[Mr. N. Wolfe]

“Gimenez is reliably MAGA.”

No. He’s not.

Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL) is one of the worst RINOs in congress.

https://thenewamerican.com/freedom-index/legislator/g000593/

[Sacajaweau]

Look at his name. Guess what his base is composed of...

[Teacher317]

Interesting. ProgressivePunch has a nicely sortable spreadsheet online, and they have him ranked #375 out of 393 on "crucial votes" lifetime (which would translate to a Top 20 from the Conservative perspective), and #238 out of 393 on "Overall votes" lifetime. (So, one of the Bottom 20 from the Conservative perspective... The lowest Dem is #212.)

To me, that paints a picture of a Rep who votes middle-Left on most votes, but stay towards the Right on the important votes. I'm assuming FL-28 (Monroe county, and some of Miami-Dade County... basically everything south and west of Miami) is probably very purple, and he's trying to make everyone happy by playing both sides.

Carlos won in 2024, by a very comfortable 65-34 margin... despite the voter registrations being only +2% GOP in FL-28.