Matthew Montavon
Democratic · FL
Montavon is a retired planner who spent about 27 years with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and ran a department with a $50 million budget. He focuses on lowering health care costs and protecting Social Security and Medicare.
Where Matthew Montavon stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Immigration (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Delivered a keynote address urging more research and investment in climate-adapted, underused African food crops.
May 26, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: ccardesa.org · researched September 21, 2026
Track record — Immigration
Immigration · 1 support
Condemned ICE arrests of people attending immigration court proceedings in a coalition statement.
June 10, 2025Supports Immigration
Source: uusrq.org · researched September 21, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Joined a Sarasota protest after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis and publicly criticized the shooting.
January 11, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: mysuncoast.com · researched September 21, 2026
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Served two years in the Peace Corps in Central America, working on rural agriculture and grain storage.
August 13, 2024
Source: ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu · researched September 21, 2026
Commented on immigration at a Sarasota County Commission public meeting.
June 21, 2024
Source: sarasotacounty.granicus.com · researched September 21, 2026
Worked with the Illinois Migrant Council to support migrant farmworkers and disadvantaged families.
November 30, 2023
Source: sarasotanewsleader.com · researched September 21, 2026
Represented the Global Forum on Agricultural Research as an observer at a CGIAR System Council meeting.
March 4, 2021
Source: cgiar.org · researched September 21, 2026
Served on the Federation of International Civil Servants Associations group addressing professional salaries and allowances.
March 6, 2018
Source: ficsa.org · researched September 21, 2026
Was elected rapporteur of the Federation of International Civil Servants Associations committee on professional salaries and allowances.
February 17, 2017
Source: syndicat-uit.org · researched September 21, 2026
Helped develop an action plan to implement recommendations from the International Plant Protection Convention secretariat evaluation.
August 31, 2015
Source: ippc.int · researched September 21, 2026
Served as planning director of the Central Virginia Planning District Commission during Lynchburg emergency response planning.
May 9, 1988
Source: register.dls.virginia.gov · researched September 21, 2026
Race Matthew Montavon is in:
- United States Representative, Congressional District 17 · November 3, 2026 · Congressional District 17 (120th Congress), Florida
Profile last researched September 21, 2026.