Florida House, District 19
Represents District 19 (Flagler, Part of St. Johns) 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 ↗Sam Greco
Sam Greco, a Georgetown-educated attorney, served as an active-duty Navy JAG officer from 2019 to 2024 and continues in the Navy Reserve. He was elected in 2024 to represent Flagler County and part of St. Johns County and sponsored 2026 laws on rental-property fraud and memory-care standards.
Suzanna Pavelle
Suzanna Pavelle, 53, has run small businesses for nearly 30 years, including an early online direct-to-consumer bicycle brand, and has lived in St. Augustine for 26 years. A former backcountry ranger and archaeologist with a University of Oregon degree, she has served on the Big Brothers Big Sisters board.
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 | Sam Greco Republican | Suzanna Pavelle Democratic |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes & spendingCutting taxes should be a top priority, even if it means less government spending on services. | No public position found | Leans disagree· stated position She proposes combined reporting to stop corporations from shifting profits offshore, which she says would raise about $2.4 billion a year. |
| 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 Greco voted for HJR 203 and HJR 1-F in 2026 and campaigned in 2024 on expanding homestead exemptions. | Leans disagree· stated position She supports targeted relief for seniors and first-time buyers but opposes cutting local revenues while the insurance crisis is unresolved. |
| 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 | Strongly agrees· stated position She would fix SB 1028 so small businesses and condos are not forced out of Citizens, add oversight of rate hikes and maintain strong Citizens and catastrophe funds. |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | No public position found | Strongly agrees· stated position She would fully fund SHIP and SAIL, back first-time-buyer help and accessory dwelling units, and curb large-investor purchases of single-family homes. |
| ImmigrationImmigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally. | Strongly agrees· based on record He voted for SB 2-C in 2025 and campaigned on stopping illegal immigration, banning sanctuary jurisdictions and ending taxpayer benefits for people in the country illegally. | Leans disagree· stated position Her priorities include protecting people and civil rights from abusive immigration enforcement and ending detention spending. |
| 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 She describes herself as pro-choice and would restore reproductive freedom. |
| 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 | Strongly agrees· stated position She supports expanding Medicaid to eligible adults and protecting rural hospitals. |
| Education & school choicePublic money should follow students to private, charter or home schools (universal school vouchers). | No public position found | Leans disagree· stated position She says vouchers divert dollars to private schools with less accountability and would fund neighborhood public schools first. |
| Environment & waterProtecting water quality, conservation land and climate resilience should take priority even if it slows development or raises costs. | No public position found | Strongly agrees· stated position She would strengthen wetland and water protections and fully fund Florida Forever. |
| Growth & developmentGrowth and development should be slowed or more tightly regulated (higher impact fees, density limits, stronger local control). | No public position found | Strongly agrees· stated position She calls for infrastructure before development, restoring local control over growth, making developers pay the true cost of growth and reining in data centers. |
| 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 | Leans agree· stated position She calls for ending racial gerrymandering and making citizenship documents free if required to register. |
| 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 | Strongly agrees· stated position Pavelle criticized the Public Service Commission's approval of an FPL rate increase, and said she wants to restore solar incentives and pause new data centers until their costs are known. |
| 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Greco | not enough data | not enough data |
| Suzanna Pavelle | -1.67 (6 statements) | -1.40 (5 statements) |
Other issues the candidates have raised
Priorities each candidate has brought up on their own, beyond the major-issue list above.
Sam Greco
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.
Suzanna Pavelle
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.