Carlos A. Gimenez
Republican · Florida · 2026 · IncumbentRunning for U.S. House, FL-28, Florida
Top priorities
From other published sources
- Supporting small businesses through economic and tax policy, per his official House issues page
- Countering China as the nation's leading geopolitical adversary, per his official House issues page
- Trade policy for South Florida, per his official House issues page
Carlos Gimenez joined the Miami Fire Department in 1975 and spent 25 years as a firefighter-paramedic, rising to become the first Cuban American to serve as chief of the department, per his official House biography. He went on to be Miami city manager from 2000 to 2004, a Miami-Dade County commissioner, and county mayor from 2011 to 2020, and that biography says he was first elected to Congress in 2020 and is the only current Cuban-born member of the House. He serves on the Armed Services and Homeland Security committees, chairing the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, and on the Select Committee on Strategic Competition with China, per the same biography. Born in Cuba in 1954, he immigrated to the United States with his family in 1960 and settled in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood, per the campaign site. carlosgimenezforcongress.com is the campaign site on file with the FEC; its most recent dated item is from May 2023.
Key voting record
- Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
- Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
- Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
- Voted yes on the November 2025 funding agreement that ended the government shutdown, which passed the House 222-209 in November 2025. Supported
- Voted yes on the September 2025 stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-212 in September 2025. Supported
- Voted yes on the March 2025 full-year stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-213 in March 2025. Supported
On the ballot
U.S. House, FL-28Florida · 2026See your full ballot
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