Okaloosa County Republican Party

06/09/2026

If Byron Donalds wins the Republican nomination for governor, as he is the front runner...

The one trend we all need to know and consider:

The "tie" has a diagnosis now, and it's bad for Republican complacency. It's not that Donalds is weak — it's who is moving. Across the recent polls Jolly leads independents by ~18 points (46–28), and there's an enthusiasm gap: Democratic voters report 88% motivation vs. 75% for Republicans.

The topline (Donalds +0.7 in one poll, Jolly +4 to +6 in others) is a coin flip, but the drivers are turnout and persuadable independents — exactly the two things Okaloosa County Republican Party controls.

As Chairman of the Party for the County: the November race won't be won on the base, it'll be won on the middle and on showing up.

06/02/2026

The Florida State Senate voted 30-9 on the property tax amendment, meaning it will be on the November ballot for voters to decide.

06/01/2026

This is how close Florida came to NOT being the free state of Florida under Gov. DeSantis. I cannot imagine a world where Andrew Gillum became Florida governor and then took us into COVID and we were from another New York or Illinois.

05/30/2026

To all of our Republicans who have a desire to understand the property tax plan of Governor Ron DeSantis, here you go.

05/25/2026

MEMORIAL DAY 2026 🇺🇸

Today, we pause to remember the brave men and women who gave their lives in defense of freedom. Their sacrifice secured the liberties we enjoy and preserved the principles upon which this nation was founded.

As we honor the fallen, may we never forget that freedom is not free. We owe a debt of gratitude to those who gave “the last full measure of devotion” for America.

Please join the Okaloosa County Republican Executive Committee in remembering our heroes and praying for their families, our veterans, and the United States of America.

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” — John 15:13

Chairman Doug Stauffer

05/12/2026

The Okaloosa County Republican Executive Committee is pleased to announce the high school and middle school Essay & Arts contest in honor of America's 250th anniversary!

Open to Okaloosa County public school, private school, and home school students.

The prompt for all ages and media styles: John Adams once said "Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present Generation, to preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make a good Use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it." As posterity replying to Adams, would you argue that his generation's sacrifice was worth it, and how would you encourage him that you will continue to preserve it?

Essays must fit within a 1500 word limit (500 words minimum). Visual art can be a variety of media but must fit within a single image file attachment or link to attachment page. Performance art will consist of original poetry or lyrics that must be read or sung by the entrant in a video not to exceed 3 minutes in length, submitted either via attachment or link to where it is uploaded on a video hosting website.

Each student may submit one entry to each of the style categories in their age group (ex. a high school student may try his hand at one essay, one painting, and one song in the high school age category if he so desires, or pick only one or two of the categories). We look forward to showcasing the creativity and talent of Okaloosa students for America's Semiquincentennial!

Prizes are awarded as follows:

$250 - High School Essay
$250 - Middle School Essay
$125 - High School Visual Art
$125 - Middle School Visual Art
$125 - High School Performance Art
$125 - Middle School Performance Art

Entrants must include their name, grade, and school in the body of an email and submit it to [email protected].

Submission deadline is June 22, 2026.

04/07/2026

🚨Colonel rescued in Iran - Three planes lost costing 120M-$200M (million).

The left loses their mind over the cost!

Biden leaves $90 Billion dollars of equipment in Afghanistan and no concerns at all from the left! Oh yeah and get a bunch of our service people killed in the process.

04/04/2026

This is important and I hope many of you will plan to attend. Letting your guard down during the midterms is dangerous. Florida is free because of the past and the only way Florida will remain free is if we remain vigilant in the future.

04/01/2026

It’s all Trump’s fault, right?

Hillary gave Putin 20% of U.S. uranium.
Putin “donated” $145 million to the Clinton Foundation.

Putin paid Bill $500,000 to speak, for 30 minutes.

Obama gave Iran & Ayatollah Khamenei $150 billion, in cash. Iran used cash, to buy uranium.

Putin sold uranium to Iran (Ayatollah Khamenei). Iran uses Hillary’s uranium to build nuclear bombs.

And they investigated President Trump?
P.S. Then, Hillary deleted 33,000+ emails, AFTER being served with federal subpoenas!

Barack Obama bears primary responsibility for today’s Middle East crisis.

Had he not shipped billions of dollars in cash to Iran, they wouldn’t have had the funds to build their nuclear, missile, and drone programs — nor to arm Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.

And by enthusiastically backing the “Arab Spring,” he helped tear apart once-stable nations and turn them into chaos and failed states.”

Imagine the progress that Kamala Harris would’ve made along the same lines as these traitors.

02/16/2026

Everyone needs to watch this video. This is what statesmanship is and framing the argument in a diplomatic way, but still standing firm to the convictions of the administration. Watch this 30 minutes as one of the greatest speeches of our lifetime on the world stage of the West.

Thank you Marco Rubio. This will go down in history as a profound speech of of the finest diplomacy!!!!

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers remarks to the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 14, 2026.Transcript: https://www.state.gov/...