Carlos Gimenez
Bio | Carlos Gimenez worked as a firefighter and went on to become Chief of Fire-Rescue in Miami-Dade County. He was a member of the International City Managers Association, the International Association of Fire Chiefs and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. |
Status and Position | Current US House of Representatives of Florida |
Political Party and Jurisdiction | Republican, Florida |
Elections | Election Jurisdiction | Started Campaign | Campaign Status | Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election Fl-26 | Fl-26 | Yes | Running | 47.0% |
Campaign Financing | Carlos' top donors are pinnacle housing (affordable housing) law firms, accounting firms, and coastal construction along with other construction firms. |
Voting Rights | Carlos has made no clear stance on this. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues | Stance | Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Against | Does not support Universal healthcare. as of October 1, 2020 Carlos cut county healthcare planning, and does not support affordable care act |
| Socialized Healthcare | Against | Carlos does not support socialized healthcare. |
| Private Healthcare | Unknown | Carlos has no clear stance on this issue |
| LGBT Rights | For | Carlos supports LGBTQ rights. Carlos is endorsed by the SAVE action PAC his first and second term as mayor as states he will continue to defend LGBTQ rights |
| Taxes | Against | Carlos supports tax cuts. reversed property tax increase that occurred under his predecessor. |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Specified he will keep the overall county tax burden flat he does not have a clear stance. reversed property tax increase that occurred under his predecessor. |
| Abortion | Unknown | Carlos has not stated a clear stance on abortion. He has not stated a stance on abortion or questions of when life begins after conception. |
| Gun Control | For | Carlos supports gun control. Carlos joined the MAIG (mayors against illegal guns) coalition, has stated support on gun laws to "keep guns out of criminals hands" |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Has made no clear stance on this issue. Carlos joined the MAIG (mayors against illegal guns) coalition, has stated support on gun laws to "keep guns out of criminals hands" |
| Government Interference | Unknown | Carlos has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Planned Parenthood | Unknown | Carlos has made no clear stance on planned parenthood. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Carlos has no clear stance on this issue N/A |
| Welfare | Unknown | Carlos has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | N/A Carlos has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | For | Carlos stated " The correlation between crime rate and tougher prison sentences" |
| Military Spending | Unknown | N/A |
| War on Terrorism | Unknown | Carlos has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | N/A Carlos has made no clear stance on this issue |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Carlos has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Carlos has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | N/A Carlos has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Carlos has made no clear stance on this issue. |
| Affirmative Action | For | Carlos adopted legal protections for individuals based on gender identity and expression, amended the human rights law to prohibit discrimination of race or gender in housing, workforce, public accommodations etc. |
| Government Spending | Against | Carlos campaigned for less government spending. |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | Carlos has no clear stance on this issue. |
| Common Core | Unknown | N/A Carlos has no clear stance on this issue. |
| Clean Energy | For | Carlos supports clean energy efforts. Carlos launched a large floating solar panel and stated "when we create clean energy while keeping our air clean" |
| Religious Freedom | Unknown | N/A Carlos has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Separation of Church and State | Unknown | Carlos has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Carlos has made no clear stance on this issue |
| Border Control | For | Carlos supports border control. Carlos complied with Trump's order to detain illegal immigrants and hold them in detention centers, as well he stated supporting Trump's mexico border wall |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Carlos has no clear stance on this issue. |
| DACA | For | Carlos supported the DACA extension and stated "they deserve an opportunity to achieve the American dream" |
| Sanctuary Cities | Nuance | Carlos abandoned his sanctuary city status after complying with Trump's executive order, Carlos ordered county jails to comply with federal immigration detention requests. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Nuance | Carlos stated "while i support marijuana for medicinal purposes, this amendment is a little too loose" |