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U.S. Representative for Florida’s 28th District

Carlos A. Gimenez

Republican 3rd term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$722K raised · top PACs: American Council of Engineering Companies, Hispanic Leadership Trust Partnership, International Association of Fire Fighters Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 13 of 48 party-line votes (27%; most Republicans: 7%)
95LoyaltyMed 98
93AttendMed 98
16BipartMed 12
20BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2021–now
5 years in CongressMore senior than 36% of the House
Committees
  • Homeland Security 4th majority
  • Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party 9th majority
  • Armed Services 14th majority
Age
72

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date8812316067420
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2103071,23599

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Armed Forces and National Security 26% no bills
Government Operations and Politics 15% 17%
Transportation and Public Works 8% 25%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, International Affairs and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to Transportation and Public Works and Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Government Accountability (Government Operations and Politics), Transportation Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Tariffs (Taxation).
  • 12 bills sponsored, most on Transportation and Public Works.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairTransportation and Maritime Security SubcommitteeHomeland Security
MemberHomeland Security Committee4th majority
MemberSelect Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party9th majority
MemberArmed Services Committee14th majority

Chair of the Transportation and Maritime Security Subcommittee, more senior than 36% of the House, in the majority.

  • 5 years in Congress: more senior than 36% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

13% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Gimenez.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

13% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Thompson and Rogers.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 9 · expected 27
Action in committee 5 · expected 7
Beyond committee 3 · expected 4
Passed House 3 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 166 of 433 in the House

0.88expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

3 of 9 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.88 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 9388 (passed a chamber), H.R. 1608 (passed a chamber), H.R. 1166 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.33
International Affairs2 of 14

With his party on the other 11 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 95% of party-line votes, breaks 20 times (peer median 7), most on International Affairs.

  • Position: +0.33, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 13 of 48, International Affairs 2 of 14, Congress 2 of 144.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Gimenez$722K raised31%51%17%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

32% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$722K raised, 51% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 29.1 points.

31 PACs of the 72 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Transportation.

  1. American Council of Engineering Companies40% D
  2. Hispanic Leadership Trust Partnership0% D
  3. International Association of Fire Fighters71% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

80 bills

Gimenez voted Yea on 41, Nay on 1, did not vote on 6, and sponsored or cosponsored 32 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.