Moms for Liberty foe Jennifer Jenkins announces Senate bid against Republican Ashley Moody

Jennifer Jenkins has spent the past five years rising in Florida Democratic politics based on her public education advocacy.

Democrat Jennifer Jenkins has beaten high-profile political opponents in the past.

During her 2020 run for a school board seat in a conservative-leaning southeast Florida county, Jenkins won by 10 percentage points over Republican Tina Descovich, who would go on to become a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, an influential national education group focused on parental choice.

The win, especially by a double-digit margin, was considered a significant upset at the time.

Jenkins will try to once again play political spoiler during the 2026 midterms.

On Wednesday, she is announcing her bid for the Senate against Sen. Ashley Moody, a Republican who was appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in January and quickly endorsed by President Donald Trump.