# Kathy Castor Democratic U.S. Representative from **Florida's 14th congressional district** (Tampa), in the House since 2007. She appears in this vault primarily as the **contestee** in the Federal Contested Elections Act contest filed against her 2024 re-election by Republican candidate Robert Rochford — a contest the [[House Administration Committee]] dismissed as untimely in **H. Rept. 119-55 (April 9, 2025)**, because the notice of contest was filed with the Clerk on January 9, 2025, three weeks after the statute's 30-day deadline had run from Florida's November 19, 2024 certification. *Stub — expand with committee assignments, legislative record, and district politics.* ## See also - [[How a Contested House Seat Is Decided]] — the FCEA machinery that disposed of the contest against her - [[Federal Contested Elections Act]] · [[House Administration Committee]] - [[United States House of Representatives]]