LegiStorm

Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• College of William and Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law - JD (2004-2007)

• Florida State University - BS, social science (2000-2003)

• Niceville (Fla.) High School - Diploma (2000)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  1st Congressional District of Florida
  Matthew Louis Gaetz II (Matt), 64.61%

  Republican
  Phillip Charles Ehr (Phil), 34.01%

  Democrat
  Albert Oram, 1.38%

  Non-designated

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  1st Congressional District of Florida
  Matthew Louis Gaetz II (Matt), 67.06%

  Republican
  Jennifer Mijares Zimmerman, 32.94%

  Democrat

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  1st Congressional District of Florida
  Matthew Louis Gaetz II (Matt), 69.10%

  Republican
  Steven Specht, 30.90%

  Democrat

Employment History

• Keefe Anchors & Gordon PA (2007-2016)

  Attorney

Associated Organizations

• Friends of Matt Gaetz (Florida)

• Okaloosa Walton Bar Association

• Emerald Coast Marine Institute

• Air Force Enlisted Village

• National Rifle Association

  Lifetime Member

• First Baptist Church (Fort Walton Beach, Fla.)

Awards

• Champion of Limited Government (Institute for Legislative Analysis) (June 2023)

• Freedom Fighter Award (FreedomWorks Inc.) (Jan. 2022)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

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

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

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

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (Sept. 2018)

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

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

• Conservative Excellence Award (American Conservative Union Foundation) (May 2017)

• Legislative Champion (Florida Sheriffs Association) (2013)

• House Leadership Award (Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association) (2013)

• Legislator of the Year (Florida Police Chiefs Association) (2013)

• Legislator of the Year (Florida Medical Association) (2013)

• Legislator of the Year (Florida State Bar) (2013)

• Legislator of the Year (Florida Automobile Dealers Association) (2013)

• Defender of Liberty Award (American Conservative Union) (2013)

• Freshman Legislator of the Year Award (Florida Osteopathic Medical Association) (2011)

Publications

• Firebrand: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the MAGA Revolution (2020)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	2021 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-0901
Phone:	202-225-4136

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Privately Financed Travel

4 trips taken between 2017 - 2021 costing $48,939

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Committees

• House Armed Services Committee
House Armed Services Committee Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems Subcommittee
House Armed Services Committee Military Personnel Subcommittee
• House Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee Administrative State, Regulatory Reform and Antitrust Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee
House Judiciary Committee Select Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee

Caucuses

• Congressional Air Force Caucus
• Congressional Animal Protection Caucus
• Congressional Army Caucus
• Congressional Blockchain Caucus
• Congressional Cannabis Caucus
• Congressional Defense Communities Caucus
• Congressional Justice for Warriors Caucus
• Congressional Navy and Marine Corps Caucus
• Congressional Range and Testing Center Caucus
• Congressional Reformers Caucus
• Congressional Soils Caucus
• Congressional Special Operations Forces Caucus
• House Climate Solutions Caucus
• House Military Depot, Arsenal, Ammunition Plant and Industrial Facilities Caucus
• House Republican Conference
• House Small Brewers Caucus
• House Space Force Caucus
• Hypersonic Caucus
• Roosevelt Conservation Caucus

Caught Our Eye

• Rep. Gaetz, crusader against reckless spending, led the House in 2023 office expenses

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 11, 2024
  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who cited the federal government's "reckless spending" as a justification for bringing a motion to vacate against then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), led the House in 2023 office spending - thanks, in part, to new reimbursement rules that allowed the congressman to receive more than $40,000 for housing and meals. read more

• Democrats are spending more of their 2023 MRA, LegiStorm data shows

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 12, 2023
  Democrats are leading the House in actually using their 2023 Members' Representational Allowances, according to a LegiStorm analysis. read more

• Federal Advocates adds House chief of staff

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 15, 2019
  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has lost his chief of staff to K Street. read more

• Anti-immigration group snags legislative director

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 21, 2018
  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has lost his first legislative director. read more

• Rep. Gaetz adds cigar lobbyist as new chief

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 24, 2017
  One of Congress's top champions for marijuana reclassification has picked up a new chief of staff from an adjacent industry: the premium cigar lobby. read more

• Freshman rep. loses chief of staff to lobbying

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 15, 2017
  As it makes its entrance into Washington, one of Florida's top lobbying firms has prematurely snagged a freshman member's chief of staff. read more