Jennifer Jenkins
Cried poor to voters. Paid herself $107,000.
Jennifer Jenkins told voters she delivered groceries to make ends meet. The whole time, her own PAC was cutting her $5,000 checks and her campaign was paying her a salary on top. $107,000 in all.
The records
What she told you. What she paid herself.
Groceries for you. $5,000 a month for her.
What she said
"Delivered groceries to make ends meet"
Her words, July 22, 2026: "I've worked two jobs ever since graduating from college, even delivered groceries through Instacart to make ends meet." Her campaign ad shows her delivering groceries.
The Space Coast Rocket, candidate questionnaire, July 22, 2026. Florida's Voice, September 29, 2026.
Her PAC paid her $5,000 a month
$70,000 in consulting fees
Educated We Stand is a PAC Jennifer Jenkins set up and ran as its treasurer. From July 2024 to August 2025 it paid her $5,000 a month for consulting. Fourteen checks. $70,000. The first five came while she was still on the school board.
FEC disbursement records, Educated We Stand PAC (C00858126), payments to Jennifer Jenkins. FEC Form 1, Educated We Stand, November 27, 2023, listing Jennifer Jenkins as treasurer.
Her campaign paid her a salary
$37,315 in candidate salary
From October 2025 to July 2026 her campaign paid her a candidate salary about twice a month, through the Senate race, the Daytona race and this one. Nineteen checks. $37,315.62.
FEC disbursement records, Jennifer Jenkins for U.S. Congress (C00918474), candidate salary.
| Paid by her own PACConsulting fees, July 2024 to August 2025 | $70,000.00 |
| Paid by her own campaignCandidate salary, October 2025 to July 2026 | $37,315.62 |
| Total she paid herselfFederal Election Commission records, read September 30, 2026 | $107,315.62 |
She told you she was scraping by while she cashed $5,000 checks from her own PAC and drew a paycheck from her own campaign. What is she going to do in Washington?
Where this comes from
- The Space Coast Rocket, candidate questionnaire, July 22, 2026: the Instacart quote, in her answer to why she is running.
- Florida's Voice, September 29, 2026: the report that added it up.
- FEC Form 1, Educated We Stand, November 27, 2023, listing Jennifer Jenkins as treasurer.
- FEC disbursement records, Educated We Stand PAC (C00858126), payments to Jennifer Jenkins: 14 payments of $5,000, July 26, 2024 to August 15, 2025.
- FEC disbursement records, Jennifer Jenkins for U.S. Congress (C00918474), candidate salary: 19 payments, October 29, 2025 to July 14, 2026.