BOCA RATON, FL (Boca Post) (Copyright © 2025) — Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer is running for Congress, announcing a bid for Florida’s 23rd Congressional District and framing the campaign around taxes, costs, border security, and national defense.
The first public signal came in a simple way. Singer updated his Facebook cover photo Thursday morning with a campaign-style image tied to the announcement.
In a campaign message, Singer said that as a congressman he would “keep taxes and costs low,” and “ensure strong borders and national defense.” He also criticized what he described as a headline-driven political culture in Washington, saying voters “deserve accountability from Congress and leaders who are interested in results more than headlines.”
Singer is running in Florida’s 23rd District, which is currently represented in the U.S. House by Rep. Jared Moskowitz. The district includes parts of Broward County and southern Palm Beach County.
Singer’s campaign pitch leans heavily on his record at City Hall and his alignment with “America First” policy priorities. He said he served Boca Raton “honorably for more than a decade,” describing his time in office as focused on getting things done, including what he called efforts to remove “harmful red tape” that he said was negatively affecting local businesses.
In the campaign statement, Singer said that as mayor he balanced budgets while advancing what he listed as public safety, education, affordability, and accountability. He also pointed to initiatives aimed at expanding classroom capacity, improving school safety, and pursuing mobility solutions. He described his approach as streamlining processes and cutting red tape to increase accountability.
Singer was first elected mayor in 2018, according to the campaign biography, and his statement says he has “voted consistently to lower the tax rate” with the goal of maintaining Boca Raton’s status as having the lowest property tax of any full-service city in Florida. At the same time, the message says the city increased investment in public safety and infrastructure.
He also framed the congressional run as part of a broader fight over the role of government, saying he would “defend the U.S. Constitution” and work to ensure “unelected bureaucrats will not be able to impose their agendas on the American people.”
Singer’s campaign biography describes him as born and raised in South Florida, growing up in Fort Lauderdale. It lists Pine Crest School, Harvard University, and Georgetown Law as his educational background. It also describes him as a small business owner and a lawyer who has worked for two decades to help businesses and entrepreneurs add jobs and navigate what the statement calls “burdensome and wasteful regulations” that raise costs.
The biography also highlights Singer’s role with the America First Policy Institute, identifying him as the inaugural chair of the organization’s Mayors’ Council — described in the campaign materials as a national group of mayors working with the Administration to advance “America First solutions.”
Singer’s campaign statement also notes his involvement in nonprofit and leadership roles and describes him as a vocal opponent of antisemitism, while calling for stronger national security and border protections.
Singer and his wife, Bella, have two children, according to the campaign biography. The statement says his motivation for running centers on the next generation and what he described as securing “a better future for our community, our state, and our nation.”
