Elections · U.S. House, District 16 · Florida
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Raised for this seat
$49K
Through July 29, 2026
Cash on hand
$27K
Through July 29, 2026
Not on the November ballot
Pope is not on the November ballot for this seat. Sydney Gruters and Kelly Kirschner are.
A primary result is a filed fact about a contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Pope's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- <1%$58
- Large donors
- --
- PACs
- --
- Party
- --
- Self-funding
- 99%$49K
- Other
- 1%$250
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
- 831K
- Median household income
- $85K
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
- Living below the poverty line
- 9.7%
- Without health insurance
- 10.4%
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.
- Mark Davis$51K
- Sydney Gruters$1.1M
- Jonathan Harris$86K
- Kelly Kirschner$297K
- Tamika Lyles$122K
- Edward Popethis page$49K
- Jan Schneider$56K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable. Showing 7 of 9 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.
In their own words
What Pope's campaign says it would work on.
The priorities Pope's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.
- “Accomplishments”
- “United States Navy Veteran”
- “Executive Business Leader”
- “Decorated Florida Highway Patrol Trooper”
- “Florida First Agenda”
- “Support Our Veterans”
- “Back The Blue & Public Safety”
- “Grow Small Business”
- “Protect Our Coast & Waterways”
- “Protect Our Seniors”
- “Fiscal Responsibility & Accountability”
- “Real-World Experience for Real-World Problems”
Quoted from edpopeforcongress.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
Pope 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.