- See Brian Mast's sponsored bills →Brian MastRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$4.9M raised
- James MartinDemocratic✓ Verified$773K raised
- Alexander CookeNo Party Affiliation✓ Verified$27K raised
Where they stand
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| Issue | Brian MastRepublican | James MartinDemocratic | Alexander CookeNo Party Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Mast supports reducing government interference and regulations to boost jobs and economic growth, aiming to ease financial burdens on families and create a competitive business environment. Mast votes yea on bills supporting technology use in regulation, capital access, privacy in purchases, TRIA reauthorization, and financial exploitation prevention. | Martin supports ending reckless tariffs, breaking up corporate consolidation, and expanding access to capital for small and minority-owned businesses to address the cost of living crisis. Martin calls current tariffs reckless and says arguments about trade deficits are misunderstood. | Cooke supports cutting federal red tape, expanding SBA-backed loans, and defending independent contractors to boost small businesses and entrepreneurship in Florida's Treasure Coast. |
| Healthcare | Mast supports a healthcare system that increases choice, protects pre-existing conditions, lowers costs, and opposes socialized medicine. Mast supports reforming the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans with flexible, quality medical care and to reduce corruption and claims backlog. Mast votes yea on acts reauthorizing EARLY Act, rural care improvement, Medicaid protections, lowering premiums, and patient support programs. | Martin supports healthcare as a human right and advocates for a public option that provides affordable healthcare without taking away existing employer or union coverage. Martin supports creating a public health-insurance option while letting people keep their existing coverage. | Cooke supports making enhanced ACA subsidies permanent, establishing a federal reinsurance pool for high-cost enrollees, and capping drug out-of-pocket costs for all ACA marketplace plans. |
| Immigration | Mast believes the immigration system is broken and calls for Congress to lead on reforming it. Mast votes yea on Secure America Act, DHS support resolution, BOWOW Act, deporting fraudsters, and stopping illegal entry, but nay on national emergency resolution. | Martin supports overhauling the immigration system to be safe, fair, transparent, and humane, including investing in judges, ending political use of enforcement, and creating paths to legal status. Martin supports an orderly, transparent asylum process with set time frames and more immigration judges. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Immigration: Brian Mast believes the immigration system is broken and calls for Congress to lead on reforming it 1. He voted yea on the Secure America Act, DHS support resolution, BOWOW Act, deporting fraudsters, and stopping illegal entry, but voted nay on the national emergency resolution 2. James Martin supports overhauling the immigration system to be safe, fair, transparent, and humane, including investing in judges, ending political use of enforcement, and creating paths to legal status 3. He also supports an orderly, transparent asylum process with set time frames and more immigration judges 4. | |||
| Public Safety & Crime | Mast supports local law enforcement and community organizations to fight crime, prevent domestic terrorism, reduce drug abuse, and address mental illness and domestic violence. Mast votes yea on GUARD Act, prison staff safety, privacy in purchases, veterans 2nd amendment protection, cashless bail reporting, and keeping violent offenders off streets. | Martin is committed to anti-corruption measures including banning members of Congress from trading stocks, closing the revolving door to lobbying, and increasing government transparency. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Where they differ on Public Safety & Crime: Brian Mast supports local law enforcement and community organizations to fight crime, prevent domestic terrorism, reduce drug abuse, and address mental illness and domestic violence 1. He voted yea on the GUARD Act, prison staff safety, privacy in purchases, veterans 2nd amendment protection, cashless bail reporting, and keeping violent offenders off streets 2. James Martin is committed to anti-corruption measures including banning members of Congress from trading stocks, closing the revolving door to lobbying, and increasing government transparency 3. | |||
| Abortion | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Mast supports cutting taxes, including the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, eliminating Obamacare’s individual mandate tax, and passing a Balanced Budget Amendment. Mast supports making the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent and reducing government waste, fraud, and abuse to allow families to keep more of their paychecks. Mast votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims, AGOA extension, budget resolutions, continuing appropriations, and agriculture and national security appropriations. | Martin opposes any efforts to cut Social Security, Medicare, or veterans’ benefits, including raising retirement age, privatizing Social Security, or gutting the VA. Martin supports tax incentives for employers that provide health insurance and other benefits to employees. | Cooke supports PAYGO rules with a domestic-spending firewall exempting infrastructure and disaster mitigation from offsets, and demands transparency and accountability in federal spending. Cooke opposes taxpayer-funded 'vanity projects,' citing the incumbent's spending to rename an airport as an example. |
| Energy & Environment | Mast prioritizes protecting the environment by strengthening conservation programs and addressing water issues stemming from Lake Okeechobee to preserve Florida’s natural resources. Mast votes yea on disapproving EPA rule, diesel emissions reduction, marine conservation, battlefield protection, consumer fuel choice, and HEATS Act. | Martin will relentlessly seek to end the Treasure Coast’s clean water crisis by completing Everglades restoration, cleaning up Lake Okeechobee, stopping toxic discharges, and protecting environmental laws. | Cooke supports accelerating the EAA Reservoir project, enforcing EPA action against agricultural runoff, and setting hard cyanotoxin thresholds to protect Florida's water quality and wild places. Cooke supports stronger controls on Lake Okeechobee discharges, citing environmental damage he witnessed as mayor of Juno Beach. |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Mast strongly supports Israel, opposes the Iran Nuclear Deal, and works to combat radical Islamic terrorism and support U.S.-Israel defense cooperation. Mast supports robust military funding, strong alliances, especially with Israel, and a national security strategy focused on defeating terrorism and countering threats from Iran and Russia. Mast votes nay on resolutions to remove US forces from Iran and Lebanon, but yea on defense authorization, veterans clinic naming, and FISA amendments. | Martin favors continued U.S. support for Ukraine against Russia's invasion. | Cooke supports voting yes on substantive infrastructure bills, requiring sunset votes on foreign aid supplementals, and prioritizing domestic investment over unchecked foreign aid. |