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Aaron Bean
U.S. Representative for Florida's 4th congressional district (since 2023)
Aaron Bean, a Republican who has represented Florida's 4th congressional district since 2023 after serving in the Florida Senate from 2012 to 2022, seeks re-election in 2026 against Democrat LaShonda Holloway.
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Customs rule on Canadian drug imports faces opposition in Congress
U.S. lawmakers from Florida’s 4th district (Rep. Aaron Bean, along with Reps. Gus Bilirakis and C. Scott Franklin) have pressed federal agencies to pause or modify a Customs rule on Canadian drug imports.
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Voting information, ballot amendments explained
The article explains voting information for the upcoming election, including key candidates for Florida’s U.S. House District 4 race.
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- Born
- January 25, 1967
- Education
- Jacksonville University
Biography & Campaign Analysis
Background
Aaron Bean was born on January 25, 1967, and was educated at Jacksonville University. He is married to Abby Bean (née Bradley) of Green Cove Springs, with whom he has three sons, and he is Protestant.
Career
Aaron Bean represented the 12th district in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008, and as a House member in 2008 he helped set up Florida Health Choices.
When Florida Senate districts were reconfigured in 2012, he ran in the new 4th district, which included all of Nassau County and parts of Duval County.
He defeated state representative Mike Weinstein in the Republican primary with 64% of the vote and Democrat Nancy Soderberg, a former National Security Council official and ambassador, with 62% in the general election.
Bean served in the Florida Senate from 2012 to 2022, and in 2013 he proposed using state money to set up a healthcare marketplace under Florida Health Choices in place of the Medicaid expansion offered under the Affordable Care Act.
Bean announced his candidacy for Florida's 4th congressional district on June 3, 2022, campaigning on lowering inflation and securing the southern border. He won the Republican primary with 68% of the vote and defeated Democrat LaShonda Holloway with 60% in the general election.
In the 118th Congress he chaired the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and he also served on the Small Business and Transportation and Infrastructure committees.
He is a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership.
2026 race
Florida's 4th congressional district is represented by Aaron Bean, who was elected with 57.3% of the vote in 2024 and is the Republican nominee for 2026. The Democratic nominee is LaShonda "L.J."
Holloway, a former director in the District of Columbia Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances and the party's nominee in 2022 and 2024, who won the Democratic primary with 57.3% of the vote against attorney Michael Kirwan and Brit Robinson.
Bean faces Holloway and Florida Forward nominee Mike Sell in the general election on November 3, 2026.