Mike Beltran

Mike Beltran grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Harvard Law School, according to his campaign website. After law school he moved to Florida and practiced as an attorney representing individuals and small businesses; he is licensed in Florida and New York. Ballotpedia lists him as a trial attorney at his own firm, Beltran Litigation, P.A., and earlier an associate at Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. A 2018 Osprey Observer profile, when he lived in Lithia, said he had clerked for a federal judge and sat on the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit's Judicial Nominating Commission. He ran for the Florida House in November 2018 and served from 2018 to 2024, six years, before leaving office to focus on his law practice and family. In the August 18, 2026 Republican primary for Florida's 14th Congressional District he received more than 45 percent of the vote against seven other candidates. He faces incumbent Democrat Kathy Castor on November 3, 2026, alongside Libertarian Brian Lambert and two write-ins.