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Biographical

Family:

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Education

• Stetson University College of Law - JD (1986-1989)

• University of Florida (Gainesville) - BA, political science (1983-1986)

• St. Petersburg (Fla.) Junior College - Attended (1981-1983)

• Tarpon Springs (Fla.) High School - Diploma (1981)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  12th Congressional District of Florida
  Gus Michael Bilirakis, 62.88%

  Republican
  Kimberly H. Walker, 37.12%

  Democrat

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  12th Congressional District of Florida
  Gus Michael Bilirakis, 58.09%

  Republican
  Chris Hunter, 39.66%

  Democrat
  Angelika Purkis, 2.24%

  Non-designated

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  12th Congressional District of Florida
  Gus Michael Bilirakis, 68.59%

  Republican
  Robert Matthew Tager, 31.41%

  Democrat

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  12th Congressional District of Florida
  Gus Michael Bilirakis, 100.00%

  Republican

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  12th Congressional District of Florida
  Gus Michael Bilirakis, 63.48%

  Republican
  Jonathan Michael Snow, 32.94%

  Democrat
  John Russell, 2.08%

  Non-designated
  Paul Sidney Elliott, 1.49%

  Non-designated

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  9th Congressional District of Florida
  Gus Michael Bilirakis, 71.43%

  Republican
  Anita De Palma, 28.57%

  Democrat

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  9th Congressional District of Florida
  Gus Michael Bilirakis, 62.17%

  Republican
  Bill Mitchell, 36.27%

  Democrat

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  9th Congressional District of Florida
  Gus Michael Bilirakis, 55.91%

  Republican
  Phyllis Busansky, 44.08%

  Democrat

Employment History

• Pegasus Title Services Inc. (Dec. 2003-Nov. 2006)

  President

• Bilirakis Law Group PA (1989-Nov. 2006)

  Senior Partner

• Bob Dole for President (1996)
  Robert Joseph Dole (Bob)

  Chair, Pinellas County

• Rep. Don Sundquist (R-TN)

  Aide

• National Republican Congressional Committee

  Intern

• White House
  Ronald Wilson Reagan

  Intern

Associated Organizations

• St. Petersburg (Fla.) College

  Honorary Chair, Veterans Legacies Archives

• Financial Florida Inc.

  Director

• Old Harbor Bank

  Member, Advisory Committee

• New Port Richey (Fla.) Marine Institute Inc.

  Member, Advisory Board

• Lighthouse of Pinellas Inc.

  Member, Advisory Board

• All Children's Hospital and Health System

  Honorary Chair, Greek Children's Fund

• Giving Us Security PAC

• Bilirakis for Congress (Florida)

• St. Petersburg (Fla.) College (2002-2003)

  Adjunct Professor

Awards

• Congressional Champion Award (YMCA of the USA) (Feb. 2024)

• Constituent Communications award (House Republican Conference) (Sept. 2023)

• Guardian of Seniors' Rights Award (60 Plus Association) (Aug. 2023)

• Legislator of the Year Award (Wounded Warrior Project Inc.) (Oct. 2022)

• Legislative Champion Award (Alliance of Community Health Plans Inc.) (Dec. 2021)

• American Patriot Award (Association of Mature American Citizens Inc.) (Nov. 2021)

• Democracy Award for Innovation and Modernization (Congressional Management Foundation) (Aug. 2021)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (2020)

• Congressional Leadership Award (American Society of Clinical Oncology) (Sept. 2019)

• True Blue Award (Family Research Council Action) (April 2019)

• Distinguished Community Health Champion (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Nov. 2018)

• President’s Award for Distinguished Public Service (American College of Cardiologists) (Oct. 2018)

• Conservative Achievement Award (American Conservative Union) (April 2018)

• Thomas Jefferson Award (International Foodservice Distributors Association) (April 2018)

• Champion Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (March 2018)

• Community Health Congressional Awards (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2018)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Outstanding House Legislator of the Year Award (Disabled American Veterans) (Feb. 2017)

• Distinguished Community Health Champion Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

• Legislator of the Year (National Alliance on Mental Illness) (Oct. 2016)

• Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award (National Association of Manufacturers) (Oct. 2016)

• Congressional Travel Advocate Award (American Society of Travel Advisors) (March 2016)

• Legislative Champion of the Year Award (Congenital Heart Institute) (Feb. 2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Distinguished Travel Champion Award (U.S. Travel Association) (March 2015)

• Silver Helmet Award (AMVETS) (March 2014)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (April 2012)

• Guardian of Seniors' Rights Award (60 Plus Association) (Oct. 2010)

• Tax Fighter Award (National Tax Limitation Committee) (Sept. 2010)

• L. Mendel Rivers Award of Excellence (Air Force Sergeants Association) (Aug. 2010)

• Conservative Award (American Conservative Union) (May 2009)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Sept. 2008)

• George ‘Buck’ Gillispie Congressional Award (Blinded American Veterans Foundation) (June 2008)

• Guardian of Worker Freedom (Americans for Tax Reform) (June 2008)

• A in English Award (U.S. English Inc.) (May 2008)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (April 2008)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form
• Vekeo, official

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	2306 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-0912
Phone:	202-225-5755

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Privately Financed Travel

4 trips taken between 2007 - 2019 costing $50,368

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• House Energy and Commerce Committee
House Energy and Commerce Committee Communications and Technology Subcommittee
House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee
House Energy and Commerce Committee Innovation, Data and Commerce Subcommittee, Chair
• Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

Caucuses

• 5G Caucus
• ALS Caucus
• American Flood Coalition
• Auto Care Caucus
• Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease
• Bipartisan Women Veterans Task Force
• Caucus for the Humane Bond, Co-Chair and Co-Founder
• Cigar Caucus
• Congressional Abraham Accords Caucus
• Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus
• Congressional Advanced Air Mobility Caucus
• Congressional Air Force Caucus
• Congressional America 250 Caucus
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Arthritis Caucus
• Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus
• Congressional Bike Caucus
• Congressional Boating Caucus
• Congressional Border Security Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Armenian Issues, Co-Chair
• Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans
• Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease, Co-Chair
• Congressional Caucus on Qatari - American Strategic Relationships
• Congressional Caucus on Religious Minorities in the Middle East
• Congressional Caucus on the Deadliest Cancers
• Congressional Caucus to Cure Blood Cancers and Other Blood Disorders, Co-Chair
• Congressional Childhood Cancer Caucus
• Congressional Children's Health Care Caucus
• Congressional Coalition for Autism Research and Education
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption
• Congressional Community College Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Community Health Centers Caucus
• Congressional Composites Caucus
• Congressional Congenital Heart Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Cystic Fibrosis Caucus
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Domestic Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Dyslexia Caucus
• Congressional EMS Caucus
• Congressional Estuary Caucus
• Congressional Everglades Caucus
• Congressional Fire Services Caucus
• Congressional Golf Caucus
• Congressional Graduate Research and Development Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Hazards Caucus
• Congressional Hearing Health Caucus
• Congressional Hellenic Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Hellenic-Israel Alliance, Co-Chair
• Congressional House Manufacturing Caucus
• Congressional Italian-American Caucus
• Congressional Kidney Caucus
• Congressional Longevity Science Caucus, Co-Chair and Co-Founder
• Congressional Mental Health Caucus
• Congressional Military Family Caucus
• Congressional Military Transition Assistance Pathway Caucus
• Congressional Military Veterans Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional Modeling and Simulation Caucus
• Congressional Motorsports Caucus
• Congressional Multiple Sclerosis Caucus
• Congressional National Guard and Reserve Components Caucus
• Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus
• Congressional Peripheral Artery Disease Caucus, Chair
• Congressional Prayer Caucus
• Congressional Recycling Caucus
• Congressional Special Operations Forces Caucus
• Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus
• Congressional Steel Caucus
• Congressional Study Group on Germany
• Congressional Taiwan Caucus
• Congressional Technology Transfer Caucus, Chair
• Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, Co-Chair
• Congressional UK Caucus
• Congressional Ukrainian Caucus
• Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus
• Congressional Vision Caucus, Chair
• Congressional Zoo and Aquarium Caucus
• Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus
• Election Integrity Caucus
• Friends of Finland Caucus
• House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism
• House Congressional Mobility Air Forces Caucus
• House General Aviation Caucus
• House Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Caucus
• House Recreational Vehicle Caucus
• House Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
• House Republican Conference
• House Republican Study Committee
• House Small Brewers Caucus
• House U.S.-Slovenia Friendship Caucus
• Infection Prevention and Control in Long-Term Care Caucus, Co-Chair
• International Conservation Caucus
• International Religious Freedom Caucus, Co-Chair
• Live Events Caucus
• Mitochondrial Disease Caucus
• Pediatric Resource Task Force, Chair
• Public Works and Infrastructure Caucus
• Rare Disease Caucus, Co-Chair
• Romania Caucus
• Transatlantic Friends of Israel Caucus
• Tuberculosis Elimination Caucus
• United Service Organizations Congressional Caucus

Caught Our Eye

• DOE deputy assistant secretary returns to the House

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 7, 2021
  An aide has returned to the House after holding a leadership position with the Department of Energy. read more

• House committee staffer takes policy position at Council for a Strong America

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on June 10, 2015
  A former House committee staffer has returned to government relations as federal policy deputy director at the Council for a Strong America. read more

• Bilirakis adviser jumps to American Public Works Association

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on May 8, 2015
  A Republican senior policy adviser in the House has taken a government affairs position at a nonprofit registered to lobby Congress. read more

• Posted by Chip Slawson on June 14, 2013
  A former aide to Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) has signed on as a lobbyist for her collegiate alma mater, becoming the institution's first federal advocate. read more

• Posted by Lane Robbins on Sept. 5, 2012
  Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.) has a communications director who is one "tough mudder." read more

• Israel jaunts set record for most costly trips

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on Sept. 12, 2011
  The American Israel Education Foundation has spent a record amount to send members of Congress and their staff to Israel in 2011, even before all the numbers are in. read more