Carlos A. Gimenez

Republican Representative of Florida's 28th district

  • Representative

    Florida, district 28

    January 3, 2025 - January 3, 2027

202-225-2778

@RepCarlos

gimenez.house.gov

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Congresses Served

3

House Terms

January 17, 1954 (71 years old)

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  • Cuban-born American politician and retired firefighter
  • Served as U.S. representative for a Florida congressional district
  • Previously served as mayor of Miami-Dade County and as a Miami-Dade County Commissioner
  • Was the fire chief of the City of Miami Fire Department
  • Supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election but ran as a supporter of President Donald Trump in 2020 and was endorsed by him
  • Serves as one of the Republican assistant whips under Steve Scalise
  • Immigrated to the U.S. in 1960 following the Cuban Revolution
  • Earned a bachelor’s degree in public administration and completed a senior executives program at Harvard University
  • First Cuban-American fire chief of the City of Miami
  • Involved in various professional associations related to fire safety and management
  • Ordered Miami-Dade corrections department to honor all requests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following a Trump executive order
  • Limited the number of ballot drop locations during the COVID-19 pandemic and intervened in the selection of an early voting site
  • Member of Freedom Force, opposing socialism in America
  • Voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
  • Holds committee assignments in the Committee on Armed Services, Committee on Homeland Security, and the Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
  • Supported the Fairness for All Act, aimed at prohibiting discrimination while protecting religious freedom
  • Supported the Respect for Marriage Act, codifying the right to same-sex marriage in federal law
  • Joined a bipartisan effort in passing the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021
  • Married with three children and practices Roman Catholicism