Taking office in January 2011, Congressman Chip Cravaack pulled off an upset victory over Democratic incumbent and 18-term representative Jim Oberstar by only 4,400 votes. This made Cravaack the first Republican to hold the seat since 1947. His tenure in the House of Representatives has been met with controversy. His support of fellow Representative Michele [...]

Kathy Castor is one of the few Democrats representing the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives. She covers the 11th congressional district, representing the majority of Tampa and St. Petersburg. Castor first took office in 2007, joining the wave of Democrats seizing control of Congress after ten years of Republican rule. Before [...]

As the longest-serving Republican member of Congress, Charles William “Bill” Young has represented Florida’s 10th congressional district since 1971. During his tenure in the House of Representatives, Young has obtained a striking 3,570 earmarks, a number greater than any other member of the body. He believes that this is the way Congress has always conducted [...]

Serving as the congressman from Florida’s 9th district, Gus Bilirakis took federal office in 2007 following a close-fought race with his Democratic opponent. A lifelong Republican, Bilirakis first served in the Florida House of Representatives before becoming a US Congressional Representative. He is a member of his party’s Whip team, helping to get the necessary [...]

Alan Grayson was born on March 13, 1958 and is a former US Representative for Florida’s 8th congressional district. He’s been serving from 2009 until 2011. Grayson is a member of the Democratic Party. The district he represented is in central Florida and takes in parts of Orange, Lake, Marion, and Osceola Counties. Most of [...]

John Mica was born on January 27, 1943, and is the US Representative for Florida’s 7th congressional district and has been serving since 1993. His home city right now is Winter Park. He is the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, starting January 3, 2011. Mica’s a member of the Republican Party. As [...]

Serving in Congress since 1989, Clifford Bundy “Cliff” Stearns, Sr. is one of the most tenured Republican representatives in the US House of Representatives. Representing Florida’s 6th congressional district, Stearns serves on both the Energy and Commerce and Veterans’ Affairs committees. During his tenure, he has taken strong conservative stances on a number of issues, [...]