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FL-14 Republican nominee?
$24.6K
AUG 19, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleU.S. Navy officer (retired; captain)
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
GenderMale
LocationFlorida
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BackgroundU.S. Navy officer (retired; captain)
EducationMassachusetts Maritime Academy
Notable personal detailsRobert "Rocky" Rochford is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Florida’s 14th Congressional District. He is a retired U.S. Navy captain who served for 33 years and has described serving as Commodore of Naval Beach Group ONE. He attended Massachusetts Maritime Academy and earned a master’s degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College.
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Positions
LiberalConservative
Economy & Taxes
The candidate supports tax reductions, streamlining the tax code, reducing the size of the federal government (including eliminating the Department of Education), vastly reducing the size of the IRS, and eliminating regulations viewed as unnecessary. He also opposed broad student loan forgiveness as shifting costs to others.
Healthcare
Supports maintaining Medicare and Medicaid while opposing broader taxpayer-funded universal healthcare; favors private healthcare to support research and reduce strain on government programs. Opposes vaccine mandates and says indigent care should remain available.
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Immigration & Border
Supports stronger physical border security and stopping illegal immigration; proposes more comprehensive legislation to define immigration processes and to locate and expel people who are not law-abiding, tax-paying citizens.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports restricting abortion access with exceptions; opposes taxpayer funding for abortion providers and favors chemical-abortion safety requirements. States should set abortion laws; elective abortion allowed in cases of rape or to save the mother’s life after consultation.
Climate & Energy
Supports market-driven energy policy and reducing federal regulations that increase energy costs, while endorsing continued domestic natural gas production and fast-tracking next-generation nuclear (including small modular reactors). Expresses skepticism about aggressive, rapid mandates to eliminate fossil fuels and favors engineers/industry-led decisions over broad federal mandates.
Public Safety & Guns
Expresses support for the Second Amendment as written and does not advocate new federal gun restrictions; favors law enforcement and opposes redirecting police funds.
Polls
FL-14 Republican nominee?
Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne
Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Total raisedCash on hand
$264.7K
$198.5K
$132.3K
$66.2K
$0
2024
2026
LatestYear
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate
Cycle 2024
$72.9K
$2.2K
$70.7K
$2.9K
Cycle 2026
$264.7K
$164.1K
$102.8K
$5.7K
Source: FEC
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