Gus M. Bilirakis
Republican · FL-12 · U.S. House
Bio
Gus Michael Bilirakis is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 12th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he first entered Congress in 2007, where he succeeded his father Michael Bilirakis, representing Florida's 9th congressional district until redistricting. His district includes much of the northern portion of the Tampa Bay area. Bilirakis previously served as the Florida state representative for the 48th district from 1998 to 2006.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 19.6 years
- First took office
- 2007 (10 terms)
- Seniority
- 54 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 63
- son of Michael Bilirakis
- Inverness, FL · 352-654-1004
- Brooksville, FL · 352-691-1231
- New Port Richey, FL · 727-232-2921
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
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Caucuses & committees
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Caucuses
- Republican Study Committeestrongly right · 139 members
Most and least aligned members
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Latest news
Trump’s Plan to Sell F-35s to Turkey Becomes an Even Greater DisasterPresident Trump said in a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Tuesday that he plans to lift sanctions to allow the country to buy F-35 fighter jets. “We’re going to be taking the sanctions off, OK? I don’t want him to waste his time answering …
The New Republic · July 7, 2026
US: Bipartisan bill against the arms embargo on Cyprus tabled in CongressThe "Ending the Embargo on Cyprus Act" was reintroduced by the leading members of the Congressional Greek Affairs Caucus (Chris Pappas, Gus Bilirakis, Dina Titus and Nicole Malliotaki) The post US: Bipartisan bill against the arms embargo on Cyprus tabled in …
Protothema.gr · July 16, 2025
Congress has questions about 23andMe bankruptcyLeaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce said they are investigating how 23andMe’s bankruptcy might affect customers’ data. Representatives Brett Guthrie, Gus Bilirakis, and Gary Palmer (all Republicans) sent a letter Thursday to the genetic test…
Biztoc.com · April 20, 2025
Congress has questions about 23andMe bankruptcy3The leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce said they are investigating how 23andMe’s bankruptcy might affect customers’ data. Representatives Brett Guthrie, Gus Bilirakis, and Gary Palmer (all Republicans) sent a letter Thursday to the genetic…
Biztoc.com · April 19, 2025
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