Florida House, District 100
Represents District 100 (Part of Broward) in the Florida House; votes on state laws and the state budget. Term: 2 years.
Partly verified. Either the November opponent could not be confirmed from available sources, or only a few positions are documented. Confirm the full candidate list on your county sample ballot; unknown positions are shown as such.
How we verified who is on the ballot
Candidate list taken from the Florida Division of Elections, 2026 general election candidate list on 2026-09-18 ; statuses Qualified/Unopposed only. Counties from the Legislature's district listings.
Debates and forums
- No debate or candidate forum has been scheduled in this race (checked Oct. 17, 2026). Checked Vote411's Florida debates-and-forums calendar, the League of Women Voters of Florida newsroom, the county Leagues, chambers of commerce, Tiger Bay clubs and local NAACP branches; every legislative forum they list was held during the primary.
Candidates
Report an error ↗Yoni Anijar
Yoni Anijar, 35, is a corporate attorney who founded First Gen Law and serves as a captain and judge advocate in the U.S. Army Reserve. The son of Israeli immigrant business owners, he graduated from the University of Florida and George Washington University Law School and began his career at a New York law firm. He w…
Michael Ferguson
Michael Ferguson, 32, is an attorney and Air Force veteran who served as a judge advocate prosecuting and defending criminal cases. He grew up in the coastal Broward district and now practices at a Fort Lauderdale law firm.
Side-by-side on the major issues
Each row is a statement. The chips show how each candidate's stated positions or record relate to that statement. Expand a row to read the evidence and sources. "No public position found" means we could not find a statement or record on the topic, not that the candidate has none.
| Issue | Yoni Anijar Republican | Michael Ferguson Democratic |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes & spendingCutting taxes should be a top priority, even if it means less government spending on services. | Leans agree· stated position He proposes permanent sales-tax exemptions on essential family goods and says Floridians should keep more of what they earn. | No public position found |
| Property taxesFlorida should eliminate or sharply reduce homestead property taxes, even if local governments must cut services or find other revenue. | Strongly agrees· stated position His site lists eliminating property taxes as a priority and on Vote411 he supports continuing the push for permanent property-tax relief. | Strongly disagrees· stated position He opposes treating sweeping property-tax cuts as the main affordability fix, saying they weaken first responders and infrastructure while doing little about insurance. |
| Property insuranceThe state should intervene more directly in the property-insurance market (rate caps, expanding Citizens, stricter insurer regulation) rather than relying mainly on market-based reforms. | Strongly disagrees· stated position Anijar favors a free-market approach: expand My Safe Florida Home mitigation grants and shift risk away from state-backed Citizens toward private insurers. | Strongly agrees· stated position Ferguson calls for stronger insurance oversight and rate transparency and proposes a state catastrophic fund that would take hurricane and windstorm risk out of the private market. |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | Mixed / neutral· stated position He calls the housing shortage a supply-side problem, backing zoning reform, surplus public land for workforce housing and faster permitting, while rejecting new government spending or government-run projects. | Strongly agrees· stated position He would expand and consistently fund the Hometown Heroes program, create a rental version through tax credits, and encourage workforce housing near jobs and transit. |
| ImmigrationImmigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally. | Strongly agrees· stated position His campaign site lists securing the border and stopping illegal immigration as a top issue, and he strongly disagreed with sanctuary cities in a 2026 survey. | No public position found |
| AbortionAbortion should be legal in most cases (Florida's six-week ban should be repealed or loosened). | Strongly disagrees· stated position He supports Florida's current abortion law and says the right to life is a fundamental liberty; in a 2026 survey he strongly agreed life deserves legal protection from conception. | Strongly agrees· stated position Ferguson supported Amendment 4 in 2024 and says he will defend reproductive freedom and work to restore Roe v. Wade standards. |
| GunsGun 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). | Strongly disagrees· stated position His site pledges to defend and preserve Second Amendment rights, and in a survey he called the Second Amendment 'the ultimate guarantor' of other rights. | No public position found |
| Health careGovernment should expand its role in health coverage (expand Medicaid in Florida, extend Affordable Care Act subsidies). | Strongly disagrees· stated position He says Florida should reject government-subsidized health care in favor of price transparency, direct primary care and expanded scope of practice. | Strongly agrees· stated position He supports expanding Medicaid and preserving affordable marketplace coverage as federal subsidies decline. |
| Education & school choicePublic money should follow students to private, charter or home schools (universal school vouchers). | No public position found | No public position found |
| Environment & waterProtecting water quality, conservation land and climate resilience should take priority even if it slows development or raises costs. | No public position found | Leans agree· stated position He wants major state investment in drainage, flood mitigation and coastal resilience. |
| Growth & developmentGrowth and development should be slowed or more tightly regulated (higher impact fees, density limits, stronger local control). | Leans agree· stated position His site lists protecting communities from over-development among his issues. | Leans agree· stated position He says preemption should be used sparingly, that the state should set floors not ceilings, and lists opposing overdevelopment among his priorities. |
| MarijuanaRecreational marijuana should be legal for adults. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Elections & votingVoting should be made easier (mail voting, drop boxes, restoring voting rights) rather than adding new restrictions. | Leans disagree· stated position He strongly disagreed that people should vote without photo ID, while saying the state should waive fees and automate records if proof of citizenship is required. | Leans agree· stated position He opposes unnecessary barriers to the ballot and says the state should bear the cost if proof of citizenship is required. |
| Crime & policingCriminal penalties should be tougher and police funding increased, rather than emphasizing reform and rehabilitation. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Gender identity lawsFlorida's laws restricting gender-affirming care for minors and classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity should remain in place. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Energy & utilitiesGovernment should promote renewable energy and tighten oversight of utility rate increases, even at the expense of fossil-fuel production. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Trump administrationI approve of the direction of the Trump administration. | Strongly agrees· stated position His site's first listed issue is supporting President Trump's America First agenda, and he has said he voted for Trump three times. | No public position found |
| VeteransExpanding VA services and veterans' benefits should be a top priority. | No public position found | No public position found |
Where they sit on the map
Each candidate is placed by the average of their documented stances. It is a summary of the table above, not an extra judgment.
How the axes are computed
Each axis is the average of a candidate's coded stances (+2 to −2) on a fixed set of statements, so it comes straight from the documented positions and nothing else. A candidate needs at least three documented statements on an axis to be placed.
Economic issues (toward "Smaller government (lower taxes, less spending)"): Taxes & spending (agree), Property taxes (agree), Health care (disagree), Housing affordability (disagree), Property insurance (disagree), Energy & utilities (disagree), Social Security & Medicare (disagree), Teacher and staff pay (disagree).
Social & legal issues (toward "Conservative side of the statements"): Immigration (agree), Abortion (disagree), Guns (disagree), Education & school choice (agree), Elections & voting (disagree), Crime & policing (agree), Gender identity laws (agree), Marijuana (disagree), Environment & water (disagree), Trump administration (agree), Library and classroom materials (agree), School safety approach (agree).
| Candidate | Economic issues | Social & legal issues |
|---|---|---|
| Yoni Anijar | 1.40 (5 statements) | 1.80 (5 statements) |
| Michael Ferguson | -2.00 (4 statements) | -1.33 (3 statements) |
Other issues the candidates have raised
Priorities each candidate has brought up on their own, beyond the major-issue list above.
Yoni Anijar
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.
Michael Ferguson
- Ad campaign — Launched a six-figure TV and digital buy with a 30-second spot, 'Protect,' on property insurance and household costs (Oct. 5), followed by a second spot, 'Answer' (Oct. 8).