Representative · Florida's 18th district

Scott Franklin

Scott Franklin is a Republican representative for Florida's 18th district, in Congress since 2021. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 5, and cast 467 of 469 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2021
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	0.7%5 of 675 · rank 338 of 439	100%467 of 469 · rank 44 of 439	160 became law	11%25 of 219
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	0.7%8 of 1,222 · rank 373 of 442	99%835 of 847 · rank 148 of 442	221 became law	11%31 of 286
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	1.8%18 of 997 · rank 147 of 443	99%563 of 568 · rank 124 of 443	101 became law	18%60 of 325

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.63+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 7006: Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Jan 14, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–291· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–297· Against party
H.R. 8771: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
Jun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 109–303· Against party
H.R. 4639: Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale ActNay
Apr 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 219–199· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
H.Res. 878: Providing for the expulsion of Representative George Santos from the United States House of Representatives.Yea
Dec 1, 2023· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 311–114· Against party
H.R. 5894: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Nay
Nov 14, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 131–300· Against party
H.R. 4820: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
Nov 7, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 112–318· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Florida's 18th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $52.6M
Per resident: $63.05
Rank in Florida: 27 of 28
Contract actions: 2,341; New awards: 2,100

By fiscal year

78.7MFY2017
80.9MFY2018
267.2MFY2019
181MFY2020
70.9MFY2021
68.2MFY2022
60.4MFY2023
70.6MFY2024
86.2MFY2025
52.6MFY2026

Top buyers

Office of Procurement Operations$22.9M44%
Department of Homeland Security
Department of the Army$8.2M16%
Department of Defense
Department of the Air Force$6.5M12%
Department of Defense
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$4.9M9.3%
Department of Health and Human Services
Departmental Offices$3.4M6.5%
Department of the Interior
Defense Logistics Agency$2.5M4.8%
Department of Defense
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$2.2M4.3%
Department of Commerce
U.S. Coast Guard$519K1.0%
Department of Homeland Security

Top recipients

FIRST COAST SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.$23M44%
4 awards
EEC-LUKOS JV, LLC$4.9M9.3%
1 award
BRANTLEY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, LLC$4M7.7%
2 awards
ASRC FEDERAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, LLC$3.6M6.9%
1 award
FLETCHER FLYING SERVICE INC$3.4M6.5%
6 awards
APPLIED AQUATIC MANAGEMENT, INC.$3.4M6.4%
3 awards
CYNERGY PROFESSIONAL SYSTEMS LLC$1.6M3.1%
1 award
ECS FEDERAL, LLC$1.5M2.9%
1 award
HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCES AND CONCEPTS, INC$1.1M2.0%
4 awards
SEBRING AIRPORT AUTHORITY$1M2.0%
1,803 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $850K; through Jul 29, 2026
Cash on hand: $960.8K
From committees: $400.1K; 119 committees
From contractor PACs: $136.5K; 38 PACs · 34% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
general atomicsgeneral atomics political action committee	$10K	GENERAL ATOMICSAI match · 95% · the same organization	—
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac	$10K	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization	$6.6M
blue origin, llcblue origin llc political action committee (blue origin pac)	$8,500	BLUE ORIGIN, LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization	$1.1B
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$8,000	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)	$7,000	GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$29.3K
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee	$6,500	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$13.3B
the baldwin group, inc.the baldwin insurance group, inc. federal pac	$6,500	BALDWIN GROUP, INC., THEAI match · 94% · the same organization	—
hermeus corporationhermeus corporation pac	$5,500	HERMEUS CORPAI match · 99% · the same organization	-$3.6M
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$5,000	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$850K	$400.1K	$136.5K38 PACs · 34% of committee money
2024	$815.9K	$431.3K	$126K34 PACs · 29% of committee money
2022	$1.1M	$395.4K	$79.5K23 PACs · 20% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Florida's 18th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Florida's 18th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Florida's 15th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: franklin.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-1252
Office: 2301 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.