Florida House, District 57
Represents District 57 (Part of Pinellas) 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 ↗Adam Anderson
Businessman who represents North Pinellas County in the Florida House and is seeking re-election. His website highlights work on streamlining permitting, virtual education and health screening programs.
Wendy Hoy
Oldsmar resident with a University of Michigan education degree who has worked as a teacher, Head Start director, home health and hospice educator, guardian ad litem and library board member. She says she entered the race after learning the incumbent had run unopposed.
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 | Adam Anderson Republican | Wendy Hoy 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 | Leans disagree· stated position In a Tampa Bay 28 questionnaire she cited property-tax exemptions that create revenue loss for community services such as libraries as a reason she is running. |
| 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 disagree· based on record Voted for SB 2-A (Dec. 2022), the December 2022 property-insurance law that ended one-way attorney fees and assignment of benefits and created a state reinsurance program, a market-based approach; a vote for it is coded as leaning against more direct state intervention. | Strongly agrees· stated position Her issues page calls for property insurance rate caps and restoring homeowners' ability to challenge unfair insurer practices. |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | Leans agree· stated position Anderson did not return the Tampa Bay Times questionnaire; the paper quoted his campaign site, which says the Legislature acted to reduce delays in housing construction by streamlining permitting and inspections to lower the cost of homes and renovations. | Leans agree· stated position She proposes state incentives for small landlords who verifiably lower or stabilize rent. |
| ImmigrationImmigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally. | Strongly agrees· based on record Voted yes on SB 2-C (2025), which created the State Board of Immigration Enforcement, required state help with federal detainers, barred driver licenses for unauthorized immigrants, and funded an Unauthorized Alien Transport Program. | Strongly disagrees· stated position Hoy said current federal and state immigration policies are harsh and politically driven and wants enforcement focused on real public-safety threats, with due process. |
| AbortionAbortion should be legal in most cases (Florida's six-week ban should be repealed or loosened). | Strongly disagrees· based on record Voted yes on SB 300 (2023), the law that limits most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. | Strongly agrees· stated position She says she would return reproductive freedom and keep medical decisions between individuals and their doctors. |
| 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 Voted yes on HB 543 (2023), which allows carrying a concealed firearm without a state license. | Strongly agrees· stated position She supports gun-safety legislation, including restoring local governments' authority to enact gun-safety ordinances. |
| 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 accepting Medicaid expansion dollars. |
| Education & school choicePublic money should follow students to private, charter or home schools (universal school vouchers). | Strongly agrees· based on record Voted yes on HB 1 (2023), which removed income limits and enrollment caps so state scholarship funds can follow any K-12 student to private or home education. His website also says Florida should lead the nation in flexible schooling options and career pathways. | Leans disagree· stated position She calls for investing in strong public schools and ending book bans; she does not directly address vouchers. |
| 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 She wants stronger coastal resilience and flood mitigation and would keep wetland mitigation within the same watershed. |
| 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 Hoy told the Times she would put a moratorium on data-center development until the impacts are understood and regulations are in place, and listed restoring local control over zoning and environmental decisions as a top priority. |
| 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 disagrees· based on record Voted for SB 7050 (2023), the 2023 elections law that raised penalties and shortened deadlines for third-party voter-registration groups and changed vote-by-mail and voter-roll procedures. | Strongly agrees· stated position She wants to expand vote-by-mail access and accept student IDs as voter ID. |
| 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. | Strongly agrees· based on record Voted for SB 254 (2023), the 2023 law barring gender-affirming medical treatment for minors and restricting it for adults. | Leans disagree· stated position She says she would safeguard LGBTQ+ families and oppose government overreach into private lives; she does not name specific laws. |
| Energy & utilitiesGovernment should promote renewable energy and tighten oversight of utility rate increases, even at the expense of fossil-fuel production. | Leans disagree· based on record Voted for CS/CS/HB 1645 (2024), the 2024 energy law that removed climate change as a priority of state energy policy, repealed several renewable-energy goals and grant programs, banned offshore wind turbines in state waters and eased regulation of natural-gas pipelines; a vote for it is coded as leaning against promoting renewable energy. | Leans agree· stated position Hoy said she would cap utility-rate increases and offer solar incentives as part of lowering household costs. |
| 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 | Leans agree· stated position She supports expanding veterans' health care access with more clinicians, longer clinic hours and satellite mental-health sites. |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Anderson | 0.33 (3 statements) | 2.00 (6 statements) |
| Wendy Hoy | -1.40 (5 statements) | -1.57 (7 statements) |
Other issues the candidates have raised
Priorities each candidate has brought up on their own, beyond the major-issue list above.
Adam Anderson
- Housing permitting — He says he acted to reduce delays in housing construction by streamlining inconsistent permitting and inspection processes.
Wendy Hoy
- Data centers — She supports a moratorium on new data centers, including pausing incentives and fast-track approvals.
- Central database for assistance programs — Hoy said she would spend a $1 million appropriation on a central Pinellas County database of housing, food, utility, health, transportation and repair assistance, tied to the 2-1-1 social services line.