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State of Florida
Wilton Simpson
Agriculture Commissioner
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
14
/ 100
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Raw: 14 of 16 dynamic max
· 8 of 49 answered
State tier49 of 50 rubric questions apply at this office level — federal-only questions are marked N/A and excluded from the dynamic max. How tier grading works →
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✝ God First
10/ 70
🏛️ State First
4/ 30
National Rank
#4,439 of 8,957 · top 49.6% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 3, 2026
General · 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
X / Twitter: @WiltonSimpson
Sitting FL Agriculture Commissioner (since Jan 2023), running for re-election Nov 2026 (Trump + DeSantis endorsed). Former FL Senate President 2020-2022. Left Senate Nov 2022, so had NO vote on the 2023 6-week ban (SB300) or permitless carry (HB543). Documented as Senate President: advanced the 2022 15-week ban (called it 'a very good bill'), school-choice expansion HB7045, election-integrity SB90, and as Ag Commissioner championed SB264 foreign-farmland ban (named defendant in Shen v. Simpson). DEVIATION FLAGS (cited): put ~$2M for long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in 2022 budget (DeSantis vetoed); softer immigration posture — accommodating tone on E-Verify and prior 2014 support for in-state tuition for undocumented children, attacked by DeSantis in 2025. Many cells null (presided rather than cast recorded floor votes).
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)[1]
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
Not yet verified
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)[2]
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
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
In January 2024, Simpson joined eleven other state agriculture commissioners in writing a public letter to the CEOs of six major banks — including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs — demanding they exit the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and abandon ESG-driven restrictions on agricultural credit. The commissioners argued that financial institutions leveraging ESG commitments to restrict loans to farmers and ranchers based on sustainability benchmarks amounted to economic coercion of rural America and the domestic food supply chain.
- BallotpediaCenter
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
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
TRUE (+2)[3]
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
TRUE (+2)[3]
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
FALSE (0)
1 claim
Simpson has prioritized agricultural labor interests over strict immigration enforcement. As a Florida state senator in 2014, he voted for legislation granting in-state tuition rates to children brought to the country illegally. In 2025, he supported a bill transferring immigration enforcement authority to the agriculture commissioner — a measure Gov. DeSantis condemned as an industry-backed effort to shield illegal farm labor from deportation, publicly stating the agriculture sector has 'an affinity for cheap, illegal foreign labor.' Simpson's opposition to mandatory deportation of agricultural workers contradicts the rubric's border enforcement standard.
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
- BallotpediaCenter
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
Not yet verified[4]
Candidate (state) has voted to restrict foreign ownership of state farmland (e.g., China-buyer prohibitions)
TRUE (+2)[5]
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
In 2023, with Simpson's support, the Florida Legislature passed SB 214, the Florida Firearms and Ammo Act, which prohibits financial institutions from separately categorizing or coding lawful firearm and ammunition purchases in a way that creates a backdoor tracking registry of gun owners. By barring bank-level surveillance of gun sales, the law directly opposes the de facto firearms registry the rubric identifies as incompatible with Second Amendment rights.
- WikipediaEncyclopedia
- BallotpediaCenter
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
Not yet verified
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
Not yet verified
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References & footnotes
Every answer above with a [n] marker corresponds to one of the footnotes below. Wayback-archive links preserve the page as it read at our access date so a reader can verify the citation even if the original URL changes or disappears.
- [1]As Senate President advanced the 2022 15-week ban, called it 'a very good bill'; committed Senate to a heartbeat bill. Right
As Senate President advanced the 2022 15-week ban, called it 'a very good bill'; committed Senate to a heartbeat bill.
- [2]Made school choice a top Senate priority; oversaw HB7045 scholarship expansion. Encyclopedia
Made school choice a top Senate priority; oversaw HB7045 scholarship expansion.
- [3]As Senate President championed SB90 (voter-ID enhancements), called FL a 'model for the nation.' Right
As Senate President championed SB90 (voter-ID enhancements), called FL a 'model for the nation.'
- [4]Accommodating tone on E-Verify ('farmers will face challenges' but 'follow the law') — not advocacy for mandatory expansion. Null. Unclassified
Accommodating tone on E-Verify ('farmers will face challenges' but 'follow the law') — not advocacy for mandatory expansion. Null.
- [5]Championed/promoted SB264 restricting foreign-principal farmland ownership; named defendant defending it. Unclassified
Championed/promoted SB264 restricting foreign-principal farmland ownership; named defendant defending it.
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