Jesse Scheckner
Todd Delmay’s House District 101 bid is off to a strong financial start, as he says he raised more than $80,000 in seven weeks.
Delmay’s camp said his early gains included 1,500 contributions from grassroots-level donors, with an average of $52 each.
Official quarterly fundraising reports from candidates are due Thursday.
Delmay attributed the flood of interest in his campaign to residents being “tired of political games” and wanting “leaders who are focused on what really matters.”
“That means a stronger economy that empowers people, investments in small businesses not mega-corporations, creating well-paying jobs locally, holding insurance companies accountable for their out-of-control rate increases, and ensuring our schools finally get the funding they need,” he said in a statement.
“That’s what our campaign is focused on and why I am so excited to be running for the state legislature.”
A Hollywood Democrat, Delmay works today as Executive Director of SAVE, Florida’s longest-running LGTBQ civil rights organization. He and his husband, Jeff, played a pivotal role in the fight for marriage equality in the Sunshine State, both as plaintiffs to a monumental lawsuit and later as one of the six first same-sex couples in Florida to be legally wed in January 2015.
He then chaired the Board of Prideline, led the SMART Ride nonprofit to raise funds and awareness for AIDS service organizations and served as President of the Dolphin Democrats.
His other community involvements include working as the area director for Business Network International (BNI) in Broward and an ex-officio Board member for the Greater Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
The 53-year-old worked for more than two decades as President and CEO of the Delmay Corporation, a hospitality business.
Delmay is running in the 2026 cycle to unseat Dania Beach Rep. Hillary Cassel, who switched her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican shortly after winning re-election last year. He also challenged her in 2022, but lost in the Democratic Primary by less than 6 percentage points.
He expects a better result next year.
HD 101 covers parts of Dania Beach, Hallandale Beach and Hollywood and leans blue, with 42,963 registered Democrats, 40,956 third- or no-party voters and 30,310 Republicans. The district leans Democratic, with nearly 42,000 registered Democrats, close to 30,300 Republicans and about 41,000 third- and no-party voters.
So far, only Cassel and Delmay are in the race.
The 2026 Primary is on Aug. 18, followed by the General Election on Nov. 3.
