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2026 Florida Governor — Republican Primary · August 18, 2026
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Last reviewed September 15, 2026Renner is a former Florida House speaker, Navy veteran, former prosecutor, attorney, and State University System Board of Governors member. His campaign emphasizes affordability, schools, public safety, immigration, child online safety, mental health, and conservation.
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Sample Primary Election Ballot
August 18, 2026
Republican Party
Polk County, Florida
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Paul Renner
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Post Office Box 20252 · St. Petersburg, FL 33742
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Post Office Box 20252
St. Petersburg, FL 33742
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Speaker (2022-2024) Elected to the Florida House of Representatives on April 7, 2015, reelected subsequently
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Speaker (2022-2024)
Elected to the Florida House of Representatives on April 7, 2015, reelected subsequently
He is a U.S. Navy veteran, former prosecutor, and business attorney. Operation Desert Storm combat operations in Afghanistan in 2011
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He is a U.S. Navy veteran, former prosecutor, and business attorney.
Operation Desert Storm
combat operations in Afghanistan in 2011
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Property tax cuts. Lower property and auto insurance rates.
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Property tax cuts.
Lower property and auto insurance rates.
Workforce readiness. Free speech in classrooms. Instruction in American Exceptionalism.
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Workforce readiness.
Free speech in classrooms.
Instruction in American Exceptionalism.
Protections for first responders. Zero tolerance for illegal immigration. Child safeguards from social media exploitation. Pro-Life. Pro-2nd Amendment.
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Protections for first responders.
Zero tolerance for illegal immigration.
Child safeguards from social media exploitation.
Pro-Life.
Pro-2nd Amendment.
Florida House floor record and selected House leadership statements
The searchable archive contains 4,016 directly captured Florida House floor positions: 3,768 Yeas and 248 Nays. The representative cards below remain separately labeled; sponsorship, leadership, and public statements are not treated as personal floor votes.
Coverage: April 8, 2015 through March 8, 2024These are descriptive counts from captured official records, not an ideology, effectiveness, or intent score. Subject labels are navigation aids assigned from official measure text. A vote does not establish why the candidate voted that way or support for every provision in a measure.
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Renner publicly supported HB 3 as House speaker. The source does not present this as an individual roll-call vote.
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Governor DeSantis signed HB 3
said House Speaker Paul Renner
delivering a legislative framework that prioritizes keeping our children safe
$1.07 billion package signed
Renner made an attributable statement supporting the tax-relief package when it was signed.
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signed House Bill 7073, providing $1.07 billion in tax relief
said Florida House Speaker Paul Renner
deliver meaningful tax relief to help the people of Florida
Proposal announced
Renner publicly supported the proposed lawsuit reforms; this entry does not infer a personal floor vote.
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announce the most comprehensive reforms in decades to decrease frivolous lawsuits
said House Speaker Paul Renner
Florida families have shouldered the hidden cost of lawsuit abuse
The complete explorer covers every Yea or Nay explicitly attributed to Paul Renner in the available final Florida House daily journals during the configured service window. It does not infer a position from attendance, sponsorship, leadership, a voice vote, or an omitted name, and it does not yet include committee vote sheets.
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Florida Division of Elections totals captured through August 1, 2026 for 2026 election-cycle reports returned by the official search through capture time.
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