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Laurel M. Lee

Laurel M. Lee

Republican · FL U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

4 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2023

  • background Born March 26, 1974; attorney
  • role Judge on Florida's Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (2013–2019)
  • role Florida Secretary of State (2019–2022)
  • role U.S. representative for Florida's 15th district since 2023

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 17 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 31
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 161 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 31 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 6 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 9
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 21
    Disclosed stock trades →

    11 tickers · 13 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

  • 2
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Laurel M. Lee. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted

Full voting record (17 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 17 of 676 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House FL-15 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,289,998 raised
  • $781,113 spent
  • $1,943,656 cash on hand
$2.29M
$1.25M
$438.89K
Itemized (≥ $200)$435.61K
Unitemized (< $200)$3.28K
Other committees (PACs)$810.50K
Transfers from other committees$1.04M
$781.11K
Operating expenditures$777.91K
Contribution refunds$1.40K
Other disbursements$1.80K
Cash on hand$1.94M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Laurel M. Lee campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2022$1,527,952$1,442,356$85,596
2024$2,161,105$1,811,930$434,771
2026$2,289,998$781,113$1,943,656

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $87,600
  • HOSPITALITY SOUTH $13,200
  • ICI HOMES $13,200
  • WEATHERFORD CAPITAL $13,200
  • ASHLEY FURNITURE $9,900
  • STRAUGHN & TURNER, P.A. $9,500
  • OAKLEY TRANSPORTATION $9,500
  • PEPIN FAMILY FOUNDATION $9,500
  • GESSLER CLINIC $9,500
  • LEVEL FOUR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT $9,500

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2024 cycle $43,886 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Sponsored / cosponsored bills (192)

Data from Congress.gov

192
Page 1 of 8 · 192 bills
  • HR 10500To amend the Natural Gas Act with respect to the judicial review of an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, and for other purposes.sponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • HR 10276Ballots by Election Day ActsponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HR 10281FEMA for Safe Recovery ActcosponsoredSep 2, 2026
  • HR 9915Stealth Bot Prohibition ActsponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9887Swatting Registry Best Practices ActcosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9590SAFE for Manatees ActcosponsoredJul 1, 2026
  • HR 9535Securing Agriculture's Workforce Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 29, 2026
  • HR 9367Stop Lawmakers From Predicting ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9368Voter ID ActcosponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9141SAVE America Through REAL ID ActcosponsoredJun 3, 2026
  • HR 9094Florida Freeze Disaster Assistance Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 1, 2026
  • HR 9017Restore Florida Water Independence Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 21, 2026
  • HRES 1310Expressing support for continued efforts to safeguard Medicare, Medicaid, and other Federal health care programs from fraud, waste, abuse, and improper payments through strengthened program integrity measures, enhanced oversight, and coordinated enforcement actions, and recognizing the work of the Trump administration and congressional Republicans to investigate and prosecute fraud and protect taxpayer dollars and preserve the long-term sustainability of the Nation's health care safety net.cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8915NO FAKES Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 19, 2026
  • HRES 1281Recognizing the 175th anniversary of the founding of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.cosponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HR 8738FEC Administrative Improvements ActcosponsoredMay 11, 2026
  • HRES 1252Resolution memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.cosponsoredMay 3, 2026
  • HR 8449Federal Diversity Jurisdiction Modernization Act of 2026sponsoredApr 21, 2026
  • HR 8409Post-Disaster Protection ActcosponsoredApr 20, 2026
  • HR 8413SECURE Data ActcosponsoredApr 20, 2026
  • HR 8217Next Gen Road Safety ActcosponsoredApr 8, 2026
  • HR 8119HOPE with Fertility Services ActcosponsoredMar 25, 2026
  • HJRES 152Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to ensure that only citizens are eligible to vote in Federal elections.sponsoredMar 18, 2026
  • HR 8000END 7-OH ActcosponsoredMar 18, 2026
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Committee assignments (9)

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Lee most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Lee, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

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Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Lee connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.