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2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the 28 U.S. representatives from Florida, one from each of the state's 28 congressional districts. The primary was held on August 23, 2022. The elections coincided with the 2022 United States Senate election in Florida, other elections to the House of Representatives, other elections to the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

The Republican Party gained four seats, increasing their majority from 16–11 to 20–8. No Republican lost re-election.

Results summary

Statewide

District

Results of the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida by district:

District 1

Republican Matt Gaetz, who had represented the district since 2017, was re-elected with 64.6% of the vote in 2020. He won re-election in 2022.

The 1st district contains all of Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties, as well as the western portion of Walton county. Following redistricting the district shrank somewhat, losing its portion of Holmes County and part of Walton County.

Despite losing by an overwhelming margin, Jones ended up being the biggest overperformer in this election cycle for a Florida congressional candidate when compared to the top of the ticket. Jones outperformed Val Demings, the Democratic nominee for the concurrent U.S. Senate race, by approximately 9 percentage points, and Charlie Crist, the Democratic nominee for Florida governor, by about 11 percentage points within this district's borders. However, this likely had to do with the numerous scandals that faced Matt Gaetz.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
Did not qualify
Declined

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Peggy Schiller, attorney
Declined

Results

General election

Debate

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 2

Republican Neal Dunn, who had represented the district since 2017, was re-elected with 97% of the vote in 2020. Dunn won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Withdrawn

Endorsements

General election

Forum

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 3

Republican Kat Cammack, who had represented the district since 2021, was elected with 57% of the vote in 2020. Cammack won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Justin Waters, lawyer

Withdrawn

  • Manuel Asensio, businessman

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Danielle Hawk, customer service representative
Eliminated in primary
  • Tom Wells, physicist and candidate for this seat in 2018 and 2020

Endorsements

Results

Independents

  • Linda Brooks, historian

General election

Debate

Predictions

Results

District 4

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

The 4th district (formerly the 5th) was drawn to be much more conservative than on the previous map, losing Tallahassee and some competitive parts of Duval county and gaining the counties of Nassau and Clay. As a result, the east-to-west layout connecting Tallahassee to Jacksonville was removed entirely.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Erick Aguilar, U.S. Navy (retired), professor and candidate for FL-04 in 2020
  • Jon Chuba, insurance analyst
Withdrawn
Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Independents

  • Gary Lee Konitz, investigative journalist (write-in candidate)

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 5

Republican John Rutherford, who had represented the 5th district since 2017 (or 4th depending on numbering), was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2020. Rutherford won re-election unopposed in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Leigha "Luna" Garner-Lopez, psychologist
  • Mara Macie, stay-at-home mom

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

No Democratic candidates filed to run.

General election

Predictions

Results

District 6

Republican Michael Waltz, who had represented the district since 2019, was elected with 60% of the vote in 2020. Waltz won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle. The 6th district was changed to lose half of Volusia County, while also taking in Putnam County and the eastern portion of Marion County. However, despite experiencing massive changes to his district, and therefore his electorate, Waltz did not face any major primary threats in this election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Charles Davis, mortgage banker
Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Did not qualify
Withdrawn
  • Richard Thripp, former chair of the Volusia County Democratic Party and candidate for this district in 2020
Declined

Independent and third-party candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee
  • Joe Hannoush, information systems technician

Independents

Did not qualify
  • John Gerald Nolan, businessman and write-in candidate for this district in 2020

General election

Predictions

Results

District 7

Democrat Stephanie Murphy, who had represented the district since 2017, was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2020. Murphy initially stated she would run for re-election, but on December 20, 2021, she announced she would not run.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle. The 7th district was drawn to be much more conservative than on the previous map, simply by pairing Seminole County with Volusia instead of Orange.

This district was included on the list of Democratic-held seats the National Republican Congressional Committee was targeting in 2022.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Tatiana Fernandez, businesswoman
  • Al Krulick, perennial candidate
  • Allen Pastrano, cyber engineer
Declined

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
  • Kevin John "Mac" McGovern, retired U.S. Navy captain (running in the 15th district)
  • Kristopher Stark, real estate agent
Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Debate

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 8

Republican Bill Posey, who had represented the district since 2009, was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2020. Posey won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Did not qualify

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Joanne Terry, former satellite systems engineer
Eliminated in primary
  • Danelle Dodge, technology consultant and activist

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 9

Democrat Darren Soto, who had represented the district since 2017, was re-elected with 56.02% of the vote in 2020. Soto won re-election in 2022. Despite winning, however, his margin of victory was only around 7 percentage-points in a Biden+18 district, coinciding with the continuous erosion of support for the Democratic Party among Hispanic voters.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle. The 9th district lost most of the portion of Polk County it had in the 2016 map, mostly due to the massive growth of the Puerto Rican population in Orange County and Osceola County.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Scotty Moore, life coach and Christian missionary
Eliminated in primary
  • Jose Castillo, businessman and candidate for this district in 2020
  • Adianis Morales, pastor and organizer
  • Sergio Ortiz, mortgage banker and candidate for this district in 2020
Withdrawn
  • Bill Olson, former U.S. Army sergeant and nominee for this district in 2020 (running for state representative) (endorsed Castillo)

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 10

Democrat Val Demings, who had represented the district since 2017, was re-elected with 63% of the vote in 2020. Demings did not run for re-election and instead ran unsuccessfully for the 2022 United States Senate election in Florida.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Did not qualify
Withdrew
Declined
Endorsements

Polling

Debate

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Calvin Wimbish, sales manager and retired U.S. Army colonel
Eliminated in primary
  • Lateresa Jones, perennial candidate
  • Tuan Le, cafe owner and electrical engineer
  • Thuy Lowe, nominee for this district in 2016
  • Willie Montague, pastor and candidate for this district in 2020
  • Peter Weed
Did not qualify
  • Troy Rambaransingh, website consultant
Withdrawn
  • William King
  • Carter Morgan
  • Angela Walls-Windhauser, businesswoman and perennial candidate

Endorsements

Polling

Debate

Results

Independent and third-party candidates

Independents

Declared
  • Jason Holic, businessman
  • Usha Jain, perennial candidate

General election

Predictions

Results

District 11

Republican Daniel Webster, who had represented the district since 2011, was re-elected with 66% of the vote in 2020. Webster won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Republican primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Did not qualify

  • Al Deno, entertainer

Endorsements

Results

Source:

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Shante Munns, businesswoman

Independents

Candidates

Declared
  • Kevin Porter
Did not qualify
  • Antonio Rosado

General election

Predictions

Results

District 12

Republican Gus Bilirakis, who had represented the district since 2007, was re-elected with 63% of the vote in 2020. Bilirakis won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Chris Leiser
  • Jack Martin, pastor
  • Brian Perras, U.S. Navy veteran and candidate for CA-29 in 2020
  • Sid Preskitt, commercial diving contractor

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Predictions

Results

District 13

Democrat Charlie Crist was re-elected with 53% of the vote in 2020, having represented the district since January 3, 2017. He did not run for re-election to the House in 2022, but instead ran for and secured the Democratic nomination for the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election. Crist resigned from the House early on August 31, 2022.

The boundaries of the district had been redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle. The 13th district was another district drawn to be much more conservative than on the previous map, by removing the east parts of Saint Petersburg city and jutting the district north to the Pasco-Pinellas border.

This district was included on the list of Democratic-held seats the National Republican Congressional Committee was targeting in 2022.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Disqualified
  • Christian Hotchkiss, service representative at Macy's, Inc.
Withdrawn
Declined

Endorsements

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Kevin Hayslett, attorney
  • Moneer Kheireddine, law student at Stetson College of Law, former student body president at the University of South Florida (2017–2019), former employee of Metropolitan Ministries and freelance writer
  • Amanda Makki, attorney and candidate for this district in 2020
  • Christine Quinn, businesswoman and nominee for FL-14 in 2016 and 2020
Withdrew

Endorsements

Debate

Polling

Results

Independent and third-party candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee
  • Frank Craft, business owner

Write-ins

Declared
  • Jacob Curnow, author and candidate for this district in 2020
  • Dwight Young, public safety employee and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016

General election

Predictions

Polling

Graphical summary<br />

Eric Lynn vs. Kevin Hayslett<br />

Eric Lynn vs. Amanda Makki<br />

Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican<br />

Results

District 14

Democrat Kathy Castor, who had represented the district since 2007, was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2020. Castor won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle. As a result of redistricting, the 14th lost some of north Hillsborough County, while taking in the east parts of Pinellas. As a result, this made the neighboring 13th district more conservative.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Christopher Bradley, IT professional

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Sam Nashagh, naval aviator and combat veteran in the United States Marine Corps
  • Jerry Torres, former Green Beret, founder of Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions (previously filed to run in the 15th district) (disqualified from race, then restored to ballot)
Withdrawn

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 15

Florida gained one more congressional seat based on the 2020 census.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Gavin Brown, political consultant
  • Eddie Geller, comedian
  • Cesar Ramirez, Army veteran
  • William VanHorn, aerospace contractor
Did not qualify
Declined

Endorsements

Debate

Results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

District 16

Republican Vern Buchanan, who had represented the district since 2007, was reelected with 56% of the vote in 2020. Buchanan won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Martin Hyde, businessman

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jan Schneider, candidate for this district in 2016 and 2018

General election

Predictions

Results

District 17

Republican Greg Steube, who had represented the district since 2019, was re-elected with 64% of the vote in 2020. Steube won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle. This district lost all of its previous rural counties, while being redrawn to encompass the entirety of Sarasota County.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Andrea Doria Kale
Declined
  • Allen Ellison, political consultant and nominee for this district in 2018 and 2020 (running in District 23)

Independent and third-party candidates

Candidates

Declared
  • Theodore Murray, former high school football coach and candidate for this district in 2020

General election

Predictions

Results

District 18

Republican Scott Franklin, who had represented the district since 2021, was elected with 55% of the vote in 2020. Franklin won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Kenneth Hartpence, network engineer
  • Jennifer Raybon, attorney
  • Wendy Schmeling, pastor
  • Eddie Tarazona, cigar company owner

Results

Independent and third-party candidates

Independent

Candidates

  • Keith R Hayden Jr, US Navy veteran

Predictions

Results

District 19

Republican Byron Donalds, who had represented the district since 2021, was elected with 61% of the vote in 2020. Donalds won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Predictions

Results

District 20

Democrat Alcee Hastings, who represented the district since 1993, was re-elected with 78% of the vote in 2020. After Hastings died on April 6, 2021, a special election was held on January 11, 2022, to succeed him, which was won by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick. Cherfilus-McCormick won re-election in 2022.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Did not qualify
Declined

Polling

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Dr. Drew Montez Clark, businessman
Did not qualify

General election

Predictions

Results

District 21

Republican Brian Mast, who had represented the district since 2017, was re-elected with 56% of the vote in 2020. Mast won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Jeff Buongiorno, former deputy sheriff
  • Melissa Martz, attorney
  • Ljubo Skrbic, doctor

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Corinna Robinson

General election

Predictions

Results

District 22

Democrat Lois Frankel, who had represented the district since 2013, was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2020. Frankel won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Endorsements

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Daniel John Franzese
Eliminated in primary
  • Deborah Adeimy
  • Peter Arianas
  • Rod Dorilás, Navy veteran
  • Carrie Lawlor
Declined

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 23

Democrat Ted Deutch, who had represented the district since 2010, was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2020. On February 28, 2022, he announced he would leave Congress to become CEO of the American Jewish Committee. Deutch resigned early on September 30, 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Allen Ellison, political consultant and nominee for FL-17 in 2018 and 2020
  • Michaelangelo Hamilton
  • Hava Holzhauer, former Anti-Defamation League Florida regional director
  • Ben Sorensen, Fort Lauderdale city commissioner and vice mayor
  • Michael Trout, perennial candidate
Withdrawn
  • Curtis Calabrese, commercial airline pilot and naval air combat veteran
  • Imtiaz Mohammad
Declined

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Joe Budd, entrepreneur
Eliminated in primary
  • Steve Chess, retired chiropractor
  • Christy McLaughlin, candidate for FL-23 in 2020
  • Myles Perrone
  • James Pruden, attorney and nominee for this district in 2020
  • Darlene Swaffar, insurance agent and candidate for this district in 2020
  • Ira Weinstein
Declined

Endorsements

Results

Independent and third-party candidates

Independents

Declared
  • Mark Napier, former CIA officer
  • Christine Scott

General election

Predictions

Results

District 24

Democrat Frederica Wilson, who had represented the district since 2011, was re-elected with 76% of the vote in 2020. Wilson won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Kevin Harris, first responder

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Jesus Navarro
Eliminated in primary
Declined
  • Patricia Gonzalez

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 25

Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who had represented the district since 2005, was re-elected with 58% of the vote in 2020. Wasserman Schultz won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Robert Millwee

Endorsements

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Rubin Young
Did not qualify
  • Saad Suleman

Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Results

District 26

Republican Mario Díaz-Balart, who had represented the district since 2003, was unopposed in 2020. Díaz-Balart won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Darren Aquino
Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Christine Olivo
Withdrew
  • Adam Gentle (running for FL State House)

Endorsements

General election

Predictions

Results

District 27

Republican Maria Elvira Salazar, who had represented the district since 2021, flipped the district and was elected with 51% of the vote in 2020. Salazar won re-election in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, as determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle. Miami Beach was removed from the 27th, while the district took in more Cuban-heavy areas inland.

This district was included on the list of Republican-held seats the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was targeting in 2022.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Frank Polo

Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Withdrawn
Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Independents

Candidates

Declared
  • Ian Medina

General election

Predictions

Polling

Graphical summary<br />

María Elvira Salazar vs. Ken Russell<br />

Results

District 28

Republican Carlos Giménez, who had represented the 26th district since 2021, flipped that district and was elected with 52% of the vote in 2020. Giménez won re-election in the new 28th district in 2022.

The boundaries of the district were redrawn from 2020, determined by the 2020 redistricting cycle.

This district was included on the list of Republican-held seats the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was targeting in 2022.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Carlos Garin
  • KW Miller
Endorsements

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
  • Juan Parades
Declined
Endorsements

Results

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

See also

Notes

Partisan clients<br />

References

External links