Candidate · November 3, 2026
Gay Valimont
On the ballot for U.S. House · Florida's 1st District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $296K
- cash on hand
- $35K
- issues with public statements
- 11
- outside spending for or against
- $105K
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Florida's 1st District1, |
|---|---|
| Party on the ballot | Democrat1, |
| Status | Challenger |
| Also on the ballot |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Gay Valimont earned a bachelor's degree in health and exercise science from Georgia Southern University and a master's degree in education from Troy State University.5 She worked in sports medicine in Atlanta as an athletic trainer for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and later for Emory Sports Medicine.5 Her campaign website says she had become a full-time organizer with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America by 2016 and later served as the group's Florida state lead.5 She was a candidate for Florida's 1st Congressional District seat in 2024 and again in the 2025 special election.5
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running because families in the Panhandle are working harder but getting less in return, and that in Congress she would focus on lowering insurance costs, expanding access to health care and getting a full-service VA hospital for the area's veterans.6,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitegayforcongress.com6,
8 - X (Twitter)x.com/gayvalimont6
- Facebookfacebook.com/gayvalimont6
- Instagraminstagram.com/gayvalimontfl6
- TikToktiktok.com/@gayvalimontfl6
- Threadsthreads.com/@gayvalimontfl6
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Housing
Her campaign website says that, as part of lowering housing costs, she will work to stop large Wall Street investors from buying up homes.7
Health Care
Her campaign website says she will work for universal, affordable health care so that everyone can see a doctor without going broke.7
Social Security and Medicare
Her campaign website says she opposes any cuts to Social Security and Medicare and opposes privatizing them.7
Crime, Policing and Prisons
Her campaign website says she supports funding for both law enforcement and community programs that prevent crime.7
Guns
Her campaign website says she supports universal background checks for gun sales.7
- Require checks for all gun sales, including private sales (with exceptions such as gifts between family members)
- Require checks for private sales at gun shows and online, but not other private sales
- Keep current law, with checks required only for sales by licensed dealers
Her campaign website says she supports federal red flag laws.7
- Adopt more red flag laws, including a national one
- Leave the choice to each state
- Repeal existing red flag laws and adopt no new ones
Economy, Jobs and Trade
Her campaign website says she will work to expand tax incentives and funding for small business owners.7
Immigration
Her campaign website says she supports creating a clear legal path to citizenship and humane treatment of Dreamers and people seeking refuge.7
- No new legal status, including for people brought here as children
- Legal status only for people brought here as children, such as DACA recipients
- Legal status, but not citizenship, for most who pass background checks and pay a fine
- A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
Her campaign website says she will work to strengthen the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and oppose tactics that make voting harder.7
- 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)
- Keep current law, as the Supreme Court read it in 2026, without the federal approval requirement
- Stop applying the law to how district maps are drawn
Elections and Government Reform
Her campaign website says she supports campaign finance reform to reduce the influence of dark money, and that voters rather than corporations or the very wealthy should decide elections.7
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.9
| Raised | $295,714 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $260,991 |
| Cash on hand | $34,723 |
Where the money came from
Outside spending
Groups spending independently reported $105,461 supporting and $0 opposing Gay Valimont this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through September 15, 2025.10
| Group | Supporting | Opposing |
|---|---|---|
| Congress Majority PAC | $42,295 | — |
| NATIONAL GROUND GAME PAC | $38,711 | — |
| NATIONAL DEMOCRATS | $19,230 | — |
| EVERY STATE | $5,225 | — |
Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.
§5Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
- Candidate financial disclosure report11filed May 12, 2026
- Candidate financial disclosure report12filed May 15, 2024