Audrey Gibson

Audrey Gibson is the Democratic candidate for the Florida House of Representatives, District 13, in the November 3, 2026 general election, having won the August 18 Democratic primary over Leslie Jean-Bart; Brice Gaillard is on the ballot as a write-in with no party affiliation.[1][2] Gibson is a former Florida state senator who served in the Senate from 2011 to 2022 and in the Florida House from 2002 to 2010.[1]

Gibson's professional experience includes work as a business and community liaison with the Jacksonville Job Corps Center, as a legal liaison, and in public relations, according to Ballotpedia.[1] She has been a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated Jacksonville Alumnae Chapter, the First Coast African-American Chamber of Commerce and the Jacksonville Community Council, among other groups.[1]

Gibson represented House District 15 from 2002 to 2010 and served as House Democratic floor leader from 2006 to 2008.[1] She was first elected to the state Senate in a 2011 special election, represented Senate District 9 until 2016 and then District 6 from November 2016 to November 2022, and served as Senate minority leader from 2018 to 2020.[1] In the 2021-2022 session her Senate committee assignments included Rules, Appropriations, Judiciary (as vice chair) and the Joint Legislative Budget Commission.[1] Gibson was also a candidate for Mayor of Jacksonville in the March 21, 2023 general election, in which she received 8.6% of the vote.[1]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.