Dean Ocean Abrams
Running mate: Joe Van Vactor (teacher and Air Force veteran, per Politics1)
Dean Abrams is a Sarasota-based NPA candidate who describes himself as not a career politician. He says he spent three decades in enterprise technology and management consulting with Microsoft, HP, KPMG and other firms, and helped rebuild New York City first responders' emergency communications after Sept. 11. He qualified for the general election as one of six NPA candidates in June 2026 and says his campaign is self-funded with no party, PAC or corporate money.
How they got on the ballot: No primary; qualified as NPA candidate for the Nov. 3 general election (WUWF/Spokesman, June 12, 2026)
Positions on the major issues
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Housing affordability Leans agree· stated position
Platform calls for 'Wall Street out of single-family homes' and making housing and health care more affordable; no zoning or subsidy specifics found.
"Wall Street out of single-family homes"
Environment & water Leans agree· stated position
Says he will protect Florida's land and opposes 'polluted waters' and a 'corporate data-center land grab.'
Growth & development Leans agree· stated position
States opposition to 'unchecked development' and the data-center land grab.
"Strict public approval for major development"
No public position found on 15 issues
We searched campaign sites, questionnaires, interviews, votes and official actions and did not find a clear stance on: Taxes & spending, Property taxes, Property insurance, Immigration, Abortion, Guns, Health care, Education & school choice, 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.
Other issues this candidate has raised
- Data-center land use — Opposes what he calls a corporate data-center land grab in Florida.
- Self-funded, no PAC money — Says he takes no party, PAC or corporate donations.
- No AI data centers; no foreign-lobby influence — Platform lists 'No AI data centers' and 'No AIPAC foreign lobby influence over Florida policy.'
Record: votes, actions and documented facts
- Self-funded campaign that says it takes no party, PAC or corporate money; Abrams says he led work at Microsoft, HP and KPMG over three decades (campaign site).