U.S. House Historical Candidate Profile

Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick

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DemocraticU.S. HouseFlorida20

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Background

Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick is a Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative in Florida's 20th district in the 2026 election cycle, having previously served in that office from January 3, 2023, to January 3, 2025. Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick's campaign reported total receipts of $389,258, total disbursements of $386,958, and a cash on hand balance of -$1,264 for the 2026 election cycle. Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick has a DW-NOMINATE 1st-dimension score of -0.429, indicating she is more liberal than 43% of the members in the 119th U.S. House.

Summary compiled from cited public records. Sources: Official candidate filing records; Federal Election Commission (fec.gov/data/candidate/H8FL20032/); Federal Election Commission; dos.elections.myflorida.com/candidates/extractCanList.asp; unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-histor…; Federal Election Commission (fec.gov/data/candidate/H8FL20032/); voteview.com/static/data/out/members/H119_members.cs….

Last updated 2026-10-27.

Sourced summary

Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick served as U.S. unitedstates.github.io

[2024-07-26] Floor speech (house): Congressional Record govinfo.gov

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle report that Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick raised $389,258, spent $386,958, reported $-1,264 cash on hand. api.open.fec.gov

Voted Yea on House roll call 103 of 2025 (2025-04-28): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. clerk.house.gov

Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick's gender is recorded as F in the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset. unitedstates.github.io

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle report that Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick raised $382,527, spent $376,410, reported $2,552 cash on hand. api.open.fec.gov

Voted Nay on House roll call 87 of 2025 (2025-04-01): On Agreeing to the Resolution. clerk.house.gov

Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick was born on 1979-01-25. unitedstates.github.io

Finance snapshot

Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick's FEC candidate id is H8FL20032

Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick's latest reported receipts $389,258, disbursements $386,958. fec.gov

Claim timeline

Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick is listed by the FEC as a Democratic candidate for U.S. api.open.fec.gov Retrieved 2026-05-07.

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle report that Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick raised $356,387, spent $352,822, reported $11,081 cash on hand. api.open.fec.gov Retrieved 2026-06-30.

Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick is listed by the FEC as a Democrat candidate for U.S. api.open.fec.gov Retrieved 2026-10-06.

Voted Yea on House roll call 72 of 2025 (2025-03-24): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. clerk.house.gov Retrieved 2026-10-26.

Voted Yea on House roll call 131 of 2025 (2025-05-15): On Passage. clerk.house.gov Retrieved 2026-10-26.

Voted Nay on House roll call 46 of 2025 (2025-02-25): On Ordering the Previous Question. clerk.house.gov Retrieved 2026-10-27.

Voted Yea on House roll call 51 of 2025 (2025-02-26): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. clerk.house.gov Retrieved 2026-10-27.

Voted Yea on House roll call 29 of 2025 (2025-02-04): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. clerk.house.gov Retrieved 2026-10-27.

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Sheila Cherfilus-Mccormick profile reference

Profile status: Lost primary. Roster status: former. Race status: discovered. Incumbent/challenger mark: incumbent.

No certified general-election roster row matched this profile.

Valid citations 2009. Primary-source references 2009. First seen 2026-05-05. Last seen 2026-10-06. Profile record updated 2026-10-17.

Published claim kinds: Background 7, Statements 1, Finance 3, Votes 1956, Other sourced notes 6, ideology 1.

Other ids: Other voteview:119:22163; Bioguide C001127; Wikidata Q109560948; Vote Smart 182285; Ballotpedia Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick; OpenSecrets N00043504.

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