Rachel Rodriguez

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My agenda is straight-forward. Five priorities. One principle: government answers to the People, not the other way around.

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I'll penalize mandates, protect informed consent, hold hospital administrators accountable, and make sure no Floridian can be forced to choose between their job or their education and a medical procedure they don't want. Health decisions belong to patients in consultation with their doctors—not bureaucrats, not insurance underwriters, not employers, not the government, and not globalist organizations. Florida led the nation in standing up during the COVID era. We need to secure that path of liberty for generations to come.

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Justice delayed is justice denied. Unduly difficult procedure is injustice. I'll demand adherence to ethical standards by judges, provide public accountability against judges who hide behind procedure to deny the right to your day in court, and investigate claims of misconduct against judges. I'll push for transparency in how cases are assigned and stronger safeguards against conflicts of interest. I'll support judicial reforms that put the law above politics and protect due process for every Floridian. The courts have a solemn duty before God to preserve and protect the rights of the people. They need to be reminded of their moral obligation.

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You raise your children. The government does not. God gave you that divine duty. The government did not. I'll protect your right to direct your child's education wherever they are taught - at home, in classrooms, at the gym, on the sports field, and in the halls of higher education. I'll expand school choice so every family—regardless of income—can find the right fit for their kids. I'll defend your authority to make medical decisions for your children and strip the power of family courts to usurp parental authority and remove parental protection, while ensuring robust accountability for anyone who would harm a child. Mothers and fathers are the first and divinely-appointed teachers and protectors of the next generation. Florida must honor parents' role and work with - not against - our families.

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I'll protect our coastlines, wetlands, and farmland from overdevelopment and foreign investors, while promoting technologies that work with the land to ensure safe water above and below the surface and enhance productive soil. I'll invest in infrastructure that handles growth without destroying what makes Florida special. I will partner with families and communities to ensure Florida's food sovereignty and security for generations to come. We don't just inherit Florida's resources from our parents. We borrow them from our children, and we will be held accountable for our stewardship.

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In the last several years, I fought to protect individual civil rights in Florida and across the country, and learned that our court system has reached a breaking point, refusing to protect rights. So, when I was asked to run for governor, I prayed about it and ultimately decided I could better serve Florida families, residents, and businesses in public office than privately in the courts. In Florida, protecting our children is of paramount importance, as is ensuring that life is affordable and secure for our families and communities. I have been fighting to defend parental rights already and will continue to do so by reforming our Department of Children of Families and demanding transparency and accountability from our state courts. All of our financial incentives in Florida should no longer tax production, property or assets; and private companies cannot rely on government power to strip the rights of our citizens.

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We need to update disaster infrastructure and systems in advance of any future catastrophic weather event. We should also require transparency and clear construction and operations requirements for developers on all AI data centers, and make Florida a place where AI development is decentralized and innovative, not centralized and controlled by unaccountable Surveillance State parties for purposes against Floridians' liberties. There are natural solutions to water conservation through purification and reuse as well as large-scale waste breakdown to convert trash to rich soil for agricultural use, which I currently promote with my partners through our soon-to-launch environmental technologies company. These solutions join economic development with environmental protection for Florida.

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As a first principle, we have an obligation to steward the land and her resources given to us by God. Preservation of natural beauty and conservation research funding should be a priority for the state. State acquisition of land for this purpose is good but must not violate individual property rights at the same time - imminent domain has been abused in Florida. Any conservation project needs to be clearly outlined and held accountable on timetables and budget and perform in accordance with the goals of preserving Florida's critical ecosystems and coastline. We also need to curb negative effects of chemical residuals and pollution used in various industries and agriculture and provide natural solutions, such as using UV light for pest control, among other innovations.

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At the state level, restrictions for foreign and large corporate investment in residential property is needed to ensure that Florida individuals and families have first priority in our state. The state can also promote homeowner insurance competition through financial incentives, and by upgrading disaster preparedness, push insurance companies to lower premiums that are rising based on that false justification. Fundamentally, beyond the issue of foreign investment, housing is a community, not a centralized state issue, and thus the state should also support localized solutions to specific housing needs. The Live Local Act has unintentionally created significant local conflict between residents who need property tax abatement and developers who get the tax breaks, rather than truly addressing affordable housing reform.

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Florida has a strong interest in remaining competitive and in ensuring that Floridians are well prepared for building a productive community in our state. Parental rights, including the education and upbringing of our children, are God-given, and the state does not have the authority to take those rights away nor remove parental responsibility. Thus, all education policy needs to hold parental rights and responsibilities as a priority and work with families and educators to ensure access to quality education; recruit and retain teacher talent; honor specialization in the trades and agriculture in conjunction with STEM pursuits to maximize outcomes for Florida's economy; incentivize adult learning and job training; as well as promote education of the whole student - including physical education, moral character, creative training, and academic fundamentals. Teaching is a vocation, not merely a job, and should be honored as such.

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I agree that insurance is for some a higher burden than tax, depending on when they purchased their home and applied homestead protections, and where they are located in the state. The state and local governments have direct control over taxation, but insurance policy includes private company rights, so the solutions are different. Florida can incentivize competition, drawing more options into the state, and in updating disaster preparedness infrastructure, remove the stated basis for many insurance premium increases. The state can also incentivize self-insurance, and community co-op solutions for homeowners. What is not addressed sufficiently is the consumptive drain of largely unaccountable HOAs all over Florida. The state can require that HOAs demonstrate periodic 75% approval vote for ongoing charter by the affected community, such that corrupted and unwanted HOA burdens are removed efficiently without violating the right to associate.