United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 9
- Early voting: Oct. 27 - Nov. 3[2]
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Photo ID required
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Florida took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected 27 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party held 16 of the 27 congressional seats from Florida.
| Members of the U.S. House from Florida -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2018 | After the 2018 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 11 | 13 | |
| Republican Party | 15 | 14 | |
| Vacancies | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 27 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2018 election, the incumbents for the 27 congressional districts were:
2016 Pivot Counties
Florida features six congressional districts that, based on boundaries adopted after the 2010 census, intersected with one or more Pivot Counties. These 206 Pivot Counties voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012.
The 206 Pivot Counties are located in 34 states. Iowa, with 31, had the most such counties. Heading into the 2018 elections, the partisan makeup of the 108 congressional districts intersecting with Pivot Counties was more Republican than the partisan breakdown of the U.S. House. Of the 108 congressional districts that had at least one Pivot County, 63 percent were held by a Republican incumbent, while 55.4 percent of U.S. House seats were won by a Republican in the 2016 elections.[3]
Candidates
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District 1
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Matt Gaetz (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Jennifer Zimmerman (Democratic Party)
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Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
- Matt Gaetz (Incumbent) ✔
- Cris Dosev
- John Mills
District 2
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Neal Dunn (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Bob Rackleff (Democratic Party)
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Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
- Neal Dunn (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 3
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Ted Yoho (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Yvonne Hayes Hinson (Democratic Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
- Ted Yoho (Incumbent) ✔
- Judson Sapp
District 4
General election candidates
General election candidates
- John Rutherford (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Ges Selmont (Democratic Party)
- Joceline Berrios (No Party Affiliation)
- Jason Bulger (No Party Affiliation)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- John Rutherford (Incumbent) ✔
Independent
Write-in candidates
District 5
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Alfred Lawson (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Virginia Fuller (Republican Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Alfred Lawson (Incumbent) ✔
- Alvin Brown
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
District 6
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Nancy Soderberg (Democratic Party)
- Michael Waltz (Republican Party) ✔
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 7
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Stephanie Murphy (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Mike Miller (Republican Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Jose Valdez (No Party Affiliation)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Stephanie Murphy (Incumbent) ✔
- Chardo Richardson
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Independent
Withdrew
- Jose Valdez (Independent)[5]
District 8
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Bill Posey (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Sanjay Patel (Democratic Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Bill Posey (Incumbent) ✔
District 9
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Darren Soto (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Wayne Liebnitzky (Republican Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Darren Soto (Incumbent) ✔
- Alan Grayson
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 10
General election candidates
General election candidates
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Val Demings (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Val Demings (Incumbent) ✔
- Wade Darius
Republican primary candidates
No candidates filed for the Republican Party primary.
Did not make the ballot:
District 11
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Daniel Webster (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Dana Cottrell (Democratic Party)
Write-in candidates:
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Daniel Webster (Incumbent) ✔
Independents
Write-in candidates
District 12
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Gus M. Bilirakis (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Chris Hunter (Democratic Party)
- Angelika Purkis (No Party Affiliation)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Gus M. Bilirakis (Incumbent) ✔
Independent
- Angelika Purkis (Independent)[6]
District 13
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Charlie Crist (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- George Buck (Republican Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Charlie Crist (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
District 14
General election candidates
General election candidates
The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:
- Kathy Castor (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Kathy Castor (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
No candidates filed for the Republican Party primary.
Did not make the ballot:
District 15
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Kristen Carlson (Democratic Party)
- Ross Spano (Republican Party) ✔
Write-in candidates:
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 16
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Vern Buchanan (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- David Shapiro (Democratic Party)
Did not make the ballot:
- Eric Allen (Green Party)
- Sean Canfield (No Party Affiliation)
- Robert Samuel Kaplan (No Party Affiliation)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Vern Buchanan (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
Green Party
Withdrew
Independents
Not on ballot
District 17
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Allen Ellison (Democratic Party)
- Greg Steube (Republican Party) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
- April Freeman (Democratic Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
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District 18
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Brian Mast (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Lauren Baer (Democratic Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
- Brian Mast (Incumbent) ✔
- Dave Cummings
- Mark Freeman
District 19
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Francis Rooney (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- David Holden (Democratic Party)
Write-in candidates:
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
- Francis Rooney (Incumbent) ✔
Independents
Write-in candidates
District 20
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Write-in candidates:
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) ✔
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
District 21
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Lois Frankel (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Lois Frankel (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
No candidates filed for the Republican Party primary.
Did not make the ballot:
District 22
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Theodore E. Deutch (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Nicolas Kimaz (Republican Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Theodore E. Deutch (Incumbent) ✔
- Jeff Fandl
Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
District 23
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
- Joe Kaufman (Republican Party)
- Tim Canova (No Party Affiliation)
- Don Endriss (No Party Affiliation)
Did not make the ballot:
- Stuart Reed (Independent)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
Independents
Not on ballot
District 24
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Frederica S. Wilson (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Frederica S. Wilson (Incumbent) ✔
- Ricardo De La Fuente
Republican primary candidates
No candidates filed for the Republican Party primary.
Did not make the ballot:
District 25
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Mario Diaz-Balart (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Mary Barzee Flores (Democratic Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Mario Diaz-Balart (Incumbent) ✔
District 26
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Carlos Curbelo (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (Democratic Party) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
- Edward Bonilla (Independent)
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Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
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Republican primary candidates
- Carlos Curbelo (Incumbent) ✔
- Souraya Faas
Independent
Not on ballot
District 27
General election candidates
General election candidates
- Donna Shalala (Democratic Party) ✔
- Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican Party)
- Mayra Joli (No Party Affiliation)
Did not make the ballot:
- Cassandra Anna Hefton (No Party Affiliation)
- Ian Hamilton Trottier (No Party Affiliation)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Republican primary candidates
- Elizabeth Adadi
- Bruno Barreiro
- Angie Chirino
- Stephen Marks
- Michael Ohevzion
- Maria Peiro
- Bettina Rodriguez-Aguilera
- Maria Elvira Salazar ✔
- Gina Sosa-Suarez
Did not make the ballot:
Independents
Not on ballot
Withdrew
Wave election analysis
- See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)
The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?
Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.
Applying this definition to U.S. House elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 48 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.
The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 11 U.S. House waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.
| U.S. House wave elections | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | President | Party | Election type | House seats change | House majority[14] | |
| 1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -97 | D | |
| 1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -76 | R | |
| 1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -70 | D | |
| 2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -63 | R (flipped) | |
| 1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -59 | R | |
| 1946 | Truman | D | First midterm | -54 | R (flipped) | |
| 1994 | Clinton | D | First midterm | -54 | R (flipped) | |
| 1930 | Hoover | R | First midterm | -53 | D (flipped) | |
| 1942 | Roosevelt | D | Third midterm | -50 | D | |
| 1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[15] | -48 | D | |
| 1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[16] | -48 | D | |
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2018
- U.S. House primaries, 2018
Footnotes
- ↑ Counties could add additional early voting days from October 22 through October 26 and/or November 4.
- ↑ Counties could add additional early voting days from October 22 through October 26 and/or November 4.
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, "Candidate Listing for 2018 General Election," accessed May 7, 2018
- ↑ Facebook, "Jose Valdez Hispanic Common Sense Independant for Congress," accessed September 25, 2017
- ↑ Florida Department of State, "Candidate Listing for 2018 General Election," accessed September 25, 2017
- ↑ Dr. Dave Johnson for Congress, "Home," accessed October 19, 2017
- ↑ Twitter, "Eric Allen," accessed September 25, 2017
- ↑ Facebook, "Sean C. Canfield For Congress US Representative," accessed September 25, 2017
- ↑ Miami Herald, "Tim Canova drops Democratic bid to unseat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, will run as independent," April 2, 2018
- ↑ Florida Department of State, "Candidate Listing for 2018 General Election," accessed September 25, 2017
- ↑ Mayra Joli for Congress, "Home," accessed February 5, 2018
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia via email on February 24, 2018
- ↑ Denotes the party that had more seats in the U.S. House following the election.
- ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
- ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
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