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.
Candidates
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. …
Side-by-side on the major issues
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.
| Issue | Scott Singer Republican | Jared Moskowitz Democratic |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes & spendingCutting taxes should be a top priority, even if it means less government spending on services. | Strongly agrees· stated position Singer campaigns on tax reform and support for President Trump's tax policies, and cites cutting Boca Raton's tax rate seven straight years to the lowest of any full-service city in Florida. | 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Crime & policingCriminal penalties should be tougher and police funding increased, rather than emphasizing reform and rehabilitation. | No public position found | 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 | 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 H.R. 1 (2025), which repealed most clean-energy tax credits. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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.' |
| VeteransExpanding VA services and veterans' benefits should be a top priority. | 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.
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).
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).
| Candidate | Economic issues | Social & legal issues |
|---|---|---|
| Scott Singer | 0.50 (6 statements) | 1.25 (4 statements) |
| Jared Moskowitz | -1.25 (4 statements) | -1.00 (5 statements) |
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.
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.