.gov, "H.R.3935 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024," accessed February 13, 2025
  44. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 200," accessed May 15, 2025
  45. Congress.gov, "H.R.9495 - Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act," accessed February 13, 2025
  46. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 477," accessed May 15, 2025
  47. Congress.gov, "H.Res.863 - Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors." accessed February 13, 2025
  48. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 43," accessed May 15, 2025
  49. Congress.gov, "H.R.9747 - Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025," accessed February 13, 2025
  50. Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, "Roll Call 450," accessed May 15, 2025

Political offices
Preceded by
Scott Franklin (R)
U.S. House Florida District 15
2023-Present
Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
-
Florida Secretary of State
2019-2022
Succeeded by
Cord Byrd (R)
Preceded by
-
Florida 13th Circuit Court
2013-2019
Succeeded by
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