Issues | Kellie Lightbourn, Republican for Florida House District 86

I want to hear what you want to tell me.

So many politicians tell you what you want to hear. I want to hear what you want to tell me.

I don't have every answer, and I'm not in office yet. This isn't about imposing my opinions. Listening comes first — now, while we're still getting to know each other, long before anyone is asked to send me to Tallahassee. Then the job is to decide, and to follow through.

01 / Affordability — my number one priority

Making ends meet here should not feel out of reach.

Affordability is my number one priority. I want District 86 to work for everyone stretching a paycheck. That may be a parent raising children alone, or a household carried on one income. It may be two jobs to make the week work, or a retirement that does not go as far as it once did. However it looks in your life, making ends meet here should not feel out of reach.

The cost of living shows up at the grocery store, in the rent or the mortgage, and in the bills that arrive every month. I'm already watching those prices — that's what the Cucumber Index is for — and I will keep affordability at the front of the line.

The Price of Cucumbers

02 / Insurance

Insurance should not be the bill that breaks a household.

Property insurance is one of the costs people here feel most sharply — homeowners, renters, and small businesses included. When that bill jumps, it changes whether a family can stay.

I want to hear how insurance is affecting you now. Keeping this community livable means treating that bill as a core issue, not a footnote.

03 / Health coverage

People need care they can actually get.

Health insurance and access to care matter at every age. When coverage is out of reach, or care is delayed because of cost, families pay for it in their health and in their budgets.

I want to hear what you're facing now, so the work later is aimed at care people in District 86 can actually get.

Growth can be a good thing, but it also has to respect the communities that are already here.

People in this district care about the character of Stuart, of Martin County, and of northern Palm Beach County — the scale of the streets, the feel of the neighborhoods, the sense that this is still a place that knows itself. Growth will happen. The work is to make sure it adds to the life of the communities already here, instead of overwhelming them.

I will listen, and I will work for growth that respects the people who already call this home.

Proudly Republican. Here for every person in this district.

I am a Republican, and I am proud of it. I believe in conservative values, and I want to represent a district that largely shares them. That is the party I chose. I will not hide it, and I will not water it down.

I have Democrats in my life — family, friends, people I love. We talk, and we stay civil. We do not always start in the same place, and we do not need to. What still surprises us is how often both of us move, once we actually listen.

In the Florida House, the work is not a national party fight. It is the issues that land on kitchen tables here. When I get to Tallahassee, I will have to move the dial with both parties. Hearing someone out is the only way to get Florida the help it needs.

Disagreement is not the danger. Closing the door is.

I want to hear what you want to tell me.

Making ends meet here should not feel out of reach.

Insurance should not be the bill that breaks a household.

People need care they can actually get.

Growth can be a good thing, but it also has to respect the communities that are already here.

Clean rivers are not a backdrop. They're our backyard.

Proudly Republican. Here for every person in this district.

Tell me what matters to you.

I know who I'm making waves for.