The 2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election was held on April 1, 2025, to choose a new member of the

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. The seat became vacant following the resignation of Republican incumbent

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, who in 2024 had been re-elected with 66.5% of the vote, but was chosen by President

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to be his White House national security advisor. The district is considered a safely Republican. Florida

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Randy Fine Randall Adam Fine (born April 20, 1974) is an American politician and former gambling executive serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Florida's 6th congressional district since April 2025. A member of the ...

won the Republican primary with 83% of the vote, defeating Aaron Baker and Ehsan Joarder. Progressive Schoolteacher Josh Weil won the Democratic primary with 61%, defeating Ges Selmont. In the general election campaign, Weil outraised Fine by $10 million to under $1 million. In the April 1 general election, Fine defeated Weil by 14 percentage points though he won by significantly less margins than Trump and Waltz had in the 2024 elections. The election was held alongside a concurrent special election for .

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

, former

from the 19th district (2024–2025)

Eliminated in primary

*Aaron Baker *Ehsan Joarder, IT specialist and candidate for the in

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*Ernest Audino, district director for incumbent

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*Joe Mullins, former

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commissioner ''(endorsed Fine)'' *Steve Rance,

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veteran ''(endorsed Fine)''

Declined

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from the 7th district (2024–present) * Anthony Sabatini, Lake County commissioner (2024–present), chair of the Lake County Republican Party (2022–2024), and candidate for the in

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and the in

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, former U.S. representative from (2013–2021)

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

*Josh Weil, teacher and candidate for

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Eliminated in primary

*Ges Selmont, attorney and nominee for the in

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*Purvi Bangdiwala, pharmacist

Results

Third parties and independents

Libertarian Party

Nominee

*Andrew Parrott, welder

Independents

Declared

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, author, perennial candidate, and Constitution Party nominee for president in

Write-in candidates

Declared

*Chuck Sheridan, general contractor and Republican candidate for state senate in

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Fundraising

Results

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Randy Fine (R) for CongressAndrew Parrott (L) for Congress

Josh Weil (D) for Congress
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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

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Results

Third parties and independents

Libertarian Party

Nominee

Independents

Declared

Write-in candidates

Declared

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Fundraising

Results

See also

Notes

References

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