The 2018 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Florida attorney general. Incumbent Republican attorney general Pam Bondi was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.
Republican candidate Ashley Moody defeated Democrat Sean Shaw in the election on November 6, 2018, at 93% of the precincts reporting. Moody won by about 6 percentage points, which was the widest margin of any Florida statewide race in 2018.
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Withdrawn
Declined
- Rob Bradley, state senator
- Richard Corcoran, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
- Ron DeSantis, U.S. representative and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016 (running for governor)
- José Félix DÃÂaz, former state representative and 2017 state senate candidate
- Matt Gaetz, U.S. representative
- Tom Grady, Florida Board of Education member and former state representative
- Simone Marstiller, former judge of the Florida First District Court of Appeal and former Florida Associate Deputy Attorney General
- Bill McCollum, former attorney general, former U.S. representative, candidate for governor in 2010
- Joe Negron, president of the Florida Senate and nominee for FL-16 in 2006
- Tom Rooney, U.S. representative
- David Simmons, state senator
- Dana Young, state senator
Endorsements
Polling
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- Sean Shaw, state representative
- Ryan Torrens, attorney
Declined
Endorsements
Results
Independents
Candidates
- Jeffrey Siskind, attorney
General election
Polling
with Frank White<br />
Results
By county
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
By congressional district
Moody won 15 of 27 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.
See also
References
External links
Official campaign websites