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Votes with the Democratic majority 92% of the time; Rouson’s 8 recent breaks lean one way - voting yes where most Democrats voted no. official roll calls
Advocacy groups split on the record - Americans for Prosperity - Florida scores it 93.1, Florida Family Action 46 (4 published scorecards). published scorecards
Sponsored 24 bills and co-sponsored 31 on record; most recently SB 1030 “Recovery Residences” (Jun 12, 2026). bill records
What we don’t cover yet 1 gaps
What we don’t cover yet
Campaign finance filings for this office aren’t wired in yet - when they’re sourced, they’ll appear here.
The record
official roll calls · every vote links to the bill
92%
Votes with the Democratic majority.
Where both parties recorded a position on the same roll call, Rouson’s vote matched the Democratic position 92% of the time. That makes the 8 recent breaks the clearest signal of where Rouson actually stands - they’re first, below. official roll calls · Jun 2, 2026
2,143 votes · 2,004 yes · 105 no · 18 absent · 7 excused · 7 not voting · 2 other
Where Rouson broke from the party - the high-signal votes
VOTED YES
Save our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes
Democrats voted no, 2–9; Rouson was one of the 2 in favor · HJR 1F · Jun 2, 2026
roll call
VOTED YES
Property Tax Administration
Democrats voted no, 2–7; Rouson was one of the 2 in favor · SB 4F · Jun 2, 2026
roll call
VOTED YES
Save our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes
Democrats voted no, 0–3 · SJR 2F · Jun 1, 2026
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Pattern: the breaks lean one way - voting yes where most Democrats voted no.
Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters
Health Care21 votes · yes on 20, no on 0, 1 other
State Government20 votes · yes on 20, no on 0
Criminal Justice20 votes · yes on 18, no on 2
Child Welfare18 votes · yes on 18, no on 0
Education17 votes · yes on 17, no on 0
One vote can touch several topics.
LATEST: YESProperty Tax AdministrationSB 4F · Jun 2, 2026CommitteesVice Chair · AppropriationsAgricultureAppropriations Committee on Health and Human ServicesChildren, Families, and Elder Affairs
4 ratings from advocacy groups, across 6 issue areas. Scores are shown on a shared 0–100 scale so groups can be read side by side, with each group’s own published score kept next to it. Every score is the group’s opinion, never our verdict, and every row links to the scorecard.
third-party academic estimates - never our verdict
Left–right estimates (academic)
Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal
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More liberal than 76% of Florida Senate members
Details
Score−1.04 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale
BasisFrom roll-call votes
Party median0.08 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−1.12)
Compared with173 members of Florida Senate members (1996–2022)
Covers2008–2022
● This person Democrats (69) Republicans (104)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%
Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗
DIME CFscore · donorsCenter-Right
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More liberal than 55% of 2022 Florida Senate candidates
Details
Score+0.23 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale
BasisFrom campaign donors
Party median0.90 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.67)
Compared with83 members of 2022 Florida Senate candidates
Covers2008–2022
● This person Democrats (37) Republicans (45)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗
About these scores
These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.
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From their own channels
campaign site· Jun 10, 2026· unverified handle
“Debbie Mayfield is a Republican member of the Florida State Senate representing District 19. She assumed office on June 10, 2025, following a special election, and her current term runs through November 2028.”
