Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Gene Valentino

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Florida District 1
Filing address
Pensacola, FL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
VALENTINO, GENE
Next election
Primary August 18, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Florida with the 2026 district highlighted

Florida, District 1

RepublicanU.S. House · Florida District 1ChallengerRegistered with the FEC; has not yet raised or spent $5,000

FEC candidate ID H6FL01325 · Principal campaign committee: VALENTINO FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$478,959.80
Total spent$478,959.80
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$393,000.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through March 4, 2025, 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: $84,933.50Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $393,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,026.30
  • Individual contributions$84,933.5018%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$393,000.0082%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,026.300%

Self-funding: $393,000.00 (82% of money raised): $0.00 given and $393,000.00 lent by the candidate. $3,283.69 of loans repaid so far.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$2,200.003%
  • Contributions over $200$82,533.5097%
  • Itemized from inside Florida$65,467.7578%
  • Itemized from other states$18,195.7522%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$425K$0 PRE-PRIMARY: raised $424,703.50PRE-PRIMARY: spent $396,030.93TERMINATION REPORT: raised $54,256.30TERMINATION REPORT: spent $82,928.872025-012025-03

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

Florida U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 13 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Gene Valentino (R)$478,959.80$0.002025-03-04
Jimmy Patronis Jr. (R)$4,467,312.53$939,474.312026-10-14
Jennifer Gay Valimont (D)$295,713.87$34,722.832026-10-14
John Frankman (R)$148,732.06$3,097.502026-09-30
Douglas Connor Chico (R)$97,626.66$884.262026-09-30
Aaron Dimmock (R)$50,636.04$157.232026-09-30
Ralph John Mills III (R)$18,463.76$736.642026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida (retrieved October 22, 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: VALENTINO FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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