Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Carlos A. Gimenez
- Office
- U.S. representative for Florida’s 28th district
- Party
- Republican
- Hometown
- Miami, FL
- Born
- 1954
- In Congress
- House since 2021 · 5 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- GIMENEZ, CARLOS
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Florida, District 28
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H0FL26036 · Principal campaign committee: CARLOS GIMENEZ FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Florida District 28 | $722,290.55 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Florida District 28 | $1,127,145.82 | Won the general election (64.6%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Florida District 28 | $2,143,685.24 | Won the general election (63.7%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Florida District 26 | $2,245,735.18 | Won the general election (51.72%) |
Total raised$2,245,735.18
Total spent$2,206,564.28
Cash on hand$39,170.90
Debts owed by the campaign$78,785.54
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$1,736,975.2577%
- PACs and other committees$325,100.0014%
- Party committees$10,000.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$173,659.938%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Armed Services
- Readiness
- Tactical Air and Land Forces
- House Committee on Homeland Security
- Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection
- Transportation and Maritime Security Chairman
- House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
124 committees reported giving $359,751.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLESConnected PAC$14,300.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- HNTB HOLDINGS LTD. PACPAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- FLORIDA FREEDOM COMMITTEEPAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- U.S. ISRAEL PAC (USI PAC)Connected PAC$7,500.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC)Leadership PAC$6,000.00
- AMERICAN CLARITY AND EXCEPTIONALISM (ACE PAC)Connected PAC$5,600.00
- MAINTAINING ALL REPUBLICANS IN OFFICE PACLeadership PAC$5,600.00
- ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDAParty committee$5,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- BLOOMIN' BRANDS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- U.S.-CUBA DEMOCRACY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
Show all 124 committees
- HERZOG PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE GROUP/TUESDAY GROUP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RECLAIM AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANSLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- MAKING AMERICA PROSPEROUS PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- AECOM PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- TEXAS REPUBLICANS UNITED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TRU PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SWISHER INTERNATIONAL INC PAC FUND Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- THE WENDYS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- ENERGY TRANSFER EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT COMPANY PAC (ENERGY TRANSFER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- PEACH PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- COWBOY PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- WINREDHybrid PAC$2,451.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF GINNY BROWN-WAITEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- DEVIN NUNES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- PROSPERITY ACTION, INC.Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- ADRIAN SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MAVERICK PAC USAHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- ANDY HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- STIVERS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BLAINE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GIBBS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUCSHON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AUSTIN SCOTT FOR CONGRESS INCCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF MIKE HCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF SUSAN BROOKSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DAVID ROUZER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEFENDING AMERICAN VALUES EVERYWHERE PAC (DAVE PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- LIZ CHENEY FOR WYOMINGCandidate committee$2,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DAVID PAC DELIVERING AMERICAN VALUES IN DCLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BOLD ACTIVE CONSERVATIVES OF NEBRASKA PAC-BACON PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JOHN ROSE FOR TENNESSEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- ANTHONY GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RICK SCOTT FOR FLORIDACandidate committee$2,000.00
- FOREVER YOUTH ORGANIZATION UTILIZING A NEW GENERATION PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NOOGA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- STRENGTHENING THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC (STAR) PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- RE-JOYCE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- CLYDE FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- BUCKEYE PACLeadership PAC$1,800.00
- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXXONMOBIL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- TORCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,500.00
- TED YOHO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,500.00
- DREW FERGUSON FOR CONGRESS INC.Candidate committee$1,500.00
- JAM PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ACPAC ACA INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; RAI PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GUIDEWELL PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENTPAC$1,000.00
- JM FAMILY ENTERPRISES, INC. PACPAC$1,000.00
- LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- KPMG PARTNERS/PRINCIPALS AND EMPLOYEES PACPAC$1,000.00
- WSP USA INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, INC. FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MICHAEL BURGESS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- TEAPARTYEXPRESS.ORGPAC$1,000.00
- GIVING US SECURITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GUS PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- ANN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GARY PALMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BELIEVE IN LIFE LIBERTY YOURSELF (BILLY PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- STAND PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LEE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUILDING RENEWAL IN AMERICA NOW PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUDDY PACPAC$1,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CAROL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- WARRIOR DIPLOMAT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BLAKE MOORE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- KAT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- DEFEND & UPHOLD OUR NATION NOWLeadership PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Carlos Gimenez$1,037,567.63
- Independent expenditures opposing Carlos Gimenez$7,529,896.17
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACOpposing$3,294,825.00
- DCCCOpposing$2,645,076.00
- LCV VICTORY FUNDOpposing$763,601.00
- SOUTH FLORIDA RESIDENTS FIRSTSupporting$588,529.00
- WOMEN VOTE!Opposing$462,100.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDSupporting$376,599.00
- NRDC ACTION VOTESOpposing$120,000.00
- LATINO VICTORY FUNDOpposing$108,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)Opposing$90,333.00
- FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT ASSOCIATION PACSupporting$59,000.00
- SOMOS PACOpposing$25,000.00
- UNITED WE DREAM ACTION PACOpposing$17,015.00
The race
Florida U.S. House, District 26, 2020 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Gimenez (R) | $2,245,735.18 | $39,170.90 | 2020-12-31 |
| Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D) | $6,886,951.68 | $10,597.68 | 2020-12-31 |
| Irina Vilarino (R) | $446,090.00 | $0.00 | 2020-06-30 |
| Omar Blanco (R) | $186,037.90 | $0.00 | 2020-12-08 |
| Dennis Misigoy (L) | $2,963.00 | $2,330.59 | 2020-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting Street Insights (R) | July 14–18, 2020 | 400 (RV) | ± 4.9% | Debbie Murcasel-Powell 42% · Carlos Giménez 47% |
| Unspecified national Republican organization | October 13–15, 2019 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Debbie Murcasel-Powell 42% · Carlos Giménez 45% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CARLOS GIMENEZ FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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