Nicole Locklin
Nicole Locklin is a Miami-based attorney with more than a decade of experience in law, compliance and business operations, including work at Nextdoor beginning in 2020 and most recently as lead commercial legal counsel for health care and life sciences at Databricks. Local coverage says she is originally from Oklahoma and has lived in Miami since 2024. She was unopposed in the Aug. 18, 2026 Democratic primary. Her campaign centers on affordability, anti-corruption (she pledges to reject corporate PAC money), universal health care, ending immigration raids and ending 'endless wars.'
How they got on the ballot: Unopposed in Aug 18, 2026 Democratic primary (CBS Miami)
Campaign finance (FEC filings through 10/14/2026): raised $599,527, spent $489,537, cash on hand $109,990; $347,607 from individual donors, $250,918 from the candidate. FEC filings ↗
Sources last checked 2026-09-18. Report an error ↗
Positions on the major issues
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Taxes & spending Strongly disagrees· stated position
Locklin advocates higher taxes on billionaires and large corporations to fund investments in health care, housing, education and jobs.
Housing affordability Leans agree· stated position
Locklin lists affordable housing among the investments she would fund with higher taxes on billionaires and corporations, and cites rising housing costs in the district.
Immigration Strongly disagrees· stated position
Locklin campaigns on ending immigration raids and supports abolishing ICE, emphasizing constitutional due-process protections before anyone is detained or removed.
Abortion Strongly agrees· stated position
Would restore abortion rights nationwide and protect contraception and fertility care.
"fight to restore abortion rights nationwide and protect access to contraception, fertility treatment, and emergency reproductive care"
Guns Strongly agrees· stated position
Supports universal background checks and safe storage.
"universal background checks, safe firearm storage"
Health care Strongly agrees· stated position
Locklin says health care is a human right and supports the fastest path to guaranteed universal coverage, whether Medicare for All, a strong public option or a Medicare buy-in.
"Medicare for All, a strong public option, Medicare buy-in, or any model that gets us to universal coverage"
Social Security & Medicare Strongly agrees· stated position
Opposes benefit cuts, privatization and raising the retirement age.
"oppose benefit cuts, privatization, and attempts to raise the retirement age"
Environment & water Leans agree· stated position
Her campaign lists 'reversing climate change' among the priorities she would fight for.
Crime & policing Leans disagree· stated position
Supports accountable policing, mental-health services and community violence prevention.
Veterans Leans agree· stated position
Her campaign lists 'expanded benefits for veterans' among her priorities.
No public position found on 7 issues
We searched campaign sites, questionnaires, interviews, votes and official actions and did not find a clear stance on: Education & school choice, Elections & voting, Gender identity laws, Energy & utilities, Tariffs & trade, Ukraine, Trump administration. This is reported as unknown rather than guessed from party affiliation; these issues are excluded from this candidate's match score.
Positions on issues outside this office's scope (1)
Property insurance Leans agree· stated position
Would confront insurers charging enormous premiums and protect renters from extreme increases.
"protect renters from extreme increases"
Other issues this candidate has raised
- Anti-corruption and affordability platform — Locklin's launch announcement centers her campaign on affordability, anti-corruption, economic justice and ending 'endless wars,' citing rising housing costs and insurance premiums in the district.
- Anti-corruption / no corporate PAC money — She pledges to reject corporate PAC money and to fight government corruption.
- Ending 'endless wars' and Palestine — She calls for an end to 'endless and unauthorized wars' and shifting spending to domestic priorities; her site has a Palestine issue page.
- Cuban relief effort — Local coverage lists the Cuban relief effort among her campaign themes.
- Labor unions and jobs — She lists strengthening labor unions and good-paying jobs among her priorities.
- Animal rights — Her campaign lists animal rights among the issues she would fight for.
- Artificial intelligence regulation — Locklin, a former AI-company attorney, said Congress urgently needs to regulate artificial intelligence, saying the technology is surpassing regulators' ability to understand it and 'we need to slow it down.'
Record: votes, actions and documented facts
- Unopposed in the Aug. 18, 2026 Democratic primary; local coverage notes she moved to Miami in 2024.
Endorsements (as reported)
- Dolphin Democrats and the Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus