Kimberly Berfield seeks re-election to Florida House District 58

Clearwater Republican Kimberly Berfield is seeking re-election to Florida House District 58 in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. She faces Democrat Bryan Beckman. We profiled Beckman on Oct. 20.

Berfield has represented District 58 since 2022, according to her Florida House page. She previously served in the Florida House from 2000 to 2006. On her campaign website, Berfield said she has had over $8 million in appropriations returned to Pinellas County.

Candidate information

Party: Republican
Residence: Clearwater, Florida
Birthplace: Houston, Texas; moved to Florida in 1972
Education: Associate's degree, St. Petersburg College (1991); bachelor's degree in mass communications, University of Central Florida (1993); master of business administration, Northeastern University (2012)
Current employment: Assistant vice president of strategy and service lines, Evara Health
Family ties to Clearwater: Both parents, Jim Berfield and Sue Berfield, served as Clearwater city commissioners

Experience and public service

Berfield served as a state representative for District 58 from 2000 to 2006 before returning to the seat in 2022, according to BallotReady data. Between legislative stints, she held roles in health care and government.

She served as deputy secretary and acting chief of staff at the Florida Department of Health from 2007 to 2012, according to BallotReady. Her campaign website states she was appointed by the governor to serve as deputy secretary and was named Florida's officer of women's health strategy and spokesperson for the Tobacco Free Florida Campaign.

Berfield later worked as director of government affairs at WellCare Health Plans from 2012 to 2015 and as vice president of government affairs and community health at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital from 2017 to 2022, according to BallotReady.

In the current term, she serves as Republican committee whip on the Education and Employment Committee, according to her Florida House page. She also sits on these committees:

Student Academic Success Subcommittee
Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee
Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee
Health Care Budget Subcommittee
Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting

Her campaign website highlights two bills from the 2023 session: House Bill 825, which Berfield said escalates assault or battery on health care workers to a higher classification of crime, and House Bill 1119, which she said protects vulnerable Floridians during end of life by covering guardianship responsibilities and individual wishes.

Community involvement

According to her Florida House biography, Berfield's community affiliations include Leadership Pinellas, where she served as past president; Rotary Clearwater-East; the Clearwater Historical Society; the Clearwater Homeless Intervention Program board of directors; the American Heart Association Circle of Red; and Suncoast Hospice, where she volunteers.