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United States House of Representatives
Joe Gruters
U.S. Representative FL-16 (2026 R Candidate · FL state senator · former FL GOP chair)
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
97
/ 100
A
Raw: 62 of 64 dynamic max
· 32 of 50 answered
Last verified: · from claim evidence
✝ God First
44/ 60
🇺🇸 America First
18/ 40
National Rank
#3,712 of 8,966 · top 41.4% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
August 18, 2026
Primary · Seat up at next election
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Registration deadline: 2026-10-05
Early voting: 2026-10-22 – 2026-11-01
Elections office: (850) 245-6200
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Florida Division of Elections
Official Profile
Florida state senator (Sarasota). Former chair of Florida Republican Party (2019-2023). Trump campaign co-chair in FL. R candidate for FL-16 open seat 2026 (Buchanan retiring).
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
Voted YES on Florida SB 300 (2023), the six-week 'Heartbeat Protection Act' that became law May 1, 2024 — Florida's most restrictive abortion limit — affirming legal protection for unborn life from heartbeat detection onward.
- Plural Policy (successor to OpenStates)Reference
- nbcnews.comUnclassified
Candidate has voted for or actively advocates abortion abolition (not merely restrictions)
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
TRUE (+2)
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
TRUE (+2)
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
TRUE (+2)
Candidate rejects transgender ideology and affirms biological sex (male/female) as immutable and God-given
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in public policy, schools, military, and corporate-government partnerships
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports universal school choice, homeschool freedom, and opposes compulsory public-school attendance
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports parental notification and consent on all medical, mental-health, and gender-related interventions for minors
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes CRT, SOGI, "comprehensive sex ed," and gender-ideology curricula in K-12 public schools
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports age-verification on pornographic content and criminal penalties for sexualized content marketed to minors
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
TRUE (+2)
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes compelled speech against Christian conviction (pronoun mandates, gospel-proclamation hate-speech laws)
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports public-square Christian symbols, prayer in public bodies, and Sabbath/Sunday closure protections
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays, curricula, or holidays in public institutions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and supports cash and decentralized crypto as legal tender
Not yet verified
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes deficit spending and supports a balanced-budget constitutional amendment
Not yet verified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes WEF/ESG/Davos economic capture and supports anti-trust action against monopolistic financial cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports hand-counted paper ballots and opposes electronic voting machines
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
Filed SB 1168 (January 2024) requiring Florida driver's licenses to display citizenship status as an election-integrity tool for identifying non-citizens on voter rolls; as RNC Chair (from August 2025) led a national voter-ID and roll-accuracy campaign including a court order removing non-citizens from New York City local-election rolls.
- floridianpress.comUnclassified
- washingtonreporter.newsUnclassified
Candidate supports photo voter ID with citizenship verification
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes private election funding ("Zuckerbucks") and foreign-government election interference
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports mandatory deportation of all illegal aliens, including those who entered as minors
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes sanctuary city/state policies and supports federal preemption against them
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
TRUE (+2)
1 claim
Long-time champion of mandatory E-Verify: Gruters filed the measure over multiple sessions until it passed as CS/CS/SB 1718 (2023), requiring all Florida employers with 25 or more employees to verify new hires through the federal E-Verify system — the most comprehensive E-Verify law in the country at the time.
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
Not yet verified
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes red-flag laws, magazine limits, "assault weapons" bans, and gun registries
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
TRUE (+2)
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports Article I congressional war-powers requirement before any U.S. military action
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports immediate withdrawal from forever wars and repeal of standing AUMFs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes foreign aid to nations hostile to U.S. interests or actively persecuting Christians
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted donations from foreign-backed lobbies (e.g., AIPAC) or foreign-linked PACs
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes U.S. participation in WHO, U.N. governance overreach, NATO expansion, and supranational governance
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes pharmaceutical mandates of any kind (COVID, childhood, employer-required) and supports informed consent
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of pharma liability shields (1986 NCVIA, PREP Act) and restoration of tort accountability
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes Big Ag consolidation (Bayer/Monsanto/Cargill) and supports anti-trust action against agricultural cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate supports raw-milk freedom, small-farm protections, and opposes USDA / EPA overreach against family farms
TRUE (+2)
Candidate supports defense-contractor accountability, completion of Pentagon audits, and ending revolving-door appointments
N/A · out of tier
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