Joe Gruters is a Republican politician and businessman who serves as a Florida state senator representing parts of Sarasota and Manatee counties and who has held senior party leadership roles. A longtime GOP organizer and former chair of the Republican Party of Florida, Gruters advances conservative policy priorities at the state and national level, emphasizing election integrity, stricter immigration enforcement, pro-business regulation, and law-and-order measures.
Typically pursues conservative legislative priorities including tougher immigration enforcement and E‑Verify mandates, election and voting restrictions and \"integrity\" measures, business- and pro-growth regulatory positions, tougher criminal penalties, limits on abortion, and measures to reshape school governance and education policy.
Campaign contributions from Republican-aligned individual donors, political action committees and party committees, support from business and trade groups (including state-level business interests), and personal income from private-sector employment.
Republican National Committee; Republican Party of Florida; former and current Trump administration allies and supporters; Florida Chamber of Commerce; Robinson Gruters & Roberts (private sector association).
Elected official and political leader (Florida State Senator; former state party chair; national party officer)
