Republican · Florida's 20th District · 2026
Brent Andersen
Andersen is a licensed boat captain, fisherman and Miami Dolphins season ticket holder.
Biography
Brent Andersen is an avid fisherman and Miami Dolphins season ticket holder who holds a Coast Guard license for captaining vessels up to 100 tons.1 He and his wife, Yula, are raising their daughter in Pompano Beach.1 Yula was born in Venezuela and moved to the United States in 2019.2
He is the son of a public school teacher and a union worker.1 Andersen earned a finance degree from Nichols College and founded Pilgrim Bay Insurance Agency in 2010.1 His professional work over sixteen years has concentrated on commercial real estate, construction and property insurance, serving families and businesses.1 His public service has included membership on Massachusetts's State Finance and Governance Board, working with state finance and treasury officials.3 His political experience includes two decades on Massachusetts's Republican State Committee, including service as treasurer.4
His campaign puts housing and property insurance costs near the center of its economic message, alongside grocery, energy and health care bills.2 He supports legal immigration and a functioning asylum system, while calling for stronger border enforcement and protections for families who followed immigration rules.2
Andersen also supports parents having authority over their children's education and health care decisions, and backing law enforcement as a matter of neighborhood safety.2 He is the Republican candidate facing Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz in Florida's redrawn 20th Congressional District.5
Record and controversies
Finance referral
Regulators referred Andersen for potential campaign finance violations in 2021; he said his treasurer service ended March 2020.6
A September 2023 agreement required Massachusetts's Republican Party to pay $15,000 over alleged improper contributions benefiting Stephanie Fattman's 2020 campaign, without admitting liability.7 The agreement names the party, OCPF and its director as parties; it does not establish an individual finding or payment by Andersen.7 No later decision about Andersen himself could be found.