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U.S. Representative for Florida’s 18th District

Scott Franklin

Republican 3rd term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.0M raised · top PACs: Applied Research Associates, General Atomics, Space Exploration Technologies Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 2 of 50 party-line votes (4%; most Republicans: 7%)
100LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
12BipartMed 12
2BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2021–now
5 years in CongressMore senior than 36% of the House
Committees
  • Science, Space, and Technology 9th majority
  • Appropriations 26th majority
Age
62

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 date931602196742
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—2212601,23512

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 →
Government Operations and Politics 30% 13%
Armed Forces and National Security 21% 20%
Agriculture and Food 6% 20%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Emergency Management; bills go to Agriculture and Food and Armed Forces and National Security.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment).
  • 15 bills sponsored, most on Agriculture and Food.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairEnvironment SubcommitteeScience, Space, and Technology
Vice chairAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeAppropriations
MemberScience, Space, and Technology Committee9th majority
MemberAppropriations Committee26th majority

Chair of the Environment 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

10% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

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

Free account See Pro

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

10% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Estes.

  • 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 15 · expected 27
Action in committee 5 · expected 7
Beyond committee 0 · expected 4
Passed House 0 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 350 of 433 in the House

0.26expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

0 of 15 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.26 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • 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 +0.63

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

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 100% of party-line votes, breaks 2 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.63, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 2 of 50.

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

Franklin$1.0M raised42%47%11%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

43% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.0M raised, 47% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last election margin: not on file.

40 PACs of the 83 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 Defense.

  1. Applied Research Associates48% D
  2. General Atomics33% D
  3. Space Exploration Technologies9% 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

106 bills

Franklin voted Yea on 50, Nay on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 54 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.