U.S. House · Florida's 14th District
Mike Beltran
Former Florida State Representative (2018-2024)R
- Race
- U.S. House · Florida's 14th District
- Result
- Kathy Castor, projected winner
- Opponents
- Kathy Castor (D); Brian Lambert (LIB); Keith Varian (IND); Salomon Hernandez (IND)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did4 statements · 0 votes
Mike has always fought to protect life. He believes Dobbs was correctly decided and that states, not Washington bureaucrats, judges, or politicians, should set their own policies that include exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother.
Protect legal access to abortion
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotU.S. House · 14
2026-11-03
| Kathy Castor D | incumbent |
| Mike Beltran R | challenger |
| Brian Lambert LIB | challenger |
| Keith Varian IND | challenger |
| Salomon Hernandez IND | challenger |
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
Mike has always fought to protect life. He believes Dobbs was correctly decided and that states, not Washington bureaucrats, judges, or politicians, should set their own policies that include exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother.
Says the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which returned abortion policy to the states, was correctly decided, with exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother.[3]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Mike has a perfect pro-gun record. No red flag laws, no magazine bans, no compromise.
Campaign website states he has a "perfect pro-gun record" and opposes red-flag laws and magazine bans.[3]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
We need to finish the wall, deport the criminals and fraudsters, and restore law and order at our southern border.
Campaign website says he stands with President Trump on finishing the border wall and deporting people in the country illegally.[3]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
We need to pass the SAVE America Act to ensure only American citizens vote in our elections, mandate photo ID, and purge noncitizens from voter rolls.
His campaign platform says Congress needs to pass the SAVE America Act so that only citizens vote, and also calls for a photo ID mandate and purging noncitizens from voter rolls.[4]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Mike Beltran, a Republican former Florida state representative, lost the November 3, 2026 election for Florida's 14th Congressional District to Kathy Castor. A trial attorney and business owner, he served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2018 to 2024 and chose not to seek re-election in 2024.[1][2]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Beltran was born in New York, New York, and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 2002. In his Ballotpedia survey he says he was an Eagle Scout growing up.[2] He earned a bachelor's degree in international relations from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005 and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 2008.[2] He worked as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday and as an associate at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, and later as a litigator at his own firm, Beltran Litigation, P.A. He says he moved to Florida seeking economic opportunity and started a business that he still operates.[2][5]
Beltran first ran for the Florida House in 2018 and won the general election for District 57; he was re-elected in 2020. In 2022 he won re-election in the redrawn District 70, defeating Eleuterio Salazar Jr., and he left office in November 2024 without seeking another term.[2] According to his campaign website, he was known in the Florida House as "the Billslayer" for defeating bills, and he championed school choice there.[2] He advanced from the August 18, 2026 Republican primary for Florida's 14th Congressional District.[2] His campaign website said he was campaigning on the border, taxes, spending, and abortion.[2] He received 45.9% of the vote to Kathy Castor's 51.2%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- voteAs a Florida state representative, says he voted against several large state entitlement-program expansions targeting housing and medical assistance, saying they resulted in increased costs.[3]
- vote2023-03-24 · Voted yes on CS/HB 543 (permitless concealed carry of firearms), which passed the Florida House 76-32 on March 24, 2023.[6]
- vote2023-04-13 · Voted yes on SB 300 (banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, with exceptions), which passed the Florida House 70-40 on April 13, 2023.[7]
- vote2023-03-17 · CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 1 (expanding eligibility for state school-voucher scholarships to all Florida students regardless of income) passed the Florida House 83-27 on March 17, 2023; the official roll call lists Beltran as not voting.[8]
In their own words
Priorities
- "We need to balance the budget... We also need to complete the wall. Lastly, we should ensure our military is used to protect American interests and our allies bear the cost of defending themselves."[9]
- Campaign website lists securing the border, cutting federal spending, and extending the 2025 "Working Families Tax Cut" (no tax on tips or overtime) among his top platform items.[3]
Campaign money$2.1M raised · 5% from individuals · FEC through 2026-07-29
Totals this cycle
Bars share one scale (raised = full). Cash on hand can include money carried over from earlier cycles.
Who gave
- Individuals $103K
- Own money & loans $2.0M
Largest committee contributions
- Strengthening the American Republic (STAR) PAC PAC$2,000
- Space Coast Leadership PAC PAC$2,000
- Citizens United Political Victory Fund PAC$1,000
- Daniel Webster for Congress Candidate committee$1,000
Direct contributions only; outside spending is not included. Individual donors are itemized in the FEC’s receipts. All itemized receipts ↗ FEC filing ↗
Profile: /people/mike-beltran
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.U.S. House · Florida's 14th District results 2026 · NBC News News report
- 2.Mike Beltran · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey / campaign website Candidate's own words
- 3.Mike Beltran · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey / campaign website Candidate's own words
- 4.Platform - Mike Beltran for Congress · Mike Beltran for Congress Candidate's own words
- 5.Kathy Castor · Ballotpedia Reference
- 6.House Vote on CS/HB 543 (2023), 1st Engrossed (permitless carry) — final passage roll call · Florida House of Representatives / The Florida Senate bill history · 2023-03-24 Official record
- 7.House Vote on SB 300 (2023), 1st Engrossed (six-week abortion ban) — final passage roll call · Florida House of Representatives / The Florida Senate bill history · 2023-04-13 Official record
- 8.House Vote on CS/CS/CS/CS/HB 1 (2023) (universal school choice expansion) — final passage roll call · Florida House of Representatives / The Florida Senate bill history · 2023-03-17 Official record
- 9.Kathy Castor · Ballotpedia Reference