Florida House, District 115
Represents District 115 (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
Report an error ↗Omar Blanco
Omar Blanco is a career Miami-Dade firefighter who previously led the Miami-Dade Firefighters and Paramedics union and ran for Congress in 2020. He won the open House District 115 seat in 2024 by about 19 points and is seeking a second term.
Marcos Reyes
Marcos Reyes, 44, is a Cuban American small-business owner and the first in his family born in the United States. He ran for House District 119 in 2024, losing to Rep. Juan Carlos Porras, and chairs the credentials committee of the Miami-Dade Democratic Executive Committee.
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 | Omar Blanco Republican | Marcos Reyes Democratic |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes & spendingCutting taxes should be a top priority, even if it means less government spending on services. | Leans agree· stated position His 2024 platform prioritized keeping taxes low along with addressing insurance rates and public safety. | 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· based on record Blanco voted for HJR 203 (elimination of non-school homestead taxes) and for the HJR 1-F amendment on the 2026 ballot. | 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 | No public position found |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | No public position found | No public position found |
| ImmigrationImmigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally. | Strongly agrees· based on record Blanco voted for SB 2-C, the 2025 state immigration-enforcement package. | No public position found |
| AbortionAbortion should be legal in most cases (Florida's six-week ban should be repealed or loosened). | No public position found | Strongly agrees· stated position In his 2023 Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, filed during an earlier run for Congress, Reyes said abortion rights are the policy area he is most passionate about and called for federal legislation restoring the Roe v. Wade standard. He said he has four daughters who would otherwise lose that right. |
| 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· based on record He voted in 2025 and 2026 for bills lowering the long-gun purchase age from 21 to 18. | No public position found |
| Health careGovernment should expand its role in health coverage (expand Medicaid in Florida, extend Affordable Care Act subsidies). | No public position found | No public position found |
| 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 | 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 | No public position found |
| 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. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Crime & policingCriminal penalties should be tougher and police funding increased, rather than emphasizing reform and rehabilitation. | Leans agree· stated position He campaigned on enhancing public safety and supporting first responders. | 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 | Leans disagree· stated position In his 2023 Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey Reyes said he wants to fight for equal rights and named the LGBTQ community among those he would fight for. He did not address Florida's specific laws on gender-affirming care for minors or classroom instruction. |
| 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.
Marcos ReyesHow 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Omar Blanco | not enough data | 1.67 (3 statements) |
| Marcos Reyes | not enough data | not enough data |
Other issues the candidates have raised
Priorities each candidate has brought up on their own, beyond the major-issue list above.
Omar Blanco
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.
Marcos Reyes
- Cost of living and public education — In a June 2026 essay he said housing, insurance and grocery costs keep rising and that he wants to lower the cost of living and strengthen public education.
- Cost of living and public education — In a post he wrote himself, Reyes said the cost of housing, insurance, groceries and everyday necessities keeps rising, and said he is running to put working families first, lower the cost of living, strengthen public education and end the Republican supermajority in the Legislature.
- Cost of living — In his 2023 survey Reyes said he wants to make sure there is always food on the table and to ease the paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyle many families face.
- Social Security and Medicare — In an earlier October 2023 submission Reyes listed Social Security and Medicare among his three key messages, saying the programs need to last for generations to come.