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2018

U.Due south. Senate, Florida

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Ballot details
Filing deadline: June 17, 2022
Principal: August 23, 2022
General: November eight, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: vii a.thou. to vii p.m.
Voting in Florida
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Lean Republican
Sabato'southward Crystal Ball: Probable Republican
Inside Elections: Likely Republican
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Voters in Florida will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November eight, 2022. The primary is scheduled for August 23, 2022. The filing deadline is June 17, 2022.

The election will fill the Grade 3 Senate seat held by Marco Rubio (R), who start took part in 2011.

In 2018, Rick Scott (R) defeated incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson (D) by 0.2 percentage points in the Senate race for Florida. In 2016, incumbent Marco Rubio won re-election by a margin of 7.7 percentage points.

The two most recent presidential elections in Florida were both decided by less than 4 percentage points. Incumbent President Donald Trump (R) defeated Joe Biden (D) past 3.3 percentage points in the 2020 presidential election. Trump defeated Hillary Clinton (D) in the 2016 presidential election by i.ii percentage points.

At the start of the 2022 election cycle, Inside Elections rated this land Battleground Republican.[1]

Candidates and election results

Annotation: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance bureau before the candidate filing deadline
  • Announced on candidate lists released by authorities election agencies

States are in the process of redistricting Congressional and land legislative boundaries following the 2020 demography. As a event, candidates may declare candidacy in districts that modify before the land'due south filing borderline. This list will exist updated after the candidate filing borderline has passed and the official list of candidates becomes available. Please contact u.s.a. if y'all notice an official candidate missing from the listing, the inclusion of a candidate who withdrew, or the inclusion of a candidate who has since inverse the location of their candidacy.

General election

The primary will occur on August 23, 2022. The general ballot will occur on November eight, 2022. Boosted general election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic master election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Allek Pastrana (D)

Republican principal election

Withdrawn or butterfingers candidates

  • Luis Miguel (R)

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Committee covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this ballot.[2] It does not include information on fundraising earlier the electric current campaign bike or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly ground, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they volition be on the ballot and upon the termination of whatsoever campaign committees.[3] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Val Demings Autonomous Party $20,701,606 $13,314,550 $8,158,478 As of December 31, 2021
Marco Rubio Republican Party $16,906,707 $nine,394,391 $ten,587,998 As of Dec 31, 2021
Ken Russell Democratic Political party $997,743 $660,336 $337,407 As of December 31, 2021
Alan Grayson Democratic Party $446,030 $201,058 $248,939 As of December 31, 2021
William Sanchez Autonomous Political party $178,605 $136,135 $-2,101 As of December 31, 2021
Allen Ellison Democratic Party $85,133 $78,416 $2,279 As of December 31, 2021
Steven B. Grant No Party Amalgamation $xv,662 $2,662 $thirteen,000 Equally of December 31, 2021
Coleman Watson Democratic Political party $12,780 $thirteen,367 $0 Equally of January 31, 2022
Tuan Nguyen No Party Affiliation $12,757 $11,957 $800 As of December 31, 2021
Albert Fox Democratic Political party $12,029 $one,848 $x,181 As of December 31, 2021
Calvin Driggers Republican Party $vi,002 $372 $4,628 As of September thirty, 2021
Kevin DePuy Republican Party $5,000 $5,000 $0 As of September 30, 2021
Jason Holic No Party Affiliation $ii,175 $1,446 $729 As of Dec 31, 2021
Carlos Barberena No Party Affiliation $thirty $0 $xxx As of December 31, 2021
Josue Larose Republican Political party $0 $0 $0 As of December 31, 2021
Shantele Bennett No Political party Amalgamation $0 $0 $0 Data non available
Edward Abud Democratic Political party $0 $0 $0 Information not available
Grace Granda No Party Amalgamation $0 $0 $0 Information non bachelor
Ervan Katari Miller Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Information not available
Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data non available
Timothy Devine No Party Affiliation $0 $0 $0 Data non available
Ahmad Saide No Party Affiliation $0 $0 $0 Data not available
Jake Loubriel Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Information non available

Source: Federal Elections Committee, "Campaign finance data," 2022.

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (coin, goods, services or property) received by a political commission."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a buy, payment, distribution, loan, advance, eolith or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

General election race ratings

See likewise: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Melt Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Brawl. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to accept an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of reward:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear border, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that 1 party has a small border, but the race is competitive.[four]
  • Tossup ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and ballot result history in the race's district or state.[5] [six] [seven]

Race ratings: U.Due south. Senate ballot in Florida, 2022
Race tracker Race ratings
March xv, 2022 March viii, 2022 March ane, 2022 Feb 22, 2022
The Cook Political Study Lean Republican Lean Republican Lean Republican Lean Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales Likely Republican Likely Republican Likely Republican Likely Republican
Larry J. Sabato'southward Crystal Brawl Likely Republican Likely Republican Probable Republican Probable Republican
Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every week throughout the election season.

Election admission

The table beneath details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Florida in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate election access requirements in Florida, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2022
State Function Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing borderline Source
Florida U.S. Senate Ballot-qualified party 144,419 $10,440.00 6/17/2022 Source
Florida U.South. Senate Unaffiliated 144,419 $half dozen,960.00 6/17/2022 Source

Ballot history

2018

General election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Joe Allen (Independent)
  • Joe Wendt (50)
  • Gregory Bowles (Independent)
  • Carlos Garcia (Independent)

Autonomous primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Tamika Lyles (D)

Republican primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

  • Martin Mikhail (R)
  • Joe Smith (R)
  • Augustus Sol Invictus (R)
  • Marcia Thorne (R)

2016

See too: Us Senate ballot in Florida, 2016

The race for Florida's U.S. Senate seat was one of nine competitive battleground races in 2016 that that helped Republicans maintain control of the Senate. Incumbent Sen. Marco Rubio (R) defeated U.Due south. Rep. Patrick Murphy (D), Iraq war veteran Paul Stanton (50), and 9 independent and write-in candidates in the general election, which took identify on November viii, 2016. According to Politico, Rubio was "the first Republican senator from the Sunshine State e'er to win reelection in a presidential ballot year."[8] [9]

The heated race was full of personal attacks. Rubio called Tater "hyper-partisan," "a safety postage stamp for, God forbid, a Clinton presidency," and defendant him of fabricating his qualifications. A CBS Miami report questioned Spud's claims of existence a certified public accountant and small business owner. Murphy's campaign called the report "deeply false."[10] [xi] [12] [xiii]

Murphy attacked Rubio for missing votes and abandoning Florida voters while campaigning for president. During an interview, he said, "Sen. Rubio has the worst vote omnipresence record of any Florida senator in well-nigh 50 years," a argument PolitiFact rated as "mostly true." He also accused Rubio of being a political opportunist. Murphy'due south spokeswoman Galia Slayen said, "Marco Rubio is willing to abandon his responsibility to Floridians and paw over our country's national security to Donald Trump, equally long every bit it advances his own political career."[14]

In his victory speech, Rubio said, "[I] promise that I and my colleagues as we return to piece of work in Washington D.C. can set a better example how political soapbox should exist in this state. And I know people experience betrayed and you take a right to. Every major institution in our order has failed the states — the media, the government, big business organisation, Wall Street, academia — they accept all failed us. So people are so frustrated and angry. But nosotros must channel that anger and frustration into something positive. Let it move usa frontwards as energy to face up and solve our challenges and our bug."[15]

U.S. Senate, Florida General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Marco Rubio Incumbent 52% four,835,191
Democratic Patrick Spud 44.3% 4,122,088
Libertarian Paul Stanton 2.one% 196,956
Independent Bruce Nathan 0.vi% 52,451
Independent Tony Khoury 0.5% 45,820
Independent Steven Machat 0.iii% 26,918
Independent Basil Dalack 0.ii% 22,236
N/A Write-in 0% 160
Total Votes 9,301,820
Source: Florida Division of Elections
U.South. Senate, Florida Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Marco Rubio Incumbent 72% 1,029,830
Carlos Beruff 18.5% 264,427
Dwight Young 6.4% 91,082
Ernie Rivera 3.2% 45,153
Total Votes 1,430,492
Source: Florida Partitioning of Elections
U.S. Senate, Florida Autonomous Main, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Patrick Potato 58.9% 665,985
Alan Grayson 17.7% 199,929
Pam Keith 15.4% 173,919
Roque De La Fuente five.4% 60,810
Reginald Luster 2.6% 29,138
Full Votes 1,129,781
Source: Florida Segmentation of Elections
U.Due south. Senate, Florida Libertarian Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Paul Stanton 73.five% 2,946
Augustus Invictus Sol 26.5% 1,063
Total Votes 4,009
Source: Florida Sectionalization of Elections

2012

Run across also: United States Senate elections in Florida, 2012

On November 6, 2012, Beak Nelson won re-ballot to the United States Senate. He defeated Connie Mack (R), Nib Gaylor (I), and Chris Borgia (I) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Florida General Ballot, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Pecker Nelson Incumbent 55.2% 4,523,451
Republican Connie Mack 42.2% 3,458,267
Independent Pecker Gaylor 1.v% 126,079
Contained Chris Borgia 1% 82,089
North/A Write-ins 0% threescore
Full Votes 8,189,946
Source: Florida Election Watch "U.S. Senator"
U.s.a. Senate Democratic Primary, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Neb Nelson Incumbent 78.8% 690,112
Democratic Glenn A. Burkett 21.2% 185,629
Total Votes 875,741
Source: Florida Division of Elections
U.s. Senate Republican Primary, 2012
Political party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Connie Mack 58.7% 661,570
Republican Dave Weldon 20.1% 226,901
Republican Mike McCalister 13.nine% 156,158
Republican Marielena Stuart 7.3% 82,390
Total Votes one,127,019
Source: Florida Division of Elections

Political context

This section will exist updated with information about the political mural in Florida.

Redistricting following the 2020 census

This section lists major events in the mail-2020 census redistricting wheel in opposite chronological guild. Major events include the release of apportionment data, the release of demography population data, the introduction of formal map proposals, the enactment of new maps, and noteworthy court challenges. Click the dates below for additional information.

  • March 4, 2022: The Florida State Legislature voted to approve a bill containing a new congressional map and a backup map that would be enacted if the primary map was found to be unconstitutional.
  • March 3, 2022: The Florida Supreme Courtroom approved the new legislative maps.
  • Feb. three, 2022: The Florida Business firm of Representatives and Florida State Senate voted to approve a joint bill containing legislative maps for both chambers.
  • February. 2, 2022: The Florida Firm of Representatives voted in favor of a new state House commune map plan.
  • January. twenty, 2022: The Florida Land Senate voted in favor of new congressional and Senate commune map plans.
  • Jan. xvi, 2022: Ryan Newman, general counsel to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), released a draft map plan for the state's congressional districts on behalf of the governor.
  • November. 29, 2021: The Florida Firm Committee on Reapportionment released its get-go draft map plans for the state's congressional and House districts.
  • November. 10, 2021: The Florida Senate Commission on Reapportionment released its first draft map plans for the land'south congressional and Senate districts.
  • Sept. 16, 2021: The U.S. Census Agency released data from the 2020 census in an easier-to-utilise format to state redistricting authorities and the public.
  • Aug. 12, 2021: The U.S. Census Agency delivered redistricting data to states in a legacy format.
  • April 26, 2021: The U.South. Census Bureau delivered apportionment counts.

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Footnotes

  1. Inside Elections, "Senate Ratings," March 8, 2021
  2. Fundraising past primary candidates can exist found on the race'south corresponding primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates tin exist found on the race's full general election page.
  3. Federal Ballot Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March ii, 2022
  4. Inside Elections too uses Tilt ratings to betoken an fifty-fifty smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  5. Amee LaTour, "E-mail correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  6. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  7. Amee LaTour, "E-mail correspondence with Charlie Melt," April 22, 2018
  8. The New York Times, "Marco Rubio and John McCain Win Primaries in Florida and Arizona," accessed September 2, 2016
  9. Politico, "How Rubio outdid Trump in Florida and revived his career," accessed November xv, 2016
  10. Political leader, "Rubio: GOP has tough fight ahead to maintain Senate control," accessed August 22, 2016
  11. CNN, "Ahead of Florida master, Rubio offers Trump a tepid embrace," accessed September 2, 2016
  12. CBS Miami, "The Making of Patrick Murphy," June 22, 2016
  13. Patrick Irish potato for Senate, "Press Releases / Setting the Record Direct On Yesterday's Misleading CBS Miami Report," June 23, 2016
  14. PolitiFact, "Mostly True: Marco Rubio has worst voting tape of any Florida senator in nearly 50 years," accessed September 3, 2016
  15. Breitbart, "Rubio Wins Reelection Bid — Gives Victory Speech communication in English and Spanish," accessed November 15, 2016

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