Elections · U.S. House, District 1 · Florida
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Raised for this seat
$174K
Through July 29, 2026
Cash on hand
$22K
Through July 29, 2026
On the November ballot
Valimont faces Jimmy Patronis for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 62%$107K
- Large donors
- 37%$65K
- PACs
- <1%$285
- Party
- 1%$1K
- Self-funding
- --
- Other
- <1%$545
Separately, $96K in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.
Receipts reported through July 29, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Florida
- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
Register 29 days before the election.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 793K
- Median household income
- $78K
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
- Living below the poverty line
- 11.5%
- Without health insurance
- 11.6%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.
- Jimmy Patronis$3.8M
- Douglas Chico$84K
- Aaron Dimmock$51K
- John Frankman$128K
- Gene Valentino$479K
- Gay Valimontthis page$174K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record.
Spending to support them
$96K- Congress Majority PAC$42K
- National Ground Game PAC$39K
- The Progress Coalition$10K
- Every State$5K
- Activate America$564
Spending to oppose them
No committee has filed independent spending in this direction.
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.
In their own words
What Valimont's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Valimont's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Lower Costs & Fight Inflation”
- “Expand Healthcare Access”
- “Support Veterans and Military Families”
- “Keep Our Communities Safe”
- “Support Workers & Small Businesses”
- “Invest in Public Education”
- “Fix Immigration The Right Way”
- “Protect Voting Rights & Strengthen Our Democracy”
Quoted from gayforcongress.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.
Record in office
Valimont has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.
That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.