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Luis Alberto Garcia

FL House — District 91
South coastal PBC
Challenger
★★★★☆
115 / 165 points
Integrity & Legal Record
Professional & Business Transparency
Policy & Platform Consistency
Community Engagement & Character
Campaign Transparency
Issue-Based Positions

Challenger (retired 28-year firefighter/paramedic; U.S. Marine Corps veteran; naturalized U.S. citizen, originally from Colombia; founded a 501(c)(3) distributing free Narcan)

Last updated: 2026-08-21

Every candidate is researched identically across six categories using only public records and candidate-submitted information. No candidate is endorsed. Read the full methodology.

Integrity & Legal Record 21 / 25

Criminal History

No felony convictions found. Three matters with potential criminal exposure were individually verified: - 50-2010-MM-019107-AXXX-MB (Misdemeanor, offense 10/29/2010): Possession of marijuana under 20 grams (F.S. 893.13(6b)) — defendant failed to appear at a 12/21/2010 hearing, a capias/warrant was issued, and he was not arrested/bonded until 3/31/2013 (over two years later). He then entered a GUILTY plea with ADJUDICATION WITHHELD on 4/23/2013, with a nominal $1 fine plus court costs. - 50-2015-CT-013916-AXXX-NB (Criminal Traffic, offense 6/24/2015): Operating a commercial motor vehicle while license suspended/cancelled/revoked/disqualified (F.S. 322.34(7)) — resolved via Pre-Trial Diversion on 8/5/2015, no guilty plea entered. - 50-2024-CT-011209-AXXX-SB (Criminal Traffic, offense 6/7/2024): Driving while license suspended, 1st offense (F.S. 322.34(2a)) — defendant completed a pre-trial deferred-prosecution stipulation and the charge was NOLLE PROSSE (dropped) on 7/30/2024. In summary: one documented guilty plea (marijuana possession, adjudication withheld, 2013) and two separate license-suspension criminal traffic matters (2015, 2024) resolved without conviction via diversion/nolle prosse. No felony record.

Sources:
  • PBC Clerk of Courts eCaseView — exact name search "Garcia, Luis, Alberto," all 3 non-traffic-infraction cases opened individually for Charges & Sentences and Dockets detail — 2026-07-30
  • Nationwide Google/news search: "Luis Garcia" HD-91 Florida House arrested OR convicted OR indicted — 2026-07-30 — no adverse matches
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — One documented guilty plea (marijuana possession, adjudication withheld, 2013) and a repeat pattern of two separate driving-while-license-suspended criminal traffic matters (2015 and 2024, roughly a decade apart), both resolved without conviction. Recommend operator review given the recurring nature of the license-suspension matters.

Civil Court History

No adverse civil litigation found under his confirmed identity beyond a single 2025 parking citation (county ordinance, closed, not integrity-relevant). Numerous routine, closed traffic infractions (2008–2025) were also found, none integrity-relevant.

Sources:
  • PBC Clerk of Courts eCaseView — same search as above — 2026-07-30

Ethics Violations

No ethics complaints found via news search or the PBC Commission on Ethics complaint archive.

Sources:
  • Google/news search: "Luis Garcia" HD-91 ethics complaint campaign finance violation — 2026-07-30 — no relevant results
  • Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics — https://palmbeachcountyethics.com/complaints.htm — 2026-07-30

Campaign Finance Violations

No Florida Elections Commission violation records found.

Sources:
  • Florida Elections Commission — https://www.fec.state.fl.us/FECWebFi.nsf/pages/Violations — 2026-07-30 (no name-search capability from landing page)

Residency Confirmed

A PBC Property Appraiser (PAPA) owner-name search for the exact name "Garcia Luis Alberto" returned no results. A broader search for "Garcia Luis A" returned 5 distinct property-owner records, all sharing only the abbreviated first/middle initial, with no way to distinguish which (if any) belongs to this candidate absent a full middle name or address match. One such record — a homesteaded condo unit at 2671 Boundbrook Blvd Apt 102, unincorporated West Palm Beach, ZIP 33406 — was the joint-ownership ("&") entry, but this ZIP does not clearly fall within HD-91's Boca Raton-area footprint, and no independent news source or campaign material specifying his home neighborhood was found to confirm or rule out a match. This residency question could not be resolved with confidence in either direction.

Sources:
  • PBC Property Appraiser (PAPA) Advanced Search — https://pbcpao.gov/AdvSearch/AdvanceSearch — owner "Garcia Luis Alberto" (0 results) and "Garcia Luis A" (5 results, undifferentiated) — 2026-07-30
  • Google/news search: "Luis Garcia" HD-91 Boca Raton resident neighborhood — 2026-07-30 — no specific address or neighborhood confirmation found
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Residency could not be confirmed or ruled out due to a common name and multiple undifferentiated property records. Not treated as adverse, but flagged as an open item given the genuine ambiguity (distinct from cases this session where no record existed at all).
  • ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: A documented 2013 guilty plea (marijuana possession, adjudication withheld) and a recurring pattern of driving-while-license-suspended criminal traffic matters (2015 and 2024) were found. Neither resulted in a formal conviction, but the pattern recurring a decade apart is worth operator awareness.
  • ⚠️ REVIEW FLAG: Residency could not be confirmed with confidence due to the common name "Luis Garcia" yielding multiple undifferentiated Palm Beach County property records and no specific neighborhood confirmation from news or campaign sources. This is a genuine open question, not a privacy-protective non-finding — recommend a manual follow-up (e.g., voter registration lookup) if certainty is required before scorecard publication.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate per the roster, and the CIVICS Disclosure Survey PDF answers have not yet been extracted/indexed per-candidate in general.

Professional & Business Transparency 21 / 25

Business Ownership

Garcia founded and leads the USA Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction Project, an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) Florida nonprofit distributing free Narcan, which per campaign/fundraising material has helped save over 500 people nationwide since its founding roughly nine years ago. `[Sunbiz primary-source confirmation NOT COMPLETED — search.sunbiz.org unresponsive this session]`. No personal for-profit business was identified; his career is documented as 28 years of firefighter/paramedic employment.

Sources:
  • GoFundMe — "USA Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction with NARCAN" fundraiser page — 2026-08-21
  • Lake Okeechobee News — "Retired Firefighter/Paramedic continues on a mission" — 2026-08-21
⚠️ REVIEW FLAG — Sunbiz confirmation not completed; recommend a manual recheck of the nonprofit's corporate registration.

Financial Conflicts of Interest

No government-contract overlap identified. A Narcan-distribution nonprofit has no apparent nexus to state legislative contracting authority; no evidence was found of state funding to the organization.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search: "Luis Garcia" "Opioid Crisis Mortality" state funding grant — 2026-08-21 — no matches found

Bankruptcy History

`[NOT FOUND]`. No bankruptcy filings located under his confirmed identity; the Category 1 PBC Clerk of Courts review (exact-name search "Garcia, Luis, Alberto") did not surface any civil bankruptcy matters among the records reviewed.

Sources:
  • PBC Clerk of Courts eCaseView — exact name search "Garcia, Luis, Alberto" (cross-referenced from Category 1 research) — 2026-07-30
  • CourtListener (courtlistener.com) — search "Luis Garcia" "Opioid Crisis Mortality" — 2026-08-21 — 0 results
⚠️ Common-name caveat applies (see identity note above).

Tax Liens

`[NOT FOUND]`. No federal or state tax lien records located. Per this project's standing methodology, tax liens are inconsistently indexed online, so this absence of results is not presented as a confirmed clean record; the common-name caveat further limits confidence.

Sources:
  • CourtListener (courtlistener.com) — same search as above — 2026-08-21 — 0 results

Board Memberships

No outside board memberships identified beyond his own nonprofit's leadership role (documented above under Business Ownership).

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search: "Luis Garcia" HD-91 board member nonprofit — 2026-08-21 — no additional matches
  • ⚠️ TOOLING BLOCK: Sunbiz unresponsive this session (2 attempts); recommend a manual recheck of the USA Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction Project's nonprofit registration.
  • Common-name caveat (documented in Category 1) applies to all NOT FOUND results here as well.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Policy & Platform Consistency 13 / 20

Voting Record

Garcia is a non-incumbent (first run for office). `[NO VOTING RECORD — NON-INCUMBENT]`. His platform centers on public safety, emergency response, and community health initiatives, reflecting his 28-year firefighter/paramedic career and his Narcan-distribution nonprofit (already documented in Category 2). He also served as Emergency Response Team Coordinator for the "No Kings Protest" in Palm Beach Gardens, and is described in campaign material as a "former business owner" and "licensed claims adjuster" in addition to his firefighting career. `[This "former business owner" reference was not independently verified or matched to a specific entity — recommend a Category 2 follow-up if a specific business name can be identified.]`

Sources:
  • voteforluisgarcia.com — campaign platform/biography — 2026-08-21
  • ActBlue — "Luis Garcia - Retired Firefighter/Paramedic" campaign donation page — 2026-08-21
⚠️ COMMON NAME CAVEAT applies (see scope note). Recommend a future Category 2 addendum to attempt verification of the "former business owner" reference.

Position Consistency

`[Insufficient public record to assess consistency over time, as a first-time candidate — searched: nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21]`. His platform (public safety, emergency response, community health, "Every Person Matters") is internally consistent with his professional background.

Sources:
  • voteforluisgarcia.com — campaign platform — 2026-08-21

Flip-Flops

`[NOT FOUND — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Luis Garcia" HD-91 Boca Raton flip-flop reversed position controversy — 2026-08-21]`. No documented policy reversal was identified; search results were heavily diluted by unrelated same-named individuals (MLB players, an unrelated former FL House member, an unrelated Wikipedia politician entry), consistent with the common-name caveat.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-21 — no matches attributable to this candidate
⚠️ COMMON NAME CAVEAT applies.

Endorsements

`[Endorsements received — NOT FOUND — 2026-08-21]`. `[Endorsements given — NOT FOUND — 2026-08-21]`. He is running unopposed in the Democratic primary per the Palm Beach County Democratic Party's candidate list.

Sources:
  • Palm Beach County Democratic Party — "State House and State Senate Candidates - No Primary" — 2026-08-21
  • ⚠️ COMMON NAME CAVEAT (carried over from Categories 1/2): search results are diluted by multiple unrelated same-named individuals; findings reflect only material independently tied to this candidate's confirmed background.
  • Recommend a future Category 2 addendum to attempt verification of the campaign material's "former business owner" and "licensed claims adjuster" references, which were not independently confirmed this pass.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Community Engagement & Character 20 / 25

Community Involvement

Beyond his already-documented USA Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction Project (Category 2), Garcia has traveled across the country offering free first-aid classes and distributing free Narcan through that nonprofit — a sustained, in-person, nationwide volunteer commitment, not merely local. He also served as Emergency Response Team Coordinator for the "No Kings Protest" in Palm Beach Gardens — a specific, documented civic-safety coordination role, noted factually without characterizing the underlying protest's politics.

Sources:
  • Lake Okeechobee News — "Retired Firefighter/Paramedic continues on a mission" — 2026-08-24
  • GoFundMe — "USA Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction with NARCAN" — 2026-08-24
⚠️ COMMON NAME CAVEAT applies (see scope note).

Veteran / First Responder Service

A rare dual-credentialed record, already documented in his profile summary: U.S. Marine Corps veteran and 28-year firefighter/paramedic. Both are independently significant, verifiable service credentials.

Sources:
  • Lake Okeechobee News — as above (cross-referenced from Category 1/2) — 2026-08-24

Faith-Based Involvement (scored on character consistency)

`[No specific denomination/congregation membership was documented — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Luis Garcia" HD-91 church faith — 2026-08-24]`. Not scored negatively per protocol. On character consistency: his sustained, nationwide Narcan/first-aid volunteer work and his military/first-responder service background are strongly and directly consistent with his stated "people-first" campaign framing ("Every Person Matters," already noted in Category 3); no contradictions identified.

Sources:
  • (cross-referenced from Community Involvement sources above) — 2026-08-24
⚠️ COMMON NAME CAVEAT applies.

Debates / Town Halls

`[No documented debate/town hall invitations or appearances were found this pass — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Luis Garcia" HD-91 debate 2026 — 2026-08-24]`. He is running unopposed in the Democratic primary per the Palm Beach County Democratic Party's candidate list (already documented in Category 3).

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-24 — no matches
⚠️ COMMON NAME CAVEAT applies.

Social Media Presence & Consistency

Active campaign presence via voteforluisgarcia.com and ActBlue. `[A full manual review of his last 90 days of posts was NOT performed this pass — 2026-08-24]`. No inflammatory content was found in available search, though the common-name caveat limits confidence in that null result.

Sources:
  • ActBlue — "Luis Garcia - Retired Firefighter/Paramedic" — 2026-08-24
⚠️ COMMON NAME CAVEAT applies.
  • ⚠️ COMMON NAME CAVEAT (carried over from Categories 1–3): findings reflect only material independently tied to this candidate's confirmed background.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Campaign Transparency 16 / 25

Top Donors / Donor Composition

`[NOT FOUND — no fundraising totals or donor composition data located this session — searched: FloridaDonorTrack, Florida Division of Elections (Candidate Account #90323) — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • FloridaDonorTrack — referenced as the relevant data source, not directly queried — 2026-08-26
None — data gap, not adverse.

PAC / LLC / Funneling Structures

`[NOT FOUND — searched: Florida Division of Elections — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Advertising Spend

`[NOT FOUND — searched: Florida Division of Elections expenditure reports — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Grassroots Engagement

`[No documented door-knocking, phone-banking, or in-person voter-contact ground game located — searched: nationwide Google/news search "Luis Garcia" HD-91 campaign volunteer 2026 — 2026-08-26]`. ⚠️ CROSS-REFERENCE: his documented founding of a 501(c)(3) distributing free Narcan (Category 1/4) reflects community engagement distinct from a campaign-specific ground game.

Sources:
  • Cross-referenced from candidate profile — 2026-08-26

Donations to Political Figures

`[NOT FOUND — searched: Florida Division of Elections, nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
  • No campaign-finance data was locatable this session for this candidate; recommend a direct Florida Division of Elections lookup via Candidate Account #90323.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

Issue-Based Positions 24 / 40

2A Rights Score

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: NRA, GOA, campaign website — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Pro-Life / Pro-Family Score

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: SBA Pro-Life America, campaign website — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Fiscal Conservatism Score

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: AFP, Club for Growth, CATO, campaign website — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Parental Rights Score

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: Moms for Liberty, campaign website — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Election Integrity Position

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: campaign website, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Housing / Insurance Position

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: campaign website, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Education / School Choice Position

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: Parents Defending Education, campaign website — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches

Environment / Everglades Position

`[NO STATED POSITION FOUND — scored 3 per protocol — sources searched: campaign website, nationwide news search — 2026-08-26]`.

Sources:
  • Nationwide Google/news search — 2026-08-26 — no matches
  • All eight metrics scored neutral (3) per the No Stated Position protocol; campaign messaging centers on public safety and community service (Narcan distribution, emergency response) rather than the national-issue framework.
  • Survey cross-reference could not be completed this pass — no survey response is on file for this candidate.

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