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State of Florida
Jay Collins
Lieutenant Governor (sitting · 2026 R candidate for Governor)
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
12
/ 100
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Raw: 12 of 12 dynamic max
· 6 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
8/ 70
🏛️ State First
4/ 30
National Rank
#4,506 of 8,957 · bottom 49.7% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 3, 2026
Primary · Seat up at next election
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Registration deadline: 2026-10-05
Early voting: 2026-10-22 – 2026-11-01
Elections office: (850) 245-6200
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Florida Division of Elections
Official Profile
Background: Former FL State Senator SD-14 (Nov 2022-Aug 2025); Green Beret combat veteran; 21st Lieutenant Governor of Florida (appointed by DeSantis, sworn 2025-08-12). Running for Governor 2026.
Next Election Year: 2026
X / Twitter: @JayCollinsFL
Evidence (state tier). Pro-life: voted YES on SB 300 (2023 six-week Heartbeat ban) and pledged money to defeat 2024 Amendment 4, calling it 'unequivocally wrong.' School choice: in the GOP Senate majority that passed HB 1 (2023) universal vouchers on party lines. Pro-police: Green Beret with public law-enforcement-support posture. Border: party-line passage of SB 1718 (2023) mandatory E-Verify. 2A: was the SENATE SPONSOR of SB 150 (2023 permitless/constitutional carry). No contrary (FALSE) evidence found; remaining cells null for lack of an individual record.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
1 claim
Collins voted for SB 300, Florida's Heartbeat Protection Act, extending abortion prohibitions to six weeks from conception — signed into law by DeSantis in 2023 as the strongest pro-life legislation in FL history at the time. He further campaigned publicly against Amendment 4 (2024), the FL ballot measure that would have enshrined abortion access as a constitutional right; Collins opposed it as a radical attempt to override the legislature's protection of unborn life.
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
Not yet verified
Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
TRUE (+2)[2]
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in state-funded schools, state agencies, and state corporate-partnership programs
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
TRUE (+2)[3]
Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
Not yet verified
Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays/curricula/holidays in state institutions
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state law protecting cash as legal tender, opposing state-level CBDC pilot programs, and protecting crypto-as-property status
Not yet verified
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has voted for state balanced-budget compliance + opposed state borrowing for non-capital expenditures
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state usury caps + state predatory-lending protections + state charitable-deduction parity
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state pension/treasury divestment from ESG-aligned funds (e.g., BlackRock) + state anti-monopoly enforcement against financial cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
Not yet verified
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
Not yet verified
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted for state E-Verify mandate (beyond federal floor) for state employers + state-benefit eligibility verification
TRUE (+2)[4]
Candidate (state) has voted to restrict foreign ownership of state farmland (e.g., China-buyer prohibitions)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
TRUE (+2)[5]
1 claim
As a Florida state senator, Collins sponsored the 2023 Senate companion legislation to Florida's constitutional carry bill (HB 543 / SB 150), which eliminated the government-permit requirement for carrying a concealed firearm statewide. The bill passed on a near-party-line vote and was signed by Gov. DeSantis in April 2023. Collins, a retired U.S. Army Green Beret, publicly framed permitless carry as a constitutional obligation: having served in countries 'where oppressed people have lived under tyrannical regimes with no ability to safeguard their loved ones,' he argued citizens must retain the unfettered right to defend themselves.
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
- BallotpediaCenter
- Florida SenateOfficial
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted to enact / strengthen state Castle Doctrine + stand-your-ground statute
Not yet verified
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
TRUE (+2)[6]
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
Not yet verified
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
Not yet verified
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
Not yet verified
Official has voted for or sponsored 10th-Amendment nullification or anti-commandeering measures
Not yet verified
Official has declined unconstitutional federal mandates or federal strings on the state
Not yet verified
Official has resisted federal overreach on guns, life, education, or religious liberty
Not yet verified
Official affirms state sovereignty against unconstitutional federal action
Not yet verified
Official has opposed federal capture of state elections, data, or land
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Official Senate PageOfficial
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References & footnotes
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- [1]YES on SB 300 six-week ban; staunch public pro-life, opposed Amendment 4 as 'unequivocally wrong.' Official
YES on SB 300 six-week ban; staunch public pro-life, opposed Amendment 4 as 'unequivocally wrong.'
- [2]YES on SB 300 six-week ban; staunch public pro-life, opposed Amendment 4 as 'unequivocally wrong.' Unclassified
YES on SB 300 six-week ban; staunch public pro-life, opposed Amendment 4 as 'unequivocally wrong.'
- [3]In the GOP Senate majority that passed HB 1 (2023) universal school-choice vouchers on party lines. Official
In the GOP Senate majority that passed HB 1 (2023) universal school-choice vouchers on party lines.
- [4]Party-line passage of SB 1718 (2023) mandatory E-Verify for 25+-employee employers. Official
Party-line passage of SB 1718 (2023) mandatory E-Verify for 25+-employee employers.
- [5]Senate sponsor of SB 150 (2023) permitless/constitutional carry. Unclassified
Senate sponsor of SB 150 (2023) permitless/constitutional carry.
- [6]Green Beret; public law-enforcement-support posture (affirmative pro-police advocacy). Unclassified
Green Beret; public law-enforcement-support posture (affirmative pro-police advocacy).
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