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This is what CIVILITY looks like.

Small farmer, native Floridian, and champion for political CIVILITY – the act of attacking issues rather than people – Banks builds consensus, namely because the current vitriolic partisan divisiveness is unsustainable for the preservation of our Democracy.

A supporter of all rights especially Woman’s reproductive sovereignty; supporter of Home Rule – legislating local solutions for local issues; supporter of economic development balanced with environmental preservation specific to water availability; supporter of mental health accessibility and affordability; supporter of less laws which brings more freedoms.

Regardless of ideology, Banks is solution minded.

Not Left. Not Right. FORWARD.

Banks standing and smiling for a headshot in a suit with arms crossed

Banks Helfrich

Candidate for Florida House,
District 25

As a native Floridian, I love this state. As a resident of South Lake County, I love farming and teaching sustainability to this community. As a Candidate for State House, I love finding solutions to the issues of our time.

I'm With Banks!

The News

All of US are Immigrants

As the world’s longest current surviving constitutional charter in the history of humankind, America is having a birthday.   Looking back over two centuries, we are citizens from someplace else which makes us all immigrants. Yes, even the Native Americans came over the Bering Strait many centuries before most of our European accentors crossed the…
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Safety First

In 2023, John Hopkins University conducted a study to find the leading cause of death in children in the United States. It was not drownings, or car accidents or even cancer. The number one cause of death in children ages 1-17 in America was firearms. So, as a society that treasures its children, and its…
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Servants of Democracy

At his swearing in, the newly elected Mayor of Groveland Keith Keogh made two points quite clear – 1. citizens are the leaders and 2. elected officials are the servants to the citizens. I cannot agree more with him.  Once a year in selected municipalities and every two years in our state and federal jurisdictions,…
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