Blaise Ingoglia
2026 Board of Executive Clemency candidate guide
About the candidate
Party: Republican Party
Clemency and restoration of rights
Discussing Amendment 4 implementation after the 2018 election, Ingoglia said: “We’re gonna get it done this session, what it’s gonna look like, obviously we don’t know,” Source: WLRN, November 29, 2018 (publication). https://www.wlrn.org/news/2018-11-29/no-one-seems-to-know-how-amendment-4-will-be-implemented-to-restore-fe lons-right-to-vote
Court debt and voting eligibility
Public record: Blaise Ingoglia voted yes on final House passage of CS/SB 7066 on May 3, 2019. The bill defined completion of sentence under Amendment 4 to include fines, fees and restitution. It passed the House 67 to 42. Source: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7066/Vote/HouseVote_s07066e1372.PDF; https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7066
Reentry and economic opportunity
Public record: Blaise Ingoglia voted yes on CS/HB 7125 (2019), Administration of Justice, on May 3, 2019. The bill changed theft thresholds, driving-while-suspended penalties and expunction eligibility. It passed the House 110 to 0. Source: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7125/Vote/HouseVote_h07125c1367.PDF; https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7125
Second chances and public safety
During discussion of overdose prosecutions under SB 280, Ingoglia said: “We’re not trying to go after the boyfriend who gave the drug; we’re going up the ladder here,” Source: Patrick R. Fargason, The Florida Bar News, Meeting February 14, 2023; published February 15. https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-news/senate-criminal-justice-committee-favors-measures-to-fight-floridas- opioid-epidemic/ In a statement about changing the jury threshold for death recommendations, Ingoglia said: “It is unconscionable that 'protest jurors' can deny justice to the families of victims of heinous crimes in our current system of unanimity,” Source: Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida / WUSF, January 31, 2023. https://www.wusf.org/courts-law/2023-01-31/proposal-would-target-unanimous-jury-mandate-for-death-sentences