The 2022 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Florida. Incumbent Republican Senator Marco Rubio won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Val Demings in a landslide victory. Rubio was first elected in 2010, filling the seat of appointed Senator George LeMieux. Rubio won re-election to a third term, becoming the first Republican to do so in Florida history. Rubio was sworn in for what would be his last term in the Senate, serving from January 3, 2023, to January 21, 2025, when he assumed the office of United States Secretary of State in the second Trump administration.
The primary elections for Republicans and Democrats took place on August 23 to finalize candidates for the November election. Rubio won the uncontested Republican primary, while incumbent U.S. Representative Val Demings won the Democratic nomination.
Despite some predicting a close race early, Rubio went on to win by a comfortable 16.4%, improving upon his 2016 performance by 8.7%. According to exit polls, Rubio won 64% of White voters, 56% of Latino voters, and 9% of African American voters (down from 17% from 2016). Demings' 41.27% share of the vote was the worst performance for a Democrat in a Senate race in Florida since 1994. Despite this, she was still the best performing statewide Democrat in the 2022 Florida election cycle.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Did not qualify
Withdrawn
- Calvin Driggers, businessman
- Luis Miguel, conservative writer and activist (ran for State House)
- Angela Walls-Windhauser, perennial candidate
Declined
Endorsements
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Did not qualify
- Edward Abud, businessman
- Al Fox, president of the Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation
- Dana Harshman, pharmacist
- Josue Larose, perennial candidate
- Coleman Watson, federal attorney and stroke survivor
- Joshua Weil, teacher
Withdrawn
Declined
- Aramis Ayala, former state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida (2017âÂÂ2021) (ran for attorney general)
- Charlie Crist, former U.S. representative, former governor of Florida, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, and nominee for governor in 2014 (ran for governor)
- Ted Deutch, former U.S. representative
- Anna Eskamani, state representative
- Nikki Fried, former Florida commissioner of agriculture (ran for governor)
- Gwen Graham, former Assistant Secretary of Education for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, former U.S. representative, and candidate for governor in 2018
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, former U.S. representative
- Stephanie Murphy, former U.S. representative
Endorsements
Polling
Results
Independent and third-party candidates
Libertarian Party
Candidates
Qualified
Unity Party
Candidates
Did not file
Independent candidates
Candidates
Declared
Did not qualify
- Carlos Barberena, digital marketing consultant
Did not file
- Grace Granda, business consultant
Withdraw
Declined
Write-ins
Candidates
Declared
- Jay An
- Uloma Uma Expete
- Edward Gray
- Salomon Hernandez Sr.
- Howard Knepper, businessman and perennial candidate
- Moses Quiles, security technician
General election
Predictions
Endorsements
Polling
Aggregate polls<br />
Graphical summary<br />
Marco Rubio vs. Aramis Ayala<br />
Marco Rubio vs. Alan Grayson<br />
Marco Rubio vs. Stephanie Murphy<br />
Marco Rubio vs. generic Democrat<br />
Debates
Results
By county
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
By congressional district
Rubio won 20 of 28 congressional districts.
Voter demographics
See also
Notes
Partisan clients<br />
References
External links
Official campaign websites