Robert Cortes (born September 18, 1963) is a Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2014 to 2018, representing the 30th District, which includes Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Maitland, and Winter Park in southern Seminole County and northern Orange County.

[1] In 2009, Cortes ran for a seat on the Longwood City Commission in District 3, and defeated Mike Holt with 61% of the vote.

He faced Seminole County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor Scott Sturgill in the Republican primary, and he campaigned on reducing taxes and regulations for businesses, on his support for charter schools, and on his plan to provide parents homeschooling their children with funding to do so.

[4] The Orlando Sentinel, though criticizing both Cortes and Sturgill as candidates who "largely walk in lock step on most GOP stances," endorsed Cortes, praising the "strength of his municipal experience" overseeing Longwood's twenty million dollar budget.

[7] Groups supporting Cortes attacked Castor Dentel for allegedly voting to defund public education, based on the fact that she voted against the state's budget, an attack that Orlando Sentinel columnist Scott Maxwell called "slimy.