U.S. House, District 25
Represents Florida's 25th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives; votes on federal laws and spending. Term: 2 years.
Partly verified. Either the November opponent could not be confirmed from available sources, or only a few positions are documented. Confirm the full candidate list on your county sample ballot; unknown positions are shown as such.
How we verified who is on the ballot
Newly drawn district. Roster from CBS Miami, Boca Daily News and Boca Raton Tribune: Scott Singer (R) vs. Jared Moskowitz (D). County makeup inferred from coverage (Boca Raton-based; Rep. Wasserman Schultz's Weston home no longer inside it) and not independently confirmed. No NPA candidate identified; absence unconfirmed.
Debates and forums
- Dates not announced · Update: the two met at a forum at Congregation B'nai Israel, Boca Raton, on Oct. 20 (held), and were scheduled to meet again at the Miami Beach JCC on Tuesday, Oct. 27. No televised debate; Singer challenged Moskowitz to one on Oct. 20, and no acceptance was reported. A Sun Sentinel Zoom event Moskowitz mentioned on Oct. 14 has not been confirmed.
Jared Moskowitz (D), Scott Singer (R) - 2026-10-20 · Candidate forum at Congregation B'nai Israel, Boca Raton (about an hour, 100+ attendees). Held. Topics included Israel and antisemitism, Iran, Cuba, Ukraine, Social Security and insurance costs; the two sparred over attack ads and congressional stock trading. Singer: "I believe we need stronger penalties against congressional stock trading." Moskowitz: "proud to be known as the most pro-Israel Jewish Democrat in Congress."
Jared Moskowitz (D), Scott Singer (R) - 2026-10-27 · Candidate forum at the Miami Beach JCC. Scheduled (for 'next Tuesday,' per Oct. 20-21 reports), not yet reported on.
Jared Moskowitz (D), Scott Singer (R)
Candidates
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Scott Singer
Scott Singer served as mayor of Boca Raton from 2018 until his congressional run; his campaign says the city cut its property tax rate seven straight years under him. He launched a bid against U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz in the old CD 23 in December 2025 and pivoted to the new 25th District after the 2026 map passed. He…
Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz has served in Congress since 2023 representing the 23rd District and previously was Florida's emergency management director and a state representative, where he worked on the 2018 school-safety law passed after the Parkland shooting. After the 2026 redistricting he ran in the new 25th and won the Aug. …
Michaelangelo Hamilton
Michaelangelo Hamilton is a write-in candidate in Florida's 25th Congressional District. He first ran for Congress in 2022, when he drew attention as one of the youngest congressional candidates in recent years, and is running again in 2026 under the slogan "Written off. Written in." He says he was raised by a single …
Peter Jassenoff
Peter Jassenoff is the Libertarian nominee in Florida's 25th Congressional District. He is 33, a single father, and a former Republican who registered as a Libertarian a few years ago. He advanced to the general election after the Libertarian primary was canceled. The Republican Party of Florida sued to remove him fro…
Side-by-side on the major issues
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Taxes & spendingHousing affordabilityImmigrationAbortionGunsHealth careSocial Security & MedicareEducation & school choiceEnvironment & waterElections & votingCrime & policingGender identity lawsEnergy & utilitiesTariffs & tradeUkraineTrump administrationVeterans
Where the candidates in this race split, issue by issue.
Strongly agreesLeans agreeMixed / neutralLeans disagreeStrongly disagreesNo public position found
Each row is a statement. The chips show how each candidate's stated positions or record relate to that statement. Expand a row to read the evidence and sources. "No public position found" means we could not find a statement or record on the topic, not that the candidate has none.
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| Issue | Scott Singer Republican | Jared Moskowitz Democratic | Michaelangelo Hamilton Write-in | Peter Jassenoff Libertarian |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxes & spendingCutting taxes should be a top priority, even if it means less government spending on services. | Strongly agrees· stated position In accepting the National Federation of Independent Business endorsement on Sept. 23, Singer said he would seek lower federal taxes, fewer business regulations and reduced government spending, citing seven consecutive reductions in Boca Raton's property tax rate as Mayor. | Leans disagree· based on record Moskowitz voted against H.R. 1 (2025), which extended the 2017 tax cuts while cutting Medicaid and SNAP spending (all House Democrats opposed final passage); he has criticized tariff increases as 'a tax on families.' Sources: House Roll Call 190 on H.R. 1 (final passage, 218-214), Jul… (2025-07-03) · H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act (119th Congress) - Congr… (2025-07-04) · House passes final version of One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 2… (2025-07-03) · Jared Moskowitz: 2026 Florida U.S. House profile (Predictio… (2026) | Leans agree· stated position Hamilton's platform calls for tax relief for working families, with extra relief for single-parent households, and for reducing what he calls wasteful government spending. | No public position found |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | Leans disagree· stated position Singer attributes about 30% of housing costs to regulation, including federal environmental rules, and says removing that regulatory cost 'lowers that cost of housing for all residents,' rather than proposing subsidies. | No public position found | Strongly agrees· stated position Hamilton says he would increase housing supply to bring costs down, expand first-time homebuyer programs and stabilize rental markets. | No public position found |
| ImmigrationImmigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally. | Leans agree· stated position Singer's campaign says he 'strongly supports President Trump's efforts to secure the border' and enforce immigration laws, reversing Biden-era policies; a specific position on large-scale deportation was not found. | Leans agree· based on record Moskowitz was the only Florida Democrat to vote for the Laken Riley Act (H.R. 29/S. 5, Jan. 2025), which requires federal detention of unauthorized immigrants arrested for theft-related and certain other crimes. He voted against the SAVE Act. No stated position on large-scale deportation was found. Sources: Six Florida Democrats vote against 'Laken Riley Act' (Flori… (2025-01) · These Democrats flipped their votes on the Laken Riley Act … (2025-01) · House Roll Call 6 on H.R. 29, Laken Riley Act, Jan. 7, 2025… (2025-01-07) · House Roll Call 23 on S. 5, Laken Riley Act (263-156), Jan.… (2025-01-22) · S.5 - Laken Riley Act (119th Congress) - Congress.gov (2025-01-29) | Leans agree· stated position Hamilton says he would strengthen border security and enforcement, ensure immigration laws are followed, and prioritize the removal of people who commit serious crimes. | No public position found |
| AbortionAbortion should be legal in most cases (Florida's six-week ban should be repealed or loosened). | No public position found | Strongly agrees· stated position Moskowitz's campaign says he supports preserving and expanding access to abortion and reproductive health care. | No public position found | No public position found |
| GunsGun laws should be stricter (keep the red-flag law and the age-21 purchase rule; expand background checks) rather than looser (permitless or open carry, lower purchase age). | No public position found | Strongly agrees· stated position Moskowitz, who represented Parkland in the Legislature, helped pass Florida's 2018 law raising the purchase age to 21 and creating red-flag orders; in Congress he supports an assault-weapons ban, universal background checks, a federal red-flag law, raising the federal purchase age for semiautomatic firearms and limits on ghost guns and 3D-printed gun files. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Health careGovernment should expand its role in health coverage (expand Medicaid in Florida, extend Affordable Care Act subsidies). | Leans agree· stated position Post-primary coverage lists restoring Affordable Care Act tax credits and addressing Medicare cuts among Singer's priorities, along with lowering health-care costs. | Leans agree· based on record Moskowitz voted against H.R. 1 (2025) and his campaign says he has acted to block proposed Medicaid cuts and joined bipartisan bills to expand Medicare benefits. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Social Security & MedicareSocial Security and Medicare benefits must be protected from any cuts, even if that requires more revenue. | Leans agree· stated position Singer lists addressing Medicare cuts among his priorities; no statement on Social Security financing was found. | Strongly agrees· stated position Protecting Social Security and Medicare is among Moskowitz's listed campaign priorities; in 2025 he partnered with Rep. Al Green on legislation to protect Social Security phone services from reported DOGE-driven changes. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Education & school choicePublic money should follow students to private, charter or home schools (universal school vouchers). | Leans agree· stated position Singer's campaign emphasizes protecting parental rights and expanding school choice. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found |
| Environment & waterProtecting water quality, conservation land and climate resilience should take priority even if it slows development or raises costs. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found |
| Elections & votingVoting should be made easier (mail voting, drop boxes, restoring voting rights) rather than adding new restrictions. | Leans disagree· stated position Singer criticized Rep. Moskowitz's vote against the SAVE Act, which would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. | Leans agree· based on record Moskowitz voted against the SAVE Act (H.R. 22, April 2025), which would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote; his opponent has criticized that vote. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Crime & policingCriminal penalties should be tougher and police funding increased, rather than emphasizing reform and rehabilitation. | Leans agree· stated position In accepting police endorsements on Sept. 22 and Sept. 26 Singer said he would seek more resources for law enforcement and oppose cuts to police funding in Congress. | Leans agree· based on record Voted for the Protecting Our Nation's Capital Emergency Act (H.R. 2096), the 2025 bill repealing parts of the District of Columbia police-accountability law; a vote for it is coded as leaning toward tougher policing. | Leans agree· stated position Hamilton lists supporting law enforcement and public safety among his platform's five priorities, under the heading of securing communities. | No public position found |
| Gender identity lawsFlorida's laws restricting gender-affirming care for minors and classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity should remain in place. | No public position found | Leans disagree· based on record Voted against the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R. 28), the 2025 bill barring transgender girls and women from female school sports under Title IX; a vote for it is coded as leaning toward keeping restrictions in place. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Energy & utilitiesGovernment should promote renewable energy and tighten oversight of utility rate increases, even at the expense of fossil-fuel production. | No public position found | Leans agree· based on record Voted against the Protecting American Energy Production Act (H.R. 26), the 2025 bill barring a presidential moratorium on hydraulic fracturing without an act of Congress; a vote for it is coded as leaning toward fossil-fuel production. | Leans disagree· stated position Hamilton says he would back American energy production in order to bring down gasoline and utility costs. His platform does not mention renewable energy or utility regulation. | No public position found |
| Tariffs & tradeTariffs on imported goods are good for the American economy. | No public position found | Strongly disagrees· stated position Moskowitz criticizes tariff increases as a tax on families and introduced the Supporting American Allies Act to exempt Israel and Ukraine from new tariffs. | No public position found | No public position found |
| UkraineThe U.S. should continue military aid to Ukraine. | No public position found | Strongly agrees· based on record Moskowitz voted for the $60.8 billion Ukraine Security Supplemental (H.R. 8035, April 2024), has described Ukraine and Israel as allies 'fighting against adversaries that want them erased,' and sponsored a bill to shield both from tariffs. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Trump administrationI approve of the direction of the Trump administration. | Strongly agrees· stated position Singer expresses support for President Trump's 'America First' agenda, his tax policies and his border enforcement efforts. | Leans disagree· stated position Moskowitz joined the House DOGE caucus in late 2024 and voted with Republicans on the Laken Riley Act, but by May 2025 said the execution of the administration's agenda had been a 'total failure' and declared the DOGE caucus 'dead.' | No public position found | No public position found |
| VeteransExpanding VA services and veterans' benefits should be a top priority. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found |
Where they sit on the map
Each candidate is placed by the average of their documented stances. It is a summary of the table above, not an extra judgment.
RepublicanDemocraticWrite-inLibertarian· photo or initials inside each bubble · hover or tap for details
Not enough documented positions to place: Michaelangelo HamiltonPeter Jassenoff
How the axes are computed
Each axis is the average of a candidate's coded stances (+2 to −2) on a fixed set of statements, so it comes straight from the documented positions and nothing else. A candidate needs at least three documented statements on an axis to be placed.
Economic issues (toward "Smaller government (lower taxes, less spending)"): Taxes & spending (agree), Property taxes (agree), Health care (disagree), Housing affordability (disagree), Property insurance (disagree), Energy & utilities (disagree), Social Security & Medicare (disagree), Teacher and staff pay (disagree).
Social & legal issues (toward "Conservative side of the statements"): Immigration (agree), Abortion (disagree), Guns (disagree), Education & school choice (agree), Elections & voting (disagree), Crime & policing (agree), Gender identity laws (agree), Marijuana (disagree), Environment & water (disagree), Trump administration (agree), Library and classroom materials (agree), School safety approach (agree).
| Candidate | Economic issues | Social & legal issues |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Singer | 0.50 (6 statements) | 1.20 (5 statements) |
| Jared Moskowitz | -1.25 (4 statements) | -0.71 (7 statements) |
| Michaelangelo Hamilton | 0.00 (3 statements) | not enough data |
| Peter Jassenoff | not enough data | not enough data |
Other issues the candidates have raised
Priorities each candidate has brought up on their own, beyond the major-issue list above.
Scott Singer
- Cutting regulations and bringing jobs back — Singer campaigns on cutting regulations and bringing jobs back to the United States.
- Property-insurance reform — He proposes cross-state insurance competition and expanded mitigation efforts beyond the NFIP.
- Israel and antisemitism — In an interview he cited Israel and concerns about socialism in the Democratic Party as reasons to replace Moskowitz.
- Record as Boca Raton mayor — He highlights his local record, including tax-rate cuts and city services.
- Israel; debate — Singer says his priorities include strengthening the U.S.-Israel relationship and confronting antisemitism. He accepted a WPLG Local 10 televised debate; the station cancelled it after Moskowitz declined, and Singer said voters deserved to hear both candidates on ethics, Israel and taxes.
- First general-election television ad, 'Who is Scott Singer' — In a 30-second ad that began airing Sept. 30, Singer highlighted cutting tax rates seven times as Boca Raton Mayor and pledged to target fraud and waste in the federal government, prosecute those who commit fraud with taxpayer money, and ban all stock trading by members of Congress. 'Public service should be about serving the public, not personal enrichment,' he said.
- 'Seven Times' TV ad — Singer's second TV ad says Boca Raton cut its tax rate seven times while he was mayor and that he would target fraud and waste and ban congressional stock trading. Florida Politics found the millage rate did fall in seven of eight years but property-tax revenue rose about 82% as values climbed; his campaign said 'That’s a tax rate cut — simple as that.'
- Congressional stock trading — Singer said: "I believe we need stronger penalties against congressional stock trading and I think we need them in the executive branch too."
Jared Moskowitz
- Homeowners insurance crisis — He lists addressing Florida's homeowners-insurance crisis among his priorities.
- Israel and antisemitism — Moskowitz supports continued U.S. military assistance to Israel, opposes the BDS movement, and ran a 2026 ad targeting antisemitism.
- DOGE caucus / government efficiency — He joined the bipartisan DOGE caucus in Dec. 2024 and later declared it 'a complete failure' after two meetings in five months.
- School safety legislation — He has introduced bills on school lockdown procedures and 3D-printed guns.
- Defending democratic institutions — His campaign lists defending democratic institutions and the rule of law among his priorities.
- Debate — A WPLG Local 10 televised debate with Scott Singer was cancelled after Moskowitz's campaign did not accept the station's terms; Moskowitz did not respond to the outlet's request for comment.
- Race rating move and national Democratic support — Fox News moved the district from 'Toss-up' to 'Lean D' on Sept. 22. On Sept. 25, DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene and House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar campaigned with Moskowitz in South Florida alongside former U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia and Miami Beach officials. Moskowitz is in the DCCC's Frontline program.
- Statement on Mamdani's Oct. 7 anniversary message — Moskowitz criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's statement on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack as 'atrocious.'
- Israel — At the Oct. 20 Boca Raton forum Moskowitz pointed to his record supporting Israel and fighting antisemitism, saying he is "proud to be known as the most pro-Israel Jewish Democrat in Congress."
Michaelangelo Hamilton
- Medical billing transparency — Hamilton says he would hold insurers accountable for transparency, increase oversight of fraudulent and abusive medical billing, and require clear billing so patients know what they are charged.
Peter Jassenoff
- Ballot challenge dropped — The Republican Party of Florida sued the Secretary of State to keep Jassenoff off the November ballot, arguing his qualifying fee was paid improperly, and withdrew the lawsuit on August 11, 2026, leaving him on the ballot.
- No published platform found — No campaign website, questionnaire response or interview setting out Jassenoff's positions could be found; a candidate profile of the race lists no stated positions for him.