Allen L. Spence Jr.

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Our campaign is centered on lowering costs for working families, protecting Social Security, standing up for workers, and restoring Congress as a real check on Donald Trump and his Cabinet.

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12 Ways We Will Make Government Work For Us

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Read Our Full Proposal: The Prosperity Agenda

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I’m Allen Spence, and I’m running for Congress in Southwest Florida because I believe we need leaders focused on delivering real economic prosperity for our communities and securing the long-term stability of our nation.

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SAFE, SECURE, & ACCOUNTABLE IMMIGRATION

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Our Plan to Restore Faith in Government

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Better policies: The Prosperity Agenda.

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Our Student Success Agenda

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> FIGHTING FOR WORKERS & RETIREES​​

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Working families are doing everything right, but they're falling further behind. Wages aren't keeping up with housing, groceries, insurance, childcare, and healthcare while billionaires and large corporations continue to exploit workers, deceive consumers, and profit from government subsidies.

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That includes protecting Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, so they’re strong for the next generation and sustainable for the country.​​​

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I support an immigration system that protects our communities, strengthens our economy, and restores order at our borders. That starts with accountability, transparency, and real management, not more bureaucracy or blank checks.

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More than 7 million Florida voters stayed home in the 2024 election. About half a million Floridians are eligible to vote but have yet to register. Seventy percent (70%) of Americans believe "politicians don't care what people like me think."

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Automatic registration with an option to opt out. Federal government to set standards and provide funding. New systems to be run by each state.

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Florida students need great teachers in every classroom. By redirecting federal funding from ICE, CBP, Alligator Alcatraz, and "Schools of Hope," we can provide annual teacher retention bonuses that keep experienced educators in our schools and strengthen student learning.

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Fund Safer, Flood-Resistant Homes

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Unlike our current Congressman, who won’t even hold town halls to listen to his constituents, I believe accountability starts with showing up and listening to the problems of the citizens of Southwest Florida.

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Restore Order at the Border

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I'm running to fight for a government that works for everyone—transparent, accountable, and responsive. Where every American has a voice, every vote counts, and our communities thrive by Getting Shit Done in Congress.​

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Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act (VRA) to protect voters and make voting easier for American citizens. The VRA addresses discrimination, upholds transparency from municipalities and states in election regulation changes, and makes voting more accessible for language minorities.

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Prepare students for a rapidly changing economy by expanding access to computer science, digital literacy, AI education, career training, and pathways to good-paying jobs.

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Protecting Social Security, Medicare,

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Undocumented immigrants living peacefully in our communities deserve protection, not deportation. I support a five-year safe harbor period during which no non-violent undocumented person would be apprehended. During that window, they can apply for permanent residency. They are our neighbors, our coworkers, the parents of children in our schools. Violent criminals are the priority for immigration enforcement, full stop. Everyone else should be documented, not terrorized. Federal Immigration agents must be identifiable at all times which means no masks, no unmarked vehicles, no refusing to show a badge, no refusing to state their name or agency. That is not law enforcement, that is intimidation. CBP belongs at the border doing its actual job, not conducting workplace raids in our communities. Redirecting CBP to the borders is how we restore real order and stop cartel exploitation. A smart, accountable immigration system protects everyone, citizens and immigrants alike.

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Yes. Florida's insurance crisis is climate change made financial. Major insurers use state subsidiaries to cherry-pick markets and manufacture paper losses that justify rate increases, while families in Southwest Florida are left uninsured or priced out. I will fight to end those subsidiary arrangements. Every residential property should have flood barriers, and homeowners who install them get significant insurance discounts. New construction will require them. Existing homeowners get there through tax incentives. This reduces risk, stabilizes premiums, and keeps people in their homes. At the national level, we need the kind of proactive mitigation already happening in Miami Beach and New York City, hardened infrastructure, resilient design, and investment before the disaster rather than recovery after it. Ignoring climate risk does not make it cheaper. It shifts the bill onto working families and taxpayers. That is not fiscal conservatism, it is fiscal negligence.

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My first priority is saving Social Security. Under current law, anyone earning over $185,000 stops paying into Social Security for the rest of the year. Ultra wealthy effectively pay a lower Social Security rate than teachers and nurses. I will abolish the wage cap entirely. This single reform secures Social Security for generations. Without congressional action, benefits face an automatic 23% cut. Greg Steube has already shown he will let vital programs expire, just as he did with enhanced ACA subsidies. My second priority is the national debt, now exceeding $40 trillion. I will pursue a 10 to 20% reduction in defense spending. I will close the loopholes the ultra-wealthy exploit to avoid taxes, starting with asset-backed loans. Billionaires borrow against assets instead of selling them. A fee on those transactions captures revenue that is currently invisible to the IRS. Fiscal responsibility means everyone pays taxes, not just the working class.

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Freedom of speech is the foundation every other right rests on. My journey into politics began in early 2025 attending protests. Standing alongside neighbors, exercising our right to be heard, I realized democracy is not just voting every two years. It is showing up. That path led me here, as a candidate for Congress. Public spaces must remain free speech zones. The First Amendment protects citizens who gather outside their representative's office to demand accountability. I have done exactly that, rallying outside Steube's office and petitioning his staff for redress of grievances, explicitly protected under the First Amendment. When a congressman goes silent and offices go dark, citizens have not just the right but the responsibility to make themselves heard. Free speech is not a threat to government. It is how government stays honest. I will always defend that right, especially when power would prefer silence.

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Congress. This is not a close constitutional question. Article One of the Constitution grants Congress the power of the purse, the authority to create federal agencies, and the responsibility to conduct oversight over the executive branch. The President executes the law. Congress writes it, funds it, and watches over it. When the executive branch dismantles agencies, redirects appropriated funds, or installs unaccountable bodies to override congressional intent, that is not efficiency. That is a constitutional violation. Oversight is not optional for members of Congress. Greg Steube has abandoned that job. He votes with the administration nearly 100% of the time, rubber-stamping executive overreach. A congressman who will not conduct oversight is not a check on power, he is an extension of it. Sarasota, Charlotte and Lee counties deserve a representative who understands that Congress is a coequal branch of government and acts like it.

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The federal government already maintains databases establishing who is and is not a citizen. We do not need new burdens on voters; we need to use systems we already have. I support automatic voter registration for every eligible citizen, with an option to opt out. The federal government sets standards and provides funding. States run the systems. Citizenship is verified at registration automatically, eliminating documentary proof as a barrier. I also support passing the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which addresses discrimination, requires transparency when states change election rules, and improves access for language minorities. We also need the next generation engaged through community-based civic programs: Mock Trial, Debate, Key Club, Teen Court, and Embracing Our Differences. The system should make citizenship count, not make citizens prove it twice.

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I am a product of Florida public schools and the parent of a child in a Charlotte County charter school. Seven of his nine teachers left mid-year. I know what federal disinvestment looks like in a real classroom. At the preschool level, the federal government should fund universal childcare so every child arrives at kindergarten ready to learn. At K-12, the federal role is to set standards, fund schools equitably, and support local educators. That means a $10,000 teacher retention bonus funded by redirecting dollars from ICE, CBP, and Schools of Hope. It means free school meals, streamlined IEP and 504 processes, and keeping immigration enforcement out of schools. For higher education, expand computer science and AI literacy pathways, strengthen loan forgiveness in education, healthcare, trades, and clean energy, and build employer partnerships so graduates enter careers without crushing debt. Every federal education dollar should follow accountability and transparency, not ideology.

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I’m not here for a political career—I’m here to serve. I believe this District deserves a Congressman who works for you, and doesn't play political partisan politics. If you believe in common sense, transparency, and solutions that put people first, I’d be honored to earn your support.

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I support processing asylum applications outside the United States, a return to Migrant Protection Protocols, to prevent unlawful entry and stop cartels from exploiting our system.