Florida House, District 40
Represents District 40 in the Florida House of Representatives; 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
On the Nov. 3 ballot. The Florida Division of Elections 2026 general-election candidate list (checked Oct. 7, 2026) shows 2 qualified candidates: Tuan Le (Republican), Ra'Shon Young (Democrat). An earlier version of this guide marked the seat as decided, based on a report published before candidate qualifying closed on June 12; that was wrong.
Candidates
Report an error ↗Ra'Shon Young
RaShon Young, born in 1999, is a Bethune-Cookman University graduate who started several businesses, worked in government auditing for the city of Titusville and spent three years as chief of staff to state Rep. LaVon Bracy Davis. He won a September 2, 2025 special election for District 40 and serves on the State Affa…
Tuan Le
Le says he was raised in Pine Hills and attended Carver Middle School and Evans High School before earning an engineering degree at the University of Central Florida and an MBA at Strayer University. He describes himself as an aerospace engineer, a water and wastewater engineer, an IT and cybersecurity analyst, and an…
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 | Ra'Shon Young Democratic | Tuan Le Republican |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes & spendingCutting taxes should be a top priority, even if it means less government spending on services. | No public position found | Leans agree· stated position Le proposed a 'Small Business Tax Credit Act' as one of his three key campaign messages, offering tax incentives to small businesses that hire locally and train young people. He did not say in the survey what spending would change. |
| Property taxesFlorida should eliminate or sharply reduce homestead property taxes, even if local governments must cut services or find other revenue. | Leans disagree· based on record Voted against CS/HJR 1-F (2026), the June 2026 joint resolution that placed Amendment 3 on the ballot to raise the non-school homestead exemption to $250,000 by 2028 and let counties and cities exempt homesteads entirely; because the vote sent the question to voters rather than cutting taxes itself, a vote for it is coded as leaning toward sharply reducing homestead property taxes rather than as full agreement. | Strongly agrees· stated position In an interview for the voter guide, Le said a family's first or only home should not be taxed, while rental and investment property should be. |
| 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. | Leans agree· stated position His campaign site calls for insurance reform that stabilizes the market, increases transparency, holds companies accountable and ensures claims are paid fairly; it does not mention rate caps or Citizens. | No public position found |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | Strongly agrees· stated position He says he will fight to cap rent increases and expand affordable housing, and his campaign site calls for more affordable housing supply, protections for renters and holding large investors accountable. | Leans agree· stated position In his 2025 Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, Le proposed a 'Zoning Equity Act' that would let owners of property more than 50 years old obtain rezoning within the same use category so they could build on the property, add accessory units, rent it out or sell unused portions. He said the change would lower rents and help property owners. In an earlier 2022 survey he listed affordable housing among his priorities. |
| ImmigrationImmigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally. | Leans disagree· based on record Voted no on HB 197 (Jan. 15, 2026), which would have required all private employers to use E-Verify to check new hires' work eligibility; it passed the House 80-30 and died in the Senate. | Leans agree· stated position In his 2022 Ballotpedia survey, filed as a candidate for Congress, Le listed stopping illegal immigration at the border among his three key messages and said his own family immigrated legally from Vietnam. He did not address deportation of people already in the country. |
| AbortionAbortion should be legal in most cases (Florida's six-week ban should be repealed or loosened). | Leans agree· stated position Lists reproductive rights and women's health among his policy priorities; in 2026 he voted no on HB 289, a bill to allow wrongful-death suits over an unborn child. | Strongly disagrees· stated position Le said abortion should be allowed only for medical reasons; on VOTE411 he described himself as pro-life with exceptions for serious threats to the mother's life or health. |
| 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 agrees· based on record Voted no on HB 133 (Jan. 15, 2026), which would have lowered the minimum age to buy a rifle from 21 to 18; it passed the House and died in the Senate. He lists gun violence prevention among his policy priorities. | Leans disagree· stated position Le said he supports the Second Amendment and likes gun law the way it is, placing responsibility on parents to keep guns away from children. |
| Health careGovernment should expand its role in health coverage (expand Medicaid in Florida, extend Affordable Care Act subsidies). | Leans agree· stated position His campaign site says the state must expand access to affordable health care, especially in underserved and rural areas, and lower prescription costs; it does not mention Medicaid expansion specifically. | Leans disagree· stated position Asked about expanding Medicaid, Le focused on fraud and said the system must be cleaned up first; he did not endorse expansion. |
| Education & school choicePublic money should follow students to private, charter or home schools (universal school vouchers). | No public position found | Leans disagree· stated position Le said he personally supports school choice but that public money should stay in public schools and private schools should raise their own funds from donors. |
| Environment & waterProtecting water quality, conservation land and climate resilience should take priority even if it slows development or raises costs. | Leans agree· stated position Lists climate justice and resilient communities among his priorities, and his campaign site lists protecting the environment as an issue. | 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. | Strongly agrees· stated position In his 2025 campaign survey he said his first bill would be a state voting rights act and that he is running to make voting easier. In the House he voted no on CS/CS/HB 991 (2026), the citizenship-verification and voter-ID law, on Feb. 25, 2026, and did not vote on final passage. Sources: Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey: RaShon Young (2025… (2025-05-04) · Florida Senate bill page: CS/CS/HB 991 (2026) Elections, Ch… (2026-04-02) · House roll call, CS/CS/HB 991 (2026) third-reading passage,… (2026-02-25) · House roll call, CS/CS/HB 991 (2026) final passage, 77-28 (2026-03-12) | No public position found |
| Crime & policingCriminal penalties should be tougher and police funding increased, rather than emphasizing reform and rehabilitation. | Leans disagree· stated position Lists criminal justice reform and ending the "school-to-prison pipeline" among his policy priorities, and his site lists preventing violence as an issue. | 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. | Leans disagree· stated position Lists LGBTQ+ equality and anti-discrimination protections among his policy priorities; he has not addressed the specific laws on gender-affirming care or classroom instruction. | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ra'Shon Young | -1.25 (4 statements) | -1.29 (7 statements) |
| Tuan Le | 0.75 (4 statements) | 0.75 (4 statements) |
Other issues the candidates have raised
Priorities each candidate has brought up on their own, beyond the major-issue list above.
Ra'Shon Young
- Fundraising — The state campaign-finance database showed $34,456 in contributions for Young as of Oct. 6; no contribution records were listed for Le, per the guide.
Tuan Le
- Career and technical training — Le proposed an 'Education Act' that would use high school campuses as technical training centers after 6 p.m., offering adults and young people training in trades such as plumbing, electrical, HVAC, coding, artificial intelligence, robotics and health care, along with an after-school innovation and technology program for children.