U.S. Representative — Florida’s 26th Congressional District
Florida’s 26th · educational cover · regional illustration
What this office is
A United States Representative is a federal legislator elected from one congressional district. Florida’s 26th is one of the state’s 28 House seats. The term is two years. The whole House stands for election every even-numbered year.
This page is Side One: inform, educate, inspire. It is not the race, not legal advice, and not an official government notice. For the 2026 cycle, use the election twin.
Confirm the current Member and the official map on House.gov — Find your Representative and the Clerk of the House.
How the job fits this community
Florida’s congressional map for the 2026 ballot is HB 1D, signed 4 May 2026. The 1st through 7th were not redrawn. Confirm on the Division of Elections and voter lookup. Look up the address.
The 26th is redrawn. The old seat ran from Hialeah west across the state into Collier. Collier left. The new seat takes part of Broward, including part of Pembroke Pines. Do not guess every Hialeah street. Confirm on VoteMiamiDade.
Federal work here is a west-Dade inbox and a new Broward inbox. The trans-state Collier commute is gone. Pembroke Pines files a slice that used to sit in the old 25th. Staff who still file Naples or inland Collier here are on the 2022 map.
The Representative is the human hinge between this west-Dade-and-Pembroke map and Washington.
What the job entails
- Legislate. Introduce and cosponsor bills. Sit on committees. Vote.
- The purse. The House originates revenue bills. Appropriations decide what actually gets built or staffed.
- Oversight. Hearings and letters that watch the executive branch.
- Casework. SSA, VA, IRS, USCIS, military records, passports.
- District presence. Town halls, city halls, employers, schools — the district is the employer.
- Two homes. Washington for votes and committees. The district for the people who hired the office.
What a day is like
There is no single Tuesday. In Washington: a visitor from west Miami-Dade and a visitor from Pembroke Pines. In the district: a Dade desk and a Broward desk.
The staff is the office. A serious Member is a serious principal: clear priorities, honest casework, no rumor as policy.
Place snapshot (verify official sources)
- State: Florida · Seat: District 26 of 28
- On HB 1D (redrawn): west Miami-Dade + part of Pembroke Pines
- Collier left this seat.
Orientation adapted from public congressional-district descriptions and Florida official election sources for education. The map and the Member of record are whatever the Division of Elections and House.gov say today.
What this is not
- Not a U.S. Senator (statewide, six-year term).
- Not the Governor.
- Not a county commission, or a mayor.
- Not a campaign flyer. This page does not tell anyone who to vote for.
Official doors
The arena: 2026 election — Florida’s 26th