Gloria Romero Roses
Gloria Romero Roses, 55, was born in Bogotá and raised in South Florida. She holds an MBA from the University of Miami, has spent about 40 years in real estate, affordable housing and community development, ran an assisted-living facility until 2020 and has served as statewide vice chair of Ruth's List Florida and on the board of Catholics for Choice.
Campaign finance: state and county candidates file with the Florida Division of Elections or the county Supervisor of Elections. Search contributions ↗
Sources last checked 2026-09-24. Report an error ↗
Positions on the major issues
Compare with opponents →Each entry describes what the candidate has said or done, and what they say they will do, in neutral terms with sources. The chip shows how that relates to the statement voters rate in the matching tool.
Property taxes Strongly disagrees· stated position
She opposes the 2026 property-tax amendment, calling it a political stunt and saying eliminating property taxes is not a responsible solution.
"Floridians deserve relief from rising costs, but eliminating property taxes is not a responsible solution."
Property insurance Leans agree· stated position
She pledges to hold insurers accountable, increase rate-setting transparency and invest in resilience and hurricane hardening.
"I'll fight to hold insurance companies accountable, increase rate setting transparency, invest in resilience and hurricane hardenin[g]"
Housing affordability Strongly agrees· stated position
She would speed affordable-housing construction with state financing for developers, public-private partnerships, small-scale infill and a lower income cap for workforce housing.
Immigration Leans disagree· stated position
She has spoken at Miami City Commission meetings against the city's 287(g) agreement with ICE.
Abortion Strongly agrees· stated position
She supports restoring access to safe, legal abortion and wrote a 2023 op-ed saying the six-week ban violated her Catholic values.
"A six-week abortion ban is effectively a total ban on abortion. Most people do not even know they are pregnant at six weeks."
Health care Leans agree· stated position
She supports expanding access to coverage, preventive care and patient navigators, and an Elder's Trust for seniors.
Environment & water Strongly agrees· stated position
In a VoteWater endorsement announcement posted Sept. 24, 2026, Romero Roses said development and construction policy directly affects water quality and public access to clean water, that Florida fails to enforce laws protecting its water supply and does not hold polluters accountable, and that she supports nature-based resilience and stronger enforcement.
"Today we fail to enforce laws that undermine our water supply, and even when we do, the measures are so pathetic that we fail to hold polluters accountable."
Growth & development Leans agree· stated position
She supports restoring home rule, reforming Live Local into a grand bargain with communities, and smart growth.
Elections & voting Leans agree· stated position
She would fund technology and interstate coordination to make citizenship records affordable and accessible.
No public position found on 9 issues
We searched campaign sites, questionnaires, interviews, votes and official actions and did not find a clear stance on: Taxes & spending, Guns, Education & school choice, Marijuana, 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
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.
Endorsements (as reported)
- Equality Florida PAC
- VoteWater
- Chief Executive Officers of Management Companies (CEOMC), trade group for Florida community association managers
- Sierra Club Florida
- Miami Herald Editorial Board