Bill Partington

RepublicanIncumbentAttorney (assistant public defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit); state representative (elected 2024)

Partington, a UCF and Loyola law graduate, served as mayor of Ormond Beach from 2016 to 2024 before winning the HD 28 seat in 2024. He has worked as a prosecutor and as an assistant public defender and chief of the felony trial division.

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Taxes & spending Leans agree· stated position

Statement: "Cutting taxes should be a top priority, even if it means less government spending on services."

His campaign site lists reducing taxation to make Florida the most affordable state as a priority.

"Reduce burdensome, punitive taxation to make Florida the most affordable state in the U.S."

Sources: Issues — Bill Partington for State Representative (2026-09)

Property taxes Strongly agrees· based on record

Statement: "Florida should eliminate or sharply reduce homestead property taxes, even if local governments must cut services or find other revenue."

Voted for HJR 203 (Feb. 19, 2026), which would phase out all non-school property taxes on homesteads, and for HJR 1F (June 2, 2026), which placed the Amendment 3 homestead-exemption increase on the November ballot.

Sources: Floor Vote for CS/CS/HJR 203, Elimination of Non-school Pro… (2026-02-19) · Floor Vote for CS/HJR 1F, Save Our Homes from Excessive Pro… (2026-06-02) · Florida House passes proposed amendment to immediately phas… (2026-02-19)

Immigration Strongly agrees· based on record

Statement: "Immigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally."

Voted for SB 2-C in the February 2025 special session, which created a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, required state and local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and added state penalties for people in the country illegally.

Sources: Floor Vote for SB 2-C, Immigration (2025 special session), … (2025-02-13) · SB 2-C (2025C) Immigration, bill detail, Florida House (2025-02)

Guns Strongly disagrees· based on record

Statement: "Gun laws should be stricter (keep the red-flag law and the age-21 purchase rule; expand background checks) rather than looser (permitless or open carry, lower purchase age)."

Voted for HB 759 (2025) and HB 133 (2026), which would lower the minimum age to buy a rifle or shotgun from 21 to 18; both passed the House and died in the Senate. His site pledges unconditional support for the Second Amendment.

"Unconditional support of our Second Amendment"

Sources: Floor Vote for HB 759, Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or … (2025-03-26) · Floor Vote for HB 133, Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or … (2026-01-15) · Issues — Bill Partington for State Representative (2026-09)

No public position found on 14 issues

We searched campaign sites, questionnaires, interviews, votes and official actions and did not find a clear stance on: Property insurance, Housing affordability, Abortion, Health care, Education & school choice, Environment & water, Growth & development, Marijuana, Elections & voting, Crime & policing, Gender identity laws, Energy & utilities, Trump administration, Veterans. This is reported as unknown rather than guessed from party affiliation; these issues are excluded from this candidate's match score.

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No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.

Record: votes, actions and documented facts

Did not respond to the 2026 Vote411 questionnaire.
Sources: State Representative 28 — VOTE411 Voter Guide (League of Wo… (2026-09)
Voted for CS/HJR 1-F (2026), the June 2026 joint resolution that placed Amendment 3 on the ballot to raise the non-school homestead exemption to $250,000 by 2028 and let counties and cities exempt homesteads entirely; because the vote sent the question to voters rather than cutting taxes itself, a vote for it is coded as leaning toward sharply reducing homestead property taxes rather than as full agreement.
Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote
Voted for SB 2-C (2025), the February 2025 special-session immigration law that created a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, made entering Florida as an unauthorized immigrant a state crime and required local cooperation with federal detention.
Sources: Bill page · Roll-call vote

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