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2026 candidates we're tracking in FL-17
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Matthew Montavon
Democratic
Retired public administrator who worked in local government planning and helped run a department with a $50 million budget at the United Nations' food and agriculture agency in Rome, per WSLR reporting; his campaign site shows this is his second run at the Southwest Florida seat after a 2024 bid. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Greg Steube
Republican
Incumbent
Greg Steube enlisted in the U.S. Army while attending law school at the University of Florida and served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, including as chief of detainee operations in Iraq in 2006 and 2007, per his official House biography. Before Congress he spent six years in the Florida House of Representatives and two years in the Florida Senate, and that biography describes him as serving his fourth term representing a district covering Sarasota County, Charlotte County and part of Lee County. He sits on the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, per the same biography.
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Michael J. Quirk
No Party Affil
Michael J. Quirk, a cybersecurity professional with a thirty-year career protecting banks, airlines and critical systems, is running for Florida's 17th Congressional District as a no-party-affiliation candidate, per his campaign site. He relocated to Sarasota in 2024 and started a small business there, per his campaign site. Michael J. Quirk appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-17, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
About this race
Florida's 17th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Florida primary is Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.