Florida's 14th Congressional District — 2026 Candidates

A land use and environmental attorney who began her career enforcing Florida's growth management and environmental laws, Kathy Castor went on to serve as a Hillsborough County commissioner and chair of the county's Environmental Protection Commission, per her official House biography. That biography says she was first elected to the U.S. House in 2006 and was the first woman to represent both Hillsborough and Pinellas counties in Congress. She is a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, serving as ranking member of its Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, and previously chaired the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, per the same biography.

Harvard Law-trained Tampa attorney who represented parts of this district in the Florida House from 2018 to 2024 and built a reputation for breaking with Republican leadership in Tallahassee, per Florida Phoenix. He argues he is the only one in the field who has won an election in Hillsborough County, per WUSF.

Brian Lambert is a retired 20-year U.S. Navy veteran running as the Libertarian candidate for Florida's 14th Congressional District, per his campaign site. He served as an Aviation Structural Mechanic and later performed imagery analysis work at U.S. Central Command in Tampa, per Military.com, and his platform focuses on protecting veterans' benefits, reducing VA bureaucracy, and confronting veteran suicide, per his campaign site. Brian Lambert appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot as the Libertarian candidate for FL-14, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.