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Florida gubernatorial election, 2018

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November 6, 2018
  
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Florida gubernatorial election, 2018

The 2018 Florida gubernatorial election will take place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Florida, concurrently with the election of Florida's Class I U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various Florida and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Scott is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive term.

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Potential

  • Rick Baker, former Mayor of St. Petersburg
  • Ron Bergeron, businessman and member of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
  • Carlos Beruff, real estate developer and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016
  • Richard Corcoran, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
  • Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas and candidate for President of the United States in 2008 and 2016
  • Jack Latvala, State Senator
  • Adam Putnam, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture
  • Jackie Siegel, owner and director of the Mrs. Florida America pageant

    • Declined

  • Jeff Atwater, Chief Financial Officer of Florida
  • Pam Bondi, Florida Attorney General
  • John Delaney, President of the University of North Florida and former Mayor of Jacksonville
  • Francis Rooney, U.S. Representative and former United States Ambassador to the Holy See
  • Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator and candidate for President of the United States in 2016
  • Will Weatherford, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives

    • Declared

  • Andrew Gillum, Mayor of Tallahassee
  • Chris King, businessman

    • Potential

  • Kathy Castor, U.S. Representative
  • Gwen Graham, former U.S. Representative
  • Jeff Greene, real estate developer and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010
  • Grant Hill, businessman and retired NBA player
  • Philip Levine, Mayor of Miami Beach
  • John Morgan, attorney
  • Patrick Murphy, former U.S. Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2016
  • Jeremy Ring, State Senator

    • Declined

  • Bob Buckhorn, Mayor of Tampa
  • Charlie Crist, U.S. Representative, former Republican-turned-independent Governor and nominee for Governor in 2014
  • Buddy Dyer, Mayor of Orlando
  • Rick Kriseman, Mayor of St. Petersburg
  • Jack Seiler, Mayor of Fort Lauderdale

    • Declared

  • Randy Wiseman, former Chair of the Lake County School Board, candidate for State House in 2004 and candidate for Mayor of Mount Dora in 2013

    • Polling

    with David Jolly
    with Adam Putnam

    References

    Florida gubernatorial election, 2018 Wikipedia
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