Mike Haridopolos

RepublicanU.S. Representative, FL-8

Age	56 (b. 1970-03-15)
Gender	Male
In office since	2025-01-03 (~1 yrs)
Race / ethnicity	Greek-American (father was a Greek immigrant)
Religion	Baptist
Education	B.A. in History, Stetson University (1992); M.A. in History, University of Arkansas (1993)
Prior occupation	Educator/professor (taught U.S. History and Political Science at Brevard Community College and at the University of Florida's Bob Graham Center); owner of MJH Consulting; lobbyist in Florida
Military service	No
Birthplace	Huntington, New York
Marital status	Married — Stephanie Bressan Haridopolos
Children	3
Residence	Indialantic / Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida
Notable relatives	Wife Stephanie Bressan Haridopolos is a physician who served in the Florida House of Representatives

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Career & politics

First elected	2024
Previous offices	Florida House of Representatives, District 30 (2000-2003) · Florida Senate, District 26 (2003-2012) · President of the Florida Senate (2010-2012)
Committees	Committee on Financial Services · Committee on Science, Space, and Technology · Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (Chair)
Caucuses	Republican Study Committee
Leadership	Chair, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (Science, Space, and Technology Committee) · President of the Florida Senate (2010-2012)
Ideology	Republican; member of the Republican Study Committee; served as a Republican in the Florida Legislature and as Florida Senate President

Financial

Net worth: disclosed + (2025) · estimate

MJH Consulting (100% interest)	business_owned · –$5,000,000 · 2025
American General Life Insurance Policy	other · –$1,000,000 · 2025
MJH Pension	other · –$1,000,000 · 2025
Wells Fargo / Loomis Sayles Funds - Growth Fund Class Y	fund · –$500,000 · 2025
Wells Fargo / Pioneer Bond Fund Class Y	fund · –$500,000 · 2025

Scandals & crimes ledger

resolved — Florida Senate Admonishment for Financial Disclosure Failures

ethics-violation · 2011-03-01 · Florida Senate · Admonished by Senate colleagues for failing to disclose consulting income (~$60,000/year from a lobbying client of associate Frank Tsamoutales) and other assets (including a ~$400,000 home and approximately $100,000 in additional income) on mandatory financial disclosure forms covering multiple prior years.

While serving as Florida Senate President and running for U.S. Senate, Haridopolos was formally admonished by his Senate colleagues in early 2011 for failing to disclose consulting income of approximately $5,000/month ($60,000/year) from a client of lobbyist Frank Tsamoutales, as well as other assets, on his mandatory Florida financial disclosure forms. The admonishment was a formal disciplinary action issued by the Florida Senate body.

Sources: Tampa Bay Times · Florida Democratic Party · Tampa Bay Times

resolved — Civil Fraud and Breach of Contract Suits with Lobbyist Frank Tsamoutales (Settled)

financial/corruption · 2016-02-01 · In February 2016, Tallahassee lobbyist Frank Tsamoutales filed a fraud and breach-of-contract lawsuit against former Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos in Leon County Circuit Court, alleging that after hiring Haridopolos as an independent contractor for Tsamoutales Strategies in August 2013 (at $240,000 per year), Haridopolos 'trad[ed] on his former political positions to receive large sums of money' rather than performing meaningful work, and that Tsamoutales had paid him close to $500,000. Haridopolos responded with his own breach-of-contract suit in Brevard County, claiming Tsamoutales failed to pay him and that he was owed in excess of $350,000 for lobbying work performed. Each side denied the other's allegations. The two lawsuits were settled out of court in April 2016; the settlement terms were not disclosed in public court dockets. · Civil settlement (confidential terms) resolving cross-lawsuits; no admission of wrongdoing by either party disclosed publicly.

Haridopolos and a lobbyist client sued each other in 2016 over a consulting/lobbying pay dispute -- the lobbyist alleging Haridopolos was paid to trade on his former political position without performing real work, Haridopolos alleging nonpayment for services rendered -- and the competing suits were settled out of court with undisclosed terms.

Sources: Florida Politics · Florida Politics · Florida Politics