The person behind the name
Mike Beltran's public career runs through three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, where he carried bills on trade secrets, surrendered infants and the state constitution, to a largely self-financed campaign for a Tampa Bay congressional seat redrawn in the spring of 2026. [1][6][36]
By his official Florida House biography, Beltran was born on June 26, 1984 in New York City and moved to Florida in 2010; the biography for his final term gives Riverview as his city of residence, while the pages for his two earlier terms give Lithia, and names his wife, Hope, and their sons, Michael and Ross. The campaign biography places the family in Southeast Hillsborough and says he grew up in Brooklyn. He was first elected to the House in 2018 and, in the biography's words, “reelected subsequently.” [1][15][3][7][8]
Education and professional preparation
The official biography reports a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005, magna cum laude with honors in International Relations, a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2008 and a clerkship for a federal district judge. The Florida Bar's directory lists him as a member in good standing admitted on October 18, 2011, with no discipline in the past ten years, practicing as the sole lawyer of Beltran Litigation, P.A. in Tampa; the campaign adds that he is “licensed in Florida and New York.” The judge for whom he clerked and the years of that clerkship were not part of this review. [1][5][8]
Six years in Tallahassee, then a congressional bid
He won House District 57 in November 2018 with 46,569 votes, 55.3 percent, over Democrat Debbie Katt; held it in 2020 with 67,139 votes, 54.5 percent, over Scott Hottenstein; and in 2022 won the new District 70 with 48,403 votes, 62.9 percent, over Eleuterio Salazar. In June 2024 he announced he would not seek a fourth term: “It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve six years as State Representative. However, I find it increasingly difficult to perform public service while tending to a growing law practice.” [9][10][11][12]
He filed his statement of candidacy for Congress on May 15, 2026, launching, by Florida Politics' account, with $1 million of his own money. On August 18, 2026 he won the eight-candidate Republican primary in the redrawn 14th District with 25,866 votes, 45.59 percent, to 17,140 for Kevin Steele, a Pasco County state representative who had resigned his House seat that month to run, and faces Representative Kathy Castor, first elected in 2006, on November 3; a Libertarian candidate and write-in candidates have also filed for the general election. [6][13][4][45][35]
Life & public service
From a Brooklyn upbringing and a Harvard law degree to six sessions in Tallahassee and a congressional nomination, the documented milestones show how the record was built.
Born in New York City
June 26, 1984, per his official Florida House biography, which also records that he moved to Florida in 2010. [1]
Penn and Harvard Law
B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005, magna cum laude with honors in International Relations; J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2008. [1]
Admitted to The Florida Bar
Admitted October 18, 2011; the Bar's directory lists him in good standing with no discipline in the past ten years. [5]
Elected to the Florida House
Won House District 57 with 46,569 votes to Debbie Katt's 37,695, 55.3 percent to 44.7 percent. [9]
First session: uniforms at graduation, vaping indoors
Carried HB 225, requiring school boards to let graduates wear the dress uniform of the Armed Forces or National Guard, and HB 7027, the Health Quality Subcommittee's bill prohibiting vaping in enclosed indoor workplaces; both were laid on the table when the Senate versions passed and became Chapters 2019-48 and 2019-14. [17][18][16]
Corporate espionage law; a shot at the Constitution Revision Commission
HB 1523 passed both chambers without a dissenting vote and became Chapter 2021-75; his HJR 1179 to abolish the Constitution Revision Commission was laid on the table when the identical SJR 204 passed and went to voters. [19][20][38]
Vice chair, whip, redistricting
Vice chair of the Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee, Republican Committee Whip on the Commerce Committee, and a member of the Congressional Redistricting Subcommittee from September 2021 to February 2022. [3]
An open-carry amendment filed, then withdrawn
Filed an open-carry amendment to HB 543, the permitless-carry bill, days before the House's final vote and withdrew it before debate: “It was and is good policy, but unfortunately this is not the right time or the right vehicle.” [22]
A safe-haven law; a no vote on the budget; no fourth term
CS/HB 775 on surrendered infants passed 117–0 and 35–0 and was approved May 29, 2024 as Chapter 2024-213; HB 1519 on abortion and HB 1619 on open carry died in subcommittee on March 8, the day the House adopted the budget conference report 105–3 with Beltran among the three noes; in June he announced he would not run again. [23][24][25][41][12]
The nomination
Filed for Congress May 15; sued a super PAC backing his primary rival over a doctored mailer image in August, winning a restraining order that was dissolved days later; won the August 18 primary with 45.59 percent; endorsed afterwards by the Freedom Caucus Fund, Club for Growth PAC, Governor DeSantis and President Trump. [6][43][45][4][26][27][28]
Accomplishments, in the record
Legislative documents, the Florida Bar's registry and election canvasses establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where a measure was a committee's or another legislator's initiative.
A safe-haven law with his name on it
HB 775, filed December 7, 2023, expanded Florida's safe-haven law: a parent may surrender an infant to medical staff or a licensed healthcare professional at a hospital after delivery, or dial 911 and hand the infant to an emergency medical services provider at an agreed place, staying with the child until the provider arrives. The committee substitute reported by the Health & Human Services Committee on January 23, 2024 carries the committee, Representative Canady and Beltran as sponsors with eleven co-introducers; the House site lists Beltran as first-named sponsor by rule. [23][2]
The bill passed the House 117–0 on February 15, 2024 and the Senate 35–0 on February 21, was approved by the Governor on May 29, 2024 and became Chapter 2024-213, effective July 1, 2024. Florida Politics described it as priority legislation for anti-abortion activists. [23][12]
The corporate-espionage statute
HB 1523, filed March 1, 2021 with six co-introducers, prohibited theft of and trafficking in trade secrets, reclassified the penalty and raised the offense severity ranking for an offense committed with specified intent, required the court to order restitution, and created a civil action with an exception to criminal and civil liability for certain disclosures. It passed the House 115–0 on April 14, 2021 and the Senate 40–0 on April 26, was approved June 7, 2021 and became Chapter 2021-75, effective October 1, 2021. A Senate companion, CS/SB 1378, was laid on the table in its favor. [19][38]
Uniforms at graduation, vaping indoors, receiverships
In his first session Beltran carried two bills that reached the floor in Senate form. CS/HB 225, which he filed on January 10, 2019 and which the PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee rewrote as a committee substitute, required district school boards to allow a graduating student to wear the dress uniform of the United States Armed Forces or National Guard; it cleared three committees without a dissenting vote and was laid on the table on April 29, 2019 when the Senate's CS/SB 292 passed and became Chapter 2019-48. HB 7027, the Health Quality Subcommittee's vaping bill on which he was the member sponsor, would have prohibited vaping in enclosed indoor workplaces; the House substituted CS/SB 7012, which became Chapter 2019-14. The enacted laws carry the Senate bill numbers. [17][18][16]
In 2020 his CS/HB 783, the Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act, became Chapter 2020-106, and HB 5301, a judges bill on which he is listed as first-named sponsor by rule, became Chapter 2020-112. [37]
Abolishing the Constitution Revision Commission
HJR 1179, filed February 19, 2021 with Representatives Garrison and Roth, proposed to strike the Constitution Revision Commission from the state constitution. It was reported favorably by two committees and laid on the table on April 26, 2021 when the identical SJR 204, sponsored by Senator Brandes, passed and was filed with the Secretary of State for the 2022 ballot. [20][38][21]
On November 8, 2022 the amendment drew 3,744,873 votes for and 3,206,717 against, 53.9 percent to 46.1 percent. Article XI, Section 5 of the Florida Constitution requires approval by at least sixty percent of those voting on a measure, so it was not adopted. Sponsoring the House version is documented; the measure that reached the ballot carried the Senate number. [21][29]
Judiciary, appropriations and a seat on redistricting
Across three terms the House's records place him on the Judiciary Committee in 2018–2020 and 2021–2022, on the Justice Appropriations Subcommittee in every term, and on the Civil Justice Subcommittee in its successive forms, where he was vice chair from September 3, 2021 to November 8, 2022. He served as Republican Committee Whip on the Commerce Committee from December 2020 to September 2021, sat on the Rules Committee and the Criminal Justice & Public Safety Subcommittee in 2021–2022, and was a member of the Congressional Redistricting Subcommittee from September 3, 2021 to February 17, 2022. In his final term he was vice chair of the Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee and sat on Education Quality, Ethics, Elections & Open Government and Justice Appropriations. [15][3][1]
The sponsorship ledger
The House website lists 72 measures on which Beltran was first-named sponsor by rule across the six regular sessions from 2019 to 2024, counting bills, joint resolutions, memorials, local bills and appropriations project requests. Five became law under their own number: the receivership act and the judges bill of 2020, the corporate-espionage act of 2021, a Manatee County local bill of 2023 (Chapter 2023-335) and the surrendered-infants act of 2024. Fourteen more are marked as measures whose companion bill passed, among them the service-of-process and trusts bills of 2022 and the protection-of-specified-adults bill of 2024; their text, where enacted, was carried by other legislation. [16][37][38][39][40][2]
The same pages record what did not move: sovereign-immunity bills in 2022 and 2023, a 2024 joint resolution requiring broader public support for constitutional amendments, a corporal-punishment bill, a bill to give circuit judges law clerks, and a telephone-solicitation bill that died on the calendar. [39][40][2]
What died in committee in his last session
HB 1519, filed January 8, 2024 by Representatives Borrero and Beltran, would have prohibited a person or entity from purposely performing or attempting to perform an abortion, with an exception and penalties, and revised the court process for a minor seeking to consent; it was referred to three committees and died in the Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee on March 8, 2024 with no hearing recorded. [24]
HB 1619, his own bill filed January 9, 2024, would have made the open carrying of any otherwise legal firearm or electric weapon lawful, extended to openly carried firearms the identification requirement that applies to carrying without a license, deleted the fee provisions for concealed-carry licenses, revised the list of places where carrying is prohibited, given indigent respondents a right to counsel in risk-protection-order proceedings and made such orders discretionary rather than mandatory in certain circumstances; it died in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee on the same day. HB 129, filed with Representative López and seven co-introducers, would have removed the bar on adult children and parents of adult children recovering certain damages in medical-negligence wrongful-death suits; it died in the Civil Justice Subcommittee. [25][42][30]
A no vote on the budget, explained on the record
On March 8, 2024 the House adopted the conference committee report on HB 5001, the General Appropriations Act, by 105 yeas to 3 nays; Beltran was one of the three members voting no, and Kevin Steele, later his primary opponent, is recorded as a yea after the roll call. His explanation of vote reads in part: “I am disappointed with the final budget. I was gratified when the Governor proposed a budget several billion dollars smaller than last year’s budget.” He wrote that after budget conference “the budget grew by several billion dollars,” that the budget “has increased every year I have been in the Legislature,” outstripping population growth and inflation, and that the one compelling justification for earlier increases, “and the reason for my acquiescence,” had been federal funds Florida was required to spend. [41]
The roll call documents the vote behind the campaign's statement that he is the only candidate in the race who has ever voted against a budget, and the explanation describes his earlier budget votes as acquiescence; those earlier roll calls were not reviewed. [41][31]
The Florida Bar's registry
The Florida Bar lists Michael Paul Beltran, Bar number 93184, as a member in good standing and eligible to practice, admitted October 18, 2011, with no discipline in the past ten years. He is the sole lawyer of Beltran Litigation, P.A. in Tampa, listing appellate, civil, commercial and criminal litigation and election law among his practice areas, with admissions to the Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida, the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the Eleventh Circuit and the United States Supreme Court, and to the New York state courts. His official biography adds service as a commissioner on the judicial nominating commissions for the Thirteenth Circuit and the Fifth District Court of Appeal. [5][1]
Family & community
His official Florida House biography identifies his wife as Hope Beltran of Breckenridge, Minnesota, and their children as Michael and Ross. The campaign says he lives in Southeast Hillsborough with his wife and their two sons and describes him as a husband and father of two; the House biography for his final term gives Riverview as his city of residence, and the pages for his two earlier terms give Lithia. [1][8][7][15][3]
Community roles as the official biography states them: commissioner on the judicial nominating commissions for Florida's Thirteenth Circuit, in Hillsborough County, and for the Fifth District Court of Appeal; past president of the Harvard Club of Tampa Bay; Eagle Scout; and, under its “Highlights,” the entry “2017 Outstanding Young Florida Lawyers.” It lists his recreational interests as board games, distance running, military and legal history, reading, target shooting, weightlifting and wrestling. [1]
The official biography records his religious affiliation as Christian, and this profile states that entry without elaboration; the campaign biography does not address religion. The sources reviewed do not supply a verified record of charitable board service, and none is asserted. [1][8]
Mission & priorities
“Now Mike is running for Congress to retire Kathy Castor and be that same champion for lower costs, lower taxes, and increased healthcare access, to ensure Tampa Bay remains the greatest place to live and raise a family in the country.” {7}
The following summarizes the platform on Beltran's campaign website and the positions he has taken in filed bills and reported forums. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [7]
01Lower healthcare costs and expand access
“Tampa Bay families shouldn't have to drive an hour or take a day off work to see a doctor.” The site says he “broke up healthcare bureaucracies that blocked new clinics from opening and expanded telehealth access,” a campaign characterization. The sponsored-bills record shows him as a co-sponsor of the 2021 freestanding-emergency-department law (Chapter 2021-112) and the 2024 health and human services transparency law (Chapter 2024-183); his individual floor votes were not reviewed. [7][38][2]
02Lower the cost of living
“In Congress, Mike will cut the wasteful spending that drives prices up and keep your money in your pocket.” The campaign credits him with “the largest tax cut in Florida history” and says the average Tampa Bay family lost $28,000 to inflation; both are campaign figures this review did not measure. The record shows him as a co-sponsor of the 2021 tax package, HB 7061 (Chapter 2021-31), and as sponsor of HB 1481 of 2024 on taxes, licenses and fees, which died in the Ways & Means Committee while the House's own package, CS/HB 7073, became Chapter 2024-158. On March 8, 2024 he was one of three House members to vote against the state budget's conference report, writing in his explanation of vote that the budget “has increased every year I have been in the Legislature.” [7][38][2][41]
03Jobs and deregulation
“Government shouldn't stand between hardworking people and a good career.” At a June 2026 candidate debate he put the principle more broadly: “Every area of the economy that's heavily regulated — food, education, medical care, all of those things — are more expensive and they go up faster than other areas of the economy where the government stays out of.” In the House he co-sponsored the 2021 home-based-business law (Chapter 2021-202) and the 2022 bill on occupational licensure of military spouses, whose Senate companion became Chapter 2022-85. [7][31][38][39]
04Local control over data centers
“Mike will fight to ensure no data center is built in our community without local approval and a guarantee it won't raise your energy bills or harm our environment.” No measure on the subject appears among the bills he sponsored or co-sponsored in six regular sessions, and his floor votes were not reviewed; the position is a campaign proposal. [7][16][37][38][39][40][2]
05Abortion
The campaign's home page does not list abortion among its planks; the legislative record does. In 2024 he co-filed HB 1519, which would have prohibited performing an abortion, with an exception and penalties; it died in subcommittee. He co-sponsored earlier restriction bills, including HB 235 and HB 1335 of 2019, HB 265 of 2020, whose Senate companion became Chapter 2020-147, and the 2021 pain-capable bill, HB 351. Leaving office in June 2024 he said he would “vigorously oppose constitutionalized abortion-on-demand this Fall”; the abortion amendment on that November's ballot drew 57.2 percent, below the sixty percent required. Florida Politics called him a staunch fighter against abortion access. [7][24][16][37][38][12][32][29][14]
06Firearms
In March 2023 he filed an open-carry amendment to the permitless-carry bill and withdrew it before debate, telling WFSU: “I'd prefer to pass this legislation and lock in what we can, and then see what we can accomplish later.” In 2024 he filed HB 1619, which would have made open carry lawful and rewritten parts of the risk-protection-order statute; it died in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee. Gun Owners of America appears among the endorsements on his campaign site. [22][25][42][7]
07Immigration and birthright citizenship
A candidate profile published in July 2026 says he “has promised to pursue a constitutional amendment to redress birth tourism and anchor babies” and describes him as tough on illegal immigration; in the House he co-sponsored the 2020 employment-eligibility verification bill, the 2022 immigration-enforcement bill and the 2023 immigration bill, each laid on the table when its Senate companion passed (Chapters 2020-149, 2022-193 and 2023-40). [33][37][39][40]
08Constitutional amendments and the courts
Three of his measures sought to narrow how Florida's constitution is changed: HJR 1179 of 2021 to abolish the Constitution Revision Commission, which reached voters as SJR 204 and fell short; HJR 1127 of 2022 to limit the subjects of citizen initiatives, which died on the calendar; and HJR 335 of 2024 to require broader public support for amendments, which died in the Judiciary Committee. On leaving office he said he was “proud of my work in the Judiciary silo to ensure laws are clearly written and to strengthen our courts.” [20][21][39][2][12]
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 money is mostly his own
The committee's report to the Federal Election Commission for April 1 to July 29, 2026 shows total receipts of $2,116,747.45, of which $2,014,000.00 were loans made by the candidate and $102,724.89 were contributions, all from individuals; disbursements of $176,883.83; cash on hand of $1,939,863.62; and debts owed by the committee of $2,019,209.57. Florida Politics reported that his primary opponent Kevin Steele had likewise lent his campaign $2.5 million of the $2.6 million it raised, and that Castor had banked $2.3 million without personal loans. The loan is what the filing records; this profile makes no claim about his personal wealth beyond it. [6][14]
Trump on the website, before and after the primary
Announcing in May 2026, Beltran said: “I’ve never backed down from a fight, I’ve never caved to pressure or turned my back on President Trump, and I never will.” By his own account, as Florida Politics reported it, he was among seven Florida House members who did not endorse Governor DeSantis's presidential campaign in 2024, and on July 31 the campaign's news page announced a “New Ad: MAGA Mike Beltran.” On September 1, 2026 the Washington Examiner reported that he had removed prominent mentions of President Trump from his campaign website after winning the primary; a Washington Post review of candidate sites, summarized by Yahoo News on September 5, quoted three sentences that had disappeared from the site, that he “felt inspired by President Trump's 2016 victory,” had “stood with President Trump every step of the way,” and was running “to stand with President Trump to finish making America great again.” The campaign's About page, whose metadata dates its last revision to August 25, 2026, does not mention the President, while the home page still lists the ad. The Examiner's full account is behind a paywall, and no response from the campaign appears in the material reviewed. On September 2, the day after the Examiner's report, Florida Politics reported the President's “complete and total endorsement” of Beltran on Truth Social, days after Governor DeSantis endorsed the same slate of nominees. [13][7][34][46][8][28]
A district redrawn to lean Republican, with the lawsuit continuing
The seat he is contesting was redrawn in a two-day special session; the Legislature approved the new congressional map on April 29, 2026 and Governor DeSantis signed it. Voters who sued argued the districts violate the state constitution's ban on partisan gerrymandering; in a decision the Associated Press reported on June 11, the Florida Supreme Court, 6–1, denied a temporary injunction without ruling on the merits, leaving the case to the lower courts. Florida Politics put President Trump's 2024 share in the new district at 55 percent; Club for Growth PAC, which endorsed Beltran, calculates that the President would have carried the new district by 10.47 points after losing the old one by 7.64. Castor's response on primary night: “Politicians in Tallahassee tried to change the rules of the game. But they underestimated this community.” Beltran's own framing at his launch was that the district “deserves a fighter who puts constituents first, not career politicians who answer to the D.C. establishment.” [36][14][27][13]
Polls and ratings
A St. Pete Polls survey commissioned by Florida Politics and reported July 22, 2026 found Castor ahead of Beltran 46 percent to 38 percent, with a margin of error of 4.5 points and 15 to 16 percent undecided; no public poll taken after the primary was found for this review. Sabato's Crystal Ball first moved the district from Safe Democratic to Leans Republican and then, in July, to toss-up, according to Florida Politics; Club for Growth PAC also calls it a toss-up. The rating pages of the Cook Political Report and Inside Elections could not be retrieved for this review and are not characterized here. [35][14][27]
The withdrawn open-carry amendment, and the claim about voting against leadership
Gun-rights advocates who backed his 2023 open-carry amendment were, in the words of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida's chairman, “very disappointed” when he withdrew it without a vote; his office's explanation was that “this is not the right time or the right vehicle.” At a June 2026 candidate debate he told voters: “I am the only candidate in the race who's ever voted against a budget. I'm the only candidate in the race who repeatedly voted against his own leadership when his own leadership infringed individual liberty, hurt consumer protection, or increased the size of government and spending.” The campaign site makes a similar claim in its own words. The first half is documented by the March 8, 2024 roll call on the budget conference report, which he opposed with a written explanation; the roll calls that would test the second half were not part of this review, which examined his sponsored bills and their histories rather than his other floor votes. [22][31][7][41]
A lawsuit against a super PAC over a doctored mailer image
In August 2026, days before the primary, Beltran sued Conservative Solutions for America, a super PAC supporting Kevin Steele, in Hillsborough circuit court over mailers and texts that showed a digitally created image of him holding a “Defund the Police” sign and attacked his 2024 budget vote; he argued the ads lacked the disclosure that a 2024 Florida law requires on political advertising made with artificial intelligence, and his campaign said the vote “had nothing to do with law enforcement.” Circuit Judge Christine Marlewski issued a temporary restraining order, writing that “it is difficult to determine that the communications were created and disseminated with any intent other than to injure the candidate.” The super PAC answered that the image was made with conventional tools such as Photoshop rather than generative artificial intelligence, that the law reaches only state and local elections and that only the Florida Elections Commission may enforce it; after an emergency hearing the judge dissolved the order, writing that “in light of the limited role of the judiciary to determine what the law says rather than what it ought to be, the court dissolves the temporary restraining order.” Beltran told FOX 13 “I never did what was depicted in those graphics” and “I never voted to defund the police”; after the reversal he said the ruling rested on the argument “that it is the Elections Commission, and not a candidate, who enforces the law.” Steele told FOX 13 he had nothing to do with the ad. [43][44][45]
Questions & answers
Who is Mike Beltran?
Mike Beltran's public career runs through three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, where he carried bills on trade secrets, surrendered infants and the state constitution, to a largely self-financed campaign for a Tampa Bay congressional seat redrawn in the spring of 2026. [1][6][36] By his official Florida House biography, Beltran was born on June 26, 1984 in New York City and moved to Florida in 2010; the biography for his final term gives Riverview as his city of residence, while the pages for his two earlier terms give Lithia, and names his wife, Hope, and their sons, Michael and Ross. The campaign biography places the family in Southeast Hillsborough and says he grew up in Brooklyn. He was first elected to the House in 2018 and, in the biography's words, “reelected subsequently.” [1][15][3][7][8]
What office is Mike Beltran running for in 2026?
Who is Mike Beltran running against?
He filed his statement of candidacy for Congress on May 15, 2026, launching, by Florida Politics' account, with $1 million of his own money. On August 18, 2026 he won the eight-candidate Republican primary in the redrawn 14th District with 25,866 votes, 45.59 percent, to 17,140 for Kevin Steele, a Pasco County state representative who had resigned his House seat that month to run, and faces Representative Kathy Castor, first elected in 2006, on November 3; a Libertarian candidate and write-in candidates have also filed for the general election. [6][13][4][45][35]
What are Mike Beltran's stated priorities?
The following summarizes the platform on Beltran's campaign website and the positions he has taken in filed bills and reported forums. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [7] The campaign lists: Lower healthcare costs and expand access; Lower the cost of living; Jobs and deregulation; Local control over data centers; Abortion; Firearms; Immigration and birthright citizenship; Constitutional amendments and the courts.
What does the public record show?
Legislative documents, the Florida Bar's registry and election canvasses establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where a measure was a committee's or another legislator's initiative. HB 775, filed December 7, 2023, expanded Florida's safe-haven law: a parent may surrender an infant to medical staff or a licensed healthcare professional at a hospital after delivery, or dial 911 and hand the infant to an emergency medical services provider at an agreed place, staying with the child until the provider arrives. The committee substitute reported by the Health & Human Services Committee on January 23, 2024 carries the committee, Representative Canady and Beltran as sponsors with eleven co-introducers; the House site lists Beltran as first-named sponsor by rule. [23][2]
How was this profile researched?
Reviewed September 17, 2026. This is a documented overview of publicly available biography, legislative work, campaign finance and stated priorities, not an exhaustive record. Individual roll-call votes in the Florida House were not reviewed, apart from the March 8, 2024 vote on the budget conference report; the House's sponsored-bills pages for the six regular sessions from 2019 to 2024, the Senate's bill histories for the measures discussed and the filed text of HB 1619 were. Degree years are as the official biography states them; bar standing is as The Florida Bar's directory states it; the federal clerkship, personal financial disclosures and independent expenditures in the race were not part of this review. Ballotpedia, the Cook Political Report, Sabato's Crystal Ball, Inside Elections, Florida Phoenix and Washington Post pages could not be retrieved by this review's tools, and the campaign site's interior pages were read through the site's own WordPress interface after its bot protection blocked direct retrieval. Filings and campaign pages may change after this review.
Sources & methodology
Government records anchor the profile: the Florida House's member, sponsored-bill and floor-vote pages, the Senate's bill histories and texts, the Division of Elections' certified results, the Federal Election Commission's candidate summary and The Florida Bar's directory. Independent reporting supplies responses and scrutiny; advocacy endorsements and campaign materials are labeled as such.
- 01Mike Beltran — 2022–2024 term: biographical information and committee membershipFlorida House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
Official biography: birth date and place, residence, family, education, religious affiliation, public-service roles; committee assignments for the 2022–2024 term; the member photograph used as the portrait.Government record - 02Sponsored Bills of Representative Mike Beltran, Regular Session 2024Florida House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
First-named-sponsor and co-sponsor lists for 2024 with each bill's last event: CS/HB 775 (Chapter 2024-213), HB 1519, HB 1619, HB 129, HJR 335, HB 1481 and the rest.Government record - 03Mike Beltran — 2020–2022 term: committee membershipFlorida House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
Vice chair of Civil Justice & Property Rights, Republican Committee Whip on Commerce, Congressional Redistricting Subcommittee and other assignments with dates.Government record - 042026 Primary Election, August 18, 2026 — Official Election Results, U.S. RepresentativeFlorida Division of Elections (Florida Election Watch) · August 18, 2026
District 14 Republican primary: Beltran 25,866 (45.59%), Steele 17,140 (30.21%), Valenti 5,430, Rochford 4,046, Peters 1,573, Marcel 1,016, Tek 970, Soriano 693; 56,734 votes cast.Government record - 05Member Profile — Michael Paul Beltran (Bar No. 93184)The Florida Bar · Accessed September 17, 2026
Member in good standing, admitted October 18, 2011, no discipline in ten years; Beltran Litigation, P.A., Tampa, firm size one; practice areas and court admissions; Harvard Law School 2008.Professional or biographical source - 06BELTRAN, MIKE — Candidate overview, H6FL14237Federal Election Commission · Coverage through July 29, 2026
Principal committee Mike Beltran for Congress (C00950832); receipts $2,116,747.45, candidate loans $2,014,000.00, contributions $102,724.89, disbursements $176,883.83, cash on hand $1,939,863.62, debts $2,019,209.57; statement of candidacy filed May 15, 2026.Government record - 07Home — Mike Beltran for CongressBeltran for Congress (campaign) · Accessed September 17, 2026
The campaign's platform planks, biography summary, endorsement list, news items (the July 31 ad, the September 1 PBA endorsement) and social links. Self-descriptions and proposals.Campaign or advocacy material - 08About — Mike Beltran for Congress (page text read through the site's WordPress interface)Beltran for Congress (campaign) · Page revised August 25, 2026
Campaign biography: Brooklyn upbringing, Harvard Law, six years in the House, licensed in Florida and New York, family in Southeast Hillsborough; the page's own modification date. The public About page carries the same text; the site's bot protection blocked direct retrieval.Campaign or advocacy material - 09November 6, 2018 General Election — Official Results, State RepresentativeFlorida Division of Elections · 2018
District 57: Beltran 46,569 (55.3%), Katt 37,695 (44.7%).Government record - 10November 3, 2020 General Election — Official Results, State RepresentativeFlorida Division of Elections · 2020
District 57: Beltran 67,139 (54.5%), Hottenstein 56,144 (45.5%).Government record - 11November 8, 2022 General Election — Official Results, State RepresentativeFlorida Division of Elections · 2022
District 70: Beltran 48,403 (62.9%), Salazar 28,523 (37.1%).Government record - 12Mike Beltran won't seek a fourth term, opening HD 70 seatFlorida Politics (Jacob Ogles) · June 9, 2024
His statement on leaving office, the growing law practice, the pledge to oppose the abortion amendment, and HB 775 signed May 29, 2024.Independent reporting - 13Mike Beltran jumps into CD 14 race to challenge Kathy CastorFlorida Politics (Jacob Ogles) · May 18, 2026
Launch statement, $1 million in self-funding, support for Trump since 2015, the DeSantis non-endorsement in 2024, initial endorsements.Independent reporting - 14Mike Beltran emerges victorious in CD 14 after crowded GOP Primary to take on Kathy CastorFlorida Politics (Janelle Irwin Taylor) · August 18, 2026
Primary-night report: the field, the redrawn district's 55 percent Trump share, Sabato's rating moves, self-funding by Beltran and Steele, Castor's statement and the abortion-record observation.Independent reporting - 15Mike Beltran — 2018–2020 term: committee membershipFlorida House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
Judiciary, Civil Justice, Health Quality, Justice Appropriations, Local Administration and PreK-12 Innovation assignments with dates.Government record - 16Sponsored Bills of Representative Mike Beltran, Regular Session 2019Florida House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
First-named-sponsor and co-sponsor lists for 2019: CS/HB 225, HB 7027 and the abortion bills he co-sponsored (HB 235, HB 1335, HB 1345).Government record - 17HB 225 (2019) — Education: dress uniforms at graduation ceremoniesThe Florida Senate · 2019
Sponsors (PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee; Beltran), committee votes, and the April 29, 2019 tabling in favor of CS/SB 292, Chapter 2019-48.Government record - 18HB 7027 (2019) — VapingThe Florida Senate · 2019
Sponsors (Health Quality Subcommittee; Beltran), the bill's summary, and its substitution by CS/SB 7012, Chapter 2019-14.Government record - 19HB 1523 (2021) — Corporate EspionageThe Florida Senate · 2021
Beltran as sponsor with six co-introducers; House 115–0, Senate 40–0; approved June 7, 2021; Chapter 2021-75.Government record - 20HJR 1179 (2021) — Abolishing the Constitution Revision CommissionThe Florida Senate · 2021
Beltran's joint resolution, laid on the table April 26, 2021 when the identical SJR 204 passed and was filed with the Secretary of State.Government record - 21November 8, 2022 General Election — Official Results, Constitutional AmendmentsFlorida Division of Elections · 2022
Abolishing the Constitution Revision Commission: 3,744,873 yes (53.9%), 3,206,717 no (46.1%).Government record - 22Efforts to add open carry to a permitless carry bill in Florida failWFSU News (Valerie Crowder) · March 24, 2023
Beltran filed and withdrew an open-carry amendment to HB 543; his office's statement; the Republican Liberty Caucus chairman's reaction.Independent reporting - 23HB 775 (2024) — Surrendered InfantsThe Florida Senate · 2024
Filed December 7, 2023; committee substitute sponsors; House 117–0 and Senate 35–0; approved May 29, 2024; Chapter 2024-213, effective July 1, 2024.Government record - 24HB 1519 (2024) — Termination of PregnanciesThe Florida Senate · 2024
Sponsors Borrero and Beltran; summary of the prohibition, exception and penalties; died in the Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee March 8, 2024.Government record - 25HB 1619 (2024) — Carrying and Possession of Weapons and FirearmsThe Florida Senate · 2024
Beltran's open-carry bill with risk-protection-order changes; died in the Criminal Justice Subcommittee March 8, 2024.Government record - 26EndorsementsFreedom Caucus Fund · August 19, 2026
Lists the Fund's endorsement of Mike Beltran for FL-14 dated August 19, 2026. Advocacy material.Campaign or advocacy material - 27Mike Beltran (FL-14) — PAC-endorsed candidateClub for Growth PAC · August 31, 2026
Endorsement dated August 31, 2026; the PAC's figures for the district (Trump by 10.47 points under the new lines, a 7.64-point loss under the old) and its toss-up label. Advocacy material.Campaign or advocacy material - 28Donald Trump backs eight GOP candidates for Congress in Florida open and battleground districtsFlorida Politics (Jacob Ogles) · September 2, 2026
The President's Truth Social endorsement of Beltran, quoted, and the note that Governor DeSantis had endorsed the same slate days earlier.Independent reporting - 29Constitution of the State of Florida, Article XI, Section 5 — Amendment or revision electionThe Florida Senate · Accessed September 17, 2026
Subsection (e): a proposed amendment takes effect if approved by at least sixty percent of the electors voting on it.Government record - 30HB 129 (2024) — Damages Recoverable in Wrongful Death ActionsThe Florida Senate · 2024
Sponsors López and Beltran with seven co-introducers; died in the Civil Justice Subcommittee March 8, 2024.Government record - 31A crowded field of Republicans is vying to unseat Democrat Kathy Castor after 20 years in CongressWUSF (Steve Newborn) · June 22, 2026
Candidate forum report: Beltran's self-description as MAGA Mike and an ultra-conservative; his statements on budget and leadership votes and on regulation; the general-election ballot.Independent reporting - 32November 5, 2024 General Election — Official Results, Constitutional AmendmentsFlorida Division of Elections · 2024
Amendment to Limit Government Interference with Abortion: 6,070,758 yes (57.2%), 4,548,379 no (42.8%).Government record - 33Mike Beltran, Florida Congress, District 14Osprey Observer (candidate profile) · July 21, 2026
Community-newspaper candidate profile in campaign language: the birthright-citizenship amendment pledge, JNC appointments by Governors Scott and DeSantis, endorsement claims. Treated as campaign material.Campaign or advocacy material - 34Florida GOP House candidate removes major pro-Trump mentions from siteWashington Examiner (Lauren Green) · September 1, 2026
Reports that Beltran removed prominent Trump mentions from his website after the primary; only the opening paragraphs are available outside the paywall.Independent reporting - 35'Blowing up in their faces:' DCCC pounces after poll shows Kathy Castor leading top RepublicansFlorida Politics (Jesse Mendoza) · July 22, 2026
St. Pete Polls survey commissioned by Florida Politics: Castor 46, Beltran 38; margin of error 4.5 points; the primary field and the general-election ballot.Independent reporting - 36Florida Supreme Court rejects a challenge to a new redistricting mapAssociated Press, via WUSF · June 11, 2026
The map approved April 29, 2026 in a two-day special session and signed by the Governor; the court's 6–1 denial of a temporary injunction without reaching the merits.Independent reporting - 37Sponsored Bills of Representative Mike Beltran, Regular Session 2020Florida House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
CS/HB 783 (Chapter 2020-106), HB 5301 (Chapter 2020-112), HB 1217 on surrendered infants, and co-sponsorships including HB 265 on abortion and CS/HB 1265 on employment-eligibility verification.Government record - 38Sponsored Bills of Representative Mike Beltran, Regular Session 2021Florida House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
HB 1523 (Chapter 2021-75), HJR 1179, CS/HB 133 on surrendered infants, and co-sponsorships including HB 7061 (taxation), CS/HB 1157 (freestanding emergency departments), CS/HB 403 (home-based businesses) and HB 351.Government record - 39Sponsored Bills of Representative Mike Beltran, Regular Session 2022Florida House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
Service of process and trusts bills whose Senate companions passed, sovereign-immunity bills, HJR 1127, appropriations project requests, and co-sponsorships including CS/HB 1355 and CS/CS/HB 559.Government record - 40Sponsored Bills of Representative Mike Beltran, Regular Session 2023Florida House of Representatives · Accessed September 17, 2026
CS/HB 1083 (Chapter 2023-335), CS/HB 401 on sovereign immunity, CS/HB 899 on surrendered infants, and co-sponsorships including CS/HB 1617 on immigration.Government record - 41Floor Vote for HB 5001 (2024), General Appropriations Act — Conference Committee Report, PassageFlorida House of Representatives · March 8, 2024
Roll call of March 8, 2024: 105 yeas, 3 nays, with Beltran recorded as a no vote and his written explanation of vote; Kevin Steele recorded as a yea after the roll call.Government record - 42HB 1619 (2024) — Carrying and Possession of Weapons and Firearms, bill text as filedThe Florida Senate · January 9, 2024
The 42-page filed text: makes open carry of any otherwise legal firearm lawful, extends the identification requirement for carrying without a license to unconcealed firearms, deletes license-fee provisions and revises risk-protection-order procedure.Government record - 43Mike Beltran sues to stop super PAC from sending computer-manipulated image of himFlorida Politics (Jacob Ogles) · August 13, 2026
The suit in Hillsborough circuit court against Conservative Solutions for America, the temporary restraining order quoted, the super PAC's arguments and the campaign's statement on the 2024 budget vote.Independent reporting - 44Mike Beltran sues political group over doctored campaign imageFOX 13 Tampa Bay (Evan Axelbank) · August 14, 2026
Second outlet on the lawsuit: Beltran's own statements on the image and his budget vote, the super PAC's response and Kevin Steele's comment.Independent reporting - 45Judge dissolves restraining order, allows super PAC to use illustration to attack Mike BeltranFlorida Politics (Jacob Ogles) · August 15, 2026
The order dissolving the restraining order, quoted; Beltran's response; Steele's resignation from his Pasco County House seat that month.Independent reporting - 46GOP House Hopefuls Soften Trump Mentions in CampaignsYahoo News (Jim Thomas), summarizing a Washington Post review · September 5, 2026
Quotes the three Trump sentences the Post found had disappeared from Beltran's campaign site; the Post's own page could not be retrieved by this review's tools.Independent reporting
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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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