Florida Chamber of Commerce Endorses Lauren Melo In Senate District 28 for the 2026 Election
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (September 9, 2025) — The Florida Chamber of Commerce is once again uniting Florida’s business community for good and today endorsed Lauren Melo for Senate District 28 for the 2026 election.
Lauren Melo is a Southwest Florida native who has been a successful businesswoman building up multiple companies over her professional career. Having previously started a trucking company that grew to a fleet of more than a hundred trucks, Melo today owns and runs a real estate brokerage firm. As a member of the Florida House of Representatives, Lauren Melo earned multiple “Distinguished Advocate” awards for her leadership from the Florida Chamber of Commerce and consistently championed policy focused on creating good paying jobs, growing a competitive workforce and providing needed tax relief for Florida families.
“The Florida Chamber of Commerce is proud to join Florida Senate leaders in endorsing Lauren Melo as Senate District 28’s next senator,” said Mark Wilson, President & CEO of the Florida Chamber of Commerce. “Lauren is a Florida Chamber two-time “Distinguished Advocate,” a lifetime A-rated legislator, and as a small business owner and pro-jobs advocate, we are confident that she will fight to create good-paying jobs to make Florida even more competitive.”
“Florida businesses are the backbone of our economy. Their hard work, investment and innovation drive our economy, support good-paying jobs for hard-working Floridians and build a brighter future for our great state,” said Lauren Melo, Republican for Senate District 28. “I am honored to have earned the endorsement of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, and I will continue to fight for policies that enable businesses, workers and families to prosper.”
Florida’s 28th Senate District in Volusia County is rated as a Solid Republican district on the Florida Chamber’s Partisan Performance Index. Both President Trump in 2024 and Governor DeSantis in 2022 won more than 65 percent of the vote in the 28th District.
The Florida Chamber of Commerce puts its full 100-plus years of combined political experience behind getting Lauren Melo elected.
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