United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2016

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 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.

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 had expressed his interest in running for this seat if Miller had run for the Senate. 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.

Candidate

Steven Specht, law student and former Air Force intelligence officer ran unopposed on primary day.

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.

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.

Candidates

Declared

Neal Dunn, urologist

Ken Sukhia, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida

Mary Thomas, general counsel for the Florida Department of Elder Affairs

Dunn won the primary on August 30, 2016.

Candidates

Declared

Rob Lapham, retired IT executive

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.

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.

Candidates

Declared

Stephen Kaufman, public relations manager

Lake Ray, State Representative

Ed Malin

Bill McClure, St. John's County commissioner

Deborah Katz Pueschel, perennial candidate

John Rutherford, former Sheriff of Jacksonville

Hans Tanzler III, son of former Mayor of Jacksonville Hans Tanzler

John Rutherford won the primary on August 30, 2016.

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 2004 and 2006, qualified on the last day of filing. and thus ran unopposed.

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. In the Democratic primary--the real contest in this district--she was defeated by former state senator Al Lawson of Tallahassee.

Republican primary

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

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.

Candidates

Declared

Ron DeSantis, incumbent U.S. Representative

Fred Costello, State Representative

G.G. Galloway, real estate broker

Withdrawn

Sandy Adams, former U.S. Representative

Malcolm Anthony, attorney

Adam Barringer, former Mayor of New Smyrna Beach

James Jusick, gun-parts manufactuter and retired police officer

Ric Keller, former U.S. Representative

Pat Mooney, direct-mail consultant and brother of Congressman Alex Mooney

Brandon Patty, political consultant

David Santiago, State Representative (running for Re-Election)

Declined

Dorothy Hukill, State Senator

Travis Hutson, State Senator

Mark Miner, former St. Johns County Commissioner

Doc Renuart, former State Representative

John Rutherford, Duval County Sheriff

Candidates

Declared

Jay McGovern, US Navy veteran

Bill McCullough, businessman

George Pappas, attorney

Dwayne Taylor, State Representative

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.

Democratic primary

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

Republican primary

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

Democratic primary

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

District 9

Democrat Alan Grayson has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 8th district from 2009-2011, 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 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.

Polling

*Internal poll for the Dena Grayson campaign

Candidates

Declared

Wayne Liebnitzky, engineer

Wanda Rentas, Vice Mayor of Kissimmee

Declined

Mike La Rosa, State Representative

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.

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, 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

Val Demings, former Orlando Police Chief and nominee in 2012

Fatima Fahmy, attorney

Bob Poe, former Chair of the Florida Democratic Party

Geraldine Thompson, State Senator

District 11

Republican Rich Nugent represented the district since being elected in 2011 (it was numbered as the 5th district from 2011-2013, 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 Daniel Webster ran against Grabelle in the Republican primary for the 11th; Webster was declared the primary winner on August 30, 2016.

Democratic primary

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

District 12

Republican Gus Bilirakis has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 9th district from 2007-2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Attorney Robert Tager ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

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."

Candidates

Declared

Mark Bircher, commercial pilot, retired United States Marine Corps Brigadier General, candidate for the seat in the 2014 special election

David Jolly, incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

Rick Baker, former Mayor of St. Petersburg

Jeff Brandes, State Senator (running for re-election)

George Cretekos, Mayor of Clearwater

Bob Gualtieri, Pinellas County Sheriff (running for re-election)

Frank Hibbard, former Mayor of Clearwater

Jack Latvala, State Senator

Susan Latvala, former Pinellas County Commissioner

Ash Mason, former staffer to Sen. Marco Rubio

Kathleen Peters, State Representative and candidate for the seat in 2014

Karen Seel, Pinellas County Commissioner (running for re-election)

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

Withdrew

Eric Lynn, political consultant and former White House Middle East policy adviser and Pentagon official (running for State House)

Declined

Dwight Dudley, State Representative

Rick Kriseman, Mayor of St. Petersburg

Mary Mulhern, former Tampa city councilwoman

Darden Rice, St. Petersburg city councilwoman

General election

Polling

^Internal poll for the Charlie Crist campaign

*Internal poll for the David Jolly campaign

District 14

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

District 15

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

Candidates

Jan Schneider

Brent King

Republican primary

Republican Vern Buchanan has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 16th district from 2009-2013, 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.

District 17

Republican Tom Rooney has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 13th district from 2007-2013, 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.

Democratic primary

Democrat Patrick Murphy has represented the district since being elected in 2012. On March 23, 2015, Murphy announced 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. Rubio defeated Murphy. Republican Brian Mast, 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.

General election

Polling

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. In May 2016, Clawson announced he would not seek a second term.

Candidates

Republicans running for their party's nomination include Sanibel councilman Chauncey Goss, businessman and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican Francis Rooney and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino.

Potential candidates included Republicans Paige Kreegel, Fort Myers Councilman Tom Leonardo, and former State Representative Tom Grady, as well as Democratic businesswoman April Freeman, who was the party's nominee in 2014 for both the special election and in November.

Democratic primary

Robert Neeld ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

District 20

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

District 21

Democrat Ted Deutch has represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 19th district from 2010-2013, 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 was interested in running for this seat.

As a result of 2015's statewide redistricting, incumbent Deutch will effectively be swapping 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.

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. 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 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.

District 23

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

Candidates

Declared

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, incumbent

Tim Canova, attorney and professor at Nova Southeastern University

Declined

Martin Karp, Miami-Dade School Board member

Polling

^Poll for a Debbie Wasserman Schultz campaign-supporting Super PAC

*Internal poll for the Tim Canova campaign

Candidates

Marty Feigenbaum, attorney and Public Arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

Joe Kaufman, 2014 Republican nominee

Official campaign websites

Tim Canova for Congress (D)

Marty Feigenbaum for Congress (R)

Joe Kaufman for Congress (R)

Debbie Wasserman Schultz for Congress (D)

Democratic primary

Democrat Frederica Wilson has represented the district since being elected in 2012. She previously represented the 17th district from 2011-2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Retired NFL player and former U.S. Homeland Security agent Randal Hill is challenging Wilson for the Democratic nomination.

Results

Democrat Frederica Wilson was unopposed in the General Election.

District 25

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

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. Former U.S. Representative Joe Garcia, however, is seeking a rematch against Curbelo.

Polling

^ Internal poll for Joe Garcia campaign

* Internal poll for Annette Taddeo campaign

Republican primary

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

Democratic primary

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