Issues · FL-14

Where John Stands

Conservative, common-sense positions for the families, seniors, veterans, and small business owners of Florida's 14th. Read each one alongside the contrast with Kathy Castor's 18-year voting record.

9 policy positions Hillsborough County FL-14

How John Builds Policy

Policy built in Hillsborough County, not Washington.

John Peters develops policy positions the way he runs his Hillsborough County business: by listening first, then deciding. Every issue page on this site comes out of three inputs: listening sessions held across Brandon and the other communities in FL-14, town halls and constituent meetings hosted around Hillsborough County, and a constitutional framework that respects what the federal government should and should not do.

The result is a platform that reflects what families in Brandon, Riverview, Valrico, FishHawk, Sun City Center, Apollo Beach, Plant City, Ruskin, and Wimauma actually face: rising homeowners insurance, real Medicare anxiety, traffic that swallows commutes, and a federal budget that has stopped pretending to balance. Each issue page below states John's position on the federal side of the problem and is followed by a side-by-side contrast with the incumbent's voting record over her nine terms in Washington.

For the full side-by-side on the incumbent, see the Castor record page; for the Democratic primary contrast on the other side of the ballot, see the Rochford record page.

Lead Position

Constitutional Rights

Defend the Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment for every law-abiding citizen in Hillsborough County.

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The nine positions above are not the whole campaign. Background on the post-HB 1D FL-14 footprint and the Hillsborough communities the seat now represents is at /district, and the case for sending John Peters to Washington (biography, business background, and the three-term pledge) is at /about. Together with the issue pages here, those two pages form the full case for FL-14 in 2026.

Reading from the campaign.

Beyond the nine policy positions above, John's blog covers Hillsborough-specific district topics and broader campaign concerns.

Read posts on the district → Read posts on broader campaign topics →

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Policy built in Hillsborough County, not Washington.