2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida explained

Election Name:	2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Country:	Florida
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Previous Year:	2012
Next Election:	2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
Next Year:	2016
Seats For Election:	All 27 Florida seats to the United States House of Representatives
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Last Election1:	17
Seats1:	17
Popular Vote1:	2,713,441
Percentage1:	56.02%
Swing1:	4.41%
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Last Election2:	10
Seats2:	10
Popular Vote2:	2,130,626
Percentage2:	43.98%
Swing2:	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

Statewide

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
				%		+/–	%
		26		2,713,451	54.3%	17		63.0%
		24	2,130,626	42.6%	10		37.0%
		9	91,081	1.8%	0		0.0%
		2	61,989	1.2%	0		0.0%
		8	1,388	0.0%	0		0.0%
Total		4,998,555	100.0%	27		100.0%

District

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

scope=col rowspan=3	District	scope=col colspan=2	Republican	scope=col colspan=2	Democratic	scope=col colspan=2	Others	scope=col colspan=2	Total	scope=col rowspan=3	Result
scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"	!	scope=col colspan=2 style="background:"	!	scope=col colspan=2	!	scope=col colspan=2
scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	% !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	Votes !	scope=col data-sort-type="number"	%
	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
	148,691	64.99%	73,910	32.30%	6,208	2.71%	228,809	100.00%	Republican hold
	177,887	78.28%	0	0.00%	49,366	21.72%	227,253	100.00%	Republican hold
	59,237	34.53%	112,340	65.47%	0	0.00	171,577	100.00%	Democratic hold
	166,254	62.54%	99,563	37.46%	0	0.00%	265,817	100.00%	Republican hold
	144,474	63.60%	73,011	32.14%	9,679	4.26%	227,164	100.00%	Republican hold
	180,728	65.84%	93,724	34.14%	61	0.02%	274,513	100.00%	Republican hold
	74,963	43.11%	93,850	53.98%	5,065	2.91%	173,878	100.00%	Democratic hold
	143,128	61.54%	89,426	38.45%	20	0.01%	232,574	100.00%	Republican hold
	181,508	66.66%	90,786	33.34%	0	0.00%	272,294	100.00%	Republican hold
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Republican hold
	168,172	75.22%	0	0.00%	55,404	24.78%	223,576	100.00%	Republican hold
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Democratic hold
	128,750	60.28%	84,832	39.72%	0	0.00%	213,582	100.00%	Republican hold
	169,126	61.54%	105,483	38.38%	220	0.08%	274,829	100.00%	Republican hold
	141,493	63.24%	82,263	36.76%	0	0.00%	223,756	100.00%	Republican hold
	101,896	40.22%	151,478	59.78%	0	0.00%	253,374	100.00%	Democratic hold
	159,354	64.55%	80,824	32.74%	6,683	2.71%	246,861	100.00%	Republican hold
	28,968	18.40%	128,498	81.60%	0	0.00%	157,466	100.00%	Democratic hold
	0	0.00%	153,395	99.63%	575	0.37%	153,970	100.00%	Democratic hold
	90,685	41.97%	125,404	58.03%	7	0.00%	216,096	100.00%	Democratic hold
	61,519	37.33%	103,269	62.67%	0	0.00%	164,788	100.00%	Democratic hold
	15,239	10.16%	129,192	86.18%	5,487	3.66%	149,918	100.00%	Democratic hold
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Republican hold
District 26	83,031	51.46%	78,306	48.54%	0	0.00%	161,337	100.00%	Republican gain
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Republican hold
Total	2,713,451	54.28%	2,130,626	42.63%	154,478	3.09%	4,998,555	100.00%

District 1

See also: Florida's 1st congressional district. Incumbent Republican Jeff Miller, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jeff Miller, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• John Krause

Withdrawn

• Travis Pierce Miller

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

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

General election

Results

District 2

Election Name:	2014 Florida's 2nd congressional district election
Country:	Florida
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 2
Previous Year:	2012
Next Election:	2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 2
Next Year:	2016
Image1:	File:Gwen Graham, Official Portrait, 114th Congress (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Gwen Graham
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	126,096
Percentage1:	50.5%
Nominee2:	Steve Southerland
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	123,262
Percentage2:	49.3%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Steve Southerland
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Gwen Graham
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

See also: Florida's 2nd congressional district. Incumbent Republican Steve Southerland, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steve Southerland, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Gwen Graham, Leon County school administrator and the daughter of Bob Graham, former United States Senator and Governor of Florida^[2]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Steve Southerland (R)	Gwen Graham (D)	Undecided
National Research Group (R-Southerland)^[3]	October 1–2, 2014	400	± 4.9%	align=center	45%	39%	16%
Anzalone Liszt Grove (D-Graham)^[4]	September 21–24, 2014	500	± 4.4%	45%	align=center	48%	7%
Pathfinder Opinion Research^[5]	August 11–12, 2014	400	± 4.4%	43%	align=center	45%	11%
Pathfinder Opinion Research	April 22–24, 2014	500	± 4.4%	align=center	49%	39%	11%
Anzalone Liszt Grove (D-Graham)^[6]	March 2–6, 2014	500	± 4.4%	align=center	42%	40%	18%
Public Policy Polling^[7]	October 21–22, 2013	965	± 3.2%	41%	align=center	44%	15%
Clarity Campaign Labs^[8]	August 27–28, 2013	1,152	± 2.9%	align=center	44%	42%	14%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report^[9]		November 3, 2014
align=left	Rothenberg^[10]		October 24, 2014
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball^[11]		October 30, 2014
RCP		November 2, 2014
align=left	Daily Kos Elections^[12]		November 4, 2014

Results

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).

District 3

See also: Florida's 3rd congressional district. 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

Campaign

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.^{[13] [14] [15]}

Candidates

Nominee

• Ted Yoho, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Jake Rush, attorney and former Alachua County Sheriff's deputy

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Marihelen Wheeler, middle school art teacher^[16]

Withdrawn

• Aquasia Johnson McDowell

General election

Results

District 4

See also: Florida's 4th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Ander Crenshaw, who had represented the district since 2001, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ander Crenshaw, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Ryman Shoaf, US Navy veteran

Results

Democratic primary

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

General election

Results

District 5

See also: Florida's 5th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Corrine Brown, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Glo Smith, businesswoman and former staff aide to Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll^[17]

Eliminated in primary

• Thuy Lowe

Results

General election

Results

District 6

Election Name:	2014 Florida's 6th congressional district election
Country:	Florida
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 6
Previous Year:	2012
Next Election:	2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 6
Next Year:	2016
Image1:	File:Ron DeSantis, Official Portrait, 113th Congress (cropped 2).jpg
Nominee1:	Ron DeSantis
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	166,254
Percentage1:	62.5%
Nominee2:	David Cox
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	99,563
Percentage2:	37.5%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Ron DeSantis
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Ron DeSantis
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Florida's 6th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Ron DeSantis, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ron DeSantis, incumbent U.S. Representative and Iraq war veteran

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Cox, director of resources at Bethune-Cookman University^[18]

Withdrawn

• Andrew Scott

General election

Results

District 7

Election Name:	2014 Florida's 7th congressional district election
Country:	Florida
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 7
Previous Year:	2012
Next Election:	2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 7
Next Year:	2016
Image1:	File:John L. Mica 113th Congress.jpg
Nominee1:	John Mica
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	144,474
Percentage1:	63.6%
Nominee2:	Wesley Neuman
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	73,011
Percentage2:	32.1%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	John Mica
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	John Mica
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

See also: Florida's 7th congressional district. 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

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.^[19] 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.^[20]

Candidates

Nominee

• John Mica, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Don Oehlrich
• Kelly Shirley, pharmacist
• David Smith, business executive

Withdrawn

• Alan Azcona
• Zechariah Blanchard

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Wes Neuman, former White House intern and LMI analyst

General election

Campaign

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.^[21]

Al Krulick appeared on the ballot with no party affiliation.

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	class=small	Sample size	class=small	Margin of error	John Mica (R)	Democratic opponent (D)	Other	Undecided
Public Policy Polling^[22]	October 15–16, 2013	597	± ?%	43%	align=center	46%	—	11%

Results

District 8

See also: Florida's 8th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Bill Posey, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Gabriel Rothblatt, technoprogressive political activist

Withdrawn

• Corry Westbrook, former legislative director for the National Wildlife Federation

General election

Campaign

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.^{[23] [24]}

During a campaign event, gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist introduced him by saying, "Gabriel is the messenger that God sent."^[25]

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."^[23] 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.^[23]

Results

District 9

Election Name:	2014 Florida's 9th congressional district election
Country:	Florida
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 9
Previous Year:	2012
Next Election:	2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 9
Next Year:	2016
Image1:	File:Alan Grayson 2012 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Alan Grayson
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	93,850
Percentage1:	54.0%
Nominee2:	Carroll Platt
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	74,963
Percentage2:	43.1%
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Alan Grayson
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Alan Grayson
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

See also: Florida's 9th congressional district. 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

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.^[26]

Candidates

Nominee

• Alan Grayson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Nick Ruiz, professor from the University of Florida and candidate for the 7th District in 2012

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Carol Platt, Osceola County Realtors Association

Eliminated in primary

• Jorge Bonilla, Navy veteran
• Peter Vivaldi, businessman

Endorsements

Platt received endorsements from both Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.^[27]

Results

General election

Results

District 10

See also: Florida's 10th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Daniel Webster, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrawn

• David Allen Seeley

Democratic primary

Val Demings, who was the Democratic nominee in 2012, considered a second run against Webster,^[29] but chose to run for mayor of Orange County, Florida, instead.^[30] Ultimately, she pulled out of that race as well.^[31]

Candidates

Nominee

• Mike McKenna, former Navy Chief Petty Officer and Walt Disney World security officer^[32]

Eliminated in primary

• William Ferree, former Eustis City Commissioner^[33]
• Shayan Modarres, civil rights lawyer and Trayvon Martin family attorney

Declined

• Val Demings, former Chief of the Orlando Police Department and nominee for this seat in 2012

Results

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.^[34]

General election

Campaign

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.^[35]

Results

Webster easily cruised to re-election by a margin of 62% to 38%.^[36]

District 11

See also: Florida's 11th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Rich Nugent, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrawn

• Michael Uminski

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dave Koller, small businessowner

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Withdrawn

• Matthew Schnackenberg

General election

Results

District 12

See also: Florida's 12th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Gus Bilirakis, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrawn

• James Denton Jr.

Democratic primary

No democrat filed to run

General election

No candidates filed to challenge Bilirakis for his seat, so he returned to office without standing for election.^[37]

Results

District 13

See also: Florida's 13th congressional district and 2014 Florida's 13th congressional district special election. Incumbent Republican David Jolly, who had represented the district since a 2014 special election, ran for re-election.

Republican primary

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

Nominee

• David Jolly, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

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.^[38] Jany dropped out of the race on May 13, 2014.^[39]

Withdrawn

• Manuel Sykes, president of the St. Petersburg NAACP^{[40] [41]}

Declined

• Charlie Crist, former Republican governor of Florida and Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010 (running for governor)^[42]
• Jessica Ehrlich, attorney and nominee for this seat in 2012^{[43] [44]}
• Charlie Justice, Pinellas County Commissioner and nominee for in 10th district in 2010^[45]
• Rick Kriseman, former state representative and Mayor of St. Petersburg^[46]
• Eric Lynn, senior White House Middle East policy adviser and former aide to Congressman Peter Deutsch^{[47] [48]}
• Darryl Rouson, state representative^[49]
• Alex Sink, former chief financial officer of Florida, nominee for governor in 2010 and nominee for this seat 2014 (special)^[50]
• Ken Welch, Pinellas County Commissioner^[51]
• Peter Rudy Wallace, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives^[52]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	class=small	Sample size	Margin of error	Charlie Crist	Jessica Ehrlich	Charlie Justice	Janet Long	Alex Sink	Scott Wagman	Ken Welch	Other	Undecided
St. Pete Polls^[53]	October 15, 2013	706	± 3.7%	—	19.8%	—	—	align=center	63.1%	—	—	10%	7.2%
St. Pete Polls^[54]	align=center rowspan=2	October 9, 2013	align=center rowspan=2	367	align=center rowspan=2	± 5.1%	align=center	53.8%	10.2%	7.8%	6.6%	—	1.5%	7.7%	—	12.5%
	—	17.2%	align=center	20%	12.9%	—	3%	10.4%	—	align=center	36.5%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Lucas Overby, activist, commercial diver, and nominee for this seat in the 2014 (special)^[38]

Independents

Withdrawn

• Ed Jany, retired Army colonel^{[38] [39]}

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	class=small	Sample size	Margin of error	David Jolly (R)	Ed Jany (I)	Lucas Overby (L)	Other	Undecided
St. Pete Polls^[56] ^[57]	align=center rowspan=2	May 8, 2014	align=center rowspan=2	795	align=center rowspan=2	± 3.5%	align=center	49.9%	20.7%	10.4%	—	19%
	align=center	49.6%	29.8%	9.2%	—	11.4%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	class=small	Sample size	Margin of error	David Jolly (R)	Alex Sink (D)	Undecided
St. Pete Polls^[58]	April 8, 2014	903	± 3.3%	align=center	48.1%	45.8%	6.1%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	class=small	Sample size	Margin of error	Rick Baker (R)	Jessica Ehrlich (D)	Undecided
St. Pete Polls	October 15, 2013	1,741	± 2.3%	align=center	34.6%	30.7%	align=center	34.7%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	class=small	Sample size	Margin of error	Rick Baker (R)	Alex Sink (D)	Undecided
St. Pete Polls	October 15, 2013	1,741	± 2.3%	34%	align=center	50.8%	15.2%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	class=small	Sample size	Margin of error	Neil Brickfield (R)	Alex Sink (D)	Undecided
St. Pete Polls	October 15, 2013	1,741	± 2.3%	24%	align=center	56.6%	19.4%

Results

District 14

See also: Florida's 14th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Kathy Castor, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

No Republicans filed to run.

Withdrawn

• John Coney

General election

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

Results

District 15

See also: Florida's 15th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Dennis Ross, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Alan Cohn, former investigative reporter

General election

Results

District 16

See also: Florida's 16th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Vern Buchanan, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Henry Lawrence, former NFL offensive lineman^[60]

Withdrawn

• Mitch Mallett, former vice chair of the Manatee county Democratic party^[61]

General election

101-year-old Joe Newman ran as a write-in candidate.^[62]

Results

District 17

See also: Florida's 17th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Tom Rooney, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrawn

• Erin Magee
• John Sawyer

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Will Bronson

General election

Results

District 18

Election Name:	2014 Florida's 18th congressional district election
Country:	Florida
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 18
Previous Year:	2012
Next Election:	2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida#District 18
Next Year:	2016
Image1:	File:Patrick Murphy, official portrait, 114th Congress (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Patrick Murphy
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	151,478
Percentage1:	59.8%
Nominee2:	Carl J. Domino
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	101,896
Percentage2:	40.2%
Map Size:	250px
U.S. Representative
Before Election:	Patrick Murphy
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Patrick Murphy
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

See also: Florida's 18th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Patrick Murphy, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

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.^{[63] [64]}

Candidates

Nominee

• Carl J. Domino, former state representative^[65]

Eliminated in primary

• 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

• Ellen Andel, Juno Beach Council member
• Frank Lynch

Declined

• Gayle Harrell, state representative and candidate for 16th district in 2008^[66]
• Adam Hasner, former Majority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives and nominee for the 22nd district in 2012^[67]
• Ilya Katz, author
• Allen West, former U.S. Representative^[68]

Results

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Patrick Murphy (D)	Carl J. Domino (R)	Other	Undecided
FrederickPolls (D-Murphy)^[69]	August 27–28, 2014	400	± 4.9%	align=center	54%	33%	—	13%
FrederickPolls (D-Murphy)^[70]	October 6–8, 2013	300	—	align=center	52%	25%	—	23%

Poll source	Date(s) administered	class=small	Sample size	class=small	Margin of error	Patrick Murphy (D)	Adam Hasner (R)	Other	Undecided
FrederickPolls^[71]	October 6–8, 2013	300	± ?	align=center	52%	25%	—	23%

• * Internal poll for the Patrick Murphy campaign

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report		November 3, 2014
align=left	Rothenberg		October 24, 2014
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball		October 30, 2014
RCP		November 2, 2014
align=left	Daily Kos Elections		November 4, 2014

Results

District 19

See also: Florida's 19th congressional district and 2014 Florida's 19th congressional district special election. Incumbent Republican Curt Clawson, who had represented the district since an 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.^[72]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Curt Clawson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

• Lizbeth Benacquisto, state senator^{[73] [74]}
• Chauncey Goss, political consultant and candidate for this seat in 2012^[73]
• Paige Kreegel, former state representative and candidate for this seat in 2012^[75]
• Connie Mack IV, former U.S. Representative and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2012^[73]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

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

General election

Results

District 20

See also: Florida's 20th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Alcee Hastings, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Jean Enright, Port of Palm Beach Commissioner
• Jameel McCline, former professional boxer

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jay Bonner, marketing consultant and land surveyor

General election

Results

District 21

See also: Florida's 21st congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Ted Deutch, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Emmanuel Morel

Results

Republican primary

No Republicans filed

Candidates

Withdrawn

• Henry Colon

General election

Results

District 22

See also: Florida's 22nd congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Lois Frankel, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Lois Frankel, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Paul Spain

Eliminated in primary

• Andrea Leigh McGee
• David Wagie

Withdrawn

• Jeremy Rodgers

Results

General election

Results

District 23

See also: Florida's 23rd congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Debbie Wasserman Schultz, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joseph Kaufman, founder of Americans Against Hate

Eliminated in primary

• Juan Garcia

Declined

• Ed Goldfarb, realtor

Results

General election

Results

District 24

See also: Florida's 24th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Frederica Wilson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Michael Etienne

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dufirstson Julio Neree

General election

Results

District 25

See also: Florida's 25th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Mario Diaz-Balart, incumbent U.S. Representative

General election

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

Results

District 26

See also: Florida's 26th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Joe García, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joe García, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Carlos Curbelo, member of the Miami-Dade County Public School Board^[76]

Eliminated in primary

• Ed MacDougall, Mayor of Cutler Bay^[77]
• Joe Martinez, former Miami-Dade County commissioner^[77]
• David Rivera, former U.S. Representative^{[78] [79] [80]}
• Lorenzo Palomares Starbuck

Declined

• Jose Felix Diaz, state representative
• Anitere Flores, state senator^[81]

Results

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe García (D)	Carlos Curbelo (R)	Undecided
Saint Leo University^[82]	October 2014	400	± 4.5%	42%	align=center	46%	12%
DCCC (D)^[83]	September 28–October 1, 2014	400	± 4.8%	align=center	45%	40%	15%
McLaughlin (R-Curbelo)^[84]	September 9–11, 2014	400	± 4.9%	40%	align=center	44%	16%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report		November 3, 2014
align=left	Rothenberg		October 24, 2014
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball		October 30, 2014
RCP		November 2, 2014
align=left	Daily Kos Elections		November 4, 2014

Results

District 27

See also: Florida's 27th congressional district. 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

Candidates

Nominee

• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, incumbent U.S. Representative

General election

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

Results

See also

• 2014 United States House of Representatives elections
• 2014 United States elections

External links

• U.S. House elections in Florida, 2014 at Ballotpedia
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets

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2. Web site: Southerland faces tough 2014 re-election bid. May 5, 2013. May 24, 2013. Tallahassee Democrat. Ledyard. King.
3. http://atr.rollcall.com/elections-2014-steve-southerland-gwen-graham-poll-october/ National Research Group (R-Southerland)
4. https://www.scribd.com/doc/242086906/FL-02-Anzalone-Liszt-Grove-for-Gwen-Graham-Sept-2014 Anzalone Liszt Grove (D-Graham)
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20141011123532/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/southerland-hit-on-fishery-issues/2192866 Pathfinder Opinion Research
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9. Web site: 2014 House Race Ratings for November 3, 2014 . House: Race Ratings . Cook Political Report . November 3, 2014.
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11. Web site: 2014 House . Sabato's Crystal Ball . April 10, 2014 . April 11, 2014.
12. Web site: Daily Kos Elections House race ratings: Initial ratings for 2014 . Daily Kos Elections . November 4, 2014.
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14. News: McNeal. Stephanie. Fla. GOP House candidate moonlights as a vampire role-playing gamer. 5 April 2014. Fox News. 2 April 2014.
15. News: Makarechi. Kim. Meet Jake Rush, Florida Congressional Candidate and Vampire. 5 April 2014. Vanity Fair. 1 April 2014.
16. News: Watkins. Morgan. Local teacher throws in hat to run against Yoho. 4 May 2014. Gainesville sun. 31 March 2014.
17. Web site: Smith beats Lowe in Congress District 5 primary. August 26, 2014. September 30, 2014. Daily Commercial.
18. Web site: Mike Clark. U.S. House, District 6. September 23, 2014. September 30, 2014. Florida Times-Union.
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24. The Rapture of the Nerds. Jessica Roy . April 17, 2014 . . March 14, 2015.
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26. Web site: FL-09: Democratic Candidate Nick Ruiz Switches from FL-07 to FL-09 to Run Against Alan Grayson. 17 December 2014.
27. Web site: Alan Grayson Goes National and Global, Carol Platt Stresses GOP Unity. 17 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141223224014/http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/alan-grayson-goes-national-and-global-while-carol-platt-stresses-gop-unity-cd-9. 23 December 2014. dead.
28. http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/blog/carol-platt-claims-momentum-against-alan-grayson Data Targeting (R-Platt)
29. News: Jacobson. Louis. Buzz's Florida congressional vulnerability rankings for 2014. 14 August 2013. Tampa Bay Times. 15 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130821084643/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/buzzs-florida-congressional-vulnerability-rankings-for-2014/2131500. 21 August 2013. dead.
30. Web site: Val Demings takes on Teresa Jacobs for Orange County Mayor . Scott . Powers . Orlando Sentinel . January 7, 2014 . January 7, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107191858/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/blogs/political-pulse/os-val-demings-takes-on-teresa-jacobs-for-orange-county-mayor-20140107,0,342973.post . January 7, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
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35. News: Race pits Webster's experience vs. McKenna's energy. The Orlando Sentinel. Scott. Powers. October 20, 2014. November 5, 2014.
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39. Web site: Adam C. Smith. Ed Jany drops out of race against David Jolly. Tampa Bay Times. May 13, 2014. May 13, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140514083405/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/ed-jany-drops-out-of-race-against-david-jolly/2179539. May 14, 2014. live.
40. Web site: Curtis Krueger . Democrat Sykes to run for Pinellas congressional seat. Tampa Bay Times. April 21, 2014 . April 22, 2014.
41. Web site: Curtis Krueger . Pinellas Democratic chairman tells pastor he's 'persona non grata' if he runs for Congress. Tampa Bay Times. April 30, 2014 . May 1, 2014.
42. Web site: Peter Schorsch . Not that he was really considering it, but Charlie Crist says he won't run for Bill Young's seat. SaintPetersBlog. October 11, 2013 . October 11, 2013.
43. Web site: Democrats pushing Alex Sink to run again. Bay News 9. March 12, 2014 . March 13, 2014.
44. Web site: Democrat Jessica Ehrlich says she won't challenge David Jolly in CD 13. SaintPetersBlog. Schorsch. Peter. April 28, 2014. April 28, 2014.
45. Web site: Pinellas Commissioner Charlie Justice won't run for Young's seat, Libertarian Lucas Overby will . Tampa Bay Times . October 25, 2012 . October 25, 2013.
46. Web site: Adam C. Smith . Scramble begins for Rep. C.W. Bill Young's congressional seat. Tampa Bay Times. October 10, 2013 . October 10, 2013.
47. Web site: Palm Harbor House Democrat has target on his back. Tampa Bay Times. Smith. Adam C.. April 26, 2014. April 29, 2014.
48. Web site: Curtis Krueger. Eric Lynn will not run for congress. Tampa Bay Times. May 1, 2014. May 1, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032015/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/eric-lynn-will-not-run-for-congress/2177827. May 2, 2014. dead.
49. Web site: Preston Rudie . Charlie Crist, state senators Jack Latvala and Jeff Brandes, Representative Darryl Rouson won't run for Rep. C.W. Bill Young's seat. WTSP. October 11, 2013 . October 11, 2013.
50. Web site: Aaron Blake . Alex Sink won't seek rematch in Florida. The Washington Post. April 15, 2014 . April 15, 2014.
51. Web site: Peter Schorsch . Ken Welch, considered a leading contender for Bill Young's seat, tells me he's not running. SaintPetersBlog. October 11, 2013 . October 11, 2013.
52. Web site: Anna Phillips . Names continue to pop in and out of race to replace US Rep. CW Bill Young. Tampa Bay Times. October 11, 2013 . October 11, 2013.
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55. http://stpetepolls.org/files/StPetePolls_2014_SaintPetersBlog_CD13_June_4.pdf St. Pete Polls
56. http://stpetepolls.org/files/StPetePolls_2014_SaintPetersBlog_US_CD-13_May_8.pdf St. Pete Polls
57. Candidates' party affiliations were not stated during the first question. After other questions were asked, the question was asked again, this time with the candidates' party affiliation identified.
58. http://stpetepolls.org/files/StPetePolls_2014_SaintPetersBlog_CD13_April_8.pdf St. Pete Polls
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61. Web site: Sara Kennedy . Democrat Mitch Mallett to challenge Rep. Vern Buchanan for seat in Congress . bradenton.com . Bradenton Herald . 6 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141018065941/https://www.bradenton.com/2013/10/23/4788358/democrat-mitch-mallet-to-challenge.html . 18 October 2014 . 23 October 2013.
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74. Web site: Sen. Lizbeth Benacquisto to seek re-election, not congressional seat . Naples News. April 24, 2014 . April 25, 2014.
75. Web site: Peter Schorsch . Paige Kreegel files paperwork to run for Trey Radel's seat . https://archive.today/20140107052937/http://www.saintpetersblog.com/paige-kreegel-files-paperwork-to-run-for-trey-radels-seat . dead . January 7, 2014 . SaintPetersBlog . January 5, 2014 . January 6, 2014 .
76. Web site: It's official: Carlos Curbelo becomes Republican No. 3 to challenge Rep. Joe Garcia. July 9, 2013. July 11, 2013. Miami Herald. Marc. Caputo.
77. Web site: Cutler Bay mayor to kick off congressional campaign. August 5, 2013. May 7, 2014. Miami Herald.
78. Web site: Under federal investigation, ex-Rep. David Rivera announces he'll run for congress again. May 3, 2014. May 5, 2014. Miami Herald.
79. Web site: David Rivera suspends Miami campaign for Congress. July 11, 2014. September 3, 2014. Miami Herald.
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