2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Florida Senate District 30

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Lauren Book

Democratic

Work: Founder of the child-abuse prevention nonprofit Lauren's Kids; former Florida Senate Democratic leader

Lauren Book taught for a year in Miami-Dade County Public Schools and founded Lauren's Kids in 2007; she holds education and community psychology degrees from the University of Miami. She served in the Florida Senate representing parts of Broward County from 2016 to 2024 and was Senate Democratic leader from 2021 to 2024.

Sources for Book

Lauren Book (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts summarized))

Hector Rivera

Republican

Work: President and CEO, American Dream Investment Realty (Miami-Dade real estate); in real estate since 1988

Hector Rivera has led American Dream Investment Realty since 1998 and earlier worked as a managing mortgage broker and senior loan officer. He served on a Miami-Dade community council (District 5) from 1996 to 2000 and ran for Congress in 2020.

Sources for Rivera

Hector Rivera for Florida State Senate (Hector Rivera campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Candidate profile: Hector Rivera (iVoterGuide, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

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Candidate list and race details

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