Rachel Grage
FL-05 Democratic nominee?
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AUG 19, 2026Primary Election
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Overview
Current roleBiomedical engineer
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyMainstream Democrat
GenderFemale
LocationFlorida
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BackgroundBiomedical engineer
EducationTulane University — B.S.E. Biomedical Engineering (1991)
Notable personal detailsRachel Grage is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Florida’s 5th Congressional District in the 2026 cycle. She previously ran for the Florida House (District 16) in 2024. She has a background in biomedical engineering, with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Tulane University, and has described past work researching biomechanics and cardiac interventions.
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Positions
Healthcare
Supports keeping healthcare and prescription costs affordable, maintaining federal cost-sharing supports (such as subsidies), and protecting Medicare benefits. Advocates policies to stabilize coverage affordability rather than proposing a single-payer Medicare-for-All model.
Immigration & Border
Supports securing the border through smart, efficient enforcement while also maintaining a fair and humane immigration system that respects due process.
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Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports protecting access to reproductive healthcare including abortion; listed as a legislative chair for Jacksonville NOW which endorses allowing abortion before viability, creating exceptions to 6-week bans, and opposing criminalizing abortion care. Campaign materials state a commitment to protecting access to healthcare and personal privacy.
Climate & Energy
Supports bringing federal infrastructure and clean-energy dollars to North Florida, defending coastal ecosystems, expanding conservation funding, and investing in disaster resilience. Favors clean-energy investment and coastal/environmental protections while not explicitly endorsing Green New Deal–level policies in the cited materials.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate is endorsed and supported by major gun-safety organizations and is aligned with gun safety advocacy. This indicates support for expanded gun-violence prevention measures (e.g., the positions championed by Everytown/Moms Demand Action) while running as a mainstream Democratic candidate rather than a gun-rights advocate.
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Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
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