Florida House, District 91
Represents District 91 (Part of Palm Beach) 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 ↗Peggy Gossett-Seidman
Peggy Gossett-Seidman was born in Topeka, Kansas, earned a degree in English, journalism and history from Michigan State University, and worked as a sportswriter and media and public relations director. She lives in Highland Beach and has represented District 91 (Boca Raton area) since 2022, winning re-election in 202…
Luis Garcia
Luis Garcia, 59, served 28 years with the Boca Raton Fire Department as a firefighter and paramedic and has 14 years of experience as a licensed claims adjuster. Born in Colombia, he became a U.S. citizen after serving in the Marine Corps, and he runs a nonprofit focused on reducing opioid deaths. He is a father of tw…
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 | Peggy Gossett-Seidman Republican | Luis Garcia Democratic |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes & spendingCutting taxes should be a top priority, even if it means less government spending on services. | Strongly agrees· stated position Her site says she cut taxes by $4.2 billion to provide direct relief to Floridians and will keep fighting inflation. | 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 Voted yes on HJR 1-F (June 2, 2026) and HJR 203 (Feb. 19, 2026). | 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. | Leans agree· stated position Her site proposes new bipartisan insurance reforms that cap rates and guarantee payouts, and says she will work with condo associations on new regulations. | Leans disagree· stated position Says fraud and overbilling, not insurer greed, are the main cause of high premiums, and proposes laws against kickbacks and licensing for restoration-company salespeople rather than rate controls. |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | Leans disagree· stated position Her site says she will reduce building regulations that drive up housing costs. | Strongly agrees· stated position Supports more rent subsidies for low-income workers and restricting large investors from buying homes. |
| ImmigrationImmigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally. | Strongly agrees· stated position Her site commits to fighting illegal immigration and protecting borders and beaches, and she voted yes on SB 2-C (Feb. 13, 2025). | Strongly disagrees· stated position In a candidate interview with Indivisible Boca Raton, Garcia said the Legislature should reverse the state mandate that requires local law enforcement to help enforce federal immigration law under 287(g) agreements. He has also founded an ICE Watch legal observer team in South Florida. |
| 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), which limited most abortions to six weeks of pregnancy, on April 13, 2023. | Strongly agrees· stated position Supports abortion access with no restrictions and calls the end of Roe v. Wade a regression. |
| 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 allowed carrying a concealed firearm without a state permit, on March 24, 2023. | 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 Calls for restoring Medicaid funding for all Floridians and funding the PACE program for seniors, and says the money should come from elsewhere in the state budget. |
| 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 made every K-12 student eligible for a state scholarship usable at private schools or for home education, on March 17, 2023. | No public position found |
| Environment & waterProtecting water quality, conservation land and climate resilience should take priority even if it slows development or raises costs. | Leans agree· stated position Her site cites more than $1 billion invested in environmental and water-quality projects and a law requiring beach-contamination notices within 24 hours. | 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 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. | Leans agree· stated position Calls a proof-of-citizenship requirement an unnecessary voting impediment and says his office would help people obtain documents. |
| Crime & policingCriminal penalties should be tougher and police funding increased, rather than emphasizing reform and rehabilitation. | Strongly agrees· stated position Her site pledges to fully fund public safety and 'back the blue'; her accomplishments page cites a law letting prosecutors hold defendants without bond for certain written threats. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Peggy Gossett-Seidman | 1.00 (5 statements) | 1.63 (8 statements) |
| Luis Garcia | -1.00 (3 statements) | -1.67 (3 statements) |
Other issues the candidates have raised
Priorities each candidate has brought up on their own, beyond the major-issue list above.
Peggy Gossett-Seidman
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.
Luis Garcia
- Insurance and condo costs — Drawing on his claims-adjuster background, he calls for reforming Citizens Property Insurance and cracking down on property and casualty insurance fraud, and describes condo assessments as a cost-of-living emergency.
- Seniors and security — He calls for restoring federal Meals on Wheels funding, repurposing the Florida State Guard to protect houses of worship, and creating an elder-fraud task force.
- Property insurance and claims — Drawing on 14 years as a licensed claims adjuster, Garcia said he would focus on reforming Citizens Property Insurance and on property and casualty insurance fraud, which he described as widespread in Florida.
- Condominium assessments — Garcia described rising condominium assessments in the district as a cost-of-living emergency for working and middle-class residents.
- Elder fraud — Garcia proposed converting the 33 sworn officers of Florida's Division of Election Security into an elder fraud task force aimed at protecting the district's older residents. He also called for the state to restore funding for Meals on Wheels after federal cuts.