Republican Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer announces Congress run in Florida

Boca Raton, Florida Republican Mayor Scott Singer announced his run for congress last week and spoke to Fox News Digital about his case to voters that Washington needs more common-sense local leadership and fewer policies that he says have fueled inflation, weakened border security and slowed economic growth.

Singer announced his candidacy against Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz in Florida’s 23rd Congressional District with a video pointing out New York City’s onerous taxes and noting the “radical left policies” of Mayor-elect Zahran Mamdani while contrasting the economic and tax landscape with Florida, where many New Yorkers have fled in recent years.

“I love public service,” Singer told Fox News Digital. “It has been the honor of my life to serve as mayor. We have an opportunity to keep America moving in the right direction and reverse some of the policies of the past four years that have led to porous borders, high taxes, high inflation, and hurt our economy.”

Singer, who joined the race that several other Republicans have also announced, praised recent Republican-led efforts in Washington, including what he described as a historic tax break and policies aimed at increasing wages and lowering costs for working families.

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“The Republican Party has become the party of the middle class,” he said, pointing to proposals to eliminate taxes on overtime and tips, boost domestic manufacturing and bring jobs back to the United States. “These are the things that help the middle class: higher wages, lower inflation, lower costs.”

The city’s mayor made a sharp contrast with the Democratic Party today, saying that it had moved too far to the left to be able to offer practical solutions.

“Unfortunately, today’s Democratic Party is not the Democratic Party of our fathers,” Singer said. “With a far-left progressive party that is increasingly out of touch with reality, it is difficult for logical solutions to come out of this.”

Singer said his experience in local government showed him what effective management looks like, and what Washington is missing.

“Locally, we have excelled because we have to,” Singer said. “We have balanced budgets. We can’t shut down the government. We have to pick up trash every day and provide basic services. And we do that by finding common ground.”

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The US Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on September 16, 2025. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Singer says this approach is increasingly absent in Congress, where partisan gridlock often impedes progress.

He also expressed strong support for President Donald Trump’s policy agenda, especially efforts to combat anti-Semitism on college campuses, shrink the size of government and eliminate federal regulations.

“Our campuses have been unsafe for years,” Singer said. “President Trump has addressed anti-Semitism by holding universities accountable. We need to codify these gains, not rely solely on executive orders.”

Singer pledged that he would also work to restore more power to states and local governments, especially over education and environmental policy, and continue efforts to rein in federal spending.

“Harmful regulation has killed jobs and increased costs,” he said. “We need long-term solutions that put power back in the hands of states and communities, not bureaucrats in Washington.”

Singer told Fox News Digital that one of his priorities on Day One if elected to Congress would be legislation to “ban individual stock trading by members,” which he called an “important” issue.

The Cook Political Report currently rates the race as “lean Democratic” as House Republicans will attempt to buck historical trends and retain their slim House majority next November.

“What Americans want is a strong economy, a strong national defense, and common-sense solutions,” Singer said. “This is what I brought forward as mayor, and this is what I want to bring to Congress.”

Earlier this year, shortly before Mamdani’s win, Singer told Fox News Digital that the socialist candidate’s rise in New York City would likely lead to a mass exodus of businesses to Florida, a move he said he was already starting to see in his conversations with business owners.

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Mayor-elect Zahran Mamdani speaks to members of the media at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in the borough of Queens, New York, on Wednesday, November 5, 2025. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“It’s hard to predict how bad the economic situation will get, but Mamdani doubled down on his position in last week’s debate and said it’s time to raise taxes, and he’s grateful for that,” Singer said. “When he proposes a 17% marginal tax rate for New York City residents between state and local taxes, that’s 17% they can give up simply by moving here and with jobs more mobile because of technology and with companies finding large office space here, there are less and less reasons for people to stay there.”

Singer continued: “I think after a year, you’ll see a big exodus of businesses that can move. After two years, we’ll see lower values, more unemployment, higher crime rates. And after four years? We don’t know. I think at that point, they’ll be ready to hire a new mayor if what we expect to happen in November happens.”