State Representative District 43
State House District 43; Florida
My vote power
High
Election date
August 18, 2026 · Primary election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 72 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 183,007 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(22,416,077 ÷ 183,007) ÷ ln(50,000) = 72.22, measured against a statewide vote in FL (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Democratic · declared
Daisy Morales is a Democratic candidate for Florida House District 43, a former Florida state representative, a former Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor, a former Orange County Disability Advisory Board vice chair, and a retired 24-year federal employee. Her public record includes education, disabled-veteran benefits, disability advocacy, conservation, consumer protection, tax relief, and healthcare work.
Republican · declared
Democratic · declared
Samuel Vilchez Santiago arrived in Orlando as a young political asylee fleeing Venezuela's authoritarian regime, knowing no English, and five years later graduated as Valedictorian of Colonial High School. He attended Princeton University and earned a Master in Public Policy at Oxford.
Records: Civil Rights 2 for, Environment and Public Health 1 for
Sources: dos.elections.myflorida.com · dos.fl.gov