Faith, Family, and the Fight for Florida

The Issues That Matter

Lateresa Jones is committed to fighting for the values that make our families and communities strong.

Accountability: Real Service, Not Self-Service

Florida’s 20th has been failed by people who treated public service as self-service. This seat sits open because its last representative was indicted in November 2025 by the U.S. Department of Justice — accused of stealing roughly $5 million in federal disaster funds and routing some of it to support her 2021 campaign, charges she has denied — and resigned from Congress in April 2026. The people of the 20th deserve a representative with clean hands and a fierce heart.

  • Publish a public schedule and hold open town halls in every corner of the district — from Lauderhill to the Glades
  • Answer to the people who sent her, not the party that wants the seat back
  • Full transparency on every dollar — funded by the people, not the lobbyists
  • Restore trust through ethics reform and a representative who actually lives here

Sources: U.S. Department of Justice indictment (Nov. 2025); reporting by NPR, CNN, and The Washington Post. Charges are allegations; the defendant has pleaded not guilty.

Freedom: I’ve Seen the Alternative

Lateresa’s husband was born and raised under communism in Oriente, Cuba; she was raised on the east side of Detroit. Two decades of conversations about life under communism versus freedom shaped a conviction she carries to Washington. Here in South Florida — home to families who fled Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Haiti — the cost of lost freedom isn’t theory. She married it.

  • Defend the freedoms that families risked everything to reach America for
  • Stand with South Florida’s Cuban, Venezuelan, Nicaraguan, and Haitian communities against socialism and authoritarianism
  • Protect faith, family, and the right of every family to build something that is truly their own
  • Keep America a country worth fleeing toward — not away from

Public Safety

Every family deserves to feel safe in their neighborhood. Lateresa will fight for strong law enforcement, community policing, and accountability to keep our streets secure.

  • Back the blue with full funding and resources for law enforcement
  • Combat gun violence with enforcement-first strategies that respect Second Amendment rights
  • Crack down on human trafficking and child exploitation with federal task force expansion
  • Support community policing programs that build trust between officers and residents

Education & Workforce

Parents know what is best for their children. Lateresa believes in school choice, curriculum transparency, and preparing students for both college and careers.

  • Expand school choice so every child has access to quality education regardless of zip code
  • Guarantee curriculum transparency and protect parental involvement in education decisions
  • Invest in vocational training, trade programs, and apprenticeships for career-ready graduates
  • Support teachers with competitive pay and the freedom to teach, not indoctrinate

Housing Affordability

South Florida families are being priced out of their own communities. Lateresa will fight to make homeownership attainable again for working families.

  • Reduce regulatory barriers that drive up housing construction costs
  • Expand first-time homebuyer assistance and down-payment programs
  • Combat corporate bulk-buying of residential properties that inflates prices
  • Protect renters from predatory practices while encouraging new housing development

Veterans & Military Families

Those who served our nation deserve our full support when they return home. Lateresa will fight to ensure no veteran is left behind.

  • Expand VA healthcare access and reduce wait times for appointments and mental health services
  • Combat veteran homelessness with housing-first programs and job placement assistance
  • Support military family benefits including childcare, education, and spouse employment
  • Strengthen transition programs that help service members build successful civilian careers

Small Business & Economy

Florida families are feeling the squeeze of rising costs. Lateresa will fight for policies that lower costs, create jobs, and let families keep more of what they earn.

  • Lower taxes for working families and small businesses to spur job creation
  • Cut excessive regulations that stifle entrepreneurship and economic growth
  • Fight inflation by reining in reckless government spending
  • Promote homeownership and small business ownership as paths to the American Dream

Border Security & Community Safety

A nation without secure borders is not a nation at all. Lateresa supports common-sense immigration reform that is firm, fair, and lawful.

  • Secure the southern border with physical barriers, technology, and adequate personnel
  • End catch-and-release policies and enforce existing immigration laws
  • Support legal immigration pathways that prioritize merit, skills, and family reunification
  • Crack down on fentanyl trafficking and cartels that are poisoning American communities

Cultural Exploration Zones

After-school programs protect our children. Cultural Exploration Zones protect who they become. Lateresa will fight for community hubs that give 18-30 year olds aspirational spaces — not just bars and clubs. It extends Grandmas for the Generations upward, from the children we raise to the adults they grow into.

  • Entrepreneurship incubation to build the next generation of small business owners, not lifelong employees
  • Cultural exploration through arts, music, technology, and civic engagement in every neighborhood
  • Mentorship pairing established community leaders with rising young adults ready to contribute
  • Financial literacy and digital empowerment to break the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle and build family wealth

Accountability Over Establishment

The seat belongs to this community — not the machine.

For nearly thirty years, Florida's 20th has chosen its own leaders. Now the party establishment wants to choose for it. After her own South Florida district was redrawn, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz — who lives in another district — entered the race for the 20th, a seat held by a Black Democrat since 1993. The response from her own party was immediate: a majority of Florida's elected Democratic National Committee members, the Democratic Black Caucus of Florida, and the Florida Legislative Black Caucus publicly condemned the move as undermining Black representation.

It is the same establishment instinct that forced her resignation as Democratic Party chair in 2016, after leaked party emails showed staff working against an insurgent presidential campaign. The machine decides; the voters get told.

Lateresa Jones rejects that on principle. She didn't move into this community to find a safe seat — she lives here, and she is already doing the work, every day, for the families everyone else only campaigns about. The 20th deserves a representative it actually chooses. Real service, not self-service.

Sources: NBC News, WLRN, The Hill, CBS Miami (May–June 2026); NPR (July 2016, DNC chair resignation).

"I believe in an America where parents have a say, children are protected, and hardworking families can achieve the American Dream. That's the Florida I'm fighting for."

— Lateresa Jones

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