The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 to elect the 27

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from the state of

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, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including

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. A lawsuit challenging the districts under Florida's Congressional District Boundaries Amendment (Fair Districts Amendment) was filed in 2012 and was resolved in 2015. The results of the lawsuit had major repercussions on the congressional races in Florida in 2016. The primaries were held on August 30.

Redistricting lawsuit

In 2014, Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis threw out the congressional map for violating Florida's 2010 Amendment 6 to the state Constitution, commonly called the Fair Districts Amendment. The ruling specifically applied to and . Subsequent rulings by higher courts and concluding in the

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also struck down , , and , which also necessitated redraws of varying scale to the districts surrounding them.

District 1

Republican primary

Republican Jeff Miller has represented the district since being elected in 2001. Miller considered running for the U.S. Senate. On July 30, 2015, Miller decided not to run for the open Senate seat and announced he would run for reelection. In March 2016, Miller announced he would not run for reelection. State Senator

Greg Evers Robert Gregory Evers (June 16, 1955 – August 21, 2017) was a Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2016, representing parts of Northwest Florida. Prior to his election to the Senate, he served as a ...

had expressed his interest in running for this seat if Miller had run for the Senate. In the August 30 primary,

Matt Gaetz Matthew Louis Gaetz II ( ; born May 7, 1982) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S. representative for since 2017. A Republican, he has been described as an ally of former president Donald Trump, as well as a proponent ...

defeated Rebekah Johansen Bydlak, Cris Dosev,

, Gary Fairchild, Brian Frazier, Mark Wichern, and James Zumwalt for the nomination.

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidate

* Steven Specht, law student and former air force intelligence officer ran unopposed on primary day.

General election

Results

District 2

Redistricting significantly altered the 2nd, mainly by shifting most of

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's African American residents to the 5th District. On paper, this made the 2nd heavily Republican. Democrat

Gwen Graham Gwendolyn Graham (born January 31, 1963) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2015 to 2017. She is the daughter of Bob Graham, the former United States senator and governor of Florida. A Democrat, ...

represented the district for one term after being elected in 2014, when she beat Republican incumbent Steve Southerland. She did not run for re-election.

Democratic primary

Steve Crapps filed to run as a Democrat in the primary as did former Deputy Attorney General Walter Dartland. The primary results were too close to call as of September 1, 2016.

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

;Declared *

Neal Dunn Neal Patrick Dunn (born February 16, 1953) is an American surgeon and Republican Party politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2017. Early life and career Dunn was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 16, 1953. He earne ...

, urologist * Ken Sukhia, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida * Mary Thomas, general counsel for the

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Dunn won the primary on August 30, 2016.

Endorsements

Results

Libertarian primary

Candidates

;Declared * Rob Lapham, retired IT executive

General election

Results

District 3

Republican

Ted Yoho Theodore Scott Yoho ( ; born April 13, 1955) is an American politician, veterinarian, and businessman who served as the U.S. representative from from 2013 until 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party. In the 2012 Republican primary elec ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2012, and ran unopposed. Businessman Kenneth McGurn also ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

General election

Results

District 4

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 when ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2000. On April 14, 2016, he announced that he will not run for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

;Declared * Stephen Kaufman, public relations manager *

Lake Ray Lake Ray (born October 4, 1956) is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 12th District, which includes parts of downtown Jacksonville in Duval County, since 2012, and previously representing the 17th Distr ...

, state representative * Ed Malin * Bill McClure, St. John's County commissioner * Deborah Katz Pueschel, perennial candidate * John Rutherford, former sheriff of

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* Hans Tanzler III, former US assistant attorney, attorney, farmer, and son of former mayor of Jacksonville

Hans Tanzler Hans Gearhart Tanzler, Jr. (March 11, 1927 – July 25, 2013) was an American politician and judge. He served as Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida from 1967 to 1979. During his administration, the City of Jacksonville consolidated with Duval Coun ...

John Rutherford won the primary on August 30, 2016.

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Former Jacksonville City Councilman and former state representative Eric Smith announced that he would run for the Democratic nomination. On June 22, 2016, Smith announced that he was withdrawing from the race, leaving no Democratic candidates two days before the close of filing. Dave Bruderly, an environmental engineer who was the nominee for Florida's 6th congressional district in

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and

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, qualified on the last day of filing, and thus ran unopposed.

General election

Results

District 5

Democratic primary

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 ...

has represented the district and its various permutations since 1993. The court-ordered redistricting significantly altered her district. She had previously represented a district stretching from

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. The new map pushed the 5th well to the north and west, and made it a more compact district stretching from Tallahassee to Jacksonville. In July 2016, Brown and her chief of staff were indicted on charges of fraud. In the Democratic primary—the real contest in this district—she was defeated by former state senator

Al Lawson Alfred James Lawson Jr. (born September 23, 1948) is an American businessman and politician who was the U.S. representative for Florida's 5th congressional district from 2017 to 2023. The district, which was eliminated following redistricting dur ...

of Tallahassee.

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Gloreatha "Glo" Scurry-Smith ran unopposed on primary day, August 30, 2016.

General election

Results

District 6

Republican

Ron DeSantis Ronald Dion DeSantis (; born September 14, 1978) is an American politician serving as the 46th governor of Florida since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party, DeSantis represented Florida's 6th district in the U.S. House of Represe ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2012. DeSantis ran for the U.S. Senate, initially creating an open seat, though, on June 22, 2016, he withdrew from the Senate race to run for re-election to the House.

Republican primary

Candidates

;Declared *

, incumbent U.S. Representative *

Fred Costello Fredrick W. "Fred" Costello (born February 9, 1950) is an American dentist and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Costello served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 25th District, from 2014 to 2016 ...

, state representative * G.G. Galloway, real estate broker ;Withdrawn *

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 ...

, former U.S. Representative * Malcolm Anthony, attorney * Adam Barringer, former mayor of

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* James Jusick, gun-parts manufacturer and retired police officer *

Ric Keller Richard Anthony "Ric" Keller (born September 5, 1964) is an American politician, author, and lawyer who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 8th congressional district from 2001 to 2009. His district included much of the Central Flori ...

, former U.S. Representative * Pat Mooney, direct-mail consultant and brother of Congressman

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* Brandon Patty, political consultant * David Santiago, state representative (running for re-election) ;Declined *

Dorothy Hukill Dorothy L. Hukill (September 20, 1946 – October 2, 2018) was an American politician who was a Republican member in the Florida Senate who represented parts of the Volusia County area from 2012 until her death in 2018. She represented the 14th d ...

, state senator *

Travis Hutson Travis Hutson (born October 3, 1984) is a Republican member of the Florida Senate, representing the 7th district, which includes Flagler, St. Johns, and northern Volusia County, since 2016. He previously represented the 6th district from 2015 ...

, state senator * Mark Miner, former St. Johns County Commissioner * Doc Renuart, former state representative * John Rutherford, Duval County Sheriff

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

;Declared * Jay McGovern, US Navy veteran * Bill McCullough, businessman * George Pappas, attorney * Dwayne Taylor, state representative

Results

General election

Results

District 7

Republican primary

Republican

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 represented the 7th District since 1992. However, since the Florida Supreme Court's 2015 redistricting decision, Florida's 7th District now includes all of Seminole County and northern

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, including downtown Orlando, Winter Park, and the main campus of the

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. In 2012, when Mica ran for re-election, he won with 59% of the vote, his smallest margin of victory in twenty years. Mica ran for re-election and wound up unopposed in the primary election after John Morning ended his campaign in November 2015.

Results

Democratic primary

Stephanie Murphy Stephanie Murphy (born Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung; September 16, 1978) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 7th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated incumbent Repu ...

, a businesswoman, professor and former

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national security specialist, ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Endorsement

General election

Results

District 8

Republican primary

Republican

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 ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 15th district from 2009 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. He ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Corry Westbrook, former legislative director of the

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, ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

General election

Results

District 9

Democrat

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 W ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 8th district from 2009 to 2011, prior to the decennial redistricting. On July 9, 2015, Grayson announced he would run for U.S. Senate in 2016 rather than seek re-election. Grayson lost the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat to 18th congressional district Representative Patrick Murphy, who defeated Grayson and was declared the winner on August 30, 2016.

Democratic primary

Darren Soto Darren Michael Soto (born February 25, 1978) is an American attorney and Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Kissimmee, Florida, who is the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Florida's 9th co ...

was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for the 9th District on August 30, 2016, defeating Valleri Crabtree, Dena Minning Grayson and Susannah Randolph.

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

;Declared * Wayne Liebnitzky, engineer * Wanda Rentas, vice mayor of

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;Declined * Mike La Rosa, state representative

Results

General election

Results

District 10

Republican

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, ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 8th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. However, after redistricting made the 10th substantially more Democratic, Webster opted to run in the neighboring 11th District, which included a slice of his former territory.

Republican primary

Candidates

Geoff LaGarde withdrew his name from the race on June 24, and endorsed Thuy Lowe for the nomination. Lowe was declared the nominee, and no Republican primary was held.

Democratic primary

Val Demings Valdez Venita Demings (née Butler; born March 12, 1957) is an American politician and former police officer serving as the U.S. representative from since 2017. The district covers most of the western half of Orlando and includes much of the ar ...

, former Orlando Police Chief and nominee for the 10th congressional district in 2012, was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for the 10th District on August 30, 2016.

Candidates

;Declared *

, former Orlando Police Chief and nominee in 2012 * Fatima Fahmy, attorney * Bob Poe, former chair of the

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Geraldine Thompson Geraldine Fortenberry Thompson (born November 18, 1948) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, who currently serves as a member of the Florida State Senate from the 15th district. She served as a member of the Florida Hous ...

, state senator

Results

General election

Results

District 11

Republican

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, Ri ...

represented the district since being elected in 2011 (it was numbered as the 5th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting). He is not seeking re-election.

Republican primary

On the Republican side, Nugent's former chief-of-staff Justin Grabelle ran. 10th District congressman

ran against Grabelle in the Republican primary for the 11th; Webster was declared the primary winner on August 30, 2016.

Results

Democratic primary

Businessman Dave Koller, who was the Democratic nominee in 2014, ran unopposed in the 2016 primary.

General election

Results

District 12

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 B ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 9th district from 2007 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Attorney Robert Tager ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

General election

Results

District 13

Republican

David Jolly David Wilson Jolly (born October 31, 1972) is an American attorney, former lobbyist and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district, based in Pinellas County, from 2014 to 2017. A former Republican, ...

has represented the district since being elected in a

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in 2014. Jolly ran for the U.S. Senate, initially creating an open seat, though, on June 17, 2016, he withdrew from the Senate race to run for re-election to the House, citing "unfinished business."

Republican primary

Candidates

;Declared * Mark Bircher, commercial pilot, retired

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, candidate for the seat in the 2014 special election *

, incumbent U.S. Representative ;Declined *

Rick Baker Richard A. Baker (born December 8, 1950), known professionally as Rick Baker, is an American retired special make-up effects creator and actor. He is mostly known for his creature designs and effects. Baker won the Academy Award for Best Makeu ...

, former mayor of

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Jeff Brandes Jeffrey P. Brandes (born February 12, 1976) is an American politician serving as the Florida State Senator from the 24th district since 2016. A member of the Republican Party, he has been elected from the Pinellas County area to the Florida Sena ...

, state senator (running for re-election) *

George Cretekos George N. Cretekos (born January 26, 1947) is an American politician from the state of Florida. A member of the Republican Party, Cretekos is the former mayor of Clearwater, Florida. Prior to his election as mayor, he served as a congressional a ...

, Mayor of

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* Bob Gualtieri, Pinellas County Sheriff (running for re-election) * Frank Hibbard, former mayor of Clearwater *

Jack Latvala Jack Latvala (born November 3, 1951) is a Republican politician from Florida. He represented the Pinellas County area in the Florida Senate from 1994 to 2002, and again from 2010 to 2018. Latvala was also a candidate for Governor of Florida i ...

, state senator * Susan Latvala, former Pinellas County Commissioner * Ash Mason, former staffer to Sen.

Marco Rubio Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Florida, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Speaker of the Florida Hous ...

Kathleen Peters Kathleen M. Peters (born February 27, 1961) is an American politician of the Republican Party and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 69th District, which includes southern Pinellas County, stretching from ...

, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2014 *

Karen Seel Karen Seel is the District 5 Commissioner in Pinellas County, Florida. Seel was appointed to the board in 1999 by Governor Jeb Bush to fill an unexpired term. She was first elected in 2000 to a four-year term and again in 2004. Seel attended the U ...

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Commissioner (running for re-election)

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

;Declared *

Charlie Crist Charles Joseph Crist Jr. (; born July 24, 1956) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 and as the U.S. representative for from 2017 to 2022. Crist has been a member of the Democratic ...

, former Republican-turned-independent

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, independent candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, and Democratic nominee for governor in 2014 ;Withdrew *Eric Lynn, political consultant and former White House Middle East policy adviser and Pentagon official (running for state house) ;Declined *

Dwight Dudley Dwight Richard Dudley (born May 30, 1954) was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 68th District, which includes southern Pinellas County, from 2012 to 2016. History Dudley was born in Boston, Massachu ...

, state representative *

Rick Kriseman Richard David Kriseman (born August 2, 1962) is an American politician who served as the 53rd Mayor of St. Petersburg from 2014 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, r ...

, Mayor of St. Petersburg *

Mary Mulhern Mary Mulhern (born 1959 in Detroit, Michigan) is a former Councilwoman of the Tampa City Council, City Council in Tampa, Florida, serving District 2. She is an artist by training. Mulhern received her BFA from the University of Michigan in 1982. ...

, former Tampa city councilwoman *Darden Rice, St. Petersburg city councilwoman

Endorsements

General election

Polling

Results

District 14

Democrat

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 ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2012. She previously represented the 11th district from 2007 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Businesswoman Christine Quinn is challenging Castor as a Republican.

General election

Results

District 15

Republican

Dennis A. Ross Dennis Alan Ross (born October 18, 1959) is an American businessman and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. A Republican from Florida, his district was numbered as during his first two years i ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 12th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Jim Lange is challenging Ross as a Democrat.

General election

Results

District 16

Republican

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, re ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 16th district from 2009 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Buchanan ran for re-election. Buchanan had previously considered running for the U.S. Senate instead. Attorney Jan Schneider and airline pilot Brent King are running for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary

Candidates

* Jan Schneider * Brent King

Results

Republican primary

Results

General election

Results

District 17

Republican Tom Rooney has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 13th district from 2007 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Rooney considered running for the U.S. Senate, but decided to run for re-election instead. Businesswoman April Freeman ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

General election

Results

District 18

Democrat Patrick Murphy had represented the district since being elected in 2012. On March 23, 2015, he announced that he would run for

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rather than reelection, creating an open seat. Murphy defeated

in the primary on August 30, 2016, and faced

in the November general election. Rubio defeated Murphy. Republican

Brian Mast Brian Jeffery Mast (born July 10, 1980) is an American politician and U.S. military veteran who has served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 21st congressional district since 2017. The district, numbered as the 18th district from 2017 t ...

, a former U.S. Army bomb technician and Democrat Randy Perkins, founder and CEO of Ashbritt won their parties' respective primary elections on August 30, 2016. Mast defeated Perkins in the general election.

Democratic primary

Results

Republican primary

Polling

Results

General election

Polling

Results

District 19

Republican

Curt Clawson Curtis Jay Clawson (born September 28, 1959) is an American politician who served as the United States representative for Florida's 19th congressional district from 2014 to 2017. He is the former chief executive of Hayes Lemmerz, a Michigan-based ...

has represented the district since being elected in a special election in 2014. Clawson was mentioned as a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016. In May 2016, Clawson announced he would not seek a second term.

Republican primary

Candidates

Republicans running for their party's nomination include

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councilman Chauncey Goss, businessman and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican

Francis Rooney Laurence Francis Rooney III (born December 4, 1953) is an American politician and diplomat who was a U.S. Representative for from 2017 to 2021. A Republican, he served as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See from 2005 until 2008. Represe ...

and former

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agent

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. Potential candidates included Republicans

Paige Kreegel Paige V. Kreegel (born August 20, 1958, in Miami, Florida) is a physician and was previously a Republican representative in the Florida House of Representatives, where he represented District 72 - which covers all of De Soto County and parts of C ...

, Fort Myers Councilman Tom Leonardo, and former state representative

Tom Grady Tom Grady (born May 14, 1958) is an American politician. Grady served as a Representative in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida. He attended Florida State University and graduated with a finance degree in 1979. He then wen ...

, as well as Democratic businesswoman April Freeman, who was the party's nominee in 2014 for both the special election and in November.

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Robert Neeld ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

General election

Results

District 20

Democrat

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 represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 23rd district from 1993 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Hastings announced in November 2014 that he would run for re-election in 2016.

General election

Results

District 21

Democrat

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

has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 19th district from 2010 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Deutch considered running for the U.S. Senate, but decided to run for re-election instead. If Deutch had run for Senate, State Senator

Joseph Abruzzo Joseph Abruzzo (born August 14, 1980) is a Democratic politician from Florida. He serves as thClerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller for Palm Beach County an independently elected office established by Florida’s Constitution. Prior to his ...

was interested in running for this seat. As a result of 2015's statewide redistricting, incumbent Deutch effectively swapped seats with

Lois Frankel Lois Jane Frankel (born May 16, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer who has been the United States representative for Florida's 21st congressional district since 2017 and who represented Florida's 22nd congressional district from 2013 to 20 ...

, the current incumbent of the 22nd District. Deutch will seek election to the 22nd District seat while Frankel seeks election to District 21.

General election

Results

District 22

Democrat

has represented the district since being elected in 2012.

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businessman Joseph Bensmihen is challenging Frankel as a Republican. Physician Marc Freeman had also filed to run as a Republican, but switched to run in the 18th district. As a result of 2015's statewide redistricting, incumbent Frankel will effectively be swapping seats with

, the current incumbent of the 21st District. Frankel will seek election to the 21st District seat while Deutch seeks election to District 22.

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District 23

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 Democra ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2012. She previously represented the 20th district from 2005 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Democratic primary

Candidates

;Declared *

, incumbent *

Tim Canova Timothy A. Canova (born May 17, 1960) is an American politician and law professor specializing in banking and finance. Canova was a candidate for Florida's 23rd congressional district, unsuccessfully challenging Debbie Wasserman Schultz in the 201 ...

, attorney and professor at

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;Declined * Martin Karp, Miami-Dade School Board member

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Republican primary

Candidates

* Marty Feigenbaum, attorney and Public Arbitrator for the

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* Joe Kaufman, 2014 Republican nominee

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District 24

Democratic primary

Democrat

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 ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2012. She previously represented the 17th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Retired NFL player and former U.S. Homeland Security agent

Randal Hill Randal "Thrill" Hill (born September 21, 1969) is a former American football wide receiver and politician. He played in the National Football League from 1991 through 1997 for the Miami Dolphins, Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix / Arizona Cardinals, a ...

challenged Wilson for the Democratic nomination.

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Democrat

was unopposed in the general election.

District 25

Republican

Mario Díaz-Balart Mario Rafael Díaz-Balart Caballero (; born September 25, 1961) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 25th congressional district. A Republican, he was elected in 2002, and his district includes much of sout ...

has represented the district since 2012. He previously represented the 21st district from 2011 to 2013, as well as a different version of the 25th from 2003 to 2011, prior to the decennial redistricting. The Democratic candidate is Dr. Alina Valdes; neither candidate will face a primary opponent.

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District 26

Republican

Carlos Curbelo Carlos Luis Curbelo (born March 1, 1980) is an American politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Florida's 26th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. In 2018 United States House of Represen ...

has represented the district since being elected in 2014.

Democratic primary

Annette Taddeo Annette Joanne Taddeo-Goldstein (née Taddeo; born April 7, 1967) is a Colombian-American politician and businesswoman serving as a member of the Florida Senate from the 40th district. She was an unsuccessful candidate for several elections star ...

, nominee for

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in 2008 and nominee for

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in 2014, is set to challenge Curbelo as a Democrat. Former U.S. Representative

Joe Garcia José Antonio Garcia Jr. (born October 12, 1963), known as Joe Garcia, is an American attorney and politician. Garcia represented in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015. A Democrat, Garcia represented most of western Miami-Dade Cou ...

, however, is seeking a rematch against Curbelo.

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General election

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District 27

Republican primary

Republican

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 ...

represented the district since being elected in 2012. She previously represented the 18th district from 1989 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

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Democratic primary

US Army veteran Frank Perez, businessman Scott Fuhrman, and attorney Adam Sackrin are running for the Democratic nomination.

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General election

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