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Grandmas for the Generations
Candidate positionFighting for every child. Fighting for every family. Answering to no one but God and the people.
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Fighting for every child. Fighting for every family. Answering to no one but God and the people.
Child Safety
Candidate positionSecuring our schools and protecting the innocence of our children from radical influences. Restoring neighborhood order.
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Securing our schools and protecting the innocence of our children from radical influences. Restoring neighborhood order.
Faith & Community
Candidate positionReligious organizations leading community healing. Government as support, not constraint.
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Religious organizations leading community healing. Government as support, not constraint.
Fighting For What Matters
Candidate positionLateresa Jones is committed to the values that put families first and protect our children's future.
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Lateresa Jones is committed to the values that put families first and protect our children's future.
Housing Affordability
Candidate positionSouth Florida families are being priced out. Fighting to make homeownership attainable for working families.
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South Florida families are being priced out. Fighting to make homeownership attainable for working families.
Join the Fight for Florida's Future
Candidate positionTogether, we can send a grandmother, advocate, and fighter to Congress. Your support makes the difference.
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Together, we can send a grandmother, advocate, and fighter to Congress. Your support makes the difference.
Lateresa “LA” Jones
Candidate positionLateresa “LA” Jones is a wife, mother, grandmother, business owner, nationally recognized child advocate, and a qualified Republican candidate for U.S. Congress, Florida's 20th District, running in the August 18 Republican primary. Guided by faith, resilience, and conservative principles, she is committed to protecting families and strengthening communities too often overlooked.
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Lateresa “LA” Jones is a wife, mother, grandmother, business owner, nationally recognized child advocate, and a qualified Republican candidate for U.S. Congress, Florida's 20th District, running in the August 18 Republican primary. Guided by faith, resilience, and conservative principles, she is committed to protecting families and strengthening communities too often overlooked.
Some politicians talk about protecting families. Lateresa shelters them.
Candidate positionSome discover “child safety” at election time. For Lateresa it's the fight of her life — gentle with the vulnerable, and relentless against anyone who would harm a child. She'll bring that same heart to Washington.
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Some discover “child safety” at election time. For Lateresa it's the fight of her life — gentle with the vulnerable, and relentless against anyone who would harm a child. She'll bring that same heart to Washington.
Inside the System, Fighting for Change
Candidate positionAs a member of Governor Ron DeSantis’ Faith & Community Initiative, Lateresa works daily in the intersection of government, faith, and vulnerable communities. She doesn't just talk about the system — she operates inside it, fights inside it, and now she's taking that fight to Washington.
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As a member of Governor Ron DeSantis’ Faith & Community Initiative, Lateresa works daily in the intersection of government, faith, and vulnerable communities. She doesn't just talk about the system — she operates inside it, fights inside it, and now she's taking that fight to Washington.
Everything She Fights For Is Personal
Candidate positionShe organized grassroots support for the Violence Against Women Act in 1994. That wasn't a political calculation. It was personal. Everything she has fought for has been personal.
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She organized grassroots support for the Violence Against Women Act in 1994. That wasn't a political calculation. It was personal. Everything she has fought for has been personal.
She Showed Up Before the Cameras
Candidate positionThe real grind is lonely. No crowds. No applause. Just you, the work, and the vision. South Florida deserves someone who showed up before there were cameras — and will show up long after they're gone.
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The real grind is lonely. No crowds. No applause. Just you, the work, and the vision. South Florida deserves someone who showed up before there were cameras — and will show up long after they're gone.
Digital Content Creator
Candidate positionLateresa uses her platform to spread messages of family values, child protection, and faith-based community building to a growing audience of engaged citizens.
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Lateresa uses her platform to spread messages of family values, child protection, and faith-based community building to a growing audience of engaged citizens.
Why I'm Running
Candidate positionSouth Florida deserves a representative who fights for families, not politics. I've spent my life protecting children, empowering grandparents, and building faith-based coalitions that actually change lives.
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South Florida deserves a representative who fights for families, not politics. I've spent my life protecting children, empowering grandparents, and building faith-based coalitions that actually change lives.
The Issues That Matter
Candidate positionLateresa Jones is committed to fighting for the values that make our families and communities strong.
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Lateresa Jones is committed to fighting for the values that make our families and communities strong.
Freedom: I’ve Seen the Alternative
Candidate positionDefend the freedoms that families risked everything to reach America for
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Defend the freedoms that families risked everything to reach America for
Public Safety
Candidate positionEvery family deserves to feel safe in their neighborhood. Lateresa will fight for strong law enforcement, community policing, and accountability to keep our streets secure.
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Every family deserves to feel safe in their neighborhood. Lateresa will fight for strong law enforcement, community policing, and accountability to keep our streets secure.
Education & Workforce
Candidate positionExpand school choice so every child has access to quality education regardless of zip code
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Expand school choice so every child has access to quality education regardless of zip code
Veterans & Military Families
Candidate positionThose who served our nation deserve our full support when they return home. Lateresa will fight to ensure no veteran is left behind.
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Those who served our nation deserve our full support when they return home. Lateresa will fight to ensure no veteran is left behind.
Small Business & Economy
Candidate positionFlorida families are feeling the squeeze of rising costs. Lateresa will fight for policies that lower costs, create jobs, and let families keep more of what they earn.
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Florida families are feeling the squeeze of rising costs. Lateresa will fight for policies that lower costs, create jobs, and let families keep more of what they earn.
Some politicians talk about protecting families. Lateresa shelters them.
Candidate positionSome politicians talk about protecting families. Lateresa shelters them.
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Some politicians talk about protecting families. Lateresa shelters them.
Inside the System, Fighting for Change
Candidate positionInside the System, Fighting for Change
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Inside the System, Fighting for Change
Everything She Fights For Is Personal
Candidate positionEverything She Fights For Is Personal
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Everything She Fights For Is Personal
What reforms to the US immigration system do you support? Why? ¿Qué reformas al sistema de inmigración de Estados Unidos apoya usted? ¿Por qué?
Candidate position1.Background checks for any individual entering our country. We protect our citizens and our children. 2) Children who have entered this country without a parent, should immediately be taken into our foster care system as parents or next of kin is contacted. The process of these children will be different. DNA will help to identify them and give them a chance to be claimed as Americans.
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1.Background checks for any individual entering our country. We protect our citizens and our children. 2) Children who have entered this country without a parent, should immediately be taken into our foster care system as parents or next of kin is contacted. The process of these children will be different. DNA will help to identify them and give them a chance to be claimed as Americans.
Do you believe climate change is a financial threat to the economy of the nation? Why or why not? ¿Cree que el cambio climático representa una amenaza financiera para la economía del país? ¿Por qué?
Candidate positionOverspending is always a financial threat to the American people. America has Native American Tribes; the land they have lived on and loved is a model for rich biodiversity and effective carbon storage; they can teach the entire world. We must stop overlooking prospective solutions in front of our faces. It maybe another prejudice towards the Native American people who have inhabited land and they have shown for generations without additional help from the outside world, how to love on the land. The Native American culture plays a direct role in protecting forests, wildlife, and the environment. The Native American people should be given access to funding and a seat at the table to teach the masses, not reinventing the wheel but utilizing the resources in our society.
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Overspending is always a financial threat to the American people. America has Native American Tribes; the land they have lived on and loved is a model for rich biodiversity and effective carbon storage; they can teach the entire world. We must stop overlooking prospective solutions in front of our faces. It maybe another prejudice towards the Native American people who have inhabited land and they have shown for generations without additional help from the outside world, how to love on the land. The Native American culture plays a direct role in protecting forests, wildlife, and the environment. The Native American people should be given access to funding and a seat at the table to teach the masses, not reinventing the wheel but utilizing the resources in our society.
Name your top two legislative priorities for the next Congressional term. Mencione sus dos principales prioridades legislativas para el próximo período del Congreso.
Candidate position1. Increase Cola for Americans immediately 2. Release all Epstein Files 3.Reconstruct the Family and Children Services
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1. Increase Cola for Americans immediately 2. Release all Epstein Files 3.Reconstruct the Family and Children Services
“Freedom of speech” is included in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Exactly what does ”Freedom of Speech” mean to you? La libertad de expresión está incluida en la Primera Enmienda de la Constitución de los Estados Unidos. ¿Qué significa exactamente para usted la “libertad de expresión”?
Candidate positionI am a 4th generation Black American. My ancestors, slave in this country we built. I will NEVER take anyone's opinion or voice and not respect it.
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I am a 4th generation Black American. My ancestors, slave in this country we built. I will NEVER take anyone's opinion or voice and not respect it.
Who has the right, Congress or the President, to oversee federal agencies? ¿Quién tiene el derecho de supervisar a las agencias federales: el Congreso o el Presidente?
Candidate positionCongress has the responsibility to allocate funds for all federal programs and government operations. Congress and the President has shared constitutional authority to oversee federal agencies
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Congress has the responsibility to allocate funds for all federal programs and government operations. Congress and the President has shared constitutional authority to oversee federal agencies
If documentary proof of US citizenship becomes necessary in order to register to vote, how would you help those citizens, especially women, who no longer have or don’t have easy and affordable access to documents to prove citizenship, such as certified birth and marriage certificates? Si se requiere prueba documental de ciudadanía estadounidense para registrarse para votar, ¿cómo ayudaría a esos ciudadanos, especialmente a las mujeres, que ya no tienen o no tienen acceso fácil y asequible a documentos que prueben su ciudadanía, como certificados de nacimiento o matrimonio certificados?
Candidate positionIncrease funding specifically for organizations to give vouchers for citizens and women to obtain birth certificates, marriage license and/or driver's license
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Increase funding specifically for organizations to give vouchers for citizens and women to obtain birth certificates, marriage license and/or driver's license
What role do you believe the federal government should play in education at the pre-school level, K-12 level and higher education? ¿Qué papel cree que debería desempeñar el gobierno federal en la educación a nivel preescolar, educación K-12 (primaria y secundaria) y educación superior?
Candidate positionI believe the states and its voters should make the decisions regarding funding education. Federal government should provide school lunch programs, summer lunch programs so no child is hungry in America.
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I believe the states and its voters should make the decisions regarding funding education. Federal government should provide school lunch programs, summer lunch programs so no child is hungry in America.
