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Dean Ocean Abrams
2026 CANDIDATE RECORD

Dean Ocean Abrams

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Technology and management consultant

Source review: 2026-10-16
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Professional Background

Independent gubernatorial candidate whose campaign describes three decades in technology and management consulting, including work involving Microsoft, HP and KPMG, and emergency-communications rebuilding after September 11. Career details are candidate-reported.

Experience

  • Enterprise technology and management consulting (campaign-reported)
  • Emergency-communications recovery work (campaign-reported)

Portrait provenance is retained in the full profile.

Positions & Public Record

housing

Disclose insurer finances and constrain profits

Proposes public loss ratios, executive pay and rate justifications, plus actuarially reviewed profit limits and policyholder refunds.

Candidate-stated proposal, not an enacted measure or verified outcome; implementation depends on the authority, legislation and funding required.

Publication date not stated · campaign-platform
housing

Limit institutional homebuyers

Would restrict institutional single-family purchases, add just-cause eviction protections and cap security deposits, with stated exemptions.

Candidate-stated proposal, not an enacted measure or verified outcome; implementation depends on the authority, legislation and funding required.

Publication date not stated · campaign-platform
taxes

Target homestead relief by county median

Supports eliminating homestead taxes within 200% of county median value, with replacement-revenue calculations published before a vote.

Candidate-stated proposal, not an enacted measure or verified outcome; implementation depends on the authority, legislation and funding required.

Publication date not stated · campaign-platform
healthcare

Coverage gap and lower drug costs

Would seek a healthcare coverage waiver and bulk prescription purchasing, acknowledging durable funding needs legislative action.

Candidate-stated proposal, not an enacted measure or verified outcome; implementation depends on the authority, legislation and funding required.

Publication date not stated · campaign-platform
immigration

Enforcement with due process

Supports lawful enforcement, humane detention and a path for long-term law-abiding residents; opposes private prisons.

Candidate-stated proposal, not an enacted measure or verified outcome; implementation depends on the authority, legislation and funding required.

Publication date not stated · campaign-platform
rights

End warrantless surveillance

Would audit license-plate-reader systems and require opt-in data collection and warrants or consent for location data.

Candidate-stated proposal, not an enacted measure or verified outcome; implementation depends on the authority, legislation and funding required.

Publication date not stated · campaign-platform
technology

Ban new AI data centers

Would seek a ban and review existing facilities’ water use, resource consumption and environmental impacts.

Candidate-stated proposal, not an enacted measure or verified outcome; implementation depends on the authority, legislation and funding required.

Publication date not stated · campaign-platform
education

Choice, teacher pay and trades

Supports parental choice, transparent spending, higher teacher pay, less administration and stronger vocational education.

Candidate-stated proposal, not an enacted measure or verified outcome; implementation depends on the authority, legislation and funding required.

Publication date not stated · campaign-platform
environment

Protect groundwater and coastlines

Opposes offshore drilling and fracking; supports groundwater protections, restoration and stronger coastal resilience.

Candidate-stated proposal, not an enacted measure or verified outcome; implementation depends on the authority, legislation and funding required.

Publication date not stated · campaign-platform
foreign-policy

Non-intervention and foreign influence

Describes a non-interventionist approach and opposes foreign-government influence over Florida policy.

Candidate-stated proposal, not an enacted measure or verified outcome; implementation depends on the authority, legislation and funding required.

Publication date not stated · campaign-platform

Follow the Money

Reporting period: 2026-04-16 – 2026-10-09.

Reported Receipts
$15,275.40
Reported Disbursements
$14,524.64
Loans
$15,100.40
Monetary Contributions
$175.00
In-Kind Contributions
$0.00

Figures belong to this account and reporting period. They are not lifetime funding or personal wealth. Receipts, in-kind contributions, loans and spending are separate measures.

Candidate committee receipts and independent expenditures are different money flows. Outside spending has not been comprehensively acquired. Missing records do not mean zero funding or no support. Contributor legal classifications are not inferred from a donor’s industry or political views.

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Sources & Further Records

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