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2026 candidates we're tracking in FL-11
Joe Strada
Top priorities
- Ban insider trading by members of Congress
- Enact congressional term limits
- Support a balanced budget amendment
Per the campaign site.
About Joe Strada
Strada founded Strada Services, which he describes as the largest privately held, family-owned air conditioning, electric, security and plumbing company in the country, employing about 4,000 people including several hundred in the district, per the campaign site. He also founded a training program in 2003 to address skilled-worker shortages through paid apprenticeships, per the campaign site.
James Pericola
Top priorities
- Lower housing and insurance costs
- Protect Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
- Voting rights and election protection
Per the campaign site.
About James Pericola
Attorney and former presidential appointee with more than 30 years in public service, congressional staff work and senior government affairs roles, per his answers to Vox Populi published by WKMG News 6. He has worked on climate legislation and says his wife's immigrant story shapes his focus on voting rights and due process.
Ralph Groves
Top priorities
- Favors a non-interventionist foreign policy alongside support for U.S. defense industries
- Supports legal immigration pathways and gun ownership rights
- Emphasizes equal justice and human rights
Per the campaign site.
About Ralph Groves
Ralph Groves is a retired Defense Intelligence Agency civilian analyst running as the Libertarian candidate for Florida's 11th Congressional District, per his campaign site. He also served in the U.S. Army Reserve, retiring as a Major in 2010 after a deployment to Iraq, per his campaign site. Ralph Groves appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot as the Libertarian candidate for FL-11, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
About this race
Florida's 11th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Florida primary is Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.