Blaise Ingoglia | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2025 | |
| 5thChief Financial Officer of Florida | |
| Assumed office July 21, 2025 | |
| Governor | Ron DeSantis |
| Preceded by | Jimmy Patronis |
| Member of theFlorida Senate from the11th district | |
| In office November 8, 2022 – July 21, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Wilton Simpson (redistricted) |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member of theFlorida House of Representatives from the 35th district | |
| In office November 4, 2014 – November 8, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Rob Schenck |
| Succeeded by | Fred Hawkins (redistricted) |
| Chair of theFlorida Republican Party | |
| In office January 17, 2015 – January 12, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Leslie Dougher |
| Succeeded by | Joe Gruters |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1970-11-04)November 4, 1970 (age 54) New York City,New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Queens College Brooklyn College |
Blaise Ingoglia (born November 4, 1970) is an American politician who has served as the fifthchief financial officer of Florida since July 2025. A member of theRepublican Party, he previously served in theFlorida Senate, representing the11th district, from 2022 to 2025 and theFlorida House of Representatives, representing the 35th district, from 2014 to 2022, as well as serving as chairman of theRepublican Party of Florida from 2015 to 2019.
In February 2023, Ingoglia introduced a bill that would eliminate theFlorida Democratic Party. During his tenure in the state legislature, Ingoglia was a staunch friend of GovernorRon DeSantis.[1] In July 2025, Governor DeSantis appointed Ingoglia asFlorida'schief financial officer, following the resignation ofJimmy Patronis torun for Congress.
Ingoglia was born inQueens inNew York City, and attendedQueens College, andBrooklyn College, he did not graduate. In 1996, he moved toSpring Hill, Florida and started the companies America One Mortgage and Hartland Homes. He ran for office 2008, spending nearly fifty thousand dollars of his own money "to unseat the career, big-government, tax-and-spend county commissioners from office that refused to offer property tax relief," an effort that was ultimately successful.[2] Ingoglia was elected as the Chairman of theHernando CountyRepublican Executive Committee in 2009, and then was elected the Vice-Chairman of theRepublican Party of Florida in 2011.[3] In 2016 Ingoglia stepped down as Chairman of the Hernando County Republican Party when he was elected State Committeeman for Hernando County.[4]
In 2014, incumbentState RepresentativeRobert C. Schenck was unable to seek re-election due to term limits, so Ingoglia ran to succeed him. He won theRepublican primary unopposed, and facedDemocratic nominee Rose Rocco, a formerHernando County Commissioner, andindependent candidates James Scavetta and Hamilton R. Hanson in the general election.[2] Ultimately, Ingoglia defeated his opponents by a wide margin, winning 51% of the vote to Rocco's 42%, Scavetta's 4%, and Hanson's 3%.
Following his election to the legislature, Ingoglia announced that he would seek election as the Chairman of theRepublican Party of Florida, and successfully challenged and defeated the incumbent Chairwoman, Leslie Dougher.[5] He was reelected as state party chair in January 2017, defeatingChristian Ziegler.[6]
Ingoglia and other Republicans proposedchanges to restrict voting rights in Florida. The proposed changes to restrictmail-in voting were notable given that Republicans had traditionally voted by mail more than Democrats, but Democrats outvoted Republicans by mail in 2020. Asked about cases ofvoter fraud, Ingoglia said, "I don’t know, but I'm sure it was going on. Just the fact that they weren’t caught doesn’t necessarily mean that it's not happening."[7]
Ingoglia also proposed legislation that prohibit technology companies from "deplatforming" political candidates (several social media companies had removedPresidentDonald Trump from their platform. Ingoglia made an exemption forThe Walt Disney Company, which runsWalt Disney World in Florida.[8][9]
In 2022, Ingoglia was term-limited in the state house and ran for theFlorida Senate in the11th district, succeeding RepublicanSenate presidentWilton Simpson. He ran againstGreen nomineeBrian Moore in thegeneral election, defeating him with 75% of the vote.[10]
In February 2023, Ingoglia filed SB 1248, titled the "Ultimate Cancel Act,"[11] that would cancel the filings of any political party that previously supportedslavery orinvoluntary servitude, automatically changing the registration of affected voters to "no party affiliation." The bill was created in an attempt to outlaw theFlorida Democratic Party, whichhistorically supported slavery before and during theAmerican Civil War, as well as a criticism ofcancel culture, stating that it would be "hypocritical not to cancel theDemocrat Party [sic] itself."[12][13]
In 2024, he sponsored a bill to abolish police review boards.[14]
On July 16, 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Ingoglia as the 5thchief financial officer of Florida.[15] In July 2025, Ingoglia began a statewide speaking tour for theFlorida Department of Government Efficiency, alongside GovernorRon DeSantis.[16] In October 2025, armed agents threatened a Vietnam veteran for sending Ingoglia a post card saying, "You lack values." Characterized by many as an attempt to stifle free speech, his office dismissed those complaints saying they needed a threat assessment.[17]
Ingoglia lives inSpring Hill, Florida.[1] He has a self-published net worth ofUS$28.3 million, as of 2022.[1]
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