U.S. House, District 6
Represents Florida's 6th 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
UPDATE (Sept 2026 research pass): Ballotpedia's general-election listing (search snippet) shows Christopher Manuel Alcantara and Amr Metwally both running with No Party Affiliation on Nov. 3, 2026 alongside Randy Fine (R) and Eric Yonce (D) . News4Jax voter guide and Ballotpedia snippet: incumbent Randy Fine (R) and Eric Yonce (D) won their Aug. 18, 2026 primaries; Ballotpedia snippet also lists Christopher Manuel Alcantara and Amr Metwally as general-election candidates (party affiliation not shown in the snippet; recorded here as No Party Affiliation pending verification) ; . Fine's primary vote share was not reliably found (one snippet's percentages appeared to reference a different race and were not used). Florida's Legislature passed a new congressional map in the April 2026 special session (Senate vote 21-17 on April 29, 2026) and the Florida Supreme Court on June 10, 2026 declined (6-1) to block it, so the new district lines apply to the Nov. 3, 2026 election; litigation on the merits continues. ; ; County list reflects pre-2026 district boundaries unless a 2026 source is cited; boundaries changed under the April 2026 map and the exact new county composition was not confirmed in searches run for this guide.
Candidates
Report an error ↗One candidate in this race is a write-in. Florida does not print a qualified write-in candidate's name on the ballot. To vote for one you must write the name on the write-in line for this race; a blank or misspelled line may not be counted.
Candidates marked "Withdrew", "Defeated in the primary" or "Did not qualify" are not running in November, according to the Florida Division of Elections candidate list. A name may still be printed on the ballot if the withdrawal came late; such votes are not counted. They are excluded from match results.
Randy Fine
Randy Fine, described by FOX 35 as a Harvard graduate and business executive, served in the Florida House (2016-2024) and Florida Senate (2024-2025) before winning the April 1, 2025 special election to replace Michael Waltz in the 6th District, with President Trump's endorsement. In the Florida House he sponsored the …
Eric Yonce
Eric Yonce grew up in Citra in Marion County and graduated from North Marion High School; his father was an Ocala police officer. He worked for the Ocala Police Department, earned a business degree, spent more than 20 years managing big-box retail stores, and now works in real estate and runs a small business remodeli…
Christopher Manuel Alcantara
Listed by Ballotpedia as a Nov. 3, 2026 general-election candidate in the 6th District; Ballotpedia's 2026 general-election listing shows the candidate running with No Party Affiliation; no campaign website, biography or issue positions were found in searches run for this guide.
Amr Metwally
Listed by Ballotpedia as a Nov. 3, 2026 general-election candidate in the 6th District; Ballotpedia's 2026 general-election listing shows the candidate running with No Party Affiliation; no campaign website, biography or issue positions were found in searches run for this guide.
Andrew Parrott
Andrew Parrott is the Libertarian candidate in Florida's 6th Congressional District. He is 54, married, a welder and entrepreneur and a graduate of the Aviation Institute of Maintenance. He ran for the same seat in the April 2025 special election and says he is not beholden to either major party.
Alec Pavlik
Alec Pavlik is a write-in candidate in Florida's 6th Congressional District who says he grew up in the district and has lived there his whole life. His campaign is built on what he calls constitutionalism: he says members of Congress have voted for bills that violate the Constitution and pledges to vote against such m…
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 | Randy Fine Republican | Eric Yonce Democratic | Christopher Manuel Alcantara No Party Affiliation | Amr Metwally No Party Affiliation | Andrew Parrott Libertarian | Alec Pavlik Write-in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxes & spendingCutting taxes should be a top priority, even if it means less government spending on services. | Strongly agrees· based on record Voted for H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) in 2025, which extended the 2017 individual tax cuts and created new deductions (tips, overtime) while reducing projected federal spending on Medicaid and SNAP. His campaign site says he voted yes on 'President Trump's Working Families Tax Cuts Act, which removes taxes on tips and Social Security.' | Leans disagree· stated position Would ask the wealthiest Americans to contribute a fairer share to fund benefits. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | Leans agree· stated position Pavlik says inflation can only be eliminated if Congress passes balanced budgets and returns to what he calls sound money, and argues government has no authority to create taxes or welfare that benefit one class of people rather than the general public. |
| Housing affordabilityGovernment should do more to make housing affordable (subsidies, zoning changes, rent measures). | No public position found | Strongly agrees· stated position Would expand affordable and workforce housing while protecting renters and homeowners. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found |
| ImmigrationImmigration enforcement should be stricter, including large-scale deportation of people in the country illegally. | Strongly agrees· stated position BallotReady's summary of his statements says he advocates expanding immigration enforcement operations and removing non-citizens he considers a security or cultural risk; voted for H.R. 1's border-enforcement funding. | Leans disagree· stated position Would secure borders with technology, focus enforcement on real threats rather than families and students, and create pathways to citizenship. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found |
| AbortionAbortion should be legal in most cases (Florida's six-week ban should be repealed or loosened). | Strongly disagrees· stated position Says life begins at conception and that he will vote to restrict abortion when such bills come before him; as a state legislator he voted for and sponsored measures limiting abortion after 15 weeks (BallotReady summary). Reproductive Freedom for All's scorecard tracks his votes as opposing abortion access. | Strongly agrees· stated position Would protect reproductive freedom and keep health decisions between patients and providers. | No public position found | No public position found | Mixed / neutral· stated position Parrott says the abortion question cannot be settled by legislation and should be addressed culturally, and that under the Tenth Amendment the decision belongs to the states. | 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). | Strongly disagrees· stated position Campaign site cites an 'A' rating from the NRA for his efforts to protect the Second Amendment; President Trump's endorsement statement said he would 'Protect our always under siege Second Amendment.' | Leans agree· stated position Would require safety training for new purchases and strengthen background checks. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | Leans disagree· stated position In his 2025 Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, Pavlik described self-defense as a natural right that government has no authority to infringe, and named firearm policy as one of the areas he is personally passionate about because it affects natural rights. |
| Health careGovernment should expand its role in health coverage (expand Medicaid in Florida, extend Affordable Care Act subsidies). | Leans disagree· based on record Voted for H.R. 1 (2025), which added Medicaid work-reporting requirements and other eligibility changes and did not extend the enhanced ACA premium subsidies; the vote is coded as leaning against expanding the federal role in coverage. | Leans agree· stated position Says he wants people 'to be able to afford healthcare' and would redirect overseas military spending toward health care; specifics on Medicaid expansion or ACA subsidies were not found. | No public position found | No public position found | Leans disagree· stated position Parrott says health care should be about getting necessary care rather than unaffordable insurance plans, and in an interview described favoring insurance that travels with the person rather than the employer and direct-pay arrangements with doctors for a small monthly fee. | 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 Campaign site says he will 'PROTECT Social Security and Medicare' and cites his vote to remove taxes on Social Security benefits; a position on raising revenue for the programs was not found. | Strongly agrees· stated position Would protect benefits and ask the wealthiest Americans to contribute a fairer share. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found |
| Education & school choicePublic money should follow students to private, charter or home schools (universal school vouchers). | Strongly agrees· based on record As a Florida House member he sponsored the 2023 bill (HB 1) that made Florida's school-voucher program universal, which his campaign calls 'the largest school choice expansion in U.S. history.' | No public position found | No public position found | 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 | Strongly agrees· stated position Would discourage development in floodplains and wetlands and expand resilience grants. | 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· based on record Voted for H.R. 22, the SAVE Act (April 2025), which would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections; coded as supporting a new voting requirement rather than easing access. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | 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· 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. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | 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 | No public position found | No public position found | 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. | Strongly disagrees· based on record Voted for H.R. 1 (2025), which phased out most Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits and expanded oil and gas leasing. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found |
| Tariffs & tradeTariffs on imported goods are good for the American economy. | Strongly agrees· stated position Campaign site says he supports an 'America First Trade Policy,' standing with President Trump 'to enforce reciprocal tariffs that keep cheap imports out and bring manufacturing jobs back.' | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found |
| UkraineThe U.S. should continue military aid to Ukraine. | Strongly disagrees· stated position Opposed the June 2026 House Ukraine aid bill, telling Fox News: 'This is about engaging in Trump Derangement Syndrome as President Trump tries to bring this [conflict] in for a landing.' He was not among the 18 Republicans who voted for it. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | Leans disagree· stated position Pavlik argues that aid to foreign countries should come voluntarily from people rather than through government, saying that if Americans want to help a foreign land they will do so, often more efficiently, without government coercion. |
| Trump administrationI approve of the direction of the Trump administration. | Strongly agrees· stated position Recruited and endorsed by President Trump, who called him a 'MAGA Warrior' and gave him a 'Complete and Total Endorsement'; his campaign site frames his votes as backing the President's agenda. | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found | No public position found |
| VeteransExpanding VA services and veterans' benefits should be a top priority. | No public position found | Strongly agrees· stated position Would expand VA care, transitional housing and suicide prevention. | No public position found | No public position found | Leans agree· stated position Parrott says his priorities for veterans are streamlining VA claims processing and improving mental health support, citing the number of veterans lost to suicide. | 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.
Amr MetwallyAndrew ParrottAlec PavlikHow 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Randy Fine | 1.00 (4 statements) | 1.71 (7 statements) |
| Eric Yonce | -1.60 (5 statements) | -1.50 (4 statements) |
| Christopher Manuel Alcantara | not enough data | not enough data |
| Amr Metwally | not enough data | not enough data |
| Andrew Parrott | not enough data | not enough data |
| Alec Pavlik | 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.
Randy Fine
- K-12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act of 2026 — Introduced a bill to modernize K-12 education around artificial-intelligence literacy.
- Economy and inflation — Official 'Grow the Economy' page lists boosting job creation, countering inflation and lowering prices.
- Flags on government property (state record) — As a state senator sponsored a bill to ban flags expressing a 'political viewpoint' from government sites.
- Reciprocal tariffs / America First trade — Supports enforcing reciprocal tariffs to bring manufacturing jobs back.
- State stock-trading disclosure form — The Florida Phoenix reported that Fine checked the box on Florida's new federal-candidate form saying he intends to trade stocks if re-elected; the paper said he did not respond to a request for comment.
Eric Yonce
- Flood resilience — Says affordable housing must not mean flood-prone housing and would prioritize federal funds for communities hit hardest by flooding.Sources: Eric Yonce for Congress: Environment
- Redirecting overseas military spending — Foreign-policy page proposes shifting money from overseas military engagements to health care, veteran care and debt reduction.
- Pathways to citizenship — Supports bipartisan immigration reform with pathways to citizenship.Sources: BallotReady: Eric Yonce
Christopher Manuel Alcantara
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.
Amr Metwally
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.
Andrew Parrott
- Cost of living — Parrott's top listed issue is the economy: fighting inflation, lowering the cost of living and increasing affordability. He also blames omnibus spending bills for the growth of federal debt.
- Immigration process — On immigration, Parrott says he would streamline the process so that it is, in his words, a just and safe experience; he does not address enforcement levels or deportation.
- Ukraine — Asked about the war in Ukraine in a 2025 interview, Parrott said he would seek a negotiated outcome, including a demilitarized zone and free movement for commerce.
Alec Pavlik
- Constitutional government and natural rights — Pavlik says Congress must reclaim all federal legislative power from the executive and unelected officials, and that rights including life, liberty, property and self-defense are inherent and government exists to secure them.
- Copyright and corporate law — He says copyright and corporate law are outdated for the digital age and can conflict with individuals' rights to free speech, conscience and personal property.