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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

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2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

← 2012 November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04) 2016 →

All 27 Florida seats to the United States House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 17 10
Seats won 17 10
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 2,713,441 2,130,626
Percentage 56.02% 43.98%
Swing Increase 4.41% Decrease 1.69%

The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 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 Governor of Florida. There was no net party change, as Democrat Gwen Graham defeated Republican incumbent Steve Southerland in the 2nd district, while Republican Carlos Curbelo defeated Democratic incumbent Joe Garcia in the 26th district.

Overview

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Statewide

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Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % No. +/– %
Republican 26 2,713,451 54.3% 17 Steady 63.0%
Democratic 24 2,130,626 42.6% 10 Steady 37.0%
Independent 9 91,081 1.8% 0 Steady 0.0%
Libertarian 2 61,989 1.2% 0 Steady 0.0%
Write-in 8 1,388 0.0% 0 Steady 0.0%
Total 4,998,555 100.0% 27 Steady 100.0%
Popular vote
Republican
54.28%
Democratic
42.63%
Independent
1.82%
Libertarian
1.24%
Write-in
0.03%
House seats
Republican
62.96%
Democratic
37.04%
Independent
0.00%
Libertarian
0.00%

District

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Results of the 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida by district:[1]

District Republican Democratic Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 1 165,086 70.15% 54,976 23.36% 15,281 6.49% 235,343 100.00% Republican hold
District 2 123,262 49.35% 126,096 50.48% 422 0.17% 249,780 100.00% Democratic gain
District 3 148,691 64.99% 73,910 32.30% 6,208 2.71% 228,809 100.00% Republican hold
District 4 177,887 78.28% 0 0.00% 49,366 21.72% 227,253 100.00% Republican hold
District 5 59,237 34.53% 112,340 65.47% 0 0.00 171,577 100.00% Democratic hold
District 6 166,254 62.54% 99,563 37.46% 0 0.00% 265,817 100.00% Republican hold
District 7 144,474 63.60% 73,011 32.14% 9,679 4.26% 227,164 100.00% Republican hold
District 8 180,728 65.84% 93,724 34.14% 61 0.02% 274,513 100.00% Republican hold
District 9 74,963 43.11% 93,850 53.98% 5,065 2.91% 173,878 100.00% Democratic hold
District 10 143,128 61.54% 89,426 38.45% 20 0.01% 232,574 100.00% Republican hold
District 11 181,508 66.66% 90,786 33.34% 0 0.00% 272,294 100.00% Republican hold
District 12 Republican hold
District 13 168,172 75.22% 0 0.00% 55,404 24.78% 223,576 100.00% Republican hold
District 14 Democratic hold
District 15 128,750 60.28% 84,832 39.72% 0 0.00% 213,582 100.00% Republican hold
District 16 169,126 61.54% 105,483 38.38% 220 0.08% 274,829 100.00% Republican hold
District 17 141,493 63.24% 82,263 36.76% 0 0.00% 223,756 100.00% Republican hold
District 18 101,896 40.22% 151,478 59.78% 0 0.00% 253,374 100.00% Democratic hold
District 19 159,354 64.55% 80,824 32.74% 6,683 2.71% 246,861 100.00% Republican hold
District 20 28,968 18.40% 128,498 81.60% 0 0.00% 157,466 100.00% Democratic hold
District 21 0 0.00% 153,395 99.63% 575 0.37% 153,970 100.00% Democratic hold
District 22 90,685 41.97% 125,404 58.03% 7 0.00% 216,096 100.00% Democratic hold
District 23 61,519 37.33% 103,269 62.67% 0 0.00% 164,788 100.00% Democratic hold
District 24 15,239 10.16% 129,192 86.18% 5,487 3.66% 149,918 100.00% Democratic hold
District 25 Republican hold
District 26 83,031 51.46% 78,306 48.54% 0 0.00% 161,337 100.00% Republican gain
District 27 Republican hold
Total 2,713,451 54.28% 2,130,626 42.63% 154,478 3.09% 4,998,555 100.00%

District 1

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Incumbent Republican Jeff Miller, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • John Krause
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  • Travis Pierce Miller

Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff Miller (incumbent) 44,784 75.3
Republican John E Krause 14,660 24.7
Total votes 59,444 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Jim Bryan, retired Army officer and nominee for this seat in 2010

General election

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Results

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Florida's 1st congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff Miller (incumbent) 165,086 70.1
Democratic Jim Bryan 54,976 23.4
Independent Mark Wichern 15,281 6.5
Total votes 235,343 100.0
Republican hold

District 2

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2014 Florida's 2nd congressional district election

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Nominee Gwen Graham Steve Southerland
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 126,096 123,262
Percentage 50.5% 49.3%

County results
Graham:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Southerland:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Steve Southerland
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Gwen Graham
Democratic

Incumbent Republican Steve Southerland, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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General election

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Endorsements

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Steve Southerland (R)

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Steve
Southerland (R)
Gwen
Graham (D)
Undecided
National Research Group (R-Southerland)[13] October 1–2, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 45% 39% 16%
Anzalone Liszt Grove (D-Graham)[14] September 21–24, 2014 500 ± 4.4% 45% 48% 7%
Pathfinder Opinion Research[15] August 11–12, 2014 400 ± 4.4% 43% 45% 11%
Pathfinder Opinion Research[15] April 22–24, 2014 500 ± 4.4% 49% 39% 11%
Anzalone Liszt Grove (D-Graham)[16] March 2–6, 2014 500 ± 4.4% 42% 40% 18%
Public Policy Polling[17] October 21–22, 2013 965 ± 3.2% 41% 44% 15%
Clarity Campaign Labs[18] August 27–28, 2013 1,152 ± 2.9% 44% 42% 14%

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[19] Tossup November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[20] Tossup October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[21] Lean D (flip) October 30, 2014
RCP Tossup November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[22] Tossup November 4, 2014

Results

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Graham won the race by a narrow 1.2% margin, making Southerland one of only two sitting Republicans to be defeated by a Democrat in 2014 (the other being Lee Terry in Nebraska's 2nd).

Florida's 2nd congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gwen Graham 126,096 50.5
Republican Steve Southerland (incumbent) 123,262 49.3
Write-in Luther Lee 422 0.2
Total votes 249,780 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

District 3

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Incumbent Republican Ted Yoho, who had represented the district since 2013, after defeating Republican incumbent Cliff Stearns in the primary, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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Campaign

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Jake Rush, an attorney and former Alachua County Sheriff's deputy, challenged Yoho in the Republican primary. Following the launch of his campaign, he received national media attention related to his involvement with live action role-playing (particularly the supernaturally themed Mind's Eye Theatre) and costuming.[23][24][25]

Candidates

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Nominee
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Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Yoho (incumbent) 37,486 79.4
Republican Jake Rush 9,739 20.6
Total votes 47,225 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Marihelen Wheeler, middle school art teacher[26]
Withdrawn
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  • Aquasia Johnson McDowell

General election

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Endorsements

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Ted Yoho (R)

Organizations

Marihelen Wheeler (D)

Results

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Florida's 3rd congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ted Yoho (incumbent) 148,691 65.0
Democratic Marihelen Wheeler 73,910 32.3
Independent Howard Term Limits Lawson 6,208 2.7
Total votes 228,809 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

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Incumbent Republican Ander Crenshaw, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Ryman Shoaf, US Navy veteran

Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ander Crenshaw (incumbent) 38,613 70.9
Republican Ryman Shoaf 15,817 29.1
Total votes 54,430 100.0

Democratic primary

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The Democratic Party did not run a candidate in this race.

General election

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Results

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Florida's 4th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ander Crenshaw (incumbent) 177,877 78.3
Independent Paula Moser-Bartlett 35,663 15.7
Independent Gary L. Koniz 13,690 6.0
Independent Deborah Katz Pueschel 13 0.0
Total votes 227,243 100.0
Republican hold

District 5

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Incumbent Democrat Corrine Brown, who had represented the district since 2013, having previously represented the 3rd district from 1993 to 2013, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Thuy Lowe

Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Glo Smith 10,968 63.0
Republican Thuy (Twee) Lowe 6,451 37.0
Total votes 17,419 100.0

General election

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Endorsements

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Results

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Florida's 5th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Corrine Brown (incumbent) 112,340 65.5
Republican Glo Smith 59,237 34.5
Total votes 171,577 100.0
Democratic hold

District 6

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2014 Florida's 6th congressional district election

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2016 →
 
Nominee Ron DeSantis David Cox
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 166,254 99,563
Percentage 62.5% 37.5%

County results
DeSantis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Ron DeSantis
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Ron DeSantis
Republican

Incumbent Republican Ron DeSantis, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Andrew Scott

General election

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Results

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Florida's 6th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron DeSantis (incumbent) 166,254 62.5
Democratic David Cox 99,563 37.5
Total votes 265,817 100.0
Republican hold

District 7

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2014 Florida's 7th congressional district election

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Nominee John Mica Wesley Neuman
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 144,474 73,011
Percentage 63.6% 32.1%

County results
Mica:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

John Mica
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

John Mica
Republican

The 7th District, includes most of Seminole County, the main campus of the University of Central Florida in Orange County, and parts of Deltona in Volusia County. Incumbent Republican John Mica, who had represented the district since 1993, ran for re-election. In 2012, when Mica ran for re-election in the redrawn district, he won with 59% of the vote, his smallest margin of victory in twenty years.

Republican primary

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Polling taken during the 2013 government shutdown showed that Mica was vulnerable to an opponent, with only 33% of the district's voters indicating that they approved of his performance, while 50% disapproved.[31] The early predictions proved to be unfounded, and Mica's popularity rebounded considerably over the summer of 2014. Mica was a heavy favourite to win the GOP primary, and on August 26, trounced his GOP challengers with over 72% of the vote.[32]

Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Don Oehlrich
  • Kelly Shirley, pharmacist
  • David Smith, business executive
Withdrawn
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  • Alan Azcona
  • Zechariah Blanchard

Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Mica (incumbent) 32,084 72.2
Republican David Smith 8,316 18.7
Republican Don Oehlrich 2,285 5.1
Republican Kelly Shirley 1,786 4.0
Total votes 44,471 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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General election

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Campaign

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On September 25, 2014, after over a month of keeping a low profile, Democratic challenger Wes Neuman announced he "made a mistake" in challenging Mica and would no longer be actively campaigning.[33]

Al Krulick appeared on the ballot with no party affiliation.

Endorsements

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Wes Neuman (D)

Polling

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Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
John
Mica (R)
Democratic
opponent (D)
Other Undecided
Public Policy Polling[34] October 15–16, 2013 597 ± ?% 43% 46% 11%

Results

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Florida's 7th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Mica (incumbent) 144,474 63.6
Democratic Wes Neuman 73,011 32.1
Independent Al Krulick 9,679 4.3
Total votes 227,164 100.0
Republican hold

District 8

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Incumbent Republican Bill Posey, who had represented the district since 2013, having represented the 15th district from 2009 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Withdrawn
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General election

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Campaign

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Rothblatt's belief in transhumanism and his family ties were both regularly covered by the media. Jessica Roy, from Time, commented that his status as a member of Terasem might be just as difficult for his campaign as being a Democrat in the Republican majority district.[35][36]

During a campaign event, gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist introduced him by saying, "Gabriel is the messenger that God sent."[37]

Others were critical of Rothblatt's campaign. Katie Prill, from the National Republican Congressional Committee, wrote that "his radical ideas are too extreme for Florida families."[35] Posey's spokesman, George Cecala, stated, "It all comes down to the real issue, and that is Bill Posey is a conservative and Gabriel Rothblatt is a liberal.[35]

Endorsements

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Bill Posey (R)

Results

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Florida's 8th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bill Posey (incumbent) 180,728 65.8
Democratic Gabriel Rothblatt 93,724 34.2
Write-in Christopher L. Duncan 61 0.0
Total votes 274,513 100.0
Republican hold

District 9

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2014 Florida's 9th congressional district election

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2016 →
 
Nominee Alan Grayson Carroll Platt
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 93,850 74,963
Percentage 54.0% 43.1%

County results
Grayson:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Alan Grayson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Alan Grayson
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Alan Grayson, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 8th district from 2009 to 2011, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Democratic primary

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Grayson was challenged in the primary by Democrat Nick Ruiz, a professor from the University of Florida. In 2012, Ruiz ran for the Democratic nomination in the 7th District. Ruiz made a somewhat surprising move to FL-09 for 2014.[41]

Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Results

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Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alan Grayson (incumbent) 18,641 74.3
Democratic Nick Ruiz 6,441 25.7
Total votes 25,082 100.0

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Carol Platt, Osceola County Realtors Association
Eliminated in primary
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  • Jorge Bonilla, Navy veteran
  • Peter Vivaldi, businessman

Endorsements

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Platt received endorsements from both Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.[42]

Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carol Platt 11,542 54.6
Republican Jorge Bonilla 6,293 29.8
Republican Peter Vivaldi 3,301 15.6
Total votes 21,136 100.0

General election

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Endorsements

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Alan
Grayson (D)
Carol
Platt (R)
Marko
Milakovich (I)
Undecided
Data Targeting (R-Platt)[44] October 9–12, 2014 305 ± 5.7% 40% 35% 7% 18%

Results

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Florida's 9th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alan Grayson (incumbent) 93,850 54.0
Republican Carol Platt 74,963 43.1
Independent Marko Milakovich 5,060 2.9
Write-in Leon Leo Ray 5 0.0
Total votes 173,878 100.0
Democratic hold

District 10

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Incumbent Republican Daniel Webster, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 8th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Withdrawn
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  • David Allen Seeley

Democratic primary

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Val Demings, who was the Democratic nominee in 2012, considered a second run against Webster,[45] but chose to run for mayor of Orange County, Florida, instead.[46] Ultimately, she pulled out of that race as well.[47]

Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Declined
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Results

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Despite only spending $5,000 on his primary campaign, a fraction of the spending of his two opponents, McKenna won the primary and faced Webster in the general election.[50]

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael McKenna 11,912 49.7
Democratic Shayan Modarres 7,324 30.6
Democratic William Ferree 4,718 19.7
Total votes 23,954 100.0

General election

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Campaign

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Webster was a decided favourite for the general election and he ran only a few television ads. With very little money in his campaign funds, McKenna ran no ads, instead counting on a grass-roots, "door-to-door" campaign.[51]

Results

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Webster easily cruised to re-election by a margin of 62% to 38%.[52]

Florida's 10th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Webster (incumbent) 143,128 61.5
Democratic Michael McKenna 89,426 38.5
Write-in David B. Falstad 20 0.0
Total votes 232,574 100.0
Republican hold

District 11

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Incumbent Republican Rich Nugent, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 5th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Withdrawn
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  • Michael Uminski

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Dave Koller, small businessowner

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Withdrawn
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  • Matthew Schnackenberg

General election

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Results

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Florida's 11th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rich Nugent (incumbent) 181,508 66.7
Democratic Dave Koller 90,786 33.3
Total votes 272,294 100.0
Republican hold

District 12

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Incumbent Republican Gus Bilirakis, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.. He previously represented the 9th district from 2007 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Democratic primary

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No democrat filed to run

General election

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No candidates filed to challenge Bilirakis for his seat, so he returned to office without standing for election.[53]

Results

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Florida's 12th congressional district, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gus Bilirakis (incumbent) Unopposed N/a
Total votes N/a
Republican hold

District 13

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Incumbent Republican David Jolly, who had represented the district since a 2014 special election, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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On October 9, 2013, Republican Bill Young, who had held this Tampa Bay-area district since 1971, announced that he would not run for re-election to a twenty-second term in 2014. He died nine days later, and a special election was held, which Republican David Jolly won. Jolly ran for a full term.

Candidates

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Nominee
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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No Democratic candidate filed to run for Congress before the end of the qualifying period.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced that it would support Independent candidate Ed Jany.[54] Jany dropped out of the race on May 13, 2014.[55]

Withdrawn
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Declined
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Polling

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Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Charlie
Crist
Jessica
Ehrlich
Charlie
Justice
Janet
Long
Alex
Sink
Scott
Wagman
Ken
Welch
Other Undecided
St. Pete Polls[69] October 15, 2013 706 ± 3.7% 19.8% 63.1% 10% 7.2%
St. Pete Polls[70] October 9, 2013 367 ± 5.1% 53.8% 10.2% 7.8% 6.6% 1.5% 7.7% 12.5%
17.2% 20% 12.9% 3% 10.4% 36.5%

Libertarian primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Lucas Overby, activist, commercial diver, and nominee for this seat in the 2014 (special)[54]

Independents

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Withdrawn

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General election

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Endorsements

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
David
Jolly (R)
Lucas
Overby (L)
Other Undecided
St. Pete Polls[72] June 4, 2014 1,121 ± 2.9% 47% 31% 22%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
David
Jolly (R)
Ed
Jany (I)
Lucas
Overby (L)
Other Undecided
St. Pete Polls[73][74] May 8, 2014 795 ± 3.5% 49.9% 20.7% 10.4% 19%
49.6% 29.8% 9.2% 11.4%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
David
Jolly (R)
Alex
Sink (D)
Undecided
St. Pete Polls[75] April 8, 2014 903 ± 3.3% 48.1% 45.8% 6.1%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Rick
Baker (R)
Jessica
Ehrlich (D)
Undecided
St. Pete Polls[69] October 15, 2013 1,741 ± 2.3% 34.6% 30.7% 34.7%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Rick
Baker (R)
Alex
Sink (D)
Undecided
St. Pete Polls[69] October 15, 2013 1,741 ± 2.3% 34% 50.8% 15.2%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Neil
Brickfield (R)
Alex
Sink (D)
Undecided
St. Pete Polls[69] October 15, 2013 1,741 ± 2.3% 24% 56.6% 19.4%

Results

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Florida's 13th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Jolly (incumbent) 168,172 75.2
Libertarian Lucas Overby 55,318 24.7
Write-in Michael Stephen Levinson 86 0.1
Total votes 223,576 100.0
Republican hold

District 14

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Incumbent Democrat Kathy Castor, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. She previously represented the 11th district from 2007 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Republican primary

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No Republicans filed to run.

Withdrawn

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  • John Coney

General election

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No candidates filed to challenge Castor for her seat, so she returned to office without standing for election.[53]

Endorsements

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Results

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Florida's 14th congressional district, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathy Castor (incumbent) Unopposed N/a
Total votes N/a
Democratic hold

District 15

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Incumbent Republican Dennis Ross, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 12th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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General election

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Endorsements

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Dennis
Ross (R)
Alan
Cohn (D)
Undecided
Anzalone Liszt Grove (D-Cohn)[76] June 5–8, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 42% 35% 23%

Results

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Florida's 15th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dennis Ross (incumbent) 128,750 60.3
Democratic Alan Cohn 84,832 39.7
Total votes 213,582 100.0
Republican hold

District 16

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Incumbent Republican Vern Buchanan, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 16th district from 2009 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Mitch Mallett, former vice chair of the Manatee county Democratic party[78]

General election

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101-year-old Joe Newman ran as a write-in candidate.[79]

Results

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Florida's 16th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Vern Buchanan (incumbent) 169,126 61.5
Democratic Henry Lawrence 105,483 38.4
Write-in Joe Newman 220 0.1
Total votes 274,829 100.0
Republican hold

District 17

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Incumbent Republican Tom Rooney, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 13th district from 2007 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Erin Magee
  • John Sawyer

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Will Bronson

General election

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Results

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Florida's 17th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Rooney (incumbent) 141,493 63.2
Democratic Will Bronson 82,263 36.8
Total votes 223,756 100.0
Republican hold

District 18

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2014 Florida's 18th congressional district election

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Nominee Patrick Murphy Carl J. Domino
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 151,478 101,896
Percentage 59.8% 40.2%

County results
Murphy:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Patrick Murphy
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Patrick Murphy
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Patrick Murphy, who had represented Florida's 18th congressional district since 2013 after defeating Republican Allen West, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

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Nominee
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Republican primary

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Juno Beach Councilwoman Ellen Andel, who had declared her candidacy in May 2013, withdrew from the race in February 2014. Despite West's endorsement, she posted poor fundraising numbers and began 2014 with only $5,537 cash-on-hand, to Murphy's $1.8 million.[80][81]

Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Beverly Hires, nurse
  • Brian Lara, computer software developer
  • Alan Schlesinger, former mayor of Derby, Connecticut, former Connecticut State Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate from Connecticut in 2006
  • Calvin Turnquest, former Tequesta Council member
  • Nick Wukoson, small business owner
Withdrawn
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  • Ellen Andel, Juno Beach Council member
  • Frank Lynch
Declined
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Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carl J. Domino 15,805 38.4
Republican Alan Schlesinger 9,920 24.1
Republican Beverly Hires 5,760 14.0
Republican Brian Lara 5,361 13.0
Republican Calvin D. Turnquest 2,757 6.7
Republican Nick Wukoson 1,594 3.9
Total votes 41,197 100.0

General election

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Endorsements

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Patrick
Murphy (D)
Carl J.
Domino (R)
Other Undecided
FrederickPolls (D-Murphy)[89] August 27–28, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 54% 33% 13%
FrederickPolls (D-Murphy)[90] October 6–8, 2013 300 52% 25% 23%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Patrick
Murphy (D)
Adam
Hasner (R)
Other Undecided
FrederickPolls[91] October 6–8, 2013 300 ± ? 52% 25% 23%
  • * Internal poll for the Patrick Murphy campaign

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[19] Likely D November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[20] Safe D October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[21] Likely D October 30, 2014
RCP Lean D November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[22] Lean D November 4, 2014

Results

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Florida's 18th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrick Murphy (incumbent) 151,478 59.8
Republican Carl J. Domino 101,896 40.2
Total votes 253,374 100.0
Democratic hold

District 19

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Incumbent Republican Curt Clawson, who had represented the district since a 2014 special election, ran for re-election.

Republican Trey Radel who had elected to represent the 19th district in 2012, resigned on January 27, 2014, requiring a special election to fill the remainder of his term.[92]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Declined
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • April Freeman, film and television producer and co-founder of a political consulting firm

General election

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Endorsements

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Curt Clawson (R)

Results

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Florida's 19th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Curt Clawson (incumbent) 159,354 64.6
Democratic April Freeman 80,824 32.7
Libertarian Ray Netherwood 6,671 2.7
Write-in Timothy J. Rossano 12 0.0
Total votes 246,861 100.0
Republican hold

District 20

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Incumbent Democrat Alcee Hastings, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 13th district from 1993 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Results

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Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alcee L. Hastings (incumbent) 29,236 79.2
Democratic Jean L. Enright 5,256 14.2
Democratic Jameel McCline 2,424 6.6
Total votes 36,916 100.0

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Jay Bonner, marketing consultant and land surveyor

General election

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Endorsements

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Results

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Florida's 20th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alcee Hastings (incumbent) 128,498 81.6
Republican Jay Bonner 28,968 18.4
Total votes 157,466 100.0
Democratic hold

District 21

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Incumbent Democrat Ted Deutch, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. He previously represented the 19th district from 2010 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Emmanuel Morel

Results

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Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Deutch (incumbent) 31,080 91.6
Democratic Emmanuel G. Morel 2,845 8.4
Total votes 33,925 100.0

Republican primary

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No Republicans filed

Candidates

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Withdrawn
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  • Henry Colon

General election

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Endorsements

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Results

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Florida's 21st congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ted Deutch (incumbent) 153,395 99.6
Write-in W. Michael Trout 575 0.4
Total votes 153,970 100.0
Democratic hold

District 22

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Incumbent Democrat Lois Frankel, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
[edit]
  • Paul Spain
Eliminated in primary
[edit]
  • Andrea Leigh McGee
  • David Wagie
Withdrawn
[edit]
  • Jeremy Rodgers

Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul Spain 7,492 42.6
Republican Andrea Leigh McGee 6,073 34.5
Republican David Wagie 4,017 22.9
Total votes 17,582 100.0

General election

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Endorsements

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Results

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Florida's 22nd congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lois Frankel (incumbent) 125,404 58.0
Republican Paul Spain 90,685 42.0
Write-in Raymond Schamis 7 0.0
Total votes 216,096 100.0
Democratic hold

District 23

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Incumbent Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. She previously represented the 20th district from 2005 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
[edit]
  • Joseph Kaufman, founder of Americans Against Hate
Eliminated in primary
[edit]
  • Juan Garcia
Declined
[edit]
  • Ed Goldfarb, realtor

Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joseph "Joe" Kaufman 6,299 62.6
Republican Juan Garcia 3,764 37.4
Total votes 10,063 100.0

General election

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Endorsements

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Results

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Florida's 23rd congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Debbie Wasserman Schultz (incumbent) 103,269 62.7
Republican Joseph "Joe" Kaufman 61,519 37.3
Total votes 164,788 100.0
Democratic hold

District 24

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Incumbent Democrat Frederica Wilson, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. She previously represented the 17th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
[edit]
  • Michael Etienne

Results

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Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frederica Wilson (incumbent) 35,456 80.4
Democratic Michael A. Etienne 8,628 19.6
Total votes 44,084 100.0

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Dufirstson Julio Neree

General election

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Endorsements

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Results

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Florida's 24th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frederica Wilson (incumbent) 129,192 86.2
Republican Dufirstson Julio Neree 15,239 10.1
Independent Luis E. Fernandez 5,487 3.7
Total votes 149,918 100.0
Democratic hold

District 25

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Incumbent Republican Mario Diaz-Balart, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. 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.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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General election

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No candidates filed to challenge Diaz-Balart for his seat, so he returned to office without standing for election.[53]

Endorsements

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Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

Results

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Florida's 25th congressional district, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mario Diaz-Balart (incumbent) Unopposed N/a
Total votes N/a
Republican hold

District 26

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Incumbent Democrat Joe García, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Declined
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Results

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Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carlos Curbelo 13,861 47.0
Republican Ed MacDougall 7,455 25.3
Republican Joe A. Martinez 5,136 17.4
Republican David Rivera 2,209 7.5
Republican Lorenzo Palomares Starbuck 824 2.8
Total votes 29,485 100.0

General election

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Endorsements

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Carlos Curbelo (R)

Organizations

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Joe
García (D)
Carlos
Curbelo (R)
Undecided
Saint Leo University[103] October 2014 400 ± 4.5% 42% 46% 12%
DCCC (D)[104] September 28–October 1, 2014 400 ± 4.8% 45% 40% 15%
McLaughlin (R-Curbelo)[105] September 9–11, 2014 400 ± 4.9% 40% 44% 16%

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[19] Tossup November 3, 2014
Rothenberg[20] Tilt R (flip) October 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[21] Lean R (flip) October 30, 2014
RCP Tossup November 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections[22] Tossup November 4, 2014

Results

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Florida's 26th congressional district, 2014[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Carlos Curbelo 83,031 51.5
Democratic Joe García (incumbent) 78,306 48.5
Total votes 161,337 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

District 27

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Incumbent Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen who had represented the district since 2012, ran for re-election. She previously represented the 18th district from 1989 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
[edit]

General election

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No candidates filed to challenge Ros-Lehtinen for her seat, so she returned to office without standing for election.[53]

Endorsements

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)

Results

[edit]
Florida's 27th congressional district, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (incumbent) Unopposed N/a
Total votes N/a
Republican hold

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