GOTV Intel

Casey Askar

Candidate for Florida 22nd Congressional District · Republican

On the 2026 ballotCandidate · Florida 22nd Congressional District · Nov 3 General

Ballot status source: Florida Division of Elections — Candidate Tracking System, 2026 election extract: United States Representative 022, status 'Qualified' after the 08/18/2026 primary · read Sep 24, 2026

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Running for Florida 22nd Congressional District, Nov 3 General. The race page has 1 other candidate, 3 certified results. See the race

Roles on File

Seats held and sought, elections and committees, newest first.

The District

What Florida 22nd Congressional District covers

Covers all of Hendry County; parts of Collier County, Palm Beach County and Broward County.

Map of Florida 22nd Congressional District with 228 precincts

228 precincts · District lines: Congressional lines: enacted plan "Plan EOGPCRP2026 (Congressional)" (HB 1-D, 2026 Special Session D; passed Apr 29, 2026; signed by Gov. DeSantis May 4, 2026); 2026 status: In effect for the 2026 elections: Leon County Circuit Court denied a preliminary injunction May 26, 2026; Florida Supreme Court let the map stand June 10, 2026. Official file https://www.edr.state.fl.us/Content/redistricting/2026redistricting/EOGPCRP2026.zip

Key Votes

The record

  • No public voting record

    Casey Askar has not held elected public office. He is a franchise businessman (restaurant/food-service owner, Naples) and Marine veteran; his 2020 bid for Florida 19th District ended in the Republican primary. No roll-call or legislative voting record exists. Checked 2026-09-24 against campaign biography, press coverage of the 2026 race, and the absence of any elected office in the catalog.

    Official · GOTV Intel finding (absence of record)

Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.

Their Money

Campaign finance

Last Change
Profile updated · Sep 24
Raised
$2,567,760cycle to date through Jul 29
Cash on Hand
$1,048,396cycle to date through Jul 29
Spent
$1,519,364cycle to date through Jul 29
Debts Owed
$2,100,000cycle to date through Jul 29
Next Report Due
Q3 Report · Oct 15

View on FEC.govFEC, cycle to date through Jul 29, 2026

Top Payees

Who the campaign paid most, as its filing reports it.

Campaign finance · CASEY FOR CONGRESS: Pre-Primary 2026, through Jul 29, 2026

Jul 29, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

Finance Reports

  • Campaign finance · CASEY FOR CONGRESS: Pre-Primary 2026, through Jul 29, 2026

    Raised $2,567,760.00 this cycle · spent $1,519,363.96 · cash on hand $1,048,396.04 · debts owed by the committee $2,100,000.00 — through Jul 29, 2026. Where the money came from (cycle to date, as reported): Individuals $57,760.00 (2%); Transfers from authorized committees $10,000.00 (0%); Loans made or guaranteed by the candidate $2,500,000.00 (97%). Where it went (itemized operating expenditures this cycle, FEC-processed through Sep 20, 2026): media/ad buying $858.3K; other $252.4K; legal $5,000; individuals (staff, contractors, reimbursements) $1,268.

    Jul 29, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

  • Financial disclosure · Candidate report 2026

    Candidate report (2026), covering 01/01/2025–06/19/2026; filed 07/17/2026. Reports 76 assets; highest reported ranges: Southeast Enterprise Holdings, LLC $25,000,001–$50,000,000; 28245 Tamiami, LLC $5,000,001–$25,000,000; AFNC, LLC $5,000,001–$25,000,000; APNI 1, LLC $5,000,001–$25,000,000; 72 others at or below $5,000,001–$25,000,000. Liabilities: LOC (Northern Bank and Trust) $1,000,001–$5,000,000; Note on Southeast Enterprise Holdings, LLC (Northern Bank and Trust) $25,000,001–$50,000,000; Note on D CT Holdings 1, LLC and D CT Holdings 2, LLC (Northern Bank and Trust) $5,000,001–$25,000,000; 24 more. Earned income: Salary, Askar Management Group, LLC $75,000.00. Also: 71 positions listed (e.g. Managing Member, 28245 Tamiami, LLC).

    Jul 17, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

Filings

Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.

Advertising

Who is advertising for and against Casey

  • Advertising summary · for and against (2026 cycle)

    For: own campaign $0 on Google; outside Google ads $0–$0; Snap $0; broadcast TV not searched; FEC independent expenditures $57,925. Against: outside Google ads $6,566–$7,882; opponent campaign ads $0–$0; Snap $0; broadcast TV not searched; FEC independent expenditures $704,806. 2026 cycle. Broadcast TV: not yet searched. Meta not included.

    Aug 18, 2026 · Official · Ads summary (2026 cycle)

  • Google/YouTube ads · Club for Growth Action (opposing)

    Club for Growth Action — opposing this candidate (evidence: schedule e). 5 ads since Nov 2024; spend on these ads $6,566–$7,882 (Google creative spend ranges, geo-allocated); 0 of them also linked to other candidates.

    Aug 18, 2026 · Official · Google Political Ads Transparency Report (bundle updated 2026-09-23 21:37 PT) · source

Independent Expenditures

FEC independent expenditures on file: $343,314 supporting, $704,806 opposing, across 22 reports.

Spend as each platform or filing reports it. Each line is a separate measure, and they are not added together.

In Their Words

What they have said, on the record

“lifelong Republican, lifelong Christian conservative. I believe that this country is a Judeo-Christian nation, and I am going to fight and champion to keep it that way.”
Exclusive · FL GOP Candidate Casey Askar: My Opponent Another 'Part of the Democratic DSA, Far-Left Woke'Sep 18, 2026 · Press · Breitbart News · source
“I’m as good as the people that I’ve got around me, and I’ve always invested in people in Main Street, not Wall Street, and that resonated well”
Exclusive · FL GOP Candidate Casey Askar: My Opponent Another 'Part of the Democratic DSA, Far-Left Woke'Sep 18, 2026 · Press · Breitbart News · source
“Florida is the capital of Latin America, and so we’ve got to make sure that we’re suppressing communism, controlling the trade the way that we are, and root communism out … If we root communism out, it makes us safer”
Casey Askar Affirms the U.S. Must 'Root Out Communism' to Make us SaferSep 18, 2026 · Press · The Floridian · source
“I think it’s a good start, but it’s a temporary fix. I want to do a long-term solution … This is something that I’ve advocated for many years, being in the fuel distribution supply business, and I think that we’re taxed way too high at the pump.”
Casey Askar Promises A Permanent Reduction of The Federal Gas TaxSep 16, 2026 · Press · The Floridian · source
“It is important that all Americans—Republicans, Democrats, and Independents—continue to denounce Socialism and Democratic Socialism, and to defend our American way of life”
Casey Askar Endorsed by Both Trump and DeSantisSep 2, 2026 · Press · The Floridian · source
“As a U.S. Marine veteran, proven job creator & rock-solid America First fighter — I am honored to be your FL-22 Republican nominee. I’ll fight for you, for Florida, and alongside President Trump. On to November!”
Casey Askar, Pia Dandiya to compete for new CD 22 seat after winning their primary races TuesdayAug 18, 2026 · Press · Florida Politics · source
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“With Cuba, same thing, Cuba is the cancer of our hemisphere that's spreading that. So, I think it's very important to the community to clear out communism in those two countries and keep it from spreading from Brazil and so forth.”
Republican Casey Askar Touts Business Experience in CD 22 PitchJun 29, 2026 · Press · The Floridian · source
“One key committee that's very important to me is appropriation.”
Republican Casey Askar Touts Business Experience in CD 22 PitchJun 29, 2026 · Press · The Floridian · source
“Small business is the biggest employer in the country, so we've got to make sure - they don't even want us to help them. I'm telling you directly, small business doesn't want governments help, they just want government to stay away from them, and that's really what I want to do.”
Republican Casey Askar Touts Business Experience in CD 22 PitchJun 29, 2026 · Press · The Floridian · source
“I would do exactly what I've done my entire career is build jobs and create opportunity. That's what I do … I do it from the grassroots up. I'm a big advocate of government staying out of our pockets, controlling taxes, so that way the free markets can do their thing and flourish. I live that. I do that.”
Republican Casey Askar Touts Business Experience in CD 22 PitchJun 29, 2026 · Press · The Floridian · source
“Washington is spending its way into debt at a rate of a trillion dollars of debt every 90 days. That’s unsustainable … With our debt now exceeding our entire Gross Domestic Product, it adds to the cost of inflation we see at the grocery store, the gas pump, in housing, and pretty much everything else in our economy.”
Casey Askar jumps into increasingly competitive CD 22 contestMay 19, 2026 · Press · Florida Politics · source
“I’m running to create a ‘prosperity society’ so we can all share in the American Dream and enjoy the blessings of comfort and prosperity. If my service in Congress helps provide that for our South Florida families, what greater gift can I give?”
Casey Askar jumps into increasingly competitive CD 22 contestMay 19, 2026 · Press · Florida Politics · source
“Today, I employ thousands of Floridians across the 22nd Congressional district and South Florida. They’re my extended family. I worry about the health of their financial futures if we don’t fix the mess in Washington.”
Casey Askar jumps into increasingly competitive CD 22 contestMay 19, 2026 · Press · Florida Politics · source
“Washington is broken, and I know how to fix it. I’m a patriot who loves our country and a business leader with the skills to fix what’s broken in Washington”
Casey Askar jumps into increasingly competitive CD 22 contestMay 19, 2026 · Press · Florida Politics · source

Interviews and Published Statements

  • The Lay of the Land in 2026; Guests: Congressional Candidate Casey Askar and U.S. Senator Rick Scott

    Podcast/radio interview (host Mike Slater) · The Breitbart News Daily Podcast (SiriusXM) Excerpts from GOTV Intel's transcription: [27:06] “Which is the entire Broward area and so forth. And so she's moved to a different district and uh so so we do not have an incumbent that I'm running against.” [30:03] “Obviously you've got to try to you got to try to compete and have a big enough, you know, as big of a war chest as you can have. But it's grassroots, it's running on substance.” [30:14] “It's it's it's running on for myself, I'm running on on who I am. I'm a job, uh I'm a business guy, I'm a turnaround guy.” [30:32] “I'm the guy that pushes and creates opportunity and that's our message, is jobs, jobs, jobs. I want to bring the cost of living down.”

    Sep 17, 2026 · Press · The Breitbart News Daily Podcast (SiriusXM) · source

  • This Week in South Florida: Casey Askar

    TV interview (anchor Glenna Milberg) · WPLG Local 10 Embed only — the episode video is on Local10's own player (not YouTube/Vimeo); no transcript produced in this pass.

    Aug 23, 2026 · Press · WPLG Local 10 · source

In the News

Press coverage

Show all 15 articles

Headlines link to the original reporting, captured on the date shown.

Reach Them

Websites and accounts

  • Campaign Websitecaseyaskar.comFull-page capture of the campaign website (see screenshot). Accounts linked from the site: https://x.com/CaseyAskar, https://www.facebook.com/CaseyAskar/, https://www.instagram.com/caseyaskar/, https://youtube.com/@caseyaskar2199Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Casey Askar for CongressSelf-published
  • Xx.com/CaseyAskar1,411 followers · 225 following Captured 2026-09-24 12:56 UTC.Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · XSelf-published
  • Facebookfacebook.com/CaseyAskar3,902 followers · 79 talking about Captured 2026-09-24 12:56 UTC.Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · FacebookSelf-published
  • Instagraminstagram.com/caseyaskarPublic metrics not available without sign-in (login wall). Captured 2026-09-24 12:56 UTC — page served a login wall; no screenshot kept.Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · InstagramSelf-published
  • YouTubeyoutube.com/@caseyaskar219948 subscribers · 25 videos Captured 2026-09-24 12:56 UTC.Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · YouTubeSelf-published

The Paper Trail

Filings, results and exhibits

  • U.S. Representative · FL-22

    Republican · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot

    Sep 19, 2026 · OSINT

File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_p8detxnyy.

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