The file

Kathy Castor

Democratic · U.S. Representative, Florida-14 · Florida · Spectrum score -43

House · 2026 ballot ·

Kathy Castor is U.S. Representative, Florida-14 in Florida. Political positions and ideology score -43 (Left). Castor is the climate gavel in the flood zone.

College: Emory University, B.A. 1988 · Florida State University College of Law, J.D. 1991
Spouse: William Lewis
Children: Two
Résumé: U.S. Representative · Florida-14 · 2007–
Hillsborough County Commission · 2002–2006
Assistant general counsel · Florida Department of Community Affairs · 1990s

Net worth: $2.8M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $600K
2026 raised: $2.8M
Years in office: 19

Where Kathy stands on the spectrum

Kathy Castor scores -43 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -43 · Left · economic -54 · social -45 · authoritarian -21

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Castor is the climate gavel in the flood zone. The file is a Tampa Democrat whose committee is an argument about her own coastline, with a donor list that is lawyers and hospitals and a port city that still wants the channel dredged.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$2.8M

+367% since taking office

House disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$600K

Now$2.8M

Tampa lawyer-political family. Climate gavel, not a port fortune.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $2.8M
Cash on hand: $1.2M

Top industries

Lawyers
Health
Unions
Environmental PACs

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Tampa climate gavel. Funds.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$100K–$500K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$30K–$150K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$100K–$500K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$30K–$150K

Sum of ranges $130K–$650K · midpoint $390K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

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Live wire

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Conflicts

Climate chair in a hurricane district — the overlap is the job.
Tampa growth machine vs the gavel.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -54
Social: -45
Authoritarian: -21
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-50
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-60
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-68
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-48
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-46
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-40
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-72
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-54
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-24
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-48
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-14
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.38

Compass

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Sources

DW-NOMINATE
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.