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Florida U.S. House District 14 2026: where the candidates stand on data centers

3 candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot, from the Florida Department of State's list (opens in a new tab). The officeholder comes first, then the Republican and Democratic nominees together by last name, then everyone else by last name; in each group a candidate with a statement or vote on the record comes first (how the order works). Each has the same space. The list: Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, Candidate Tracking System: Candidate Listing for 2026 General Election (The listing states no certification or as of date; it is the Division's live Candidate Tracking System read on October 9, 2026).

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The candidates

  1. Kathy Castor, Democratic candidate for U.S. House District 14, Florida

    Kathy Castor

    Democratic · In office

    Rep. Kathy Castor, D Florida, is a Democratic co sponsor of the Ratepayer Protection Act.

    Their newest statement on the record, September 16, 2026, Fox News (opens in a new tab).

    What they said

    2 statements on the record

    What they did

    0 votes in favor of data centers 1 vote against

    2 statements · 1 vote on the record

    Photo: United States Government, public domain (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab), cropped.

    Kathy Castor's page · In their own words

  2. Mike Beltran, Republican candidate for U.S. House District 14, Florida

    Mike Beltran

    Republican

    No sourced statement on the record as of October 10, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.

    0 statements · 0 votes on the record

    Photo: Florida House of Representatives, public domain (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab), cropped.

    Mike Beltran's page · In their own words

  3. Brian Lambert

    Libertarian

    No sourced statement on the record as of October 10, 2026. No vote on a data center measure either. Silence is not a position.

    0 statements · 0 votes on the record

    Brian Lambert's page · In their own words

Certified write in candidates 2

These candidates are not printed on the November 3 ballot. A voter writes in the name, and the votes count because an official election list certifies the candidacy: the state's own, or a county election board's where the state publishes none. Each line names the list that certifies it; what each has said about data centers stays on their own page.

Labels are applied by the record's published rules: two readings of each statement, and a third that reads its source where the two differ. Every label sits beside its statement and its source, and any label can be challenged through Report a change, with the correction logged on the corrections page.

In their own words

Where does Kathy Castor stand on data centers?

Kathy Castor has 2 statements on data centers on the record.

Statements 2 statements
  1. · paraphrased · label set by a tiebreak

    Rep. Kathy Castor, D Florida, is a Democratic co sponsor of the Ratepayer Protection Act.

    Fox News (opens in a new tab) · Full quote, context and sources

  2. · paraphrased

    Kathy Castor, Florida Democrat, co sponsors legislation with Evans citing skyrocketing electric bills and need to prevent ratepayers from subsidizing data center energy demands

    CNBC (opens in a new tab) · Full quote, context and sources

Votes 1 vote

1 vote on data center measures: 0 in favor of data centers, 1 against.

  1. Voted yes on a measure that limited data centers: H.R. 9340, U.S. House of Representatives, September 16, 2026 · against

Where does Mike Beltran stand on data centers?

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Mike Beltran.

Statements 0 statements

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Mike Beltran.

Votes 0 votes

No vote on a data center measure on the record.

Where does Brian Lambert stand on data centers?

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Brian Lambert.

Statements 0 statements

No public statement on data centers is on the record yet for Brian Lambert.

Votes 0 votes

No vote on a data center measure on the record.

Candidates and their order come from the Florida Department of State's list (opens in a new tab), verified October 9, 2026. Every candidate, by state · How the record reads leaders.

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