Democrats Select Whitney Fox and Lucia Báez-Geller for Competitive U.S. House Seats in Florida
Full results for the 28 seats in the state's delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives.
The Democratic and Republican primaries occurred today in Florida to select candidates for the November general election. That included the races for all 28 seats in the state’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives for regular two-year terms.
For the 118th Congress (which runs from January 2023 to January 2025), Florida is served by 20 Republicans and 8 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives. 27 incumbents ran for re-nomination - with Bill Posey of the 8th District retiring. It only takes a plurality of the vote for a candidate to receive their party’s nomination.
For the 1st District:
Gay Valimont won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Matt Gaetz won the Republican primary with 72.6% against Aaron Dimmock with 27.4%. 97,551 votes counted.
For the 2nd District:
Meghann Hovey won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Neal Dunn won the Republican primary with 82.7% against Rhonda Woodward with 17.3%. 83,523 votes counted.
For the 3rd District:
Tom Wells won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Kat Cammack won the Republican primary with 87.1% against Alec Stevens with 12.9%. 80,243 votes counted.
For the 4th District:
LaShonda Holloway won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Aaron Bean won the Republican primary unopposed.
For the 5th District:
Jay McGovern won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent John Rutherford won the Republican primary with 67.1% against Mara Macie with 32.9%. 72,251 votes counted.
For the 6th District:
James Stockton III won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Michael Waltz won the Republican primary with 82.0% against John Grow with 18.0%. 79,460 votes counted.
For the 7th District:
Jennifer Adams won the Democratic primary with 62.7% against Allek Pastrana with 21.2% and Tatiana Fernandez with 16.1%. 36,991 votes counted.
Incumbent Cory Mills won the Republican primary with 80.9% against Mike Johnson with 19.1%. 53,257 votes counted.
For the 8th District:
Sandy Kennedy won the Democratic primary with 60.7% against Dan McDow with 39.3%. 40,666 votes counted.
Mike Haridopolos won the Republican primary with 72.1% against John Hearton with 21.7% and Joe Babits with 6.1%. 85,520 votes counted.
For the 9th District:
Incumbent Darren Soto won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Thomas Chalifoux won the Republican primary with 49.6% against John Quiñones with 25.7% and Jose Castillo with 24.7%. 25,489 votes counted.
For the 10th District:
Incumbent Maxwell Frost won the Democratic primary with 81.8% against Wade Darius with 12.6% and Issa White with 5.6%. 40,595 votes counted.
Willie Montague won the Republican primary with 53.5% against Tuan Le with 46.5%. 20,912 votes counted.
For the 11th District:
Barbie Hall won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Daniel Webster won the Republican primary with 77.0% against John McCloy with 23.0%. 71,981 votes counted.
For the 12th District:
Rock Aboujaoude Jr. won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Gus Bilirakis won the Republican primary with 84.3% against Hank Dunlap with 15.7%. 71,076 votes counted.
For the 13th District:
Whitney Fox won the Democratic primary with 57.9% against Sabrina Bousbar with 17.4%, Liz Dahan with 13.5%, Mark Weinkrantz with 7.2%, and John Liccione with 3.9%. 51,202 votes counted.
Incumbent Anna Paulina Luna won the Republican primary unopposed.
For the 14th District:
Incumbent Kathy Castor won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Robert Rochford won the Republican primary with 54.1% against John Peters with 27.0%, Ehsan Joarder with 13.3%, and Neelam Taneja Perry with 5.5%. 28,744 votes counted.
For the 15th District:
Pat Kemp won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Laurel Lee won the Republican primary with 72.3% against James Judge with 18.1% and Jennifer Barbosa with 9.6%. 39,479 votes counted.
For the 16th District:
Jan Schneider won the Democratic primary with 65.7% against Trent Miller with 34.3%. 36,033 votes counted.
Incumbent Vern Buchanan won the Republican primary with 60.9% against Eddie Speir with 39.1%. 63,569 votes counted.
For the 17th District:
Manny Lopez won the Democratic primary with 52.9% against Matthew Montavon with 47.1%. 47,229 votes counted.
Incumbent Greg Steube won the Republican primary unopposed.
For the 18th District:
Andrea Doria Kale won the Democratic primary with 66.9% against Peter Braunston with 33.1%. 25,054 votes counted.
Incumbent Scott Franklin won the Republican primary unopposed.
For the 19th District:
Kari Lerner won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Byron Donalds won the Republican primary unopposed.
For the 20th District:
Incumbent Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick won the Democratic primary unopposed.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
For the 21st District:
Thomas Witkop won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Brian Mast won the Republican primary with 85.8% against Rick Wiles with 14.2%. 70,319 votes counted.
For the 22nd District:
Incumbent Lois Frankel won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Dan Franzese won the Republican primary with 52.5% against Andrew Gutmann with 25.3% and Deborah Adeimy with 22.2%. 31,726 votes counted.
For the 23rd District:
Incumbent Jared Moskowitz won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Joe Kaufman won the Republican primary with 35.4% against Robert Weinroth with 20.6%, Darlene Cerezo Swaffar with 19.1%, Carla Spalding with 10.6%, Joe Thelusca with 7.2%, and Gary Barve with 7.2%. 26,845 votes counted.
For the 24th District:
Incumbent Frederica Wilson won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Jesus Navarro won the Republican primary with 56.8% against Jesus Navarro with 43.2%. 10,124 votes counted.
For the 25th District:
Incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz won the Democratic primary with 83.2% against Jen Perelman with 16.8%. 43,780 votes counted.
Chris Eddy won the Republican primary with 64.9% against Bryan Leib with 35.1%. 20,383 votes counted.
For the 26th District:
Joey Atkins won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Mario Diaz-Balart won the Republican primary with 83.5% against Johnny Fratto with 9.5% and Richard Evans with 6.9%. 45,878 votes counted.
For the 27th District:
Lucia Báez-Geller won the Democratic primary with 54.2% against Mike Davey with 45.8%. 34,319 votes counted.
Incumbent María Elvira Salazar won the Republican primary with 88.7% against Royland Lara with 11.3%. 43,394 votes counted.
For the 28th District:
Phil Ehr won the Democratic primary unopposed.
Incumbent Carlos Giménez won the Republican primary unopposed.
All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives will be contested in the 2024 general election happening on Tuesday, November 5. The outcome will determine political control of the lower legislative chamber in the U.S. Congress.