
Jennifer Jenkins
Jumpin' JenkinsSwitched races three times in eight months.
Senate. Then Congress in Daytona. Then Congress in Brevard, the minute the map changed. Jennifer Jenkins will run for anything, anywhere, and she paid herself a salary every step of the way.
The timeline
Senate. Then Congress in Daytona. Then Congress in Brevard.
She'll run for anything. Just not for you.
She announces she is running for U.S. Senate.
She quits the Senate race and backs Alexander Vindman instead.
She announces she is running for Congress in Daytona, Florida's 6th District, against Randy Fine.
The new map comes out. She switches to Brevard, Florida's 8th District, and says "the district is my home."
From October 2025 to July 2026 her campaign paid her a candidate salary through all three races. Nineteen checks. $37,315.
FEC disbursement records, Jennifer Jenkins for U.S. Congress (C00918474), candidate salary. See the full $107,000.
The verdict
Jennifer Jenkins is running for herself, not for the Space Coast.
She says this district is her home. Then why did she ask the whole state for a job first, then Daytona, and only show up here after the lines moved?
"Jennifer 'Jumpin' Jenkins" is "shopping for a seat."
Published in the Florida Phoenix, May 5, 2026

Where this comes from
- NBC News, September 2025: Senate campaign launch.
- CBS Miami, January 30, 2026: drops out of the Senate race and endorses Vindman.
- Florida Politics, February 5, 2026: launches in Florida's 6th District against Randy Fine.
- Florida Phoenix, May 5, 2026: switches to Florida's 8th; the quote 'the district is my home'; the Evan Power quote.
- Florida Politics, May 5, 2026: report on the switch after redistricting.
- FOX 35 Orlando, February 5, 2026: video of her announcement against Randy Fine.
- Tampa Bay Times, February 6, 2026: she switches races.
- WESH 2, May 5, 2026: she moves to Florida's 8th District after the map changes.
- FEC disbursement records, Jennifer Jenkins for U.S. Congress (C00918474), candidate salary: candidate salary through all three races.