I'm Adaeze Okonkwo. I'm running for U.S. Senate because Florida is on the front line of a climate emergency and the senator we have hasn't shown up for a single fight that matters. I'm a scientist. I build things that work. Let's get to work.
The IPCC says Florida loses $40B in coastal property by 2050 at current emissions. Adaeze's plan: federalize a coastal-resilience standard, redirect FEMA dollars from rebuild-in-place to retreat-and-fortify, and prosecute polluters whose PFAS contaminate our aquifers.
Read the full position →Median rent in 33603 is up 38% since 2021. Build, regulate, and stop letting hedge funds buy single-family neighborhoods block-by-block. Federal LIHTC reform, anti-corporate-buyer registry, renter protections that don't get preempted in Tallahassee.
Read the full position →Florida is one of 10 states that still refuses to expand Medicaid. 1.2 million Floridians remain uninsured. Adaeze will be the closing vote — and she'll co-sponsor the public option from week one.
Read the full position →"Adaeze understands the science, the policy, and the politics. That trifecta is rarer than people realize."
"I have spent thirty years watching Florida lose ground to the Atlantic. She is the first candidate I've seen who treats it as the emergency it is."
"The Senate doesn't need another lawyer. It needs an engineer who can read the spreadsheet."
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