U.S. House · Florida's 11th District

• ✓SupportsExpand public health coverage

  Says he will fight to reverse Medicaid cuts and protect Social Security and Medicare from benefit reductions or privatization, and work to lower prescription drug costs.[2]

• Affordability: proposes middle-class tax breaks, federal funding to address the housing crisis and lower property-insurance costs, and holding corporations accountable for price gouging.[2]
• Protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid: pledges to reverse Medicaid cuts he says Congress passed and to oppose benefit reductions or privatization, while lowering prescription drug costs.[2]
• Protecting democracy: says he would work to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, oppose "unfair mid-decade redistricting," and restore congressional oversight of the executive branch.[2]

• Earned a high school diploma from Spruce Creek High School and bachelor's and law degrees from the Catholic University of America (1997 and 2005).[2]
• Began his career as a special assistant to U.S. Senator Bob Graham, later serving in the Clinton administration and working with Congress and federal agencies.[2]
• Grew up in a working-class family in Central Florida; says he is the first in his family to attend college and law school.[2]

Raised $120K · spent $88K · $32K cash on hand (through 2026-07-29) FEC filing ↗

• ✓SupportsExpand immigration enforcement and deportations

  Says Florida law enforcement needs more resources to address the effects of illegal immigration on public safety, the economy and infrastructure, and credits President Trump with closing the border.[3]

• Immigration enforcement: says law enforcement needs more resources to address the effects of illegal immigration on public safety and the economy.[3]
• Government accountability: says he would work to "root out bureaucrats and policies that enrich greedy politicians and fraudulent NGOs."[3]
• Addressing skilled-worker shortages, citing a training program he developed at his company in response to labor shortages.[3]

• Earned a high school diploma from Lyman High School; his listed profession is business.[3]
• Says he built a company and developed a training program to address labor shortages, which he says helped the company grow.[3]

Raised $5.2M · spent $3.0M · $2.2M cash on hand (through 2026-07-29) FEC filing ↗

• ~MixedProtect legal access to abortion

  Describes himself as pro-life and opposes government funding for abortion providers, but says that in limited cases abortion should be decided by women and their doctors, not government.[6]

  “In extreme cases, abortion should be decided by women and their doctors, not government.”

• ✕OpposesStricter gun laws

  Opposes new restrictions on gun ownership, including expanded background checks, and supports upholding gun rights under the 2nd Amendment.[7]

  “Expanded background checks will not keep guns out of the hands of criminals and gang members; in any case, such checks will be inexact as not all records about people are available to adjudicators.”

• ✕OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporations

  Calls for reducing federal taxes generally rather than raising them, arguing lower taxes will stimulate the economy.[6]

  “will call for reduction of Federal taxes to stimulate the economy”

• ✕OpposesFaster transition away from fossil fuels

  Supports increasing fossil fuel output and says a transition to renewable energy will take decades, rather than favoring a faster shift away from fossil fuels.[6]

  “Transition to “green energy” will take decades to accomplish.”

• ✓SupportsPublic funding for school choice (vouchers / charters)

  Supports abolishing the federal Department of Education and giving parents options including vouchers and homeschooling.[6]

  “a broad range of options should be available to parents, including a voucher system and homeschooling”

• Opposes U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts, including calling for an immediate cease-fire and mediated peace talks in Ukraine while European allies do more to counter Russia.[6]
• Favors simplified, reasonable processes for legal immigration while opposing illegal and unregulated migration.[6]
• Would uphold Social Security and Medicare while calling for reduced federal taxes.[6]

• Groves is a retired U.S. Army major who worked from 1999 to 2018 as a civilian analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency, including postings in England and at the Pentagon.[5]
• He served on active duty in the Iraq War (2008-2009) as part of an Army Reserve detachment, on the staff of General Petraeus in Baghdad.[5]
• He is a recent chairman of the Libertarian Party of Orange County, Florida.[5][7]
• He resides in Ocoee, Florida, with his wife and children.[5]