2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
All 27 Florida seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 50-59% 60-69% 70-79%	Democratic 50-59% 60-69% 80-89% 90>%

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 to elect the 27 U.S. Representatives from the state of Florida, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including President of the United States. 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[]

This image shows the 2016-2020 court-ordered FL Congressional districts.^[1]

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.^[2] The ruling specifically applied to FL-5 and FL-10. Subsequent rulings by higher courts and concluding in the Supreme Court of Florida also struck down FL-13, FL-21, FL-22 and FL-26, which also necessitated redraws of varying scale to the districts surrounding them.^[3]

District 1[]

Republican primary[]

Republican Jeff Miller has represented the district since being elected in 2001. Miller considered running for the U.S. Senate.^[4] On July 30, 2015, Miller decided not to run for the open Senate seat and announced he would run for reelection.^[5] In March 2016, Miller announced he would not run for reelection.^[6]

State Senator Greg Evers had expressed his interest in running for this seat if Miller had run for the Senate.^[7]^[8] In the August 30 primary, Matt Gaetz defeated Rebekah Johansen Bydlak, Cris Dosev, Greg Evers, Gary Fairchild, Brian Frazier, Mark Wichern, and James Zumwalt for the nomination.^[9]

Endorsements[]

Rebekah Johansen Bydlak

Ron Paul, former U.S. Representative and candidate for President in 2008 and 2012^[10]
Republican Liberty Caucus^[11]
Justin Amash, current U.S. Representative

Cris Dosev

James T. Conway, former Commandant of the Marine Corps^[12]
Phyllis Schlafly^[13]

Organizations

Combat Veterans for Congress^[14]
Eagle Forum^[13]
Special Operations Speaks^[15]

Matt Gaetz

Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate.^[16]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Cris Dosev	Greg Evers	Brian Fraizer	Matt Gaetz	Mark Wichern	Undecided
Citizens for a Just Government	March 24–25, 2016	436	± 4.3%	1%	23%	3%	13%	1%	58%
Citizens for a Just Government	March 24–25, 2016	436	± 4.3%	—	25%	—	15%	—	60%

Results[]

Republican primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Gaetz	35,689	36.1
	Republican	Greg Evers	21,540	21.8
	Republican	Cris Dosev	20,610	20.9
	Republican	Rebekah Johansen Bydlak	7,689	7.8
	Republican	James Zumwalt	7,660	7.7
	Republican	Brian Frazier	3,817	3.9
	Republican	Mark Wichern	1,798	1.8
Total votes			98,803	100.0

Democratic primary[]

Candidate[]

Steven Specht, law student and former air force intelligence officer^[18] ran unopposed on primary day.^[19]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 1st congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Gaetz	255,107	69.1
	Democratic	Steven Specht	114,079	30.9
Total votes			369,186	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2[]

Redistricting significantly altered the 2nd, mainly by shifting most of Tallahassee's African American residents to the 5th District. On paper, this made the 2nd heavily Republican. Democrat Gwen Graham 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.^[21]

Democratic primary[]

Steve Crapps filed to run as a Democrat in the primary^[22] as did former Deputy Attorney General Walter Dartland.^[23]

The primary results were too close to call as of September 1, 2016. ^[19]

Results[]

Democratic primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter Dartland	30,115	50.1
	Democratic	Steve Crapps	29,982	49.9
Total votes			60,097	100.0

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared

Neal Dunn, urologist^[24]
Ken Sukhia, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida^[25]
Mary Thomas, general counsel for the Florida Department of Elder Affairs^[26]

Dunn won the primary on August 30, 2016.^[19]

Endorsements[]

Neal Dunn

Steve Southerland, former U.S. Representative^[27]
Allan Bense, former Speaker^[27]
Will Weatherford, former Speaker^[27]
Don Gaetz, former Senate President^[27]
Dennis K. Baxley, state representative^[27]
Jay Trumbull, state representative^[27]
Elizabeth W. Porter, state representative^[27]

Ken Sukhia

Bill Grant, former U.S. Representative and nominee for U.S. Senate in 1992^[28]
Jeff Sessions, current U.S. Senator from Alabama^[29]

Mary Thomas

Mike Hill, state representative^[30]
Jimmie Todd Smith, state representative^[30]
Charlie Stone, state representative^[30]
Charles Van Zant, state representative^[30]
Maggie's List^[30]
Senate Conservatives Fund^[30]
Asian American Hotel Owners Association^[30]
Club for Growth^[30]
Tea Party Express^[30]

Results[]

Republican primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Neal Dunn	33,886	41.4
	Republican	Mary Thomas	32,178	39.3
	Republican	Ken Sukhia	15,826	19.3
Total votes			81,890	100.0

Libertarian primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared

Rob Lapham, retired IT executive^[31]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 2nd congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Neal Dunn	231,163	67.3
	Democratic	Walter Dartland	102,801	30.0
	Libertarian	Rob Lapham	9,395	2.7
	Independent	Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			343,362	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3[]

Republican Ted Yoho has represented the district since being elected in 2012, and ran unopposed. Businessman Kenneth McGurn also ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.^[32]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 3rd congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Yoho (incumbent)	193,843	56.6
	Democratic	Kenneth "Ken" McGurn	136,338	39.8
	Independent	Tom Wells	12,519	3.6
Total votes			342,700	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4[]

Republican Ander Crenshaw has represented the district since being elected in 2000. On April 14, 2016, he announced that he will not run for re-election.^[33]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared

Stephen Kaufman, public relations manager^[34]
Lake Ray, state representative^[35]
Ed Malin^[34]
Bill McClure, St. John's County commissioner^[35]
Deborah Katz Pueschel, perennial candidate^[35]
John Rutherford, former sheriff of Jacksonville^[36]
Hans Tanzler III, former US assistant attorney, attorney, farmer, and son of former mayor of Jacksonville Hans Tanzler^[34]

John Rutherford won the primary on August 30, 2016.^[19]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jay Fant	Stephen Kaufman	Ed Malin	Bill McClure	Deborah Katz Pueschel	Lake Ray	John Rutherford	Hans Tanzler	Undecided
University of North Florida	August 4–8, 2016	600	± 4%	—	2%	3%	5%	<1%	10%	31%	13%	38%
University of North Florida	June 28–29, 2016	403	± 4.9%	—	<1%	<1%	2%	2%	9%	27%	13%	46%
St.Pete Polls	April 19, 2016	440	± 4.7%	6%	—	—	—	—	13%	49%	—	32%

Results[]

Republican primary results^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Rutherford	38,784	38.7
	Republican	Lake Ray	20,164	20.1
	Republican	Hans Tanzler	19,051	19.0
	Republican	Bill McClure	9,867	9.8
	Republican	Edward "Ed" Malin	7,895	7.9
	Republican	Stephen J. Kaufman	2,419	2.4
	Republican	Deborah Katz Pueschel	2,145	2.1
Total votes			100,325	100.0

Democratic primary[]

Former Jacksonville City Councilman and former state representative Eric Smith announced that he would run for the Democratic nomination.^[37] On June 22, 2016, Smith announced that he was withdrawing from the race, leaving no Democratic candidates two days before the close of filing.^[38]

Dave Bruderly, an environmental engineer who was the nominee for Florida's 6th congressional district in 2004 and 2006, qualified on the last day of filing,^[39] and thus ran unopposed.^[19]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 4th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Rutherford	287,509	70.2
	Democratic	David E. Bruderly	113,088	27.6
	Independent	Gary L. Koniz	9,054	2.2
	Independent	Daniel Murphy (write-in)	11	0.0
Total votes			409,662	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5[]

Democratic primary[]

Democrat Corrine Brown 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 Jacksonville to Orlando. 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.^[40] In the Democratic primary—the real contest in this district—she was defeated by former state senator Al Lawson of Tallahassee.^[41]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Corrine Brown	LJ Holloway	Al Lawson	Undecided
University of North Florida	June 27–28, 2016	400	± 4.9%	30%	4%	27%	40%
St. Pete Polls	April 25, 2016	524	± 4.3%	42%	—	37%	21%

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Lawson	39,306	47.6
	Democratic	Corrine Brown (incumbent)	32,235	39.0
	Democratic	LaShonda "L.J." Holloway	11,048	13.4
Total votes			82,589	100.0

Republican primary[]

Gloreatha "Glo" Scurry-Smith ran unopposed on primary day, August 30, 2016.^[19]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 5th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Lawson	194,549	64.2
	Republican	Glo Smith	108,325	35.8
Total votes			302,874	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6[]

Republican Ron DeSantis 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.^[42]^[43]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared

Ron DeSantis, incumbent U.S. Representative^[42]^[43]
Fred Costello, state representative^[44]^[45]
G.G. Galloway, real estate broker^[46]^[47]

Withdrawn

Sandy Adams, former U.S. Representative^[48]
Malcolm Anthony, attorney^[49]^[50]
Adam Barringer, former mayor of New Smyrna Beach^[51]^[52]^[53]
James Jusick, gun-parts manufacturer and retired police officer^[54]^[55]^[56]
Ric Keller, former U.S. Representative^[56]^[57]^[58]
Pat Mooney, direct-mail consultant and brother of Congressman Alex Mooney^[59]^[60]
Brandon Patty, political consultant^[61]^[62]
David Santiago, state representative (running for re-election)^[52]^[63]^[64]

Declined

Dorothy Hukill, state senator^[65]
Travis Hutson, state senator^[65]^[66]
Mark Miner, former St. Johns County Commissioner^[46]^[67]
Doc Renuart, former state representative^[65]
John Rutherford, Duval County Sheriff^[46]^[68]^[69]

Endorsements[]

Fred Costello

Sandy Adams, former U.S. Representative^[70]

Ron DeSantis

Club for Growth^[71]

G.G. Galloway

National Association of Realtors^[72]

Sandy Adams (withdrawn)

Jason Chaffetz, U.S. Representative^[48]
Fred Costello, state representative^[73]

Adam Barringer (withdrawn)

Bob Apgar, Mayor of DeLand^[72]
Tom Laputka, Mayor of Orange City^[72]
John Masiarczyk, Mayor of Deltona^[72]

Pat Mooney (withdrawn)

Joe Arpaio, Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona^[74]
Citizens United^[75]

Brandon Patty (withdrawn)

Aaron Bean, state senator^[76]
Rob Bradley, state senator^[76]
Travis Hutson, state senator^[76]

Results[]

Republican primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis (incumbent)	41,311	61.0
	Republican	Fred Costello	16,690	24.7
	Republican	G.G. Galloway	9,683	14.3
Total votes			67,684	100.0

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared

Jay McGovern, US Navy veteran^[77]
Bill McCullough, businessman^[77]
George Pappas, attorney^[78]
Dwayne Taylor, state representative^[79]

Results[]

Democratic primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill McCullough	16,043	36.7
	Democratic	Dwayne Taylor	12,625	28.8
	Democratic	Jay McGovern	8,388	19.1
	Democratic	George Pappas	6,762	15.4
Total votes			43,818	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 6th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis (incumbent)	213,519	58.6
	Democratic	Bill McCullough	151,051	41.4
Total votes			364,570	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7[]

Republican primary[]

Republican John Mica 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 Orange County, including downtown Orlando, Winter Park, and the main campus of the University of Central Florida. 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.^[80]^[81]^[82]^[83]

Results[]

Republican primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Mica (incumbent)	38,528	77.2
	Republican	Mark Busch	11,407	22.8
Total votes			49,935	100.0

Democratic primary[]

Stephanie Murphy, a businesswoman, professor and former U.S. Defense Department national security specialist, ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.^[84]

Endorsement[]

Stephanie Murphy

Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (2009-2017)
Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States (2009-2017)
Gabby Giffords, U.S. Representatives (AZ-08)

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 7th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Murphy	182,039	51.5
	Republican	John Mica (incumbent)	171,583	48.5
	Independent	Mike Plaskon (write-in)	33	0.0
Total votes			353,655	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 8[]

Republican primary[]

Republican Bill Posey 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.^[85]

Democratic primary[]

Corry Westbrook, former legislative director of the National Wildlife Federation, ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.^[86]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 8th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Posey (incumbent)	246,483	63.1
	Democratic	Corry Westbrook	127,127	32.6
	Independent	Bill Stinson	16,951	4.3
Total votes			390,561	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9[]

Democrat Alan Grayson 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.^[19]

Democratic primary[]

Darren Soto 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.^[19]^[87]

Endorsements[]

Susannah Randolph

Individuals

Martha Haynie, Orange County Comptroller^[88]
Rita Bornstein, former President of Rollins College^[89]
John Morgan, attorney^[89]
Patricia Schroeder, former U.S. Representative^[89]

Darren Soto

Individuals

Xavier Becerra, U.S. Representative (CA-34) and Chairman of the House Democratic Conference^[90]
Randolph Bracy, state representative^[91]
Gerry Connolly, U.S. Representative (VA-11)^[92]
Luis Gutierrez, U.S. Representative (CA-34)^[93]
Alcee Hastings, U.S. Representative (FL-20)^[94]
Jim Himes, U.S. Representative (CT-04)^[95]
Pedro Pierluisi, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico^[96]
Jared Polis, U.S. Representative (CO-02)^[97]
Juan Vargas, U.S. Representative (CA-51)^[98]
Nydia Velázquez, U.S. Representative (NY-07)^[99]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Valleri Crabtree	Dena Grayson	Susannah Randolph	Darren Soto	Undecided
St. Pete Polls	August 23, 2016	336	± 5.3%	10%	33%	27%	19%	10%
Gravis Marketing (D-Grayson)	June 10–13, 2016	554	± 4.2%	–	31%	4%	11%	54%

Results[]

Democratic primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darren Soto	14,496	36.3
	Democratic	Susannah Randolph	11,267	28.2
	Democratic	Dena Grayson	11,122	27.8
	Democratic	Valleri Crabtree	3,093	7.7
Total votes			39,978	100.0

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared

Wayne Liebnitzky, engineer^[100]
Wanda Rentas, vice mayor of Kissimmee^[101]

Declined

Mike La Rosa, state representative^[102]

Results[]

Republican primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Liebnitzky	22,725	67.6
	Republican	Wanda Rentas	10,911	32.4
Total votes			33,636	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 9th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darren Soto	195,311	57.5
	Republican	Wayne Liebnitzky	144,450	42.5
Total votes			339,761	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10[]

Republican Daniel Webster 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.^[103]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Geoff LaGarde^[104] 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.^[105]

Democratic primary[]

Val Demings, 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.^[106]

Candidates[]

Declared

Val Demings, former Orlando Police Chief and nominee in 2012^[107]
Fatima Fahmy, attorney^[108]
Bob Poe, former chair of the Florida Democratic Party^[109]
Geraldine Thompson, state senator^[110]

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Val Demings	23,260	57.1
	Democratic	Geraldine F. Thompson	8,192	20.1
	Democratic	Bob Poe	6,918	17.0
	Democratic	Fatima Rita Fahmy	2,349	5.8
Total votes			40,719	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 10th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Val Demings	198,491	64.9
	Republican	Thuy Lowe	107,498	35.1
Total votes			305,989	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 11[]

Republican Rich Nugent 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.^[111]

Republican primary[]

On the Republican side, Nugent's former chief-of-staff Justin Grabelle ran.^[111] 10th District congressman Daniel Webster ran against Grabelle in the Republican primary for the 11th; Webster was declared the primary winner on August 30, 2016.^[19]^[103]

Results[]

Republican primary results^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Webster	52,876	59.8
	Republican	Justin Grabelle	35,525	40.1
Total votes			88,401	100.0

Democratic primary[]

Businessman Dave Koller, who was the Democratic nominee in 2014, ran unopposed in the 2016 primary.^[112]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 11th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Webster	258,016	65.4
	Democratic	Dave Koller	124,713	31.6
	Independent	Bruce Ray Riggs	11,990	3.0
Total votes			394,719	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12[]

Republican Gus Bilirakis 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.^[113]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 12th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)	253,559	68.6
	Democratic	Robert Matthew Tager	116,110	31.4
Total votes			369,669	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13[]

Republican David Jolly has represented the district since being elected in a special election 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."^[114]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared

Mark Bircher, commercial pilot, retired United States Marine Corps Brigadier General, candidate for the seat in the 2014 special election^[115]
David Jolly, incumbent U.S. Representative^[114]^[116]

Declined

Rick Baker, former mayor of St. Petersburg^[117]
Jeff Brandes, state senator (running for re-election)^[118]
George Cretekos, Mayor of Clearwater^[119]
Bob Gualtieri, Pinellas County Sheriff (running for re-election)^[119]
Frank Hibbard, former mayor of Clearwater^[119]
Jack Latvala, state senator^[119]
Susan Latvala, former Pinellas County Commissioner^[119]
Ash Mason, former staffer to Sen. Marco Rubio^[120]
Kathleen Peters, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2014^[119]
Karen Seel, Pinellas County Commissioner (running for re-election)^[121]

Results[]

Primary Election ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Jolly (incumbent)	41,005	75.10
	Republican	Mark Bircher	13,592	24.90
Total votes			54,597	100

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared

Charlie Crist, former Republican-turned-independent Governor of Florida, independent candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, and Democratic nominee for governor in 2014^[122]

Withdrew

Eric Lynn, political consultant and former White House Middle East policy adviser and Pentagon official (running for state house)^[123]^[124]

Declined

Dwight Dudley, state representative^[125]
Rick Kriseman, Mayor of St. Petersburg^[126]
Mary Mulhern, former Tampa city councilwoman^[126]
Darden Rice, St. Petersburg city councilwoman^[127]

Endorsements[]

Charlie Crist

Kathy Castor, U.S. Representative^[128]
Janet C. Long, Pinellas County Commissioner^[129]
Wengay Newton, St. Petersburg City councilman^[129]
Karl Nurse, St. Petersburg City councilman^[129]
Darden Rice, St. Petersburg City councilwoman^[130]
Alex Sink, former Chief Financial Officer of Florida, nominee for Governor of Florida in 2010, and nominee for this seat in 2014^[131]
Ken Welch, Pinellas County Commissioner^[129]

Eric Lynn (withdrawn)

Wanda Dudley, Mayor of Kenneth City^[130]
Patricia Gerard, Pinellas County Commissioner^[132]
Sam Henderson, Mayor of Gulfport^[130]
Charlie Justice, Pinellas County Commissioner^[132]
Rick Kriseman, Mayor of St. Petersburg^[132]
Craig Sher, real estate developer^[132]
Peter Rudy Wallace, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives^[132]

General election[]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Jolly (R)	Charlie Crist (D)	Undecided
St. Pete Polls	October 10, 2016	1,280	± 2.7%	42%	48%	10%
St. Pete Polls	September 18, 2016	739	± 3.6%	46%	42%	12%
Data Targeting (R-Jolly)	September 8–10, 2016	300	± 5.7%	46%	46%	8%
ALG Research (D-Crist)	July 12–17, 2016	501	± 4.4%	38%	50%	12%
St. Pete Polls	June 9, 2016	746	± 3.6%	44%	44%	12%
Public Policy Polling (D-Crist)	June 6–7, 2016	1,030	–	43%	46%	11%
McLaughlin & Associates (R-Jolly)	June 1–2, 2016	400	± 4.9%	50%	38%	12%

Results[]

Florida’s 13th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlie Crist	184,693	51.9
	Republican	David Jolly (incumbent)	171,149	48.1
Total votes			355,842	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 14[]

Democrat Kathy Castor 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[]

Florida’s 14th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Castor (incumbent)	195,789	61.8
	Republican	Christine Quinn	121,088	38.2
Total votes			316,877	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15[]

Republican Dennis A. Ross 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[]

Florida’s 15th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis A. Ross (incumbent)	182,999	57.5
	Democratic	Jim Lange	135,475	42.5
Total votes			318,474	100.0
	Republican hold

District 16[]

Republican Vern Buchanan 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.^[133] Buchanan had previously considered running for the U.S. Senate instead.^[134]

Attorney Jan Schneider and airline pilot Brent King are running for the Democratic nomination.^[135]

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Jan Schneider
Brent King

Results[]

Democratic primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jan Schneider	31,387	76.2
	Democratic	Brent King	9,782	23.8
Total votes			41,169	100.0

Republican primary[]

Results[]

Republican primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vern Buchanan (incumbent)	53,706	80.6
	Republican	James Satcher	12,900	19.4
Total votes			66,606	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 16th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vern Buchanan (incumbent)	230,654	59.8
	Democratic	Jan Schneider	155,262	40.2
Total votes			385,916	100.0
	Republican hold

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.^[136]

Businesswoman April Freeman ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.^[137]^[138]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 17th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Rooney (incumbent)	209,348	61.8
	Democratic	April Freeman	115,974	34.2
	Independent	John W Sawyer, III	13,353	4.0
Total votes			338,675	100.0
	Republican hold

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 U.S. Senate rather than reelection, creating an open seat. Murphy defeated Alan Grayson in the primary on August 30, 2016, and faced Marco Rubio in the November general election.^[139] Rubio defeated Murphy.^[140] Republican Brian Mast, a former U.S. Army bomb technician^[141] and Democrat Randy Perkins, founder and CEO of Ashbritt^[142] won their parties' respective primary elections on August 30, 2016.^[143] Mast defeated Perkins in the general election.^[144]

Democratic primary[]

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Randy Perkins	27,861	60.4
	Democratic	Jonathan Chane	14,897	32.2
	Democratic	Juan Xuna	3,394	7.4
Total votes			46,152	100.0

Republican primary[]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Carl Domino	Mark Freeman	Brian Mast	Rebecca Negron	Undecided
The Logit Group (R-Mast)	August 4–7, 2016	364	± ?%	10%	18%	39%	19%	14%

Results[]

Republican primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Mast	24,099	38.0
	Republican	Rebecca Negron	16,242	25.6
	Republican	Mark Freeman	10,000	15.6
	Republican	Carl J. Domino	7,942	12.5
	Republican	Rick Kozell	4,334	6.8
	Republican	Noelle Nikpour	835	1.3
Total votes			63,452	100.0

General election[]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Randy Perkins (D)	Brian Mast (R)	Carla Spalding (I)	Undecided
McLaughlin & Associates (R)	October 11–13, 2016	400	± 4.9%	40%	47%	6%	7%

Results[]

Florida’s 18th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Mast	201,488	53.6
	Democratic	Randy Perkins	161,918	43.1
	Independent	Carla Spalding	12,503	3.3
	Independent	Marilyn Holloman (write-in)	9	0.0
Total votes			375,918	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 19[]

Republican Curt Clawson 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.^[145] In May 2016, Clawson announced he would not seek a second term.^[146]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Republicans running for their party's nomination include Sanibel councilman Chauncey Goss,^[147]^[148] businessman and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican^[149] Francis Rooney^[150]^[151] and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino.^[152]

Potential candidates included Republicans Paige Kreegel, Fort Myers Councilman Tom Leonardo, and former state representative Tom Grady,^[148]^[153] as well as Democratic businesswoman April Freeman, who was the party's nominee in 2014 for both the special election and in November.^[154]

Endorsements[]

Dan Bongino

Individuals

Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas and 2016 Republican presidential candidate^[155]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dan Bongino	Chauncey Goss	Francis Rooney	Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)	August 4–7, 2016	364	–	15%	29%	45%	11%

Results[]

Republican primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Francis Rooney	46,821	52.7
	Republican	Chauncey Goss	26,537	29.9
	Republican	Dan Bongino	15,439	17.4
Total votes			88,797	100.0

Democratic primary[]

Robert Neeld ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.^[156]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 19th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Francis Rooney	239,225	65.9
	Democratic	Robert Neeld	123,812	34.1
	Independent	David Byron (write-in)	109	0.0
	Independent	Timothy John Rossano (write-in)	20	0.0
Total votes			363,166	100.0
	Republican hold

District 20[]

Democrat Alcee Hastings 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.^[157]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 20th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alcee Hastings (incumbent)	222,914	80.3
	Republican	Gary Stein	54,646	19.7
Total votes			277,560	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21[]

Democrat Ted Deutch 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.^[158] If Deutch had run for Senate, State Senator Joseph Abruzzo was interested in running for this seat.^[159]

As a result of 2015's statewide redistricting, incumbent Deutch effectively swapped seats with Lois Frankel, the current incumbent of the 22nd District. Deutch will seek election to the 22nd District seat while Frankel seeks election to District 21.^[160]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 21st congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Frankel (incumbent)	210,606	62.7
	Republican	Paul Spain	118,038	35.1
	Independent	W Michael "Mike" Trout	7,217	2.2
Total votes			335,861	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 22[]

Democrat Lois Frankel has represented the district since being elected in 2012.

Boca Raton businessman Joseph Bensmihen is challenging Frankel as a Republican.^[161] Physician Marc Freeman had also filed to run as a Republican, but switched to run in the 18th district.^[162]

As a result of 2015's statewide redistricting, incumbent Frankel will effectively be swapping seats with Ted Deutch, the current incumbent of the 21st District. Frankel will seek election to the 21st District seat while Deutch seeks election to District 22.^[160]

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 22nd congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ted Deutch (incumbent)	199,113	58.9
	Republican	Andrea Leigh McGee	138,737	41.1
Total votes			337,850	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23[]

Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz 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

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, incumbent^[163]
Tim Canova, attorney and professor at Nova Southeastern University^[164]

Declined

Martin Karp, Miami-Dade School Board member^[165]^[166]

Endorsements[]

Tim Canova

Individuals

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream^[167]
Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate^[168]

Labor unions

CWA - Communications Workers of America^[169]
NNU - National Nurses United^[169]
TWU - Transport Workers Union of America^[170]
UA - United Association of Pipefitters, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration^[171]

Organizations

Democracy for America, progressive organization^[172]
Mayday PAC, political action committee founded by Lawrence Lessig to help elect candidates to Congress to pass campaign finance reform^[167]
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, non-profit organization supporting the legalization of marijuana^[173]
Progressive Democrats of America, progressive coalition^[174]
Working Families Party, progressive minor political party^[175]

Newspaper Editorial Boards

The Miami Times^[176]
The Westside Gazette^[177]

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Individuals

Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States^[178]
Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee^[179]
Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States^[180]

Organizations

Broward County Central Labor Council, local AFL–CIO body^[181]
Broward County Council of Professional Firefighters, local firefighter union^[182]
Congressional Black Caucus^[183]
League of Conservation Voters^[184]

Newspaper Editorial Boards

Miami Herald^[185]
Sun-Sentinel^[186]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Tim Canova	Undecided
Florida Atlantic University	August 17–19, 2016	400	± 5%	50%	40%	10%
Global Strategy Group (D-Wasserman Schultz)	July 31–August 1, 2016	400	± 4.9%	59%	26%	15%
FM3 Research (D-Canova)	July 27–28, 2016	400	± 4.9%	46%	38%	16%

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (incumbent)	28,809	56.8
	Democratic	Tim Canova	21,907	43.2
Total votes			50,716	100.0

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Marty Feigenbaum, attorney and Public Arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority^[187]
Joe Kaufman, 2014 Republican nominee^[166]

Results[]

Republican primary results^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Kaufman	13,412	73.0
	Republican	Martin "Marty" Feigenbaum	4,948	27.0
Total votes			18,360	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 23rd congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (incumbent)	183,225	56.7
	Republican	Joe Kaufman	130,818	40.5
	Independent	Don Endriss	5,180	1.6
	Independent	Lyle Milstein	3,897	1.2
Total votes			323,120	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24[]

Democratic primary[]

Democrat Frederica Wilson 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 challenged Wilson for the Democratic nomination.^[188]

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederica Wilson (incumbent)	50,822	78.4
	Democratic	Randal Hill	14,023	21.6
Total votes			64,845	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Democrat Frederica Wilson was unopposed in the general election.

District 25[]

Republican Mario Díaz-Balart 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;^[189] neither candidate will face a primary opponent.

General election[]

Results[]

Florida's 25th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mario Díaz-Balart (incumbent)	157,921	62.4
	Democratic	Alina Valdes	95,319	37.6
Total votes			253,240	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26[]

Republican Carlos Curbelo has represented the district since being elected in 2014.

Democratic primary[]

Annette Taddeo, nominee for Florida's 18th congressional district in 2008 and nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Florida in 2014, is set to challenge Curbelo as a Democrat.^[190] Former U.S. Representative Joe Garcia, however, is seeking a rematch against Curbelo.^[191]

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Garcia	Annette Taddeo	Undecided
GBA Strategies (D)	July 11–14, 2016	400	± 4.9%	40%	38%	22%
Expedition Strategies (D-Garcia)	May 10–13, 2016	400	± 4.90%	53%	28%	19%
ALG Research (D-Taddeo)	April 2016	400	± 4.4%	48%	27%	25%
Public Policy Polling (D)	January 15–18, 2016	441	–	34%	24%	42%

Results[]

Democratic primary results ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Garcia	14,834	51.2
	Democratic	Annette Taddeo	14,108	48.8
Total votes			28,942	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 26th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Curbelo (incumbent)	148,547	52.9
	Democratic	Joe Garcia	115,493	41.2
	Independent	José Peixoto	16,502	5.9
Total votes			280,542	100.0
	Republican hold

District 27[]

Republican primary[]

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

Results[]

Republican primary results^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (incumbent)	30,485	80.5
	Republican	Maria Peiro	4,450	11.3
	Republican	David "Tubbs" Adams	2,945	7.8
Total votes			37,880	100.0

Democratic primary[]

US Army veteran Frank Perez, businessman Scott Fuhrman, and attorney Adam Sackrin are running for the Democratic nomination.^[192]^[193]^[194]

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Fuhrman	17,068	58.9
	Democratic	Frank Perez	7,087	24.5
	Democratic	Adam Sackrin	4,808	16.6
Total votes			28,963	100.0

General election[]

Results[]

Florida’s 27th congressional district, 2016 ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (incumbent)	157,917	54.9
	Democratic	Scott Fuhrman	129,760	45.1
Total votes			287,677	100.0
	Republican hold

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