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Mike Haridopolos

U.S. House · FL-8 · Republicans · since 2025

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Biography

Overview

Mike Haridopolos is a Republican U.S. representative from Florida's 8th congressional district, serving since 2025. He previously served in the Florida House (2000-2003) and Florida Senate (2003-2012), including as Senate President from 2010-2012. Before entering politics, he was a history and political science instructor at Brevard Community College and later at the University of Florida.

Career

Haridopolos built his legislative career in Florida, serving 12 years in the state legislature and rising to Senate President during a period of strong Republican control. At the state level, he focused on making the Florida Senate more conservative. In Congress, he is currently developing a legislative agenda centered on financial technology and space. He was elected to the U.S. House with 62% of the vote in 2024 in an open-seat race, immediately consolidating Republican support after announcing his candidacy.

Prior political experience

Haridopolos was elected to the U.S. House in 2024 with 62% of the vote in Florida's 8th congressional district, an open seat created when incumbent Bill Posey announced his retirement in April 2024. At the state level, he won his initial Florida House seat in 2000 by 30+ percentage points in the primary and 65-35% in the general election. He was re-elected to the Florida House in 2002 with over 82% in the primary and 79% in the general. He won a Florida Senate special election in 2003 with 84% in the primary and 63% in the general, and was re-elected without opposition in both 2006 and 2010.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

Liberal
Conservative
119th Congress+0.420

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

−1
+1
+0.074
Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 342 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
1stU.S. House FL-82025–presentIn progressDaniel Webster—

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term2

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

YearSeatResultVote shareField
2024U.S. House FL-8Pending62.24%