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2026 candidates we're tracking in FL-28
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Phil "Felipe" Ehr
Democratic
Phil "Felipe" Ehr, a retired U.S. Navy commander with a 26-year active-duty career, is running for Florida's 28th Congressional District as the Democratic nominee, per his campaign site. He previously sought the same seat in 2024 and has since taught chess, founded a nonprofit countering disinformation, and taken part in humanitarian missions in Ukraine, per his campaign site and Florida Politics. Phil "Felipe" Ehr appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot as the Democratic nominee for FL-28, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
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Carlos A. Gimenez
Republican
Incumbent
Carlos Gimenez joined the Miami Fire Department in 1975 and spent 25 years as a firefighter-paramedic, rising to become the first Cuban American to serve as chief of the department, per his official House biography. He went on to be Miami city manager from 2000 to 2004, a Miami-Dade County commissioner, and county mayor from 2011 to 2020, and that biography says he was first elected to Congress in 2020 and is the only current Cuban-born member of the House. He serves on the Armed Services and Homeland Security committees, chairing the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, and on the Select Committee on Strategic Competition with China, per the same biography. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Eddy Rojas
No Party Affil
Eddy Rojas, who came to Miami from Cuba and built a service company from parking cars to leading a respected service business, is a candidate for Florida's 28th Congressional District, per his campaign site. Eddy Rojas appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-28, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
About this race
Florida's 28th 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.