FL · Candidate
Paola Vazquez del Mercado
No Party AffiliationCandidate
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: Florida House District 113
Biography
Paola Vazquez del Mercado is a write-in candidate with no party affiliation for Florida House of Representatives District 113 in the November 3, 2026 general election, in a race with no incumbent that also includes Democrat Gloria Romero Roses and Republican Bruno Barreiro.[1][2] She works in government relations and, in a Ballotpedia survey, described a career in international risk management and local economic development.[1][3]
Paola Vazquez del Mercado earned a graduate degree from the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in 1992, and her career experience includes working in government relations.[1] In a Ballotpedia survey, she said she has lived in District 113 for more than 30 years and is a Homestead owner.[3] She said she was formerly a political and credit risk broker at AON Risk and worked on land banking strategies in Edgewater from 2005 to 2016.[3]
In the survey, Vazquez del Mercado said she would seek strict transparency over offshore corporate structures, work to protect natural resources and neighborhoods, and address street violence in Downtown, Biscayne and Brickell.[3]
- 1.Paola Vazquez del Mercado · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.Florida House of Representatives elections, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
- 3.Paola Vazquez del Mercado - Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate's own words
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Florida House District 113
Paola Vazquez del Mercado is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Florida House District 113 as No Party Affiliation. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.