The 2010 United States House of Representatives Elections in Florida were held on November 2, 2010 to determine who would represent the

state State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * '' Our ...

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to th ...

in the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the

112th Congress The 112th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013. It convened in Washington, D.C. on January 3, 2011, and ended on January 3, 2013, 1 ...

from January 2011 until January 2013. Florida had twenty-five seats in the House, apportioned according to the

2000 United States Census The United States census of 2000, conducted by the United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people en ...

, but would soon gain two more congressional seats in 2012. A large majority of the incumbents sought re-election on November 2, and only the 12th district and the 17th district were open races. Upon the resignation of Robert Wexler, a

special election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

was held in April to determine the new representative of 19th district. The winner of that race was

Ted Deutch Theodore Eliot Deutch ( ; born May 7, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 22nd congressional district from 2010 to 2022. His district, numbered as the 19th district from 2010 to 2013 a ...

of the

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa * Botswana Democratic Party * Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *De ...

, who sought re-election on November 2.

Overview

Results of the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida by district:

Congressional districts

District 1

Republican incumbent Jeff Miller has represented this western

Florida Panhandle The Florida Panhandle (also West Florida and Northwest Florida) is the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Florida; it is a salient roughly long and wide, lying between Alabama on the north and the west, Georgia on the north, and the G ...

congressional district since winning a

in 2001. Jeff Miller sought re-election, and won by a landslide against challenging Independents Joe Cantrell and John Krause. Miller was also challenged by Jim Bryan, a qualified write-in candidate. ;Race details
Race ranking and details
from

CQ Politics Congressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is part of a privately owned publishing company called CQ Roll Call that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress. CQ was acquired by the Economist Group and combined ...

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' ;Campaign websites
Jeff Miller for Congress Joe Cantrell for CongressJohn Krause for CongressJim Bryan for Congress

Results

District 2*

Democratic incumbent

Allen Boyd Frederick Allen Boyd Jr. (born June 6, 1945) is an American politician and the former United States Representative for from 1997 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He currently works for a lobbying firm, the Twenty-First Century Gr ...

ran for reelection, facing Republican nominee businessman Steve Southerland.

Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independe ...

candidates Paul C. McKain and Dianne Berryhill were also on the ballot, and Ray Netherwood qualified as a write-in candidate. In addition,

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...

candidate Steve Wilkie did not qualify for the congressional election. Boyd won the Democratic primary against

State Senate A state legislature in the United States is the legislative body of any of the 50 U.S. states. The formal name varies from state to state. In 27 states, the legislature is simply called the ''Legislature'' or the ''State Legislature'', whil ...

Democratic Leader Alfred Lawson, Jr. Southerland won the Republican primary against Eddie Hendry, Ron McNeil, Barbara F. Olschner and David Scholl. Southerland went on to unseat Boyd in the general election following, among other issues, voter discontent with the incumbent for his support of the policies of the President. The district, which includes

Tallahassee Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2020, the populatio ...

, voted 54%–45% for John McCain in 2008. ;Race details
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

'' ;Campaign websites
Allen Boyd for CongressSteve Southerland for CongressPaul McKain for CongressDianne Berryhill for CongressRay Netherwood for CongressSteve Wilkie for Congress
- did not qualify

Polling

Results

District 3

Democrat

Corrine Brown Corrine Brown (born November 11, 1946) is an American former politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida from 1993 to 2017 and a convicted felon. She is a member of the Democratic Party. After a court-order ...

represents this north central Florida district. She was challenged by Republican nominee Mike Yost and Independent Terry Martin-Back, who Corrine Brown defeated on November 2, 2010. ;Race details
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

'' ;Campaign websites
Corrine Brown for CongressMike Yost for CongressTerry Martin-Back for Congress

Results

District 4

This

Jacksonville Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the ...

district is represented by Republican

Ander Crenshaw Alexander Mann "Ander" Crenshaw (born September 1, 1944) is an American banker, attorney, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2001 to 2017. He is a member of the Republican Party. Crenshaw retired from Congress whe ...

. Independent Troy Stanley challenged him. Gary L. Koniz and Deborah "Deb" Katz Pueschel also qualified as write-ins. Crenshaw won the race by a wide margin.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 5

This was an open seat, as Republican incumbent

Ginny Brown-Waite Virginia Brown-Waite (born Virginia Frances Kniffen; October 5, 1943) is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Republican Party and a founder of Maggie's List. The district stretched along s ...

retired, citing health reasons.

Hernando County Hernando County is a county located on the west central coast of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 194,515. Its county seat is Brooksville, and its largest community is Spring Hill. Hernando County is incl ...

Sheriff

Rich Nugent Richard B. "Rich" Nugent (born May 26, 1951) is an American retired law enforcement officer and former United States Congressman. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former Sheriff of Hernando County, Florida. On November 2, 2010, R ...

won the Republican primary to face Democratic businessman Jim Piccillo
campaign sitePVSFEC
, a former Republican and political novice. Nugent defeated Piccillo in the general election.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 6

Republican incumbent Cliff Stearns has held this seat since 1989. He was challenged by

candidate Steve Schonberg
campaign sitePVS
. Stearns won against Don Browning
campaign sitePVS
in the Republican primary. On October 19, 2009 the

Florida Whig Party The Florida Whig Party is a now-defunct political party in the state of Florida. The party chose to revive the 19th century Whig Party name. In 2008, the party aligned itself with the Modern Whig Party Modern may refer to: History *Modern hist ...

announced that John Annarumma would be their nominee, but he later dropped out."Whig Party Says it will Have At Least Three U.S. House Candidates on Florida Ballot in 2010" by Richard Winger in Ballot Access News http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/10/19/whig-party-says-it-will-have-at-least-three-u-s-house-candidates-on-florida-ballot-in-2010/"Two more Whigs running for Congress in Florida" by Independent Political Report http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/10/two-more-whigs-running-for-congress-in-florida/ Stearns won the general election with 71% of the vote.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 7

Republican incumbent

John Mica John Luigi Mica (born January 27, 1943) is an American businessman, consultant and Republican politician who represented in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2017. He was defeated by Democrat Stephanie Murphy in the November 8, 201 ...

has held this district since 1993, and ran for re-election. He was challenged by Democratic nominee

Palm Coast Palm Coast is a city in Flagler County, Florida. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 75,180, more than twice the 32,832 counted in 2000. The population was estimated to be 89,800 in 2019. It is the most populous city in Flagler ...

Navy veteran and nonprofit CEO Heather Beaven
campaign sitePVSFEC
. Both Mica and Beaven ran unopposed in their respective primary elections. Peter Silva
campaign site
dropped out earlier. 2008 candidate Faye Armitage considered re-running, but decided against it.

candidate Stephen J. Bacon
campaign site
also ran."Florida Whig Party Now Has 5 Announced Candidates for U.S. House " by Richard Winger Jan. 8, 2010 in Ballot-Access News, http://www.ballot-access.org/2010/01/08/florida-whig-party-now-has-5-announced-candidates-for-u-s-house/ Mica was easily reelected.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 8*

Democratic incumbent

Alan Grayson Alan Mark Grayson (born March 13, 1958) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was defeated for reelection in 2010 by Republican Daniel ...

was defeated by Republican nominee former State Senate Majority Leader and

Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives The speaker is the presiding member of the Florida House of Representatives. The Speaker and his staff provide direction and coordination to employees throughout the House and serve the members in carrying out their constitutional responsibilities ...

Daniel Webster Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 24, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, ...

. TEA Party candidate Peg Dunmire
campaign sitePVS
, and

George L. Metcalfe
campaign site
http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=68172 PVS] were on the ballot, and

Steven J. Gerritzen
campaign site
, qualified as a

write-in candidate A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...

. Grayson ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. In the Republican primary, Webster defeated Ross Bieling; Dan Fanelli, a former pilot; State Representative

Kurt Kelly Kurt Kelly (Politician) is an American politician, businessman, and a native of Ocala, Florida. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 24th district and is the President/CEO and founder of 3-D Background Screening, a fu ...

; 2008 GOP candidate Todd Long; Bruce O'Donoghue, businessman; and Patricia Sullivan, GOP activist.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Polling

Results

District 9

Republican

Gus Bilirakis Gus Michael Bilirakis ( ; born February 8, 1963) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he first entered Congress in 2007, where he succeeded his father Michael ...

ran for re-election, having first won election in 2007 to replace his father,

Michael Bilirakis Michael Bilirakis (born July 16, 1930) is an American politician and lawyer from Florida. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983 until 2007, representing the 9th District of Florida. Early life Th ...

, who had served the previous 23 years. Anita dePalma
campaign sitePVS
defeated Phil Hindahl
campaign sitePVS
in the Democratic primary election. Bilirakis was reelected with 71% of the vote.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 10

Republican incumbent

Bill Young Charles William Young (December 16, 1930 – October 18, 2013) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 until his death in 2013. A Republican from Florida, Young served as chairman of the H ...

was challenged by Democratic nominee

State Senator A state senator is a member of a state's senate in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or a member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature. Description A state senator is a member of an upper house in the bicameral legislatures of 49 U ...

Charlie Justice. Martin Rokicki qualified to run as a write-in candidate. Young, who has represented this district since 1971 and is currently the longest-serving Republican in the House, ran unopposed in the Republican primary, local tea party activist Eric Forcade having withdrawn. Justice also ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Young was reelected to a 21st term.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 11

Democratic incumbent

Kathy Castor Katherine Anne Castor (born August 20, 1966) is an American politician and lawyer currently representing in the United States House of Representatives, serving since 2007. The district, numbered as the 11th district from 2007 to 2013, is based ...

was challenged by Republican nominee Mike Prendergast
campaign sitePVS
. Castor has held the seat since 2006. Castor was reelected with 60% of the vote.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 12

This was an open seat as Republican incumbent

Adam Putnam Adam Hughes Putnam (born July 31, 1974) is an American politician who served as the 11th Commissioner of Agriculture of Florida from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives for fi ...

ran for

Florida Commissioner of Agriculture The commissioner of agriculture is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Florida that heads the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS). Elected for a four-year mandate that is ...

. Democratic nominee Polk County Elections Supervisor Lori Edwards
campaign sitePVS
, Republican nominee former

State Representative A state legislature is a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. Two federations literally use the term "state legislature": * The legislative branches of each of the fifty state governments of the United S ...

Dennis Ross Dennis B. Ross (born November 26, 1948) is an American diplomat and author. He has served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department under President George H. W. Bush, the special Middle East coordinator under President Bill Clin ...

campaign sitePVS
, and Tea Party nominee Polk County Commissioner Randy Wilkinson
campaign sitePVS
were on the general election ballot. Edwards won against retired

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...

chief Doug Tudor
campaign sitePVS
in the Democratic primary. Ross won against John W. Lindsey, Jr. in the Republican primary. Wilkinson ran unopposed. Ross won the general election with 48% of the vote; Edwards garnered 41%, and 11% of the voters chose Wilkinson.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Polling

†Internal poll commissioned for Edwards campaign

Results

District 13

Republican incumbent

Vern Buchanan Vernon Gale Buchanan ( ; born May 8, 1951) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 16th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, he first entered Congress in 2007, r ...

successfully ran for reelection, challenged by Democratic nominee The Reverend James T. Golden
campaign sitePVS
. Buchanan won against Don Baldauf
campaign sitePVS
in the Republican primary. Golden won against Rick Eaton
campaign sitePVS
in the Democratic primary.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

''
Republican Primary Debate
video

Results

District 14

Republican incumbent Connie Mack was challenged by Democratic nominee Jim Roach
campaign sitePVS
and

William Maverick Saint Claire
PVS
. Mack was reelected in the general election. In 2008, McCain won 57% of the vote.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 15

First term Republican incumbent

Bill Posey William Joseph Posey (born December 18, 1947) is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for , in Congress since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he formerly served in the Florida Senate and the Florida ...

was reelected, defeating Democratic nominee former NASA executive and public administrator Shannon Roberts
campaign sitePVS
. Both ran unopposed in their respective primary elections.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 16

First term Republican incumbent Tom Rooney ran for re-election, challenged by Democratic nominee Jim Horn
campaign sitePVS
. William Dean has qualified as a write-in candidate. Rooney prevailed in the general election. Rooney ran unopposed in the Republican primary. Horn won against Ed Tautiva
campaign sitePVS
in the Democratic primary. St. Lucie County Commissioner Christopher Craft dropped out on March 26, 2010. Rooney's predecessor Tim Mahoney, and Mahoney's predecessor

Mark Foley Mark Adam Foley (born September 8, 1954) is an American former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 until 2006, representing the 16th District of Florida as a member of the Republ ...

, were both involved in scandals.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 17

This was an open seat, as Democratic incumbent Kendrick Meek ran for the U.S. Senate. Democratic nominee

Frederica Wilson Frederica Smith Wilson (born Frederica Patricia Smith, November 5, 1942) is an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2011, representing . Located in South Florida, Wilson's congressional dis ...

ran against Independent attorney Roderick D. Vereen
campaign sitePVS
. Wilson won the Democratic primary, running against community activist and Executive Director of FANM (Haitian Women of Miami) Marleine Bastien
campaign sitePVS
, former State Representative Phillip Brutus, State Representative James Bush III,

North Miami North Miami is a suburban city located in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, about north of Miami. The city lies on Biscayne Bay and hosts the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, and the North Miami campu ...

Councilman Scott Galvin
campaign sitePVS
,

Miami Gardens Miami Gardens is a city in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is located north of Downtown Miami with city boundaries that stretch from I-95 and Northeast 2nd Avenue to its east to Northwest 47th and Northwest 57th Avenues to its west ...

Mayor Shirley Gibson
campaign sitePVS
, physician

Rudy Moise Rudolph Moise (born September 22, 1954) is the owner and medical director of Comprehensive Medical Aesthetics in Miami. Prior to becoming a physician, he served as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force for more than 21 years, earning th ...

campaign sitePVS
, State Representative Yolly Roberson, and

City Councilman and attorney Andre Williams
campaign sitePVS
. ''

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

''
US House District 17: The candidates
Carrie Wells, ''

The Miami Herald The ''Miami Herald'' is an American daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral, Florida, a city in western Miami-Dade County and the Miami metropolitan area, several miles west of Downtown Miami.South Florida Sun-Sentinel The ''Sun Sentinel'' (also known as the ''South Florida Sun Sentinel'', known until 2008 as the ''Sun-Sentinel'', and stylized on its masthead as ''SunSentinel'') is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as well as surrounding B ...

'', August 9, 2010
9 Democrats seek Kendrick Meek's US House seat
Jennifer Kay/'' AP'', ''

The Miami Herald The ''Miami Herald'' is an American daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral, Florida, a city in western Miami-Dade County and the Miami metropolitan area, several miles west of Downtown Miami.Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (; born Ileana Carmen Ros y Adato, July 15, 1952) is a politician and lobbyist from Miami, Florida, who represented from 1989 to 2019. By the end of her tenure, she was the most senior U.S. Representative from Florida. She wa ...

had held this seat since 1989, and was challenged by Rolando A. Banciella
campaign sitePVS
. Both ran unopposed in their respective primaries. Ros-Lehtinen won the general election.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 19

Democrat Robert Wexler resigned on January 3, 2010, to become president of the Washington-based Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation. His seat was filled by

, the winner of a

, held on April 13. Deutch faced Joe Budd
campaign sitePVS
, running unopposed in the Republican primary, along with write-in candidate Stan Smilan
campaign site
in the General election. Deutsch was easily re-elected.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 20

Incumbent Democrat

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Deborah Wasserman Schultz (née Wasserman; born September 27, 1966) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from , first elected to Congress in 2004. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a former chair of the Democratic ...

was challenged by Republican nominee businesswoman Karen Harrington
campaign sitePVS
of Davie. Independents Stanley Blumenthal
campaign sitePVS
and Bob Kunst
campaign sitePVS
were also running.

candidate Clayton Schock
campaign site
ran as a write-in. Wasserman Schultz was re-elected. Wasserman Schultz ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Harrington won against businessman Robert Lowry
campaign sitePVS
of

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywoo ...

, and

trans woman A trans woman or a transgender woman is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women have a female gender identity, may experience gender dysphoria, and may transition; this process commonly includes hormone replacement therapy and som ...

Donna Milo
campaign sitePVS
.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 21

This district was an open election, as Republican incumbent

Lincoln Diaz-Balart Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...

was retiring. His brother

Mario Diaz-Balart is a character (arts), character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in ...

, current Representative of the 25th District, ran unopposed for this seat on November 2, 2010.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 22

Democratic incumbent Ron Klein was seeking re-election in this Palm Beach-Broward County district, and was challenged and defeated by Republican nominee Allen West, the former military officer whom Klein defeated 55-45 in 2008. Klein defeated Paul Renneisen
campaign sitePVS
in the Democratic primary. West defeated David Brady
campaign sitePVS
in the Republican primary.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Polling

†Internal poll (Wilson Research Strategies for West and Anzalone Research and Harstad Strategic Research for Klein)

Results

District 23

Democratic incumbent

Alcee Hastings Alcee Lamar Hastings ( ; September 5, 1936 – April 6, 2021) was an American politician and judge from the state of Florida. Hastings was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by President Jimmy Cart ...

has held this seat since 1993 and ran for reelection. He was challenged by Republican nominee Bernard Sansaricq
campaign sitePVS
. Both ran unopposed in their respective primary elections. Hastings was reelected by a wide margin.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Results

District 24*

Democratic incumbent

Suzanne Kosmas Suzanne M. Kosmas (born February 25, 1944) is the former U.S. Representative for , serving one term from 2009 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously served in the Florida House of Representatives. Early life, educati ...

was challenged and defeated by Republican nominee

Sandy Adams Sandra Adams (born December 14, 1956) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for . She is a member of the Republican Party. She is a former law enforcement professional who represented District 33 in the Florida House of Repr ...

. Green Party nominee Nicholas Ruiz III, PhD., qualified as a write-in candidate. Kosmas defeated former Winter Springs Mayor Paul Partyka in the Democratic primary. Adams defeated Karen Diebel, Tom Garcia, Deon Long and Craig Miller in the Republican primary.

Polling

†Internal poll for Kosmas campaign

Results

District 25

Republican incumbent

held this district since 2003 but on February 11, 2010 announced that he would not seek another term in the 25th district but would instead run for his brother's seat in the 21st District of Florida. Republican nominee State Representative David Rivera, Democratic nominee Joe Garcia, Tea Party nominee Roly Arrojo
PVS
, and

nominee Craig Porter
campaign sitePVS
were running. Rivera prevailed in the general election. Rivera defeated Mariana 'Marili' Cancio
campaign sitePVS
and Paul Crespo
campaign sitePVS
in the Republican primary. Garcia defeated Luis Meurice
campaign sitePVS
in the Democratic primary. Arrojo and Porter were unopposed in their respective primaries.
Race ranking and details
from

Campaign Contributions
from OpenSecrets
Race profile
at ''

Polling

†Internal poll for Garcia campaign

Results

Key

* A district that has a PVI of a party that is represented by the opposite party, and applies to an EVEN score

References

External links

Florida Division of Elections

Candidate Listing for 2010 General ElectionU.S. Congress Candidates for Florida
at

Project Vote Smart Vote Smart, formerly called Project Vote Smart, is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States. It covers candidates and elected officials in si ...

Florida U.S. House
from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Florida
from OpenSecrets
2010 Florida General Election
graph of multiple polls from ''Pollster.com''
House - Florida
from the ''

Cook Political Report ''The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter'' is an American online newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the U.S. Presidency, the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and U.S. governors' offices. Se ...

''
Voter's Guide
at ''

South Florida Sun-Sentinel The ''Sun Sentinel'' (also known as the ''South Florida Sun Sentinel'', known until 2008 as the ''Sun-Sentinel'', and stylized on its masthead as ''SunSentinel'') is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as well as surrounding B ...

'' {{United States elections, 2010

House A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air cond ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull, Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A ...