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Florida · U.S. House · District 17 · 2026

Florida District 17 House race

General election in 51 days · Nov 3, 2026
The read · Florida District 17 House race

W. Gregory Steube has raised more than 11 times the next candidate.

Candidates in the Florida District 17 House race, 2026 report raising $1.2M between them. W. Gregory Steube reports $1M and Matthew Montavon reports $90,660, a gap of $922,902. Of what W. Gregory Steube reports, 45% came from individuals and 55% from PACs.

Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.

Every candidate on file

Ranked by money raised. Each row shows the campaign money mix and a plain-English read.

W. Gregory Steube

W. Gregory Steube

RIncumbent
R · incumbent

Incumbent leans on PAC money. 55% from PACs and 45% from individuals.

45% individuals55% PACs0% other
$1.0M
raised
MM

Matthew Montavon

D
D · challenger

58% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 42% from other sources.

58% individuals0% PACs42% other
$91K
raised
AS

Allen Spence

D
D · challenger

44% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 56% from other sources.

44% individuals0% PACs56% other
$63K
raised
MQ

Michael Quirk

N
N · challenger

0% from individuals, 0% from PACs, and 100% from other sources.

0% individuals0% PACs100% other
$12K
raised

Where the money came from

$0 in itemized outside money is on file for this cycle. Candidate fundraising is shown separately below.

Small donors & unclassified$36K
Health & Pharma$17K
Ideological / Leadership$10K
Insurance$10K
Agriculture$10K
Energy & Utilities$9K
Banking & Financial$8K
Real Estate & Construction$8K

Biggest itemized outside spenders

  • AMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$10K
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES (ASAE) PAC · pac$10K
  • ANTI-WOKE FUND · super pac$10K
  • GUIDEWELL MUTUAL HOLDING CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GUIDEWELL PAC) · pac$10K
  • THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PENSION PROFESSIONALS AND ACTUARIES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ASPPA-NAPA PAC) A/K/A AMERICAN RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARA PAC) · pac$10K
  • UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, · pac$10K
  • AMERICAN SUNTANNING ASSOCIATION PAC · pac$9K
  • NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE · pac$9K

PACs vs the people

This split is from the candidates' own reported fundraising.

47%45%
47% PACs45% individuals8% other

The incumbent's record

W. Gregory Steube is the linked incumbent for this race.

Net worth (2024)
$788K
$411K+. down $555K since 2018.
Stock trades
None on file
No disclosed individual stock transactions.
Committees
2
Current full committee seats on file.

Where they sit

  • House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
  • House Committee on Ways and Means

Who funds them

This is the incumbent's own funding by donor sector for the cycle.

Small donors & unclassified$36K
Health & Pharma$17K
Ideological / Leadership$10K
Insurance$10K
Agriculture$10K
Energy & Utilities$9K
Full profile: net worth, donors, trades, and votes ->

The tale of the tape

Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.

W. Gregory Steube
R · incumbent
W. Gregory Steube
vs
MM
Matthew Montavon
D · challenger
$1.0M
Raised
$91K
$2.2M
Cash on hand
$30K
55%
From PACs
0%
45%
From individuals
58%
Health & Pharma
Top donor sector
Too few to rank
Yes
Incumbent
No