Dan Weldon
Dan Weldon (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 14th Congressional District. He was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on August 18, 2026.
Weldon (Republican Party) is also running for election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 64. He is on the ballot in the Republican primary on August 18, 2026.[source]
Weldon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dan Weldon earned a high school diploma from Tampa Catholic High School and a law degree from the University of Florida. Weldon's career experience includes working as an attorney.[1]
Elections
2026
State House
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on August 18, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 64
John Rodriguez (D), Luis Salazar (D), and Mike Suarez (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 64 on August 18, 2026.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 64
Angel Ramos (R) and Dan Weldon (R) are running in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 64 on August 18, 2026.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Campaign finance
Endorsements
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U.S. House
See also: Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2026
Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 18 Democratic primary)
Florida's 14th Congressional District election, 2026 (August 18 Republican primary)
General election
The primary will occur on August 18, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
General election for U.S. House Florida District 14
Incumbent Kathy Castor (D), Brian Lambert (L), Salomon Hernandez (No Party Affiliation), and Keith Varian (No Party Affiliation) are running in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 14 on November 3, 2026.
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| Salomon Hernandez (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | ||
| Keith Varian (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | ||
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Democratic primary
The Democratic primary scheduled for August 18, 2026, was canceled. Incumbent Kathy Castor (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 14 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Juan Arauz (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14
The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14 on August 18, 2026.
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 | Mike Beltran | |
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 | John Peters | |
 | Robert Rochford | |
 | Gavriel E. Soriano | |
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 | Bea Valenti | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Erik Mishiyev (R)
- Reginald Strachan (R)
- Dan Weldon (R)
- John Wick (R)
- Shay Williams (R)
Libertarian Party primary
The Libertarian Party primary scheduled for August 18, 2026, was canceled. Brian Lambert (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party primary for U.S. House Florida District 14 without appearing on the ballot.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Dan Weldon received the following endorsements. To send us additional endorsements, click here.
- State Rep Karen Gonzalez Pittman (R)
- State Rep Juan Carlos Porras (R)
- America First Insight
Campaign themes
2026
State House
Ballotpedia survey responses
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U.S. House
Ballotpedia survey responses
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That instinct followed him north to the University of Florida, where he walked on to the football team. As a linebacker for the Gators, he learned firsthand what discipline, loyalty, and toughness actually mean, and what it takes to make the right call under pressure when others are counting on you.
While most students stayed quiet, Dan stepped into the fight for conservative values on campus. He founded a conservative student organization and built it into one of the largest chapters in the country. At a time when conservative voices were routinely sidelined, he brought the first conservative speaker to the University of Florida in nearly a decade. He also invited Holocaust survivor Irving Roth to campus to speak about truth, history, and the consequences of silence.
Dan’s work didn’t stop at campus gates. In 2019, he ran for chairman of the statewide College Republicans of Florida and was elected with more than two-thirds of the vote. During his tenure, he grew membership by several thousand and helped organize one of the largest door-knocking efforts in the group’s history for a critical Florida Senate race.
Dan went on to graduate with honors from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He began his legal career as a prosecutor.
Dan is running because he’s tired of Washington politicians putting themselves before the people they back home.- The American Dream Comes First. For young Americans, the American Dream is harder to reach than it was for their parents and grandparents. Buying a home, starting a family, and building a stable life now require jumping through hoops created by bad policy and political complacency. Dan believes the government’s job is to clear the path for opportunity so that anyone can go out, work hard, and provide for their family.
- America First Means Putting Americans First. Dan supports the America First agenda championed by Donald Trump—securing the border, protecting American jobs, standing up to China, and putting American workers before global interests. America First is not a slogan. It’s a governing principle. And it only works if leaders are willing to fight the interests that profit from doing the opposite.
- Affordability Is the Breaking Point. Housing, groceries, insurance, and energy costs are squeezing families and shutting young people out of the life they were promised. Dan believes affordability is the clearest sign that Washington has lost touch. Fixing it requires standing up to the special interests that benefit from higher prices and fewer choices.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 29, 2026
