U.S. House, District 2
Represents Florida's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives; votes on federal laws and spending. 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
CORRECTION (Sept 2026 research pass): the Democratic nominee is Amanda Marie Green, not Yen Bailey. WFSU, Florida Politics and AP report Green won the Aug. 18, 2026 four-way Democratic primary over Yen Bailey, Nicholas Zateslo and Brice Barnes and faces Republican Austin Rogers on Nov. 3 ; ; . Open seat (Rep. Neal Dunn retiring). Republican nominee Austin Rogers confirmed by WFSU, Florida Politics and Florida's Voice (Aug 18-19, 2026); Democratic nominee Yen Bailey per Ballotpedia snippet ('advanced from the Democratic primary without appearing on the ballot') and Florida Politics. NPA/write-in candidates not confirmed; Ballotpedia page could not be fetched. Florida's Legislature passed a new congressional map in the April 2026 special session (Senate vote 21-17 on April 29, 2026) and the Florida Supreme Court on June 10, 2026 declined (6-1) to block it, so the new district lines apply to the Nov. 3, 2026 election; litigation on the merits continues. ; ; County list reflects pre-2026 district boundaries unless a 2026 source is cited; boundaries changed under the April 2026 map and the exact new county composition was not confirmed in searches run for this guide.
Candidates
Austin Rogers
Austin Rogers graduated from Mosley High School in Bay County, played college soccer, and earned a law degree from Duke University as well as theology degrees from Duke and Wheaton College (Florida Politics). He served as chief counsel for Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans and as general counsel to Sen. Rick Scot…
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Amanda Marie Green
Amanda Marie Green is a two-time Florida State University graduate who, according to her campaign, worked for a subsidiary of the U.S. Agency for International Development until the agency was cut after President Trump returned to office in 2025. She won the Aug. 18, 2026 Democratic primary in the open 2nd District ov…
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 | Austin Rogers Republican | Amanda Marie Green 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 |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | No public position found | Leans agree· stated position Says she will work to expand access to affordable housing and take on corporate price-gouging to lower basic living costs. |
| ImmigrationImmigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally. | Strongly agrees· stated position His issues page calls President Trump's early-2025 border actions 'one of the administration's most important victories' and says he will work 'to codify strong border security policies into law.' Sources: Austin Rogers for Florida: Issues | Leans disagree· stated position Ballotpedia's summary of her positions says she supports welcoming immigrants and opposes local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, calling for clarifying or challenging 287(g) agreements. Sources: Ballotpedia: Amanda Green (Florida) |
| AbortionAbortion should be legal in most cases (Florida's six-week ban should be repealed or loosened). | No public position found | Leans agree· stated position Ballotpedia's summary of her stated positions says government should not interfere in private lives and that health-care decisions should remain between patients and their doctors; she is backed by June Piscitelli, a recruiter of pro-choice Democratic women candidates. An explicit statement on Florida's six-week ban was not found. |
| 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 Says every American has a constitutional right to keep and bear arms and that he will be 'a strong and unwavering defender of the Second Amendment in Congress.' Sources: Austin Rogers for Florida: Issues | 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 Her priorities page says she will fight to expand access to affordable health care providing 'a basic standard of care to ALL Americans,' protect and strengthen Medicare and Medicaid, and 'reverse cuts that gutted rural healthcare.' Florida Politics describes her platform as 'universal, free-at-the-point-of-service healthcare.' |
| Social Security & MedicareSocial Security and Medicare benefits must be protected from any cuts, even if that requires more revenue. | No public position found | Strongly agrees· stated position Says she will 'shore up Social Security by removing the cap on contributions so that everyone pays their fair share into the program,' and lists 'preserving and expanding social security' as a priority. |
| Education & school choicePublic money should follow students to private, charter or home schools (universal school vouchers). | No public position found | No public position found |
| Environment & waterProtecting water quality, conservation land and climate resilience should take priority even if it slows development or raises costs. | 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 | No public position found |
| 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 | No public position found |
| Tariffs & tradeTariffs on imported goods are good for the American economy. | No public position found | Strongly disagrees· stated position Her priorities page says she will lower living costs in part by 'fighting illegal tariff taxes.' |
| UkraineThe U.S. should continue military aid to Ukraine. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Trump administrationI approve of the direction of the Trump administration. | Strongly agrees· stated position His announcement says he is running 'to be a strong, reliable vote for President Donald Trump's America First agenda.' | Leans disagree· stated position Criticizes administration policies including tariffs (which she calls 'illegal tariff taxes') and cuts she says 'gutted rural healthcare'; her campaign notes her USAID-related job ended when the agency was cut in 2025. |
| VeteransExpanding VA services and veterans' benefits should be a top priority. | Leans agree· stated position Says veterans 'gave much to protect our country' and that he will fight to ensure service members receive the funding, equipment and support they need; specifics on VA benefits were not found. Sources: Austin Rogers for Florida: Issues | 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.
Austin RogersHow 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).
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).
| Candidate | Economic issues | Social & legal issues |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Rogers | not enough data | 2.00 (3 statements) |
| Amanda Marie Green | -1.67 (3 statements) | -1.00 (3 statements) |
Other issues the candidates have raised
Priorities each candidate has brought up on their own, beyond the major-issue list above.
Austin Rogers
- Support for military and law enforcement — Lists fighting 'for our military and law enforcement' among his core campaign planks; his father is a retired Air Force fighter pilot who trains at Tyndall AFB.
- Business and economy — Says he will work to 'strengthen American businesses' and put 'Florida families and America first.'Sources: Austin Rogers for Florida: Issues
- Values and faith — Campaign says it will 'stop the radical left's assault on our values'; aired a Panhandle TV ad focused on his faith.
Amanda Marie Green
- Corporate price-gouging — Says she will take on corporate price-gouging to lower the cost of basic living expenses.
- Higher wages and food access — Lists higher wages and access to food among the issues that matter most to working families.
- Rural health care — Pledges to reverse federal cuts she says gutted rural health care.
- Government waste — Campaign describes her as an 'expert in cutting waste' based on her foreign-aid career.