- See Scott Franklin's sponsored bills →Scott FranklinRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$988K raised
- Curtis GibsonDemocratic✓ Verified$14K raised
- Deva SimmonsIndependent✓ Verified$27K raised
Where they stand
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Where they differ: Scott Franklin supports lower taxes, responsible spending, and strengthening domestic manufacturing, and he votes yea on bills supporting technology, capital access, privacy, and disaster reauthorization 12. Deva Simmons supports raising the federal minimum wage and building an economy for working families, including good-paying clean energy jobs 34. Curtis Gibson supports a federal catastrophic reinsurance backstop to lower property insurance rates and property tax relief to protect homeowners and working families 56.
AI-written comparison of the sourced entries below. Generated Oct 19, 2026.
| Issue | Scott FranklinRepublican | Curtis GibsonDemocratic | Deva SimmonsIndependent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Franklin supports lower taxes, responsible spending, reducing regulations, and strengthening domestic manufacturing to fuel economic growth and keep the American Dream within reach. Franklin votes yea on multiple bills supporting technology use, capital access, privacy in purchases, TRIA reauthorization, and financial exploitation prevention. | Gibson supports stabilizing property insurance markets and providing property tax relief to protect homeowners and working families from economic burdens. Gibson supports a federal catastrophic reinsurance backstop to lower property insurance rates in Florida. | Simmons supports building an economy that works for working families by raising the minimum wage, supporting small businesses, and creating good-paying jobs in clean energy. Simmons supports raising the federal minimum wage while helping small and local businesses adapt to the increase. |
| Healthcare | Franklin votes yea on acts reauthorizing early care, rural care, Medicaid protections, lowering premiums, and supporting patients and communities. | Gibson fights to cut red tape and ensure veterans have timely access to local medical care, including a clear path to covered local providers if VA care is unavailable. Gibson supports defending Social Security and Medicare against cuts, privatization, or a higher retirement age. | Simmons supports healthcare as a fundamental right and fights for accessible, affordable healthcare for all families in District 18. Simmons supports restoring ACA subsidies and addressing rising healthcare costs, citing her mother's $600 monthly prescription expense. |
| Immigration | Franklin votes yea on multiple immigration-related bills including Secure America Act, DHS support, BOWOW Act, deporting fraudsters, and stopping illegal entry, but nay on a national emergency resolution. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Public Safety & Crime | Franklin strongly defends the Second Amendment and opposes efforts to restrict lawful gun ownership, supporting legislation that protects responsible citizens' access to firearms. Franklin votes yea on bills enhancing guard safety, prison staff safety, privacy in purchases, veterans' 2nd amendment rights, cashless bail reporting, and keeping violent offenders off streets. | Gibson wants children and families to feel safe in their neighborhoods, emphasizing safety as a key part of his campaign. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Public Safety & Crime: Scott Franklin supports the Second Amendment and opposes restrictions on lawful gun ownership, backing legislation that protects responsible citizens' access to firearms 1. He has voted in favor of bills that enhance guard and prison staff safety, protect privacy in purchases, support veterans' Second Amendment rights, improve cashless bail reporting, and keep violent offenders off the streets 2. Curtis Gibson emphasizes the importance of safety for children and families in their neighborhoods as a central part of his campaign 3. | |||
| Abortion | Franklin is proudly pro-life, supports the Hyde Amendment to prevent taxpayer funding of abortions, and backs protections for infants born alive after abortion attempts. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Franklin opposes tax increases on families and small businesses, fights reckless spending, and works to cut wasteful government spending to restore economic stability. Franklin votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims, AGOA extension, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and agriculture and national security appropriations. | Gibson supports property tax relief policies to prevent families and seniors from being taxed out of their homes and communities. Gibson supports rolling back corporate tax breaks and auditing federal agencies to help balance the budget. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Taxes & Government Spending: Scott Franklin opposes tax increases on families and small businesses, fights reckless spending, and works to cut wasteful government spending to restore economic stability 1. He votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims, AGOA extension, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and agriculture and national security appropriations 2. Curtis Gibson supports property tax relief policies to prevent families and seniors from being taxed out of their homes and communities 3. He also supports rolling back corporate tax breaks and auditing federal agencies to help balance the budget 4. | |||
| Energy & Environment | Franklin votes yea on disapproving EPA rule, diesel emissions reduction, marine conservation, battlefield protection, consumer fuel choice, and HEATS Act. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Franklin votes nay on resolutions to remove US forces from Iran and Lebanon, yea on defense authorization and veterans clinic naming, and nay on FISA Amendments Act extension. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |