Federal law bans foreign governments from donating directly to U.S. campaigns, but Washington created loopholes and powerful interests use them. Money flows through:
- Foreign PACs
- Corporate entities
- Independent expenditure campaigns
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and its affiliated PACs have funded hundreds of candidates, with billions of dollars, across both parties. A significant number of current members of Congress list AIPAC among their top lifetime contributors.
The result?
The U.S. has pledged to provide approximately $38 billion in military assistance to Israel. The current administration proudly committed to $12 billion more this year alone.
This isn’t about Israel. This is about whether foreign policy decisions are shaped by the will of voters, or by campaign money. No organization, foreign or domestic, should be able to buy influence over Congress.
If elected, Nicole Locklin will:
- Refuse corporate PAC money
- Support a full ban on corporate PAC contributions
- Require complete donor transparency for all political spending
- Push for publicly financed elections so representatives answer to voters, not megadonors
If Congress is bought:
You cannot fix healthcare.
You cannot fix insurance.
You cannot fix housing.
Nicole Locklin isn’t running against a country. She’s running against corruption. If you can’t buy her, you can’t control her.
If a private citizen knowingly lies to the federal government, it’s a crime. If a politician knowingly lies to the public, there are often no consequences. That loophole enables corruption.
Federal law already makes it illegal to knowingly make false statements to the government. Nicole Locklin believes elected officials should be held to the same standard when they deliberately deceive the people they serve.
If elected, Nicole Locklin will work to:
- Establish enforceable standards for knowingly false statements made by elected officials in an official capacity
- Apply accountability to formal public communications, reports, and certifications
- Clearly distinguish intentional deception from opinion or political disagreement
- Create real consequences, including ethics sanctions and public accountability
- Protect whistleblowers who expose intentional dishonesty in government
This is not about policing speech. It’s about stopping deliberate lies by people in power. Public office is a public trust — and lying to the public should never be part of the job.
Congress decides where your tax dollars go.
Right now, Washington spends billions on enforcement and bureaucracy, while teachers are underpaid, classrooms are overcrowded, and families are told there’s “no money” for the basics.
That’s not a budget problem. That’s a priorities problem.
If elected, Nicole will:
- Push to redirect federal spending toward public education, including better pay for teachers
- Invest in job creation and workforce development, not bloated enforcement budgets
- Demand transparency and accountability for how federal agencies spend taxpayer money
This isn’t about politics or slogans. It’s about using public money to make life better for the public.
Nicole Locklin wants your tax dollars working for you, not disappearing into systems that keep asking for more while giving families less.
In Florida, someone working full-time at minimum wage takes home less than $30,000 a year, but the basic cost of living in Florida’s 26th District is closer to $40,000 a year.
That math doesn’t work and it’s not because people aren’t working hard enough. It’s because the system is rigged to keep wages low while costs keep rising. Nicole Locklin believes that one full-time job should be enough to survive.
If you work 40+ hours a week:
- You should be able to pay rent
- You should be able to afford groceries
- You should not need a second or third job just to stay afloat
This isn’t radical. It’s basic fairness.
Nicole Locklin is running to make sure working people aren’t told to accept poverty while corporations and billionaires keep raking it in. Because a hard day's work should mean dignity — not desperation.
America is not defined by ancestry.
It is defined by the Constitution which guarantees due process. It prohibits cruel and unusual punishment and it requires that the government follow the law, especially when it takes someone’s liberty.
Immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility. Public safety matters. Violent crimes should be prioritized but enforcement cannot mean:
- Detaining people without meaningful due process
- Holding individuals in overcrowded or inhumane conditions
- Conducting broad sweeps that disregard constitutional protections
- Using methods that undermine the rights
When the government deprives someone of liberty, it must follow the rulebook. That is not optional in America.
Nicole Locklin believes:
- Enforcement must be targeted toward genuine public safety
- Due process must be protected, never bypassed
- Conditions of detention must meet constitutional standards
- Congress has a duty to exercise strict oversight of federal agencies
- Taxpayer dollars should never fund unconstitutional conduct
Nicole Locklin took an oath to uphold the Constitution.
The rulebook is what makes us Americans, not where we came from.
Members of Congress write the laws.
They regulate industries.
They oversee federal contracts.
They receive briefings that can move markets.
They are also allowed to profit off this power and information.
When lawmakers trade stocks in industries they regulate, Americans are right to ask: Are they protecting families, or protecting their portfolios?
When insurance companies raise rates.
When drug prices spike.
When defense contracts expand.
Voters deserve to know those decisions aren’t influenced by personal investments.
Nicole Locklin believes:
- Members of Congress should be banned from trading individual stocks while in office.
- Assets should be placed in blind trusts or diversified index funds.
- Violations should carry real financial penalties and ethics sanctions.
- Disclosure rules should be strengthened and enforced in real time, not months later.
You cannot claim to regulate Wall Street while trading on information the public doesn’t have. You cannot fight corruption while personally profiting from policy decisions.
Public office is a public trust, not a wealth-building strategy.
If you can’t separate personal profit from public power, you shouldn’t hold the power.
Corruption in Washington didn’t happen overnight and it won’t be fixed with one bill or one speech.
This page highlights some of the most urgent issues affecting families in Florida’s 26th District. We will continue adding areas where special interests, dark money, and insider politics are blocking real solutions.
If there’s an issue you believe reflects corruption or misplaced priorities, we want to hear from you. More importantly, this campaign isn’t just about talking. It’s about fixing what’s broken.
Nicole Locklin is running to clean up a system that has been working for the powerful, and to make it work for the people who pay for it. We will continue to add issues that are important to Florida 26 residents.
