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Lisa Carpus
Lisa Carpus (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 68. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Carpus completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Lisa Carpus was born in Hempstead, New York. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of South Florida in 1984. She previously worked for the U.S. Postal Service. As of her 2024 campaign, Carpus was actively involved in the U.S. Postal Service Retirees Union. She has held the position of organizing director in her local chapter and served on the election committee.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 68
Incumbent Lawrence McClure defeated Lisa Carpus and Tyrell Hicks in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 68 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lawrence McClure (R) | 63.0 | 50,568 |
 | Lisa Carpus (D)  | 33.9 | 27,230 | |
 | Tyrell Hicks (No Party Affiliation) | 3.0 | 2,427 | |
| Total votes: 80,225 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Lisa Carpus advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 68.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Lawrence McClure advanced from the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 68.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Carpus in this election.
Pledges
Carpus signed the following pledges.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lisa Carpus completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Carpus' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I am 100% pro-choice! I believe in a woman's right to choose. No one, especially the government, should have any say in what goes on with a woman's body or have any input into her health care decisions. All of a woman's health care decisions, including whether or not to have an abortion, should be between each individual woman and her doctor if she chooses to involve him/her.
- I'm for expanding voters' rights. For too long (and especially in recent years), the GOP has sought to weaken voters' rights in an effort to suppress the vote. They will do anything to win; besides suppressing votes, they blatantly gerrymander districts to their advantage. In FL, they are attempting to eliminate vote by mail, which is a major asset for senior citizens who may have difficulty getting to the polls to vote. Previously, if a FL citizen registered for vote by mail, they stayed registered for several election cycles. Now, because of a recent law change by Gov. DeSantis, each citizen's vote by mail request expires after every election and must be renewed. He's made it harder to vote.
- I am for preserving and protecting Medicare and Social Security at all costs! Too many politicians (including FL senator Rick Scott), have tried to sunset both of them. They want to raise the minimum retirement age and lower/eliminate your hard-earned benefits. These should both be "hands off", as we the people have worked hard our whole lives for both of them! If they want to raise money, let them tax the rich, the wealthy 1%, or eliminate tax cuts for the rich, like oil subsidies, etc.
I am also passionate about regulation policies such as environmental policy. Global natural challenges need to be addressed. I believe there should be emission standards regulating pollutants from industrial facilities, vehicles and power plants.
There should be ecosystem protection; measures should be in place to preserve and restore wetlands and forests.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 20, 2024
