The person behind the name
Anna Paulina Luna's public career runs from an Air Force enlistment to two terms in the U.S. House, where she chairs an Oversight task force on declassification and has forced floor fights that her own party's leadership did not want.
The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress records that she was born in Santa Ana, California, in 1989. Her official House biography says she was raised by a single mother in Southern California, calls her “the first Mexican-American woman elected to the United States Congress to represent Florida,” and places her home in St. Petersburg with her husband, Andy, whom it describes as a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient from the war in Afghanistan; it also notes that Time named her in 2023 to its list of the next 100 most influential people. [3][1]
Her service record, as the Biographical Directory summarizes it: United States Air Force, 2009 to 2014, and Oregon Air National Guard, 2017 to 2018. Fox News, reporting on a 2023 Washington Post profile, places her early service at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri as an airfield management specialist; no second outlet was found for the assignment. [3][60]
Education and professional preparation
The Biographical Directory lists a Bachelor of Science from the University of West Florida in Pensacola in 2018; her official biography describes it as a degree in biology. Before Congress the Directory calls her a nonprofit executive and political commentator, and her campaign biography says she was preparing to begin a medical school program when Turning Point USA recruited her as its National Director of Hispanic Engagement. Degree records and the dates of that employment were not part of this review. [3][1][75]
Three campaigns for the Thirteenth District
Luna first ran in 2020, winning a five-way Republican primary on August 18 with 22,941 votes, 36.1 percent, and losing the general election to Representative Charlie Crist, 215,405 to 190,713. She ran again in 2022 after Crist left the seat to run for governor, took the primary on August 23 with 44.5 percent, and won the open seat on November 8 with 181,487 votes, 53.1 percent. In 2024 no other Republican qualified and the primary was canceled; on November 5 she was re-elected with 225,636 votes, 54.8 percent, over Democrat Whitney Fox. [10][11][63][12][13][64][14]
For 2026 she qualified on June 8 by paying the filing fee and drew no Republican opponent; the August 18 primary in the district was a Democratic contest, won by retired Army Brigadier General Leela Gray with 32,705 votes, 65.0 percent, and no-party candidate Tony D'Arrigo also qualified. The district she seeks to hold was redrawn in May 2026 to drop southern Pinellas County and add 62,000 residents of Pasco County, by WUSF's count. [17][16][15][69][79][68]
A note on the name. Reporting on a 2010 police report from her Air Force years records that she was then going by her birth surname, Mayerhofer, and that The Washington Post raised questions about the later change to Luna. Her official biography does not discuss it, and this profile draws no inference from it. [60]
Life & public service
From an Air Force flight line to the Oversight Committee, the documented milestones show how her record was built.
Born in Santa Ana, California
The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress records her birth in Santa Ana, Orange County, on May 6, 1989. [3]
United States Air Force
Service from 2009 to 2014, followed by the Oregon Air National Guard in 2017 and 2018, per the Biographical Directory. [3]
The Braddock case and a suit against the FEC
Her committee sued the Federal Election Commission on May 4 over its inaction on her complaint about Twitter; in June a Pinellas circuit judge kept in place the temporary stalking orders granted against rival William Braddock, and in September declined to make them permanent. [9][62][63]
A law, a task force, a break with the Freedom Caucus
H.R. 6633 signed January 2; named chair of the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets on February 11; resigned from the House Freedom Caucus on March 31 over proxy voting for new parents; filed a discharge petition for a congressional stock-trading ban on December 2. [7][44][56][48]
A new map and a third campaign
Governor DeSantis signed a redrawn map on May 4; she qualified June 8 without a Republican opponent; the Justice Department confirmed in a letter reported August 3 that it had never investigated a prediction-market allegation published in July; President Trump posted his endorsement for re-election on August 12; Leela Gray won the Democratic nomination on August 18; the general election is November 3. [68][17][16][73][86][15]
Accomplishments, in the record
Roll calls, bill records, committee releases and court reporting establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was another official's initiative.
Seventy-seven measures, one law
GovTrack's bill data list 77 measures with Luna as primary sponsor: 23 bills and 13 resolutions in the 118th Congress; 26 bills, 14 resolutions and one joint resolution in the 119th. One became law in its own right, H.R. 6633, naming the post office at 9355 113th Street in Seminole for Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Christian Knauss, introduced December 6, 2023 and signed January 2, 2025 as Public Law 118-221. Two resolutions were agreed to (H.Res. 521 and H.Res. 293), one bill was reported from committee (H.R. 7526, the D.C. Consumer Vehicle Choice Protection Act), and 71 measures remain at introduction. GovTrack would also credit a bill whose text was carried by other legislation; none is recorded for her. [6][7]
The subjects run from the Stop Our Sexual Assault in the Military Act and the Flood Insurance Affordability Act in 2023 to the Right to Try IVF Act of 2024, the DOGE Codification Act of 2025 and the American Privacy Restoration Act, and, in 2026, the Kids Off Social Media Act, the American Families Gas Tax Relief Act, the Americans vs. Poisonous Pesticides Act and the Foreign Propaganda Disclosure Act. Introduction is documented; passage is not. [6]
The censure of Adam Schiff
H.Res. 489, the first of her Schiff censure resolutions to reach a floor vote, would have fined Schiff $16 million; it was tabled on June 14, 2023, 225–196, when 20 Republicans voted with the Democrats, and she voted against tabling. A revised resolution without the fine, H.Res. 521, was agreed to on June 21 by 213–209 with six members voting present, censuring Schiff and referring him to the Ethics Committee. Roll Call recorded him as the 25th House member ever censured and the first since 2010. On the floor she said that “With access to sensitive information unavailable to most members of Congress and certainly not accessible to the American people, Schiff abused his privileges, claiming to know the truth while leaving Americans in the dark about this web of lies.” [22][23][58]
Her office's release that night: “Tonight our conference stood with me in holding this man accountable for tearing apart our country and creating lasting rifts between American families.” The censure is the record; the outcome of the Ethics Committee referral was not part of this review. [46]
Inherent contempt for the Attorney General
A month after the House held Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding the audio of President Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur, Luna offered a privileged inherent-contempt resolution, H.Res. 1344, directing the Speaker to impose a $10,000 daily fine. It failed on July 11, 2024, 204–210: Republicans John Duarte, Tom McClintock, Dave Joyce and Mike Turner voted with the Democrats, and twelve Republicans were absent. She said the resolution failed “due to some Republican absences,” refiled it the same day as H.Res. 1357, and no further vote is recorded. [30][59][6]
Chair of the declassification task force
On February 11, 2025 Oversight Chairman James Comer created the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets and named Luna to lead it, following President Trump's January 23 executive order on the records of the Kennedy and King assassinations. The task force was authorized for six months under committee rules, and Comer and Luna sent 11 letters that day. Her stated agenda: “We will also investigate UAPs/USOs, the Epstein client list, COVID-19 origins, and the 9/11 files.” [44]
She opened the task force's hearing on the Kennedy files on April 1, 2025, citing more than 80,000 pages declassified by the administration. Her official biography still lists the chair. On November 18, 2025 she voted Aye on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed 427–1. Her later Oversight resolutions, H.Res. 1015 of January 22, 2026, recommending that the House find William J. Clinton and Hillary R. Clinton in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a committee subpoena, and H.Res. 1536 of September 14, 2026, recommending the same for Neville Singham, remain at introduction. [45][1][38][6]
Proxy voting for new parents, and the pairing rule that replaced it
After her son's birth in August 2023, when her doctors advised against travel and she missed the votes on the continuing resolution and on vacating the Speaker's chair, Luna wrote H.Res. 967 with Democrat Sara Jacobs to let a member who has given birth vote by proxy for six weeks; it was introduced January 16, 2024. She told NBC News she had opposed proxy voting as a freshman: “I will admit that I think that that is a mistake because what you’re essentially doing is you’re preventing female members from one, not just having children, but also two, you’re basically saying you have to choose between your career and your family.” [55][24][6]
In 2025 her discharge petition for a 12-week parental proxy reached the signatures needed to force a vote. Speaker Mike Johnson moved to block it through a rule; on April 1, 2025 that rule failed 206–222, with nine Republicans, Luna among them, voting No. On April 8 the House adopted her H.Res. 293, reviving “vote pairing” for absent members in place of proxy voting, through a deal she reached with Johnson; she called it “a step forward in the right direction.” [56][33][57][6]
A discharge petition to ban member stock trading
On December 2, 2025 Luna filed a discharge petition to force a vote on a bipartisan bill banning stock ownership and trading by members of Congress, their spouses and dependents, the consensus proposal introduced by Chip Roy in September 2025 with 102 cosponsors. Her release: “A discharge petition is the strongest tool we have to guarantee a vote on behalf of the American people and it exists for moments exactly like this.” [48][70]
By March 31, 2026 the petition had 82 signers, Republican leaders had promised action on a narrower Stop Insider Trading Act, and no floor vote had occurred; Luna told Roll Call she had been assured a vote within the first quarter of 2026 and was still hearing it would come up shortly. The petition is the record; the vote it sought had not happened as of this review. [71]
Defining votes, by roll number
Speaker elections: Jim Jordan on the first ballot of January 3, 2023 (roll 2), Kevin McCarthy on the final ballot of January 7 (roll 20) and Mike Johnson on January 3, 2025 (roll 2 of the 119th Congress). Border and immigration: Yea on H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act (roll 209, May 11, 2023); Yea on impeaching Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (roll 43, February 13, 2024, 214–213); Yea on the Laken Riley Act (roll 23, January 22, 2025). Elections: Yea on the SAVE Act (roll 102, April 10, 2025). [18][19][83][20][26][32][34]
Spending and taxes: No on the Fiscal Responsibility Act (roll 243, May 31, 2023, passed 314–117); Nay on the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (roll 30, January 31, 2024, passed 357–70); Yea on the Social Security Fairness Act (roll 456, November 12, 2024); Yea on H.R. 1 at passage (roll 145, May 22, 2025, 215–214) and on the Senate amendment (roll 190, July 3, 2025, 218–214); Yea on the Rescissions Act (roll 168, June 12, 2025, 214–212). [21][25][31][35][37][36]
Surveillance and foreign policy: Aye on the Biggs amendment to the FISA reauthorization, which failed 212–212 (roll 114, April 12, 2024), then No on the bill (roll 119, passed 273–147); Nay on the Ukraine Security Supplemental (roll 151, April 20, 2024) and on the Ukraine Support Act (roll 207, June 4, 2026); Nay on five 2026 resolutions directing an end to hostilities with Iran: roll 85 on March 5 (failed 212–219), roll 170 on May 14 (failed 212–212), roll 199 on June 3 (agreed to 215–208), roll 282 on July 23 (agreed to 214–208) and roll 307 on September 15 (agreed to 220–204); Nay on the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, which passed 216–212 with seven Republicans opposed (roll 278, July 22, 2026). The presidency: Not Voting on the October 3, 2023 motion to vacate the Speaker's chair (roll 519), during her postpartum absence; Yea on tabling a resolution to impeach President Trump (roll 298, September 15, 2026, 232–147). [27][28][29][39][43][80][81][82][42][40][24][55][41]
Attendance and ideology, measured
GovTrack counts 269 missed votes of 1,917 from January 2023 to September 2026, 14.0 percent, against a 2.1 percent median for current representatives. The absences cluster: 131 of 224 votes in July–September 2023, the quarter she gave birth; 20 of 62 in November–December 2024; 30 of 125 in April–June 2026. The figure is a count, not an explanation; NBC News reported that the 2023 absence followed her doctors' advice. [5][55]
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE score places her at 0.561 on the first dimension in both Congresses. Among the 227 House Republicans scored in the 119th Congress that ranks 96th from the conservative end, above the caucus median of 0.53; in the 118th Congress she ranked 86th of 230. The ranks were computed for this review from Voteview's member file. [3][4]
Ratings: Heritage Action 94 percent for the 119th Congress and 96 percent lifetime; the Club for Growth 100 for 2025 (lifetime 98, rank 1), 94 for 2024 and 100 for 2023, with its Defender of Economic Freedom award in each year; the League of Conservation Voters 0 percent for 2025 and lifetime; the NRA Political Victory Fund an A with its endorsement for 2026; SBA Pro-Life America an A+. [50][51][52][53][54]
Pinellas beaches and the Army Corps
On April 13, 2023 Luna wrote to the Army Corps of Engineers urging it to complete the Sand Key renourishment project without its demand for perpetual easements from beachfront owners. On May 29, 2026 Pinellas County and the Corps signed an amendment to their Project Cooperation Agreement under which easements no longer need to be permanent and public-access provisions are no longer required; the county's release lists Luna among the officials at the signing with Assistant Secretary of the Army Adam Telle. The letter is her act; the amendment was the county's and the Corps' agreement, and the campaign's statement that she “successfully pressured” the Corps is its own characterization. [47][49][76]
Family & community
Her official biography identifies her husband as Andy, whom she met while serving in the Air Force and whom her office describes as a Bronze Star recipient who earned a Purple Heart in Afghanistan, and places the couple in St. Petersburg; the press kit gives his surname as Gamberzky. Her campaign biography opens “I am a mom, USAF veteran, and wife,” and NBC News reported the birth of the couple's son, Henry, in August 2023. [1][2][75][55]
Her press-kit biography lists membership in the House Freedom Caucus and the Congressional Second Amendment Caucus; she resigned from the Freedom Caucus on March 31, 2025. Her campaign biography says she and her husband became involved with veteran-led nonprofit organizations after his injury, including one working against child trafficking; the organizations are not named, and none is verified here. [2][56][75]
Neither her official biography nor her campaign biography states a religious affiliation, and this profile makes no claim about one.
Mission & priorities
“I will fight every day against the elitist political establishment that has, for far too long, left average Americans behind.” {75}
The following summarizes the positions on Luna's campaign website and in her office's releases, read against the roll calls and bill records above. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments.
01Border security and immigration enforcement
The campaign says she is “speaking out against illegal immigration, cancel culture, and big-tech censorship,” and lists co-sponsorship of a bill to designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations; GovTrack's cosponsorship data confirm her as a cosponsor of Chip Roy's Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act, H.R. 1564 of March 10, 2023 and H.R. 885 of January 31, 2025, neither of which advanced past introduction. The record: Yea on the Secure the Border Act (May 11, 2023), Yea on the Mayorkas impeachment (February 13, 2024), Yea on the Laken Riley Act (January 22, 2025), and sponsorship of the Illegal Labor Accountability Act of 2024. [77][76][84][20][26][32][6]
02Spending, taxes and the size of government
The campaign's “Working For You” list says she “Voted against wasteful & corrupt government spending repeatedly” and co-sponsored a bill to end taxes on seniors' Social Security benefits; GovTrack's cosponsorship data list her on Thomas Massie's Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act, H.R. 3206 of May 11, 2023 and H.R. 1040 of February 6, 2025, both at introduction. Her votes: No on the 2023 debt-limit deal, Nay on the 2024 Ukraine supplemental, Yea on the 2025 Rescissions Act and on H.R. 1, and sponsorship of the DOGE Codification Act of 2025; the Club for Growth scored her 100 for 2025. [76][84][21][29][36][37][6][51]
03Declassification and government transparency
As chair of the Oversight task force she has pursued the Kennedy, King, Epstein and other files since February 2025; she voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2025, introduced H.Res. 1453 in July 2026 to direct the Ethics Committee to release certain final reports, and in August 2026 introduced the Foreign Propaganda Disclosure Act to bring social-media influencers paid by foreign governments under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. [44][45][38][6][46]
04A ban on congressional stock trading
Her December 2025 discharge petition would force a vote on a ban covering members, spouses and dependents; by late March 2026 it had 82 signatures, and the leadership's narrower bill had not reached the floor. Her September 2026 campaign advertising, as the Tampa Bay Times described it, emphasizes her support for the ban while attacking her opponent's stock holdings. [48][70][71][74]
05Veterans and military families
The campaign says she co-sponsored legislation to expand care for veterans seeking mental-health or substance-abuse treatment; GovTrack's cosponsorship data list her on several veterans' health-care bills, including the Veterans' True Choice Act and the Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, but this review did not match the campaign's description to a specific bill. Her own bills include the Stop Our Sexual Assault in the Military Act (March 2023) and a 2023 bill to add information to certain Department of Veterans Affairs forms; her one enacted law names a Seminole post office for Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Christian Knauss. [76][84][6][7]
06Make Pinellas affordable: beaches, flood insurance and housing
Under the heading “MAKE PINELLAS AFFORDABLE AGAIN” the campaign cites the Army Corps beach dispute; the bill record shows the Flood Insurance Affordability Act (July 2023), the Stopping Wall Street From Competing With Main Street Homebuyers Act (January 2026) and the American Families Gas Tax Relief Act (May 2026), each at introduction. [76][6][47][49]
07Children's safety online and in law
She reintroduced in January 2025 three bills first filed in April 2024, the No Repeat Child Sex Offenders Act, the Holding Child Predators Accountable Act and the Justice for Rape Survivors Act, and added the No Surrogacy for Sex Offenders Act (November 2025) and the Kids Off Social Media Act (February 2026). Her campaign biography ties the interest to work with a nonprofit against child trafficking. None of the bills has advanced past introduction. [6][75]
08Big-tech censorship and data privacy
Her 2020 campaign complained to the FEC that Twitter's refusal to verify her account, while verifying opponents, was an illegal corporate contribution, and sued the Commission on May 4, 2021 for not acting on it; the FEC's own summary records the filing, not the outcome. In Congress she introduced the U.S. Data on U.S. Soil Act (November 2023) and the American Privacy Restoration Act (May 2025). [9][6]
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the legislative and voting history above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism.
The Washington Post biography profile (February 2023)
In February 2023 The Washington Post published a profile questioning aspects of her account of her upbringing and heritage, based on interviews with relatives and former friends. The Post corrected the story twice: it withdrew a claim that she had registered as a Democrat in Washington state in 2017, attributing the error to a voter-registration database, and amended a statement about a 2010 police report from her Air Force years. Her office gave Fox News records, including a court filing, that the outlet said showed her father had spent time in custody. Luna's response: “They can try to discredit me, but unfortunately for them, the facts completely blow their story out of the water.” The Post said it stood by the reporting. The original article could not be retrieved for this review, and no claim in it is repeated here as fact. [60][61]
The Braddock threat case (2021–2025)
In June 2021 Luna petitioned a Pinellas County circuit court for a permanent injunction against William Braddock, a Republican rival who, she contended in court documents, was stalking her and wanted her dead; Judge Doneene Loar had issued temporary orders. On September 24, 2021 the judge denied the permanent orders, saying the incidents did not meet the legal definition of repeated harassment even if his conduct was reprehensible; Braddock had by then left the race. A federal indictment made public in September 2024 charged him with transmitting a threat to injure; he was located in the Philippines and returned to the United States, pleaded guilty in February 2025, and on May 21, 2025 was sentenced in Tampa to three years in federal prison. [62][63][64][65]
The proxy-voting fight and the failed rule (2025)
When her discharge petition for parental proxy voting reached the threshold, Freedom Caucus members, by her account, threatened to shut down the floor unless Speaker Johnson changed the rules to block it; she resigned from the caucus on March 31, 2025, writing that the tactic “was not just a betrayal of trust; it was a descent into the very behavior we have long condemned.” After the April 1 rule failed with her vote, Johnson accused her and eight colleagues of shutting down House business and canceled the week's votes. Her reply, to Roll Call: “I clearly was not responsible for shutting down the floor. We could’ve voted on the SAVE Act. That was nonsense.” The House then adopted the pairing rule she negotiated with Johnson. [56][33][57]
The prediction-market allegation (2026)
In July 2026 The Wall Street Journal reported, on what the Tampa Bay Times later described as anonymous sources, that Luna had told associates in the summer of 2024 that Donald Trump would choose JD Vance as his running mate and passed the information to the influencer Rogan O'Handley, who won a wager on Polymarket; the Journal described the matter as part of a broader Commodity Futures Trading Commission inquiry into prediction-market betting by Washington insiders, not an investigation of her. Luna and O'Handley denied it, a spokesperson for Luna said she had filed a criminal complaint with the CFTC alleging that false information was given to the agency, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee attacked her over the report. On August 3, 2026 Florida Politics reported a letter from Associate Deputy Attorney General Diego Pestana to her attorney stating that the Department “at no point had an open investigation” into the allegations and had received no CFTC referral. In September Luna's campaign ad attacked Gray's stock holdings, which the Times reported are largely managed by a third party according to Gray's disclosures, and Gray's first general-election ad, released days later, renewed the prediction-market charge. No charge, finding or referral appears in the records reviewed. [72][73][74]
The complaint against Senator Gallego (2026)
In April 2026, amid the resignation of Representative Eric Swalwell, whose expulsion she had proposed in H.Res. 1166 of April 13, Luna posted on X that she had heard of four women subjected to inappropriate advances or comments by Senator Ruben Gallego, and her complaint alleging campaign-finance violations and inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature went to the Senate Select Committee on Ethics. In a letter that NBC News reported was dated June 26, 2026, the committee dismissed it, writing that it “did not find evidence that your actions violated Federal law, Senate Rules or related standards of conduct” while retaining authority to revisit the matter. Gallego called the accusations right-wing conspiracies and asked for an apology; Luna replied on X that they “are not conspiracy theories” and did not apologize. [6][66][67]
Endorsements and the 2026 field
The campaign's endorsements page carries a statement from President Trump without a date: “Anna is a warrior, she is a winner, and it’s time for all America First Republicans to unite behind her strong campaign.” Florida Politics reported that sentence on September 15, 2021, as part of Trump's endorsement in her second campaign, following an endorsement in 2020. For 2026, an archived copy of Trump's Truth Social post of August 12, 2026 records his “Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election”; the post itself could not be retrieved. Gray is backed by EMILY's List, VoteVets and the Florida AFL-CIO, among others, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee lists the district among its targets; the Tampa Bay Times reports that the ratings services consider the seat likely Republican, in a district that favored Trump by more than 13 points in 2024. Endorsements establish political support; they are not evaluations of the record above. [78][85][86][69][74]
Questions & answers
Who is Anna Paulina Luna?
Anna Paulina Luna's public career runs from an Air Force enlistment to two terms in the U.S. House, where she chairs an Oversight task force on declassification and has forced floor fights that her own party's leadership did not want. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress records that she was born in Santa Ana, California, in 1989. Her official House biography says she was raised by a single mother in Southern California, calls her “the first Mexican-American woman elected to the United States Congress to represent Florida,” and places her home in St. Petersburg with her husband, Andy, whom it describes as a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient from the war in Afghanistan; it also notes that Time named her in 2023 to its list of the next 100 most influential people. [3][1]
What office is Anna Paulina Luna running for in 2026?
Who is Anna Paulina Luna running against?
For 2026 she qualified on June 8 by paying the filing fee and drew no Republican opponent; the August 18 primary in the district was a Democratic contest, won by retired Army Brigadier General Leela Gray with 32,705 votes, 65.0 percent, and no-party candidate Tony D'Arrigo also qualified. The district she seeks to hold was redrawn in May 2026 to drop southern Pinellas County and add 62,000 residents of Pasco County, by WUSF's count. [17][16][15][69][79][68]
What are Anna Paulina Luna's stated priorities?
The following summarizes the positions on Luna's campaign website and in her office's releases, read against the roll calls and bill records above. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. The campaign lists: Border security and immigration enforcement; Spending, taxes and the size of government; Declassification and government transparency; A ban on congressional stock trading; Veterans and military families; Make Pinellas affordable: beaches, flood insurance and housing; Children's safety online and in law; Big-tech censorship and data privacy.
What does the public record show?
Roll calls, bill records, committee releases and court reporting establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was another official's initiative. GovTrack's bill data list 77 measures with Luna as primary sponsor: 23 bills and 13 resolutions in the 118th Congress; 26 bills, 14 resolutions and one joint resolution in the 119th. One became law in its own right, H.R. 6633, naming the post office at 9355 113th Street in Seminole for Army Staff Sergeant Ryan Christian Knauss, introduced December 6, 2023 and signed January 2, 2025 as Public Law 118-221. Two resolutions were agreed to (H.Res. 521 and H.Res. 293), one bill was reported from committee (H.R. 7526, the D.C. Consumer Vehicle Choice Protection Act), and 71 measures remain at introduction. GovTrack would also credit a bill whose text was carried by other legislation; none is recorded for her. [6][7]
How was this profile researched?
Reviewed September 17, 2026. This review covered Luna's official House biography and press kit, the Biographical Directory entry as reproduced by Voteview, GovTrack's member, sponsorship and cosponsorship data, Clerk of the House roll-call records, Oversight Committee and office releases, Federal Election Commission filings and litigation notes, Florida Division of Elections results and candidate records, five advocacy scorecards, the campaign website, an archived copy of one Truth Social post, and reporting by NBC News, CBS News, the Associated Press, Roll Call, Fox News, the Tampa Bay Times, WUSF and Florida Politics. Congress.gov, Ballotpedia, OpenSecrets, the Biographical Directory's own site, Truth Social, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal could not be retrieved, so the original Post profile and the original Journal report are described only through secondary sources and co-sponsorships are read from GovTrack's data. An independent fact-check on September 17, 2026 re-read every cited document. Military service records, degree transcripts, personal financial disclosures, independent expenditures and the campaigns' polling were not part of this review.
Sources & methodology
Government records anchor the profile: the Clerk's roll calls, GovTrack's bill data, the Biographical Directory, the Federal Election Commission's summaries and the Florida Division of Elections' certified results. Independent reporting supplies responses and scrutiny; advocacy ratings and campaign materials are labeled as such.
- 01About — BiographyOffice of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, U.S. House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
Official biography: second term, committees, task-force chair, upbringing, Air Force service, University of West Florida degree, husband Andy, residence in St. Petersburg.Government record - 02Press Kit — Full Biography (first term)Office of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, U.S. House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
First-term biography: membership in the House Freedom Caucus and Congressional Second Amendment Caucus; husband's surname; media contact.Government record - 03LUNA, Anna — Biographical Directory entry and Voteview member pageVoteview (UCLA), reproducing the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress · Accessed September 17, 2026
Birth in Santa Ana, California, May 6, 1989; U.S. Air Force 2009–2014; Oregon Air National Guard 2017–2018; B.S., University of West Florida, 2018; 2020 candidacy; elected to the 118th and 119th Congresses.Government record - 04HSall_members.csv — DW-NOMINATE scores for all membersVoteview (UCLA) · Accessed September 17, 2026
First-dimension score of 0.561 in the 118th and 119th Congresses; used to compute her rank among House Republicans and the caucus median.Independent analysis or rating - 05Rep. Anna Luna [R-FL13] — member pageGovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Service since January 3, 2023; committee and subcommittee assignments; one enacted bill; missed votes 269 of 1,917 (14.0 percent) with quarterly breakdown.Independent analysis or rating - 06Bills and resolutions sponsored by Anna Luna (GovTrack API, 77 records)GovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Every measure she sponsored in the 118th and 119th Congresses with title, introduction date and current status.Independent analysis or rating - 07H.R. 6633 (118th): Army SSG Ryan Christian Knauss Memorial Post Office BuildingGovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Introduced December 6, 2023; signed January 2, 2025; Public Law 118-221; 25 cosponsors.Independent analysis or rating - 08PAULINA LUNA, ANNA — Candidate overview, 2026 cycleFederal Election Commission · Accessed September 17, 2026
Receipts, contributions, transfers, disbursements and cash on hand for January 1, 2025 to July 29, 2026; principal committee; statement of candidacy filed February 14, 2025.Government record - 09FEC Record: Anna Paulina Luna for Congress v. FEC alleges failure to act on complaint (21-1213)Federal Election Commission · 2021
Suit filed May 4, 2021 over the Commission's inaction on her October 22, 2020 complaint that Twitter's refusal to verify her account was an illegal corporate contribution.Government record - 10August 18, 2020 Primary Election — Official Results, Federal OfficesFlorida Department of State, Division of Elections · August 18, 2020
District 13 Republican primary: Luna 22,941 (36.1 percent), Makki 17,967, Buck 16,371, Griffin 4,329, Newby 1,866.Government record - 11November 3, 2020 General Election — Official Results, Federal OfficesFlorida Department of State, Division of Elections · November 3, 2020
District 13: Crist (DEM) 215,405 (53.0 percent), Luna (REP) 190,713 (47.0 percent).Government record - 12August 23, 2022 Primary Election — Official Results, Federal OfficesFlorida Department of State, Division of Elections · August 23, 2022
District 13 Republican primary: Luna 37,156 (44.5 percent), Hayslett 28,108, Makki 14,159, Quinn 2,510, Kheireddine 1,599.Government record - 13November 8, 2022 General Election — Official Results, Federal OfficesFlorida Department of State, Division of Elections · November 8, 2022
District 13: Luna (REP) 181,487 (53.1 percent), Lynn (DEM) 153,876 (45.1 percent), Craft (LPF) 6,163 (1.8 percent).Government record - 14November 5, 2024 General Election — Official Results, Federal OfficesFlorida Department of State, Division of Elections · November 5, 2024
District 13: Luna (REP) 225,636 (54.8 percent), Fox (DEM) 185,930 (45.2 percent), D'Arrigo (write-in) 27.Government record - 15August 18, 2026 Primary Election — Official Results, Federal OfficesFlorida Department of State, Division of Elections · August 18, 2026
District 13 Democratic primary: Gray 32,705 (65.0 percent), Robinson 13,279 (26.4 percent), Liccione 4,327 (8.6 percent); no Republican contest listed.Government record - 16Candidate Listing — 2026 General Election, United States RepresentativeFlorida Department of State, Division of Elections · Accessed September 17, 2026
District 13: Luna (REP), incumbent, qualified, unopposed; Gray (DEM) qualified, won; D'Arrigo (NPA) qualified; Liccione and Robinson (DEM) defeated.Government record - 17Candidate Tracking System — Anna Paulina Luna, 2026 General Election, U.S. Representative District 13Florida Department of State, Division of Elections · Accessed September 17, 2026
Filed January 29, 2026; qualified June 8, 2026 by paid qualifying fee; campaign address in St. Petersburg.Government record - 18Roll Call 2, 118th Congress, 1st session — Election of the Speaker (first ballot)Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · January 3, 2023
Luna's vote: Jordan.Government record - 19Roll Call 20 — Election of the Speaker (final ballot)Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · January 7, 2023
Luna's vote: McCarthy; McCarthy elected.Government record - 20Roll Call 209 — H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act, on passageClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · May 11, 2023
Passed 219–213; Luna Yea.Government record - 21Roll Call 243 — H.R. 3746, Fiscal Responsibility Act, on passageClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · May 31, 2023
Passed 314–117; Republicans 149–71; Luna No.Government record - 22Roll Call 269 — H.Res. 489, censuring Adam Schiff, motion to tableClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · June 14, 2023
Tabled 225–196 with seven present; 20 Republicans voted to table; Luna Nay.Government record - 23Roll Call 283 — H.Res. 521, censuring Adam Schiff, on agreeing to the resolutionClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · June 21, 2023
Agreed to 213–209 with six present; Luna Yea.Government record - 24Roll Call 519 — H.Res. 757, declaring the office of Speaker vacantClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · October 3, 2023
Agreed to 216–210; Luna Not Voting.Government record - 25Roll Call 30 — H.R. 7024, Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, suspensionClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · January 31, 2024
Passed 357–70; Republicans 169–47; Luna Nay.Government record - 26Roll Call 43 — H.Res. 863, impeaching Secretary Alejandro MayorkasClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · February 13, 2024
Agreed to 214–213; Luna Yea.Government record - 27Roll Call 114 — H.R. 7888, Biggs Amendment No. 1 to the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · April 12, 2024
Failed 212–212; Luna Aye.Government record - 28Roll Call 119 — H.R. 7888, Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, on passageClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · April 12, 2024
Passed 273–147; Luna No.Government record - 29Roll Call 151 — H.R. 8035, Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, on passageClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · April 20, 2024
Passed 311–112; Republicans 101–112; Luna Nay.Government record - 30Roll Call 353 — H.Res. 1344, finding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt (inherent contempt)Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · July 11, 2024
Failed 204–210; four Republicans opposed, twelve not voting; Luna Yea.Government record - 31Roll Call 456 — H.R. 82, Social Security Fairness Act, suspensionClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · November 12, 2024
Passed 327–75; Luna Yea.Government record - 32Roll Call 23, 119th Congress — S. 5, Laken Riley Act, on passageClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · January 22, 2025
Passed 263–156; Luna Yea.Government record - 33Roll Call 87 — H.Res. 282, rule providing for consideration of S.J.Res. 18, S.J.Res. 28, H.R. 1526 and H.R. 22Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · April 1, 2025
Failed 206–222; nine Republicans voted No, Luna among them.Government record - 34Roll Call 102 — H.R. 22, SAVE Act, on passageClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · April 10, 2025
Passed 220–208; Luna Yea.Government record - 35Roll Call 145 — H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, on passageClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · May 22, 2025
Passed 215–214; Luna Yea.Government record - 36Roll Call 168 — H.R. 4, Rescissions Act of 2025, on passageClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · June 12, 2025
Passed 214–212; Luna Yea.Government record - 37Roll Call 190 — H.R. 1, motion to concur in the Senate amendmentClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · July 3, 2025
Passed 218–214; Luna Aye.Government record - 38Roll Call 289 — H.R. 4405, Epstein Files Transparency Act, suspensionClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · November 18, 2025
Passed 427–1; Luna Aye.Government record - 39Roll Call 207 — H.R. 2913, Ukraine Support Act, on passageClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · June 4, 2026
Passed 226–195; Republicans 18–194; Luna Nay.Government record - 40Roll Call 278 — H.R. 8800, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, on passageClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · July 22, 2026
Passed 216–212; seven Republicans opposed; Luna Nay.Government record - 41Roll Call 298 — H.Res. 1486, impeaching President Donald John Trump, motion to tableClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · September 15, 2026
Tabled 232–147 with 47 present; Luna Yea.Government record - 42Roll Call 307 — H.Con.Res. 93, directing removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with IranClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · September 15, 2026
Agreed to 220–204; seven Republicans in favor; Luna Nay.Government record - 43Roll Call 85 — H.Con.Res. 38, directing removal of U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in IranClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · March 5, 2026
Failed 212–219; Luna Nay.Government record - 44Chairman Comer Taps Luna to Lead Task Force on Declassification and TransparencyU.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · February 11, 2025
Creation of the task force after the January 23, 2025 executive order; six-month authorization; 11 letters; Luna's statement of its agenda.Government record - 45Rep. Luna Opens the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets' Hearing on the JFK FilesU.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · April 1, 2025
Her opening statement as prepared: more than 80,000 pages declassified; criticism of the Warren Commission and of overclassification.Government record - 46BREAKING: Rep. Luna Passes Vote to Censure, Investigate Rep. Adam SchiffOffice of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, U.S. House of Representatives · June 21, 2023
Her statement on the 213–209 adoption of H.Res. 521 and the Ethics Committee referral; the page's recent-posts list also summarizes her August 2026 Foreign Propaganda Disclosure Act.Government record - 47BREAKING: Rep. Luna Urges Army Corps to Finish Pinellas Beach Renourishment ProjectOffice of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, U.S. House of Representatives · April 14, 2023
Her April 13, 2023 letter to the Army Corps of Engineers on the Sand Key project and the Corps' demand for perpetual easements.Government record - 48Rep. Luna Introduces Discharge Petition to Ban Insider Trading by Members of CongressOffice of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, U.S. House of Representatives · December 2, 2025
Filing of the discharge petition and her statements on it.Government record - 49Pinellas County and Army Corps of Engineers sign for beach nourishmentPinellas County Government · May 29, 2026
Amendment to the Project Cooperation Agreement: easements no longer permanent, public-access provisions no longer required; Luna among the officials at the signing.Government record - 50Rep. Anna Luna — Scorecard, 119th CongressHeritage Action for America · Accessed September 17, 2026
Session score 94 percent; lifetime 96 percent.Independent analysis or rating - 51Scorecard Legislator — Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13)Club for Growth · Accessed September 17, 2026
2025 score 100, lifetime 98, rank 1; 2024 score 94; 2023 score 100; Defender of Economic Freedom 2023, 2024 and 2025.Independent analysis or rating - 52Anna Paulina Luna — National Environmental ScorecardLeague of Conservation Voters · Accessed September 17, 2026
2025 score 0 percent; lifetime 0 percent.Independent analysis or rating - 53NRA-PVF Grades — Florida, 2026NRA Political Victory Fund · Accessed September 17, 2026
U.S. House, 13th District: Luna grade A with the asterisk the legend defines as an NRA-endorsed candidate; Gray listed with a question mark.Independent analysis or rating - 54National Pro-Life ScorecardSBA Pro-Life America · Accessed September 17, 2026
Luna, FL-13: A+ (current).Independent analysis or rating - 55New bipartisan bill would let moms in Congress vote by proxy after giving birthNBC News · January 18, 2024
Her August 2023 delivery, doctors' advice not to travel, son Henry, the six-week proxy bill with Sara Jacobs and her reversal on proxy voting, in her words.Independent reporting - 56Rep. Anna Paulina Luna leaves House Freedom Caucus over effort to block remote voting for new moms in CongressCBS News · March 31, 2025
Her resignation letter; the discharge petition reaching the signatures needed; the 12-week proposal; the Rules Committee move to block it.Independent reporting - 57House rejects proxy voting for new parents, chooses 'pairing' insteadRoll Call · April 8, 2025
The deal with Speaker Johnson, the pairing rule adopted through the rule, the nine Republicans who defeated the earlier rule, Johnson's accusation and Luna's reply.Independent reporting - 58Schiff censured as GOP could be lining up impeachment votes nextRoll Call · June 21, 2023
The 213–209 vote; Schiff as the 25th member censured and the first since 2010; the earlier version's $16 million fine; Luna's floor statement.Independent reporting - 59Republicans fail to hold AG Merrick Garland in contempt and fine him over Biden audiotapesNBC News · July 11, 2024
The $10,000 daily fine, the 204–210 vote, the four Republican opponents and twelve absences, and her statement that she would refile.Independent reporting - 60Washington Post's 'bizarre,' 'comical' profile of Anna Paulina Luna littered with errors, congresswoman saysFox News · February 10, 2023
The Post profile's claims, its first correction, the court records her office supplied, her Whiteman Air Force Base assignment (the only outlet found for it), her birth surname, and her response.Independent reporting - 61Washington Post corrects 'comical' story on GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna a second timeFox News · February 11, 2023
The second correction concerning the 2010 police report; the Post's statement defending the story; Luna's response.Independent reporting - 62Anna Paulina Luna, Florida GOP congressional candidate, claims opponent plotted to kill herCBS News (Associated Press) · June 23, 2021
Her petition for a permanent restraining order against William Braddock, the temporary orders granted by Judge Doneene Loar, and the recorded call reported by Politico.Independent reporting - 63No stalking order for rival in Anna Paulina Luna murder plotFlorida Politics (Associated Press) · September 26, 2021
Judge Loar's denial of the permanent injunction and her reasoning; Braddock's withdrawal; testimony summarized.Independent reporting - 64Florida congressional candidate charged with threatening to kill primary opponentNBC News · September 28, 2024
The federal indictment of Braddock, his location in the Philippines and return to the United States, the charge and its maximum penalty; the 2024 primary canceled with Luna the only qualified Republican.Independent reporting - 65Ex-congressional candidate gets 3 years for threatening to have opponent killedCBS News (Associated Press) · May 22, 2025
Braddock's guilty plea in February 2025 and three-year sentence in Tampa federal court.Independent reporting - 66Senate Ethics Committee dismisses misconduct complaint against Ruben GallegoNBC News · June 29, 2026
The committee's letter dismissing Luna's complaint, her April 23, 2026 post, Gallego's statement and her reply.Independent reporting - 67Senate Ethics Committee dismisses misconduct complaint against Senator GallegoFox News · June 29, 2026
Second account of the dismissal letter, Gallego's statement and Luna's response.Independent reporting - 68A breakdown of the changes for Florida's new congressional mapWUSF (News Service of Florida) · May 6, 2026
HB 1D signed by Governor DeSantis; District 13 drops southern Pinellas and adds 62,000 Pasco County residents; the district's 2020 and 2024 presidential results; qualifying week beginning June 8.Independent reporting - 69Leela Gray wins CD 13 Democratic Primary, advances to face Anna Paulina LunaFlorida Politics · August 18, 2026
Gray's nomination and background, Luna unopposed for the Republican nomination, D'Arrigo's no-party candidacy, Gray's endorsements, the DCCC target list.Independent reporting - 70Luna files discharge petition in push to ban member stock tradingRoll Call · December 2, 2025
The filing, the Roy consensus bill it would bring to the floor, its 102 cosponsors, and the earlier proxy-voting petition.Independent reporting - 71Lawmakers said they wanted to rein in their own stock trading. What happened?Roll Call · March 31, 2026
82 signers on her petition; leadership's Stop Insider Trading Act; her account of a promised first-quarter vote.Independent reporting - 72DCCC targets Anna Paulina Luna over WSJ report on political bettingFlorida Politics · July 20, 2026
The Wall Street Journal report as summarized, the CFTC inquiry it described, the DCCC attack, Luna's denial and her complaint to the CFTC.Independent reporting - 73Justice Dept. confirms it isn't investigating Anna Paulina Luna prediction market allegationFlorida Politics · August 3, 2026
The Justice Department letter to her attorney; her statement on X.Independent reporting - 74Anna Paulina Luna, Leela Gray spar over corruption in new adsTampa Bay Times · September 15, 2026
The two September 2026 ads, the district's new footprint and 2024 presidential margin, the ratings services' view of the seat, and the campaigns' statements on the prediction-market allegation.Independent reporting - 75Meet AnnaAnna Paulina Luna for Congress (campaign website) · Accessed September 17, 2026
First-person campaign biography: family history, Air Force service, husband, nonprofit work, Turning Point USA role, reasons for running.Campaign or advocacy material - 76Working For YouAnna Paulina Luna for Congress (campaign website) · Accessed September 17, 2026
The campaign's list of first-term work: co-sponsorships, the Army Corps dispute and spending votes, under the heading Make Pinellas Affordable Again.Campaign or advocacy material - 77Anna Paulina Luna for Congress — home pageAnna Paulina Luna for Congress (campaign website) · Accessed September 17, 2026
The campaign's summary of her positions and its social-media links.Campaign or advocacy material - 78EndorsementsAnna Paulina Luna for Congress (campaign website) · Accessed September 17, 2026
President Trump's endorsement statement as the campaign quotes it, without a date.Campaign or advocacy material - 79Leela Gray — Veteran for FloridaLeela Gray for Congress (campaign website) · Accessed September 17, 2026
The Democratic nominee's campaign site and self-description.Campaign or advocacy material - 80Roll Call 170 — H.Con.Res. 75, directing removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities against IranClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · May 14, 2026
Failed 212–212; Luna Nay.Government record - 81Roll Call 199 — H.Con.Res. 86, directing removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with IranClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · June 3, 2026
Agreed to 215–208; Luna Nay.Government record - 82Roll Call 282 — H.Con.Res. 89, directing removal of U.S. Armed Forces from hostilities with IranClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · July 23, 2026
Agreed to 214–208; Luna Nay.Government record - 83Roll Call 2, 119th Congress, 1st session — Election of the SpeakerClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · January 3, 2025
Luna's vote: Johnson; Johnson elected with 218 votes.Government record - 84Bills and resolutions cosponsored by Anna Luna (GovTrack API, 623 records)GovTrack.us · Accessed September 17, 2026
Every measure she cosponsored in the 118th and 119th Congresses, including the Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act (H.R. 1564, H.R. 885), the Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act (H.R. 3206, H.R. 1040) and several veterans' health-care bills.Independent analysis or rating - 85Donald Trump endorses Anna Paulina Luna for CD 13, calls opponents RINOsFlorida Politics · September 15, 2021
The 2021 Trump statement, including the sentence the campaign's endorsements page still carries, and the earlier 2020 endorsement.Independent reporting - 86Donald J. Trump, Truth Social post of August 12, 2026, endorsing Luna for re-election (archived copy)Trump's Truth, an archive of Truth Social posts maintained by Defending Democracy Together · August 12, 2026
Archived reproduction of the post, with the original Truth Social address and status number; Truth Social itself could not be retrieved. Owner decision on citing the archive.Campaign or advocacy material
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Voting in Florida: official dates, deadlines and rules
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The dates and rules below were read from the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections; the authority's own page, linked beside each one, is the final word.
Dates and deadlines
- Voter registration deadlineOctober 5, 2026 is the deadline to register to vote (book closing) for the November 3, 2026 general election. State law closes the registration books on the 29th day before each election. The cutoff depends on how you apply (online, by mail or in person); see the items that follow. Read from: dos.fl.gov/elections/for-voters/election-dates
- Online registration deadlineOctober 5, 2026, 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) to submit an electronic application through RegisterToVoteFlorida.gov, according to the Division of Elections' online voter registration FAQ (updated August 2022). The FAQ adds that an application submitted after the deadline is still processed and takes effect for the next election. Read from: files.floridados.gov/media/706383/ovr-faq-eng-v20220801-final.pdf
- Registration deadline by mail (postmark)A paper application sent by mail must be postmarked no later than October 5, 2026, the 29th day before the election, according to the Division of Elections' online voter registration FAQ (updated August 2022). Mail the statewide application (Form DS-DE 39) to your county Supervisor of Elections. Read from: files.floridados.gov/media/706383/ovr-faq-eng-v20220801-final.pdf
- Registration deadline in personA paper application delivered in person must be submitted by close of business in your county of residence on October 5, 2026, according to the Division of Elections' online voter registration FAQ (updated August 2022). In-person options listed by the Division: any County Supervisor of Elections' office, any tax collector's office or other office that issues Florida driver licenses or Florida identification cards (through an electronic intake process), and any designated voter registration agency (per the Division's 2026 Voter Registration and Voting Guide). Read from: files.floridados.gov/media/706383/ovr-faq-eng-v20220801-final.pdf
- Vote-by-mail ballots start being sentSeptember 24, 2026 through October 1, 2026 is the window in which county Supervisors of Elections send vote-by-mail ballots to domestic voters whose requests are already on file. Ballots for military and overseas (UOCAVA) voters must be sent by September 19, 2026. For a later request, the Supervisor must mail the ballot within 2 business days, and no later than October 24, 2026. Read from: dos.fl.gov/elections/for-voters/election-dates
- Early voting beginsOctober 24, 2026 is the first day of the 8-day mandatory early voting period, offered in every county. A county may add optional early voting days from October 19, 2026 through October 23, 2026; contact your county Supervisor of Elections for the days offered where you live. Read from: files.floridados.gov/media/711204/2026-calendar-20260713.pdf
- Early voting endsOctober 31, 2026 is the last day of the mandatory early voting period. A county may also offer one more optional day, November 1, 2026; contact your county Supervisor of Elections. Early voting hours must be at least 8 hours and no more than 12 hours a day at each site. Read from: files.floridados.gov/media/711204/2026-calendar-20260713.pdf
- Deadline to request that a vote-by-mail ballot be mailedOctober 22, 2026, no later than 5 p.m.: the deadline for your county Supervisor of Elections to receive a request for a vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to you (the 12th day before the election). After that, a ballot can still be picked up in person; from the start of mandatory early voting on October 24, 2026 through Election Day, pickup also requires an affidavit affirming that an emergency keeps the voter from voting at an early voting site or at the assigned polling place. Read from: files.floridados.gov/media/711204/2026-calendar-20260713.pdf
Rules to know
- What to bringWhether you vote during early voting or on Election Day, you must bring a current and valid photo ID with signature. The Division of Elections lists these acceptable photo IDs: Florida driver license; Florida identification card issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; United States passport; debit or credit card; military identification; student identification; retirement center identification; neighborhood association identification; public assistance identification; veteran health identification card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm issued pursuant to s. 790.06, Florida Statutes; and employee identification card issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the Federal Government, the state, a county, or a municipality. If your photo ID does not include your signature, you will be asked to provide another ID that has your signature. If you do not bring proper ID, you can still vote a provisional ballot; it counts if you are eligible, voted in the proper precinct, and the signature on the provisional ballot matches the signature in your registration record. A voter who votes a provisional ballot may present further evidence of eligibility to the Supervisor of Elections until 5 p.m. (local time) on November 5, 2026, the second day after the election. Read from: dos.fl.gov/elections/for-voters/voting/election-day-voting
- Voting by mailIn Florida a voter has the option to vote by mail, at an early voting site, or at the assigned polling location on Election Day. Request a vote-by-mail ballot from the Supervisor of Elections in the county where you are registered: by signed writing on Form DS-DE 160, the Statewide Vote-by-Mail Ballot Request Form (by mail, online, fax or as a scanned attachment to an email), in person, or by phone. Give your name, date of birth, address, and your Florida driver license number, Florida identification card number or the last four digits of your Social Security number, whichever the Supervisor can verify, plus your signature if the request is written; a signed written request is required if the ballot is to go to an address other than the one on file. A request to have the ballot mailed must reach the Supervisor no later than 5 p.m. on October 22, 2026. A request covers all elections through the end of the calendar year of the next regularly scheduled general election; after that it must be renewed. Return the voted ballot by mail or in person, or deposit it in a secure drop box (secure ballot intake station) at a Supervisor's main or branch office or at a designated early voting site. It must be received, regardless of postmark, by the Supervisor of Elections' office no later than 7:00 p.m. (local time) on November 3, 2026; the Division passes along the U.S. Postal Service's recommendation to mail it at least one week before that deadline. A voted vote-by-mail ballot cannot be dropped off at a polling place on Election Day. To vote in person instead, bring the ballot (marked or unmarked) to the polls, turn it in and vote a regular ballot. Read from: dos.fl.gov/elections/for-voters/voting/vote-by-mail
- Early voting in personEligible and registered voters can vote before Election Day at any designated early voting site within their county of registration during early voting days and hours. For the November 3, 2026 general election, every county must offer early voting from October 24, 2026 through October 31, 2026; a Supervisor of Elections may add days as early as October 19, 2026 and as late as November 1, 2026. Each site must be open at least 8 hours and no more than 12 hours a day. The Division of Elections says its statewide list of early voting sites and secure ballot intake stations for the general election will be available after October 4, 2026; your county Supervisor of Elections' website has the specific dates, times and locations. Bring a current and valid photo ID with signature (see What to bring). Secure ballot intake stations for returning vote-by-mail ballots are placed at early voting sites and other authorized areas, are available only at the hours specified by law, and are continuously monitored by an employee of the Supervisor's office. Read from: dos.fl.gov/elections/for-voters/voting/early-voting-and-secure-ballot-intake-stations
- Track your vote-by-mail ballotBallot tracking in Florida runs through the county Supervisors of Elections. The Division of Elections' Vote-by-Mail Ballot Information and Status Lookup page links to each county's site, where you can request a vote-by-mail ballot and track the status of your request and your ballot. The statewide Voter Information Lookup is for checking your voter registration and party status: enter your first name, last name and birth date as they appear in your registration record. For your polling place, sample ballot and vote-by-mail ballot status, that tool directs you to your Supervisor of Elections' website. Read from: dos.fl.gov/elections/for-voters/check-your-voter-status-and-polling-place/vote-by-mail-ballot-information-and-status-lookup
- Fixing a missing or mismatched signatureThe Supervisor of Elections must notify you if your signature is missing from the vote-by-mail ballot certificate or does not match the one on record. To correct it, complete the Vote-by-Mail Ballot Cure Affidavit (Form DS-DE 139) and include a copy of identification; the form and the copy of the ID can be returned by mail, email, fax, or in person. For the November 3, 2026 general election the deadline is 5 p.m. (local time) on November 5, 2026, the 2nd day after the election. The same deadline applies to an affidavit curing a missing or mismatched signature on a provisional ballot. Read from: dos.fl.gov/elections/for-voters/voting/vote-by-mail
Read from: Division of Elections - Florida Department of State · Election Dates - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State · Election Dates and Activities Calendar – 2026 Election Cycle · Florida Voter Registration and Voting Guide (2026 election cycle, updated 07/20/2026) · Guía sobre el registro de votantes y la votación — Ciclo electoral 2026 (actualizado el 20/7/2026) · Register to Vote or Update your Information - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State — Rules and dates as of Sep 17, 2026
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