Florida House, District 108
Represents District 108 (Part of Miami-Dade) 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
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Wancito Francius
Wancito Francius, 50, is a lifelong North Miami resident with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice who describes himself as an entrepreneur and activist. He has run for the Legislature several times, including as a Democrat in 2022 and 2024, and is now the Republican nominee. His signature proposal is an $8 million…
Daphne Campbell
Daphne Campbell, 69, is a registered nurse born in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, who served three terms in the Florida House and one in the Senate before losing a 2018 primary. She won the August 2026 Democratic primary in this heavily Democratic northeast Miami-Dade district.
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 | Wancito Francius Republican | Daphne Campbell Democratic |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes & spendingCutting taxes should be a top priority, even if it means less government spending on services. | No public position found | 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. | No public position found | No public position found |
| 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. | No public position found | Mixed / neutral· stated position Her insurance approach combines stronger oversight and transparency with more competition, fraud reduction and mitigation incentives. |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | Strongly agrees· stated position Francius supports protecting dedicated housing funds, expanding first-time homebuyer help, public-private workforce housing and rental-fee transparency. | Strongly agrees· stated position Campbell says housing is a necessity, pledges to protect the Sadowski housing trust funds and supports first-time homebuyer, rental-assistance and workforce-housing programs. |
| ImmigrationImmigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally. | Leans disagree· stated position His platform calls for just and humane immigration policies that treat every family with dignity. | Leans disagree· stated position She defends Temporary Protected Status for Haitian residents. |
| AbortionAbortion should be legal in most cases (Florida's six-week ban should be repealed or loosened). | Leans disagree· stated position He says he believes in protecting the dignity of human life while supporting exceptions for the life or health of the mother, rape and incest. | Leans disagree· stated position She says she supports protecting unborn life with exceptions for the mother's life, rape, incest and nonviable pregnancies. |
| 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). | Leans agree· stated position His site pledges real, measured action to end gun violence in streets and schools. | Leans agree· stated position Her campaign lists gun-violence prevention among its goals. |
| Health careGovernment should expand its role in health coverage (expand Medicaid in Florida, extend Affordable Care Act subsidies). | No public position found | Leans agree· stated position A nurse of more than 45 years, she calls health care a basic necessity and supports expanding state-supported coverage options and reducing enrollment barriers. |
| Education & school choicePublic money should follow students to private, charter or home schools (universal school vouchers). | No public position found | Strongly disagrees· stated position Her site says she opposed expanding private-school funding in favor of strengthening public education, and she criticizes proposals requiring public schools to share campuses with charters. |
| Environment & waterProtecting water quality, conservation land and climate resilience should take priority even if it slows development or raises costs. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Growth & developmentGrowth and development should be slowed or more tightly regulated (higher impact fees, density limits, stronger local control). | No public position found | Leans agree· stated position She says preemption should be used narrowly and local governments should keep authority over housing implementation and neighborhood development. |
| 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 agree· stated position He says proof-of-citizenship documents should be easy and free to obtain so no eligible citizen is denied registration. | Leans agree· stated position She would create assistance centers, fee waivers and mobile clinics so a proof-of-citizenship rule does not block eligible voters. |
| Crime & policingCriminal penalties should be tougher and police funding increased, rather than emphasizing reform and rehabilitation. | Leans disagree· stated position He calls for overhauling the correctional system around fairness and second chances and rebuilding trust between residents and police. | 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. | No public position found | 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.
Wancito FranciusHow 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wancito Francius | not enough data | -0.60 (5 statements) |
| Daphne Campbell | -1.00 (3 statements) | -0.80 (5 statements) |
Other issues the candidates have raised
Priorities each candidate has brought up on their own, beyond the major-issue list above.
Wancito Francius
- Autism support act — Francius is promoting the Nathan Emmanuel Francius Autism Support and Resources Act, which would direct $8 million to schools and behavior technicians serving children with autism.
Daphne Campbell
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.