Florida House, District 94
Represents District 94 (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
- 2026-09-28 · (held)
Candidates
Report an error ↗Megan Weinberger
Meg Weinberger was born in Detroit, attended Palm Beach State College and spent a decade leading Rescue Life, an animal sanctuary she founded, while serving on boards including Stetson University, Big Dog Ranch and Place of Hope. She was elected to the Florida House in 2024 with about 55 percent of the vote and lives …
Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Holmes grew up in Wellington, earned an English education degree from Florida Atlantic University and has taught in Palm Beach County public schools for about 15 years, first English and now students with special needs. The daughter of a teacher and a postal worker, she is a mother of four and lives in Palm …
Doug Barrow
Doug Barrow is a no-party candidate from the Caloosa area of Palm Beach Gardens whose children attend public schools. He filed in May 2026, says local government should not be a partisan conversation, and did not respond to the Town-Crier's interview requests.
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 | Megan Weinberger Republican | Elizabeth Holmes Democratic | Doug Barrow No Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 will cut taxes, reduce the size of government and cut red tape. | 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. | Strongly agrees· based on record Voted yes on HJR 1-F (June 2, 2026) and HJR 203 (Feb. 19, 2026); she told the Town-Crier she supports Amendment 3 but believes more needs to be done, and her site credits her with passing property tax initiatives. | Leans disagree· stated position She told the Town-Crier she supports a homestead exemption increase but that passage of Amendment 3 would be disastrous for local governments that rely on property taxes. | 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 says she supported legislation to hold big insurance companies accountable, and she told the Town-Crier she proposed making homeowners insurance costs deductible from property taxes. | Strongly agrees· stated position She told the Town-Crier she supports David Jolly's state hurricane insurance plan, which aims to cut private homeowner premiums by 60 to 70 percent. | Strongly agrees· stated position His site calls for legislation to cap insurance premiums and force insurers to offer more deductible options. |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | Leans agree· stated position Her site says she will advocate for affordable housing, and her 2024 survey backed using Live Local Act funds and developer incentives to speed affordable and workforce housing. | Leans agree· stated position Her site says she will work to increase attainable housing options so families can stay in their communities. | Leans disagree· stated position Rather than expanded affordable-housing programs, he favors tax relief pathways, education credits and job incentives for first-time buyers, first responders, veterans and teachers. |
| ImmigrationImmigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally. | Strongly agrees· stated position Her site calls for securing the border, prosecuting traffickers and deporting immigrants who commit crimes, and she voted yes on SB 2-C (Feb. 13, 2025). | No public position found | No public position found |
| AbortionAbortion should be legal in most cases (Florida's six-week ban should be repealed or loosened). | Strongly disagrees· stated position Her site says she supports the sanctity of human life and the rights of the unborn. | Strongly agrees· stated position Says reproductive decisions belong to a woman and her doctor, not lawmakers. | Strongly agrees· stated position Says government has no place in decisions about people's health and bodies. |
| 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· stated position Her site says she will protect the right to bear arms. | No public position found | 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 | Leans agree· stated position Her site says health care should be accessible in all communities. | Mixed / neutral· stated position Focuses on lowering costs; would evaluate federal Medicaid funding options but guard against commitments that could become unaffordable. |
| Education & school choicePublic money should follow students to private, charter or home schools (universal school vouchers). | Leans agree· stated position Her site says she will empower parents to guide their children's education, and her survey says she will expand options for parents. | Leans disagree· stated position She told the Town-Crier current school-choice plans are not realistic for many families, and her site says public funding should be used responsibly to benefit students first. | Mixed / neutral· stated position He supports charter schools as an option in moderation but says they are being exploited, and emphasizes higher teacher pay and better maintenance for public schools. |
| 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 backs investing in infrastructure to protect waterways, springs, rivers and estuaries and preventing farmland loss. | 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 | Leans agree· stated position She opposes approving AI data centers without meaningful community support, citing threats to water supplies and energy infrastructure, and says decisions should be made with communities rather than by Tallahassee insiders. | Strongly agrees· stated position He opposes commercial expansion and data centers in rural areas like Jupiter Farms and says no data center should be approved without residents' direct consent. |
| MarijuanaRecreational marijuana should be legal for adults. | No public position found | 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. | Leans disagree· stated position Her site says she will fight to ensure only legal votes are counted and that ineligible voters and non-citizens are purged from the rolls. | Strongly agrees· stated position Would work to repeal the proof-of-citizenship law and fund free, easy access to replacement birth certificates. | Mixed / neutral· stated position Supports requiring that voters be citizens while ensuring eligible citizens are not blocked by bureaucracy. |
| Crime & policingCriminal penalties should be tougher and police funding increased, rather than emphasizing reform and rehabilitation. | Leans agree· stated position Her site says she will support law enforcement and prioritize community safety. | 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· stated position Her site says she will prohibit children from having sex changes. | 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 | No public position found | No public position found |
| Trump administrationI approve of the direction of the Trump administration. | Leans agree· stated position In her 2024 survey she named President Trump as someone she looks up to and admires for his dedication to the country; Trump endorsed her campaign. | 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Megan Weinberger | 0.50 (4 statements) | 1.22 (9 statements) |
| Elizabeth Holmes | -1.25 (4 statements) | -1.67 (3 statements) |
| Doug Barrow | -0.33 (3 statements) | -0.67 (3 statements) |
Other issues the candidates have raised
Priorities each candidate has brought up on their own, beyond the major-issue list above.
Megan Weinberger
- Campaign money — Florida Politics reported Weinberger had about $117,000 in her campaign account, Holmes about $2,000 and Barrow about $8,000.
Elizabeth Holmes
- Teacher pay — She says Florida cannot have strong communities without strong schools and needs to pay teachers better and improve classroom resources.
- School district review of a campaign video — Florida Politics reported on a June video in which Holmes, a Palm Beach County teacher, told students and former students they could earn community service hours by sharing her campaign posts. The school district's Office of Professional Standards opened an employee relations case on June 23 and closed it June 29 with a finding of no violation, because board policy and the student progression plan both count service on behalf of a candidate for public office as community service. The file does not say whether any student submitted hours or whether the post came down.
- Data centers — Says data centers should be kept out of local communities to protect the environment and water supply.
Doug Barrow
- Emergency services — He prioritizes adding a fire station for west-side communities to improve response times.
- Data centers — Names unchecked data-center development as one of Florida's two most important challenges.