U.S. House · Florida's 10th District

Central Florida, including most of the city of Orlando in Orange County.

General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

✓ Fact-checked 2026-09-25: 6 claims re-checked against their sources

A second, independent research pass re-opened every cited source for this race and corrected or removed anything the source didn’t support.

  • Verified uncontested-race context (no Republican filed, Democratic primary canceled, write-in Brent Lawhon did not make the ballot) and Frost's background, career, and committee assignments against Ballotpedia's Florida U.S. House elections overview and Frost's bio page. Also confirmed the researchNotes claim that Frost's Ballotpedia endorsement list includes the Florida Education Association and Florida AFL-CIO. No corrections needed.

On the ballot · 1 candidate

Where they stand — side by side

Only positions documented in a cited source are shown. Where an officeholder’s recorded votes speak to an issue, the votes set the position (marked “votes”). A dash means we found no clear public position — not that the candidate has none.

ISSUEMaxwell Alejandro Frost
D
Expand immigration enforcement and deportationsOpposes[6][7][8][9][10]votes
Raise taxes on high earners or corporationsSupports[7][8][9]votes
Expand public health coverageSupports[7][8][9][11]votes
Faster transition away from fossil fuelsSupports[7][8][9]votes
Broad tariffs on imported goodsOpposes[12]votes

The candidates, in full

Maxwell Alejandro Frost

DINCUMBENTU.S. Representative (since 2023)

Maxwell Alejandro Frost is the Democratic incumbent representing Florida's 10th Congressional District, first elected in 2022. Before Congress, he worked as a national organizer for gun-violence-prevention and civil-liberties groups.[2]

Key votes in Congress

  • YesWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · H. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · 2026-06-03 roll call ↗The resolution directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress has not authorized, invoking the War Powers Resolution. It passed the House with support from Democrats and a number of Republicans.
  • YesResolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · H.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · 2026-02-11 roll call ↗The resolution terminates the national emergency the President declared in February 2025 to justify a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada, ending that tariff if it becomes law. It passed with a bipartisan majority, including several Republicans who broke with the administration on trade policy.
  • NoConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government funding · H.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · 2026-02-03 roll call ↗The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026.
  • YesBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · H.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · 2026-01-08 roll call ↗The bill extends for additional years the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were expanded in 2021 and had lapsed at the end of 2025, lowering health-insurance premiums for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces. It passed with support from nearly all Democrats and a small group of Republicans.
  • YesWar Powers Resolution on Venezuela · H. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · 2025-12-17 roll call ↗The resolution would have directed the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities in or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized. It failed after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela had raised questions in Congress about the administration's legal authority for military action in the region.
  • NoNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · 2025-12-10 roll call ↗The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. It also sets policy on military personnel, procurement, and other Defense Department programs for the year.
  • YesEpstein Files Transparency Act · H.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · 2025-11-18 roll call ↗The bill directs the Department of Justice to publicly release its investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, while allowing redactions to protect victim identities, ongoing investigations, and law enforcement techniques. It passed with near-unanimous support.
  • NoContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending vote · H.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · 2025-11-12 roll call ↗The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. It also reversed shutdown-related federal layoffs and funded SNAP benefits retroactively.
  • NoCLARITY Act — digital asset market structure · H.R. 3633 · Passed 294–134 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The CLARITY Act creates a regulatory framework dividing oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It sets registration and disclosure requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital-asset intermediaries.
  • NoGENIUS Act — stablecoin regulation · S. 1582 · Passed 308–122 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and to comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation enacted into federal law.
  • NoOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 218–214 · 2025-07-03 roll call ↗H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and raises the cap on state and local tax deductions. It increases border security and defense spending while cutting projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adding new work requirements; President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025.
  • NoRescissions Act of 2025 · H.R. 4 · Passed 214–212 · 2025-06-12 roll call ↗The Rescissions Act canceled about $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, mostly for foreign aid programs and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was the first rescissions package Congress had approved in decades.
  • NoOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 215–214 · 2025-05-22 roll call ↗H.R. 1 extends and modifies the 2017 individual and business tax cuts, creates new deductions for tips and overtime pay, and increases spending on border security and defense. It also reduces projected spending on Medicaid and food-assistance programs and adds new work requirements for some recipients.
  • NoSAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · H.R. 22 · Passed 220–208 · 2025-04-10 roll call ↗The SAVE Act would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections. It also directs states to establish procedures to remove noncitizens identified on voter rolls.
  • NoFull-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 · H.R. 1968 · Passed 217–213 · 2025-03-11 roll call ↗The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown ahead of a March 14 deadline. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations.
  • NoLaken Riley Act — final passage · S. 5 · Passed 263–156 · 2025-01-22 roll call ↗The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions.
  • NoSecure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · H.R. 2 · Passed 219–213 · 2023-05-11 roll call ↗Would have resumed border-wall construction, restricted asylum eligibility, expanded detention, and mandated E-Verify for employers.

On the record — official actions

  • actionAssigned to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs; Government Operations subcommittees) and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology for the 2025-2026 Congress.[2]
  • billRe-introduced the Youth Climate Leadership Act to establish youth advisory councils on environmental issues at the EPA, Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Commerce.[4]
  • billLed a bipartisan discharge petition, co-led with Rep. Ayanna Pressley, to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, which passed the House.[5]

Positions on the issues

  • OpposesExpand immigration enforcement and deportationsFrom recorded votes

    Voted no on Laken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22). Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations. Voted no on Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11).[6][7][8][9][10]

    What they say: Joined other House Oversight Committee Democrats in demanding answers from ICE over reported dangerous and inhumane conditions at immigration detention facilities in Florida, and led a discharge petition to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians rather than allow their removal.[3]

    “Trump's immigration detention system is as cruel as it is unnecessary, and this administration's deliberate efforts to hide the conditions inside ICE facilities in Miramar and Orlando, Florida are abhorrent.”
  • SupportsFaster transition away from fossil fuelsFrom recorded votes

    Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits.[7][8][9]

    What they say: Re-introduced the Youth Climate Leadership Act to create youth advisory councils on climate and environmental issues within federal agencies, and said federal leadership is rolling back climate progress that must be protected.[4]

    “At a time when federal leadership is rolling back climate progress, we cannot afford to leave young voices behind. We must act now to protect the progress we've made and empower the next generation to lead in building a safer, more sustainable future.”
  • SupportsExpand public health coverageFrom recorded votes

    Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements. Voted yes on Breaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08).[7][8][9][11]

  • SupportsRaise taxes on high earners or corporationsFrom recorded votes

    Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent.[7][8][9]

  • OpposesBroad tariffs on imported goodsFrom recorded votes

    Voted yes on Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11).[12]

In their words — priorities

  • Says the administration's immigration detention system is being used to punish people rather than uphold human dignity, and has pushed for accountability over conditions in ICE facilities.[3]
  • Says young people should have a direct role in shaping federal climate policy and introduced the Youth Climate Leadership Act to create youth advisory councils at federal agencies.[4]
  • Led a bipartisan discharge petition to extend Temporary Protected Status for Haitians in the United States.[5]

Background

  • Born in Orlando, Florida in 1997; attended Valencia College.[2]
  • Worked as a rideshare driver, national organizing director for March For Our Lives, national advance manager for Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, and a national organizing specialist with the ACLU.[2]
  • Elected to the U.S. House in 2022, succeeding Val Demings; assumed office in January 2023.[2]

Campaign money

Raised $3.5M · spent $3.3M · $1.3M cash on hand (through 2026-07-29) FEC filing ↗

Research notes & limits

Uncontested race: Frost won without appearing on the general-election ballot after no Republican candidates filed and the Democratic primary was canceled.

Sources · 12

Researched 2026-09-25. Green citations are official government records.

  1. 1.United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
  2. 2.Maxwell Alejandro Frost · Ballotpedia Reference
  3. 3.Oversight Ranking Members Robert Garcia, Bennie Thompson, and Maxwell Frost Demand Answers from ICE on Dangerous Conditions in Florida Immigration Facilities · Office of Rep. Maxwell Frost · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words
  4. 4.On Earth Day, A New Generation Rises: Congressman Maxwell Frost Unveils Youth Climate Leadership Act · Office of Rep. Maxwell Frost · 2026-04-22 Candidate's own words
  5. 5.BREAKING: Frost's Discharge Petition to Extend TPS for Haitians Passes U.S. House · Office of Rep. Maxwell Frost · 2026-09-25 Candidate's own words
  6. 6.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-01-22 Official record
  7. 7.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-05-22 Official record
  8. 8.H.R. 1 (119th Congress) — One Big Beautiful Bill Act: text and summary · Congress.gov Official record
  9. 9.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-07-03 Official record
  10. 10.Roll call: Secure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2023-05-11 Official record
  11. 11.Roll call: Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-01-08 Official record
  12. 12.Roll call: Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-02-11 Official record