Candidate · U.S. House, District 1
Jimmy Patronis
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.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, Florida's 1st Congressional District (since April 2025)
- Occupation
- Congressman; restaurateur
Background
- Earned an associate degree in restaurant management from Gulf Coast Community College (1994) and a bachelor's degree in political science from Florida State University (1996). source: ballotpedia.org
- Owned and operated Captain Anderson's Restaurant in Panama City Beach. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served in the Florida House of Representatives, District 6, from 2006 to 2014. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served on the Florida Public Service Commission from 2015 to 2017. source: ballotpedia.org
- Served as Florida Chief Financial Officer from 2017 to 2025. source: ballotpedia.org
- Won the April 1, 2025 special election for Florida's 1st District after Matt Gaetz resigned; sworn in April 2, 2025. Won the August 2026 Republican primary. source: weartv.com
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