Jared Moskowitz

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Early life and education

Moskowitz was born on December 18, 1980, in Coral Springs, Florida.^[1] His father, Michael, was an attorney, philanthropist, and prominent Democratic fundraiser.^[2] Moskowitz graduated from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.^[3] He earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science^[4] from George Washington University^[5] and a Juris Doctor from the Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University.^[6]

Early political career

Moskowitz began his political career as an intern for Vice President Al Gore and later worked as an assistant on Joe Lieberman's 2004 presidential campaign.^[7] In 2008, he was a Florida delegate pledged to Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention.^[7]

While attending law school, Moskowitz was elected to the Parkland City Commission in 2006 and reelected in 2010.^[1] As a city commissioner, he supported efforts to make the city more eco-friendly by providing subsidies to households that purchased low-flow toilets and showerheads, energy-efficient air conditioners, and hybrid cars.^[8] He resigned in 2012 to run for the state legislature.^[1]

After law school, Moskowitz worked as the director of government relations and general counsel for AshBritt Environmental, a disaster recovery and environmental services company.^[7]^[9]

Florida House of Representatives

Following the 2012 redistricting, Moskowitz ran for the newly drawn 97th house district, which consisted of northern Broward County. He won the Democratic primary unopposed and advanced to the general election, where he faced Republican nominee James Gleason, a business owner who had been an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Coral Springs. The Sun-Sentinel praised both candidates as "good choices for an open seat" but endorsed Moskowitz, declaring that his "good grasp of statewide and local issues" made him the better candidate.^[10] He defeated Gleason with 69% of the vote.^[11]

During his first term in the legislature, Moskowitz sponsored a memorial for Robert Levinson, who has been held as a hostage in Iran since 2007, calling on "Congress, the Obama administration and the Secretary of State's office to work to get Levinson home." Moskowitz's proposed memorial passed both houses of the legislature and was signed by Governor Rick Scott.^[12]

In 2014 and 2016, Moskowitz was reelected to the legislature without opposition.

In 2018, after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Moskowitz helped draft the bipartisan Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Safety Act, a bill to tighten gun control, school security, and school safety.^[13]

Division of Emergency Management

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Moskowitz announces the establishment of COVID-19 testing sites in Florida, 2020

In December 2018, Governor-elect Ron DeSantis appointed Moskowitz as director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management.^[14] He took office the next month as the state was recovering from Hurricane Michael, a Category 5 storm.^[15]^[16] As director, he managed Florida's response to multiple crises, including two hurricane seasons and the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, he oversaw the distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE), vaccines, and testing supplies.^[9]

In 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Moskowitz criticized 3M for diverting millions of N95 masks intended for Florida to foreign buyers offering higher prices. He described his unsuccessful efforts to secure masks, with distributors directing state officials to empty warehouses. According to Moskowitz, 3M's U.S. distributors acknowledged that Florida's orders were delayed in favor of more profitable foreign sales, including to Germany, Russia, and France.^[17]^[18]^[19]

Moskowitz also criticized 60 Minutes for running a story that claimed that Governor Ron DeSantis engaged in a pay-to-play scheme with supermarket chain Publix over distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, writing that "[n]o one" from DeSantis's "office suggested Publix" to distribute the vaccines.^[20]^[21]

In April 2021, Moskowitz left the Division of Emergency Management to spend more time with his family.^[22]^[23] Governor Ron DeSantis credited Moskowitz with Florida's logistics response to hurricanes and the pandemic.^[9] Later that year, in August, Miami-Dade County mayor Daniella Levine Cava appointed him as an advisor for the county's COVID-19 response.^[24]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2022

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Florida's 23rd district

In 2022, following Representative Ted Deutch's announcement that he would not be running for re-election, Moskowitz declared his candidacy for Florida's 23rd congressional district.^[22] He secured the Democratic nomination in the August primary with 61.1% of the vote, defeating a range of challengers including Ben Sorensen who received 20.5%.^[25]^[26]

In the November general election, Moskowitz faced Republican nominee Joe Budd.^[4] Moskowitz won with 51.6% of the vote, while Budd received 46.8%. Independent candidates Christine Scott and Mark Napier received 1.1% and 0.5%, respectively.^[27]^[26]

2024

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".In 2024, Moskowitz was re-elected to a second term. He faced Republican Joe Kaufman and won with 52.3% of the vote.^[28]^[29] Following his reelection, Moskowitz was informed of a potential assassination plot against him. A suspect was arrested near his home with a rifle and a manifesto containing antisemitic views.^[30]

Tenure

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Moskowitz being sworn in with the 118th Congress, 2023

Moskowitz was sworn into office on January 7, 2023, as the U.S. representative for Florida's 23rd congressional district.^[31] During the 118th Congress, he served on the Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Accountability committees.^[31] In February, Moskowitz and Republican Representative Mario Díaz-Balart reintroduced the EAGLES Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at expanding the U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center to improve research, training, and threat assessment programs for preventing targeted school violence.^[32]

In 2024, Moskowitz was named one of six Democrats on a bipartisan task force investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.^[33]

On March 6, 2025, Moskowitz was one of ten Democrats in Congress who joined all of their Republican colleagues in voting to censure Democratic congressman Al Green for interrupting President Donald Trump's speech to Congress.^[34]

In April 2025, Moskowitz disclosed stock purchases totaling between $20,000 and $300,000 across twenty companies. The trades occurred shortly after President Trump implemented new tariffs, which temporarily lowered stock prices, as the markets rose two days later after Trump announced a 90-day pause on the tariffs. In response to questions about the timing of the trades, his spokesperson said they were made by an outside financial advisor.^[35]

Committee assignments

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Moskowitz on the Oversight Committee, 2023

Moskowitz's committee assignments for the 119th Congress include:^[36]

Caucus memberships

Moskowitz's caucus memberships include:^[37]

Political positions

Moskowitz has described himself as a progressive Democrat.^[9]

COVID-19 policy

In February 2023, Moskowitz was one of 11 Democrats who voted in favor of a resolution to end the COVID-19 national emergency.^[39]^[40]

Department of Government Efficiency

Moskowitz was the only Democrat to join the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) caucus in Congress. He proposed reorganizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by potentially removing agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Secret Service from its jurisdiction. This proposal aims to reduce the size of the DHS.^[41]

Foreign affairs

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Moskowitz with Prime Minister Netanyahu in Israel, 2023

In November 2023, Moskowitz was one of 12 House Democrats to vote for a $14.3 billion aid package to Israel that was funded by cutting the IRS budget.^[42] He criticized pro-Palestinians demonstrations at Columbia University as anti-Semitic and said that the university leadership did not protect Jewish students.^[43]^[44] Moskowitz said the International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu was "irrelevant because Israel is not a party to their treaty."^[45]

Immigration

In 2025, Moskowitz was one of 46 House Democrats who joined all Republicans to vote for the Laken Riley Act.^[46]

Personal life

Moskowitz is married to Leah Rifkin, and they have two children. They live in Coral Springs. He is Jewish.^[7]^[47]