Jennifer “Rita” Harris is a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives representing District 44 (Orlando area). First elected in 2022, Harris is a community activist and former volunteer with reproductive health advocacy who positions herself as an affordable-housing and environment-focused legislator working on constituent services, economic opportunity, and neighborhood-level issues.
Affordable housing and protection of housing trust funds, environmental protection and local conservation, reproductive health access and related community health issues, worker wages and economic opportunity, constituent services and local government priorities.
Campaign contributions — primarily small-dollar individual donations processed through Democratic fundraising platforms (e.g., ActBlue), local donors, and Democratic-aligned political committees.
Florida Democratic Party, Orange County Democratic Party, Florida House Democratic Caucus, local community advocacy and housing organizations and Democratic local leaders and endorsers.
Public office / State legislator (Florida House Representative)
