Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. House · Florida's 17th District

3 candidates on the ballot.^1,2,3

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Greg Steube

Republican · Incumbent

Currently represents Florida's 17th District in the U.S. House.

Matthew Montavon

Democrat · Challenger

Michael J. Quirk

No Party Affiliation · Challenger

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Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Fact	Greg Steube	Matthew Montavon	Michael J. Quirk
Party on the ballot	Republican^1,2,4	Democrat^1,2,5	No Party Affiliation^1,2,6
Status	Incumbent⁷	Challenger	Challenger
Raised	$1,587,827 through October 14, 2026⁸	$156,274 through October 14, 2026⁹	$32,488 through October 14, 2026¹⁰
Cash on hand	$2,132,055⁸	$25,123⁹	$3,141¹⁰
Abortion law	His campaign website says he remains an advocate against abortion.¹¹	His campaign website, in a section on guaranteeing reproductive freedom, says reproductive health decisions belong to patients and their medical providers, that both state lawmakers and Supreme Court rulings have weakened that principle, and that government should not interfere; the same section names abortion among the services Congress should make accessible and affordable.¹²	His campaign website says he personally opposes abortion but that the decision belongs between a woman and her doctor, and that he will not legislate against anyone's reproductive choices.¹³
Who sets abortion law	Not found in the public sources we checked	A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade His campaign website says Congress should make sure all women can get and afford birth control, abortion and comprehensive reproductive health care.¹²	His campaign website says he would vote against a national abortion ban.¹³
Discrimination protections for sexual orientation and gender identity	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says everyone living here should have their rights respected whatever their race, creed, color, national origin or whom they love, and that Congress should secure legislation so every individual can take part in the economy without fear of threats or harm.¹²	His campaign website says LGBTQ Americans deserve equal rights and equal dignity.¹³
Who sets tariffs	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says he wants to ensure major policy changes, especially on economic tariffs, go through Congress rather than relying on executive orders.¹⁴	Let tariffs start, but end them unless Congress approves within a set time His campaign website says major tariff actions should get an up-or-down vote in Congress or expire.¹³
Transgender students in school sports	His campaign website says he wrote the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, and that the House has passed it twice, most recently in January 2025.¹¹	Not found in the public sources we checked	Require teams based on sex at birth His campaign website says women's sports should remain for biological women.¹³
Campaign finance rules	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says Congress needs to pass laws restricting campaign donations and making campaign finance fully transparent.¹²	His campaign website says he supports small-dollar public financing and disclosure rules to bring dark money into the light.¹³
Who decides on military action	Not found in the public sources we checked	Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack His campaign website says Congress alone has the authority to declare war and to decide whether to fund wars, and that it needs to reassert its constitutional role in foreign affairs.¹²	Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack His campaign website says Congress should debate and vote before Americans fight or fund a war, with no sustained conflict without congressional authorization.¹³
Highway and transit funding	His campaign website says he secured federal funding to widen and strengthen hurricane evacuation routes.¹¹	His campaign website says Southwest Florida's roads, bridges and flood protection systems need reliable federal coordination and that he will prioritize securing the federal investments needed to maintain them.¹⁴	His campaign website says he would pursue federal funding for evacuation routes such as I-75 and for reinforcing local bridges over the Myakka and Peace rivers.¹³
Social Security benefit levels	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says Social Security should use a Consumer Price Index for the Elderly so that benefits keep up with the true cost of living.¹²	His campaign website says Social Security benefits should not be cut for people who are retired or close to retiring.¹³
Social Security payroll tax cap	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says he favors raising the cap on taxable earnings and taxing all income, capital gains included.¹²	Apply the tax to all earnings His campaign website says the highest earners should pay Social Security taxes on every dollar they earn, as most workers already do.¹³
Social Security retirement age	Not found in the public sources we checked	Keep it at 67 His campaign website says he does not and will never support raising the Social Security retirement age.¹²	His campaign website says the Social Security retirement age should not go up for people who are retired or close to retiring.¹³
Federal spending levels	His campaign website says he will fight to cut waste, that he pushed for a balanced budget and meaningful spending cuts, and it lists the Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act, which would require any debt limit increase to be matched by equal or greater spending cuts.¹¹	His campaign website says he would implement regular, strict financial audits across federal agencies to eliminate redundant programs and wasteful spending, and approach federal spending with practical fiscal restraint.¹⁴	Not found in the public sources we checked

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Greg Steube — 9 issues

Foreign ownership of farmland
His campaign website says he wrote a Farm Bill amendment limiting purchases of American farmland by foreign adversaries.¹¹
Child tax credit
His campaign website lists the child tax credit now being permanently $2,200 among the provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill.¹¹
Rules for gun accessories and parts
Loosen rules, such as ending federal registration for suppressors and short-barreled rifles
His campaign website says he led the push to do away with the $200 tax stamp on suppressors, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns.¹¹
Gas tax and road funding
Cut or suspend the federal gas tax
His campaign website says he introduced a bill that would end the federal gas excise tax of 18.4 cents.¹¹
Income tax on Social Security benefits
His campaign website lists a new $6,000 deduction for people 65 and older from 2025 through 2028, and up to $12,000 for a married couple, among the provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill.¹¹
Medicare Advantage
His campaign website says he led oversight efforts that kept the Biden administration from taking apart Medicare Advantage infrastructure.¹¹
Business tax breaks
His campaign website lists the 20 percent small business deduction now being permanent among the provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill.¹¹
Taxes on tips and overtime
His campaign website lists no tax on tips and no tax on overtime among the provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill.¹¹
Private care for veterans
His campaign website says he has worked to widen health care choices for disabled veterans and lists the Veterans' True Choice Act, which would let service-connected disabled veterans pick TRICARE rather than VA care.¹¹

Matthew Montavon — 11 issues

Birth control and IVF
His campaign website says Congress should ensure that birth control is accessible and affordable for all women.¹²
Voting Rights Act protections
Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act)
His campaign website calls on Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act immediately.¹²
Drawing district lines (redistricting)
His campaign website says Congress must act to end mid-decade redistricting, noting that the Constitution calls for district lines to be redrawn every 10 years after the census.¹²
Endangered species protections
Strengthen protections and spend more on helping species recover
His campaign website says additional protections for threatened and endangered animals and natural resources are important environmental considerations.¹²
AR-15-style rifles
Ban the sale of these rifles
His campaign website says Congress must ban civilian use of assault weapons.¹²
Background checks for gun sales
Require checks for all gun sales, including private sales (with exceptions such as gifts between family members)
His campaign website says Congress must require universal and comprehensive background checks.¹²
Red flag laws
Adopt more red flag laws, including a national one
His campaign website says Congress must enforce and expand red flag laws.¹²
Health insurance system
His campaign website says he supports making healthcare and prescription drug prices more transparent, increasing market competition and widening access to high-quality care while leaving consumer choices intact.¹⁴
Medicaid expansion
His campaign website says Congress should close the gap the Affordable Care Act leaves in Medicaid coverage, a gap that lets states such as Florida decline additional federal funding for health coverage for low-income families.¹²
Border wall and barriers
His campaign website says he supports modernizing border security infrastructure, technologies and staffing.¹⁴
Legal status for immigrants here without permission, including Dreamers
His campaign website says he supports creating an organized, background-checked and lawful process for people who are contributing to the local economy to earn legal status.¹⁴

Michael J. Quirk — 13 issues

Foreign intelligence surveillance (FISA Section 702)
Renew it, but require a warrant to search the collected records for Americans' communications
His campaign website says warrantless-surveillance authority should not be renewed without a warrant requirement before the government reads people's communications.¹³
Tariffs
His campaign website says he wants to end what it calls grocery-tax tariffs and restore open trade with Canada and Mexico, and calls blanket tariffs a tax families pay at the register.¹³
Ranked-choice voting
Use ranked-choice voting in more elections
His campaign website says he supports ranked choice voting for general elections.¹³
Stock trading by members of Congress
Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
His campaign website says he supports banning congressional stock trading, with blind trusts or index funds and no individual trades.¹³
Term limits for Congress
His campaign website says he supports term limits and describes service in Congress as a tour of duty rather than a career.¹³
Data centers and electricity costs
Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
His campaign website says data centers should be sited where the water and grid can handle them and that a data center should pay for the power it needs, so that utility bills do not subsidize it.¹³
Nuclear power
His campaign website says he supports a nuclear-first approach to always-on energy, with solar on rooftops and disturbed land before prime farmland.¹³
ACA premium tax credits
His campaign website says he would extend the premium tax credits working families rely on.¹³
Medicare drug price negotiation
Keep the program as it is
His campaign website says he would defend Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices.¹³
Preventing government shutdowns
His campaign website says that if Congress misses its budget deadline, member paychecks should stop until the job is done.¹³
The president's power over approved spending
His campaign website says that when Congress passes an appropriation into law the money should move, and that no president of either party should be able to sit on funds Congress approved.¹³
Data privacy
His campaign website says he supports a federal privacy law under which companies collect only what they need, people can see and delete what companies hold, and violations bring consequences.¹³
Rules for artificial intelligence
Set rules for specific risks and uses, such as deepfakes, hiring decisions and safety disclosures
His campaign website says he supports rules for AI that protect people without halting progress, such as privacy protection for what people tell a chatbot, consent before data is used for training, and disclosure whenever AI is used in campaign ads to fake events or voices.¹³

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.

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