Jennifer \"Rita\" Harris is the Democratic State Representative for Florida House District 44 (Orlando). First elected in 2022 and re-elected in 2024, she focuses on constituent-driven priorities including affordable housing, tenant rights, reproductive health access, education equity and language access, climate resilience, and community public health initiatives.
Affordable housing and tenant protections; reproductive and reproductive-health access; language access and education equity for English language learners; climate and environmental protection; public health and substance-abuse prevention; worker pay and economic opportunity; civil rights, racial equity, and cultural institutions.
Campaign contributions from individual donors (primarily small-dollar online donations processed via ActBlue), supplemented by standard state legislative compensation and routine campaign fundraising activities.
Florida Democratic Party; Orange County Democratic Party; Florida House Democratic Caucus; House Climate and Energy Caucus (secretary); Planned Parenthood affiliates; League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC); Florida Association for Bilingual Education (FABE); collaborative legislators such as State Senator Kristen Arrington.
Elected official (state legislator)
