Ron DeSantis

Backed a convention of states to propose a federal balanced-budget amendment and a presidential line-item veto.

Said as president he would pursue a plan to "supersede Obamacare" that would "lower prices for people so that they can afford health care."

Signed 2025 laws to expand state immigration enforcement and wrote, "Florida now has the strictest laws of any state to combat illegal immigration."

Signed a six-week abortion limit in 2023 with exceptions for rape, incest and human trafficking up to 15 weeks.

Pushes to make homestead properties tax-free and wrote, "Age-specific property tax relief is a non-starter."

Signed 2026 crime and public-safety bills and said, "We stand for law and order."

Signed a 2023 law that made all Florida students eligible for school choice scholarships and removed financial eligibility limits.

Signed a 2024 law removing climate change as a priority in state energy policy, saying it would keep "gas in our tanks."

Said in 2023 his top foreign policy goal would be to restrain Iran and China, calling for "strategy denial in the Indo-Pacific."

Said in 2023 he would use tariffs to bring China to the negotiating table; said in 2018 he had typically not supported tariffs.

Urged lawmakers in 2025 to repeal the law barring gun purchases under age 21, saying, "We need to be a strong Second Amendment state."

Among the GOP's most prominent AI skeptics; backs state-level AI rules and wants data center companies to bear their own costs.