Candidate · November 3, 2026

Kathy Castor

On the ballot for U.S. House · Florida's 14th District

DemocratIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$4.9M
cash on hand
$577K
issues with public statements
1
outside spending for or against
$13M

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Florida's 14th District1,2,3
Party on the ballotDemocrat1,2,4
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Florida's 14th District in the U.S. House.5
Also on the ballot

§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.

Kathy Castor was first elected to the U.S. House in 2006 and represents Florida's 14th Congressional District.6 She began her legal career with the Florida Department of Community Affairs, worked as a land use and environmental attorney representing local governments, and served as a Hillsborough County Commissioner, including as chair of the county's Environmental Protection Commission.6 She is a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and chaired the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis from 2019 to 2022.6,7

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says she wants to keep working toward a varied Tampa Bay economy that holds down family costs, keeps health care and energy affordable and safeguards the community's way of life.7

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, FL-145
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, FL-145

Websites and accounts

§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.

Infrastructure and Transportation

Highway and transit funding

Her campaign website lists working to pass the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and securing more than $250 million for roads, bridges, transit and waterfront projects in Tampa, among her accomplishments.7,11

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Kathy Castor served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Kathy Castor sponsored or cosponsored 31 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

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, 2026.64

Raised$4,930,537
Spent$4,579,832
Cash on hand$577,435

Where the money came from

Individual donors$3.1M · 62%
PACs and other political committees$1.4M · 29%
Political party committees$5,659 · 0%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$414K · 8%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$14K · 0%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $3,064,112 supporting and $10,208,386 opposing Kathy Castor this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 25, 2026.65

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
NO GOING BACK PAC INC.—$9,454,381
LCV Victory Fund$1,618,612—
CFFE PAC$475,798—
Club for Growth Action—$455,986
Progressive Turnout Project$434,929—
Project 218$403,763—
FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND—$162,529
CIVIC RENEWAL FUND INC.—$86,928

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.

§6Financial 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.