Gay Valimont
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- Gun violence prevention advocate; former athletic trainer
- Lives in
- Pensacola
Background
- Earned a bachelor's degree in health and exercise science from Georgia Southern University (1996) and a graduate degree in education from Troy State University (2000). source: ballotpedia.org
- Worked as an athletic trainer at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory Sports Medicine. source: ballotpedia.org
- Volunteered with Moms Demand Action, becoming its Florida State Lead by 2016. source: ballotpedia.org
- Was the Democratic nominee for Florida's 1st District in 2024 (lost to Matt Gaetz) and in the April 2025 special election (lost to Jimmy Patronis, 56.9% to 42.3%). source: ballotpedia.org
In their own words
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- "Universal, affordable, quality health care"; expand Medicaid and protect Medicare source: ballotpedia.org
- Universal background checks and expanded red flag laws to address gun violence source: ballotpedia.org
- Term limits for Congress: 4 terms for House, 2 for Senate source: ballotpedia.org
- Protect voting rights and access to the ballot source: ballotpedia.org
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