2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

2012 Florida's 2nd congressional district election
	County results ; Southerland: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% ; Lawson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
U.S. Representative before election; Steve Southerland; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Steve Southerland; Republican

2012 Florida's 1st congressional district election
	County results ; Miller: 60–70% 70–80%
U.S. Representative before election; Jeff Miller; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Jeff Miller; Republican

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida
	November 6, 2012
All 27 Florida seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 90>%	Democratic 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90>%

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the twenty-seven Congressional representatives from the state, one from each of the state's twenty-seven Congressional Districts, a two-seat increase due to the 2010 United States Census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and a U.S. Senate election. The primary elections were held August 14, 2012.

Redistricting

In November 2010, Florida voters passed two amendments to the Florida Constitution which would require Congressional and state legislative Districts to be compact and follow geographical boundaries, thereby preventing gerrymandering. Shortly after the amendments were passed U.S. Representatives Corrine Brown and Mario Diaz-Balart filed a lawsuit asking that the amendment concerning Congressional Districts be declared invalid.[1] Brown and Diaz-Balart alleged that the power to change rules for congressional redistricting lies exclusively with the state legislature, and as such cannot be changed through a referendum; however in January 2012 a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected their arguments.[2]

Redistricting legislation which would create one new district each in North Florida and Central Florida was passed by a committee of the Florida House of Representatives on January 27,[3] by the full House of Representatives on February 3,[4] and by the Florida Senate on February 9. Shortly after, the Florida Democratic Party announced it would file a lawsuit, alleging that the map violated the Fair Districts provision, which requires that maps do not intentionally favor parties or incumbents. Separately, a coalition of groups including Common Cause, the League of Women Voters and the National Council of La Raza announced it would file its own challenge on the legislation's being signed into law.[5]

Overview

The table below shows the total number and percentage of votes, as well as the number of seats gained and lost by each political party in the election for the United States House of Representatives in Florida. All vote totals come from the Florida Secretary of State's website along with the individual counties' election department websites.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2012
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	4,157,046	51.61%	17	-2
	Democratic	3,678,725	45.67%	10	+4
	Other Parties	219,374	2.72%	0	-
Totals		8,055,145	100%	27	+2

District 1

Florida's new 1st district voting age population is 77.6% White (single race), 12.9% Blacks (includes multirace), 4.3% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 5% other races [6] Republican incumbent Jeff Miller, who has represented Florida's 1st congressional district since 2001, ran for re-election and secured the Republican nomination unopposed.

Nominee

Jeff Miller, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

James Bryan, army veteran[7]

Nominee

Calen Fretts, vice chair of the Libertarian Party of Okaloosa County[8]

Independents

William Cleave Drummond, II ran for election as a write-in candidate.[7]

Endorsements

Jeff Miller (R)

Organizations

Results

Florida's 1st congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Miller (incumbent)	238,440	69.6
	Democratic	Jim Bryan	92,961	27.1
	Libertarian	Calen Fretts	11,176	3.3
	Independent	William Cleave (write-in)	17	0.0
Total votes			342,594	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

Florida's new 2nd district voting age population is 68.5% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 23.5% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 4.4% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.3% other races (non-Hispanic)[6] Republican incumbent Steve Southerland was first elected to represent Florida's 2nd congressional district in 2010 and secured the Republican nomination unopposed.[7]

Nominee

Steve Southerland, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Former Republican state senator Nancy Argenziano was being barred from running as a Democrat by state law, tried to ran on the Independent Party of Florida line, but ultimately withdrew.[12]

Nominee

Al Lawson, state senator and candidate for this seat in 2010[13]

Eliminated in primary

Leonard Bembry, state representative[14]
Alvin Peters, attorney and former chairman of the Bay County Democratic Party[15]
Mark Schlakman

Withdrawn

Nancy Argenziano, former Republican state senator[16]
Jay Liles, activist

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Lawson	46,900	54.6
	Democratic	Leonard Bembry	22,357	26.0
	Democratic	Alvin L. Peters	11,919	13.9
	Democratic	Mark Schlakman	4,653	5.4
Total votes			85,829	100.0

Endorsements

Steve Southerland (R)

Organizations

Al Lawson (D)

Organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program[18]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Steve Southerland (R)	Al Lawson (D)	Undecided
StPetePolls	October 3–5, 2012	450	± 4.6%	46%	47%	8%
Lester (D-DCCC)	September 15–17, 2012	401	± 4.9%	43%	43%	14%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[19]	Lean R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[20]	Likely R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[21]	Lean R	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22]	Lean R	December 12, 2012
NY Times[23]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
RCP[24]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[25]	Likely R	November 4, 2012

Results

Southerland defeated Lawson for re-election to a second term 53% votes to 47% on November 6, 2012.

Florida's 2nd congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Southerland (incumbent)	175,856	52.7
	Democratic	Al Lawson	157,634	47.2
	Independent	Floyd Patrick Miller (write-in)	228	0.1
Total votes			333,718	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

2012 Florida's 3rd congressional district election


Nominee	Ted Yoho	J. R. Gaillot
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	204,331	102,468
Percentage	64.7%	32.5%

County results
Yoho: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Cliff Stearns
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Ted Yoho
Republican

Florida's new 3rd district voting age population is 75.8% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 12.9% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 6.7% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 4.3% other races (non-Hispanic)[6] Republican Cliff Stearns, who had represented the 6th District since 1989, had his home in Ocala drawn into the neighboring 11th District. However, he opted to seek reelection in the 3rd, which contained more than two-thirds of his former territory.

Republican primary

Stearns was upset in the primary by Ted Yoho, a large-animal veterinarian from Gainesville.

Nominee

Ted Yoho, veterinarian

Eliminated in primary

James Jett, police officer
Steve Oelrich, state senator
Cliff Stearns, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Yoho	22,273	34.4
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (incumbent)	21,398	33.0
	Republican	Steve Oelrich	12,329	19.0
	Republican	James Jett	8,769	13.5
Total votes			64,769	100.0

Nominee

J.R. Gaillot, policy consultant

Endorsements

Ted Yoho (R)

Organizations

National Republican Congressional Committee "Vanguard" Program[26]
National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund[10]
Tea Party Express[27]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ted Yoho (R)	J. R. Gaillot (D)	Undecided
StPetePolls	September 1–3, 2012	668	± 5.0%	56%	31%	13%

Results

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Yoho	204,331	64.7
	Democratic	J. R. Gaillot	102,468	32.5
	Independent	Philip Dodds	8,870	2.8
Total votes			315,669	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Florida's new 4th district voting age population is 74.9% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 12.5% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 6.3% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.4% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 5.9% other races (non-Hispanic)[6] Republican incumbent Ander Crenshaw, who has represented the 4th District since 2001, ran for re-election.[28]

Nominee

Ander Crenshaw, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Bob Black
Deborah Pueschel

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw (incumbent)	46,788	71.9
	Republican	Bob Black	11,816	18.1
	Republican	Deborah Katz Pueschel	6,505	10.0
Total votes			65,109	100.0

Withdrawn

Gary Koniz

Endorsements

Ander Crenshaw (R)

Organizations

Results

Florida's 4th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw (incumbent)	239,988	76.1
	Independent	Jim Klauder	75,236	23.8
	Independent	Gary Koniz (write-in)	246	0.1
Total votes			315,470	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

2012 Florida's 5th congressional district election


Nominee	Corrine Brown	LeAnne Kolb
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	190,472	70,700
Percentage	70.8%	26.3%

County results
Brown: 60–70% 70–80%
Kolb: 40–50% 50–60% 70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Corrine Brown
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Corrine Brown
Democratic

Florida's new 5th district voting age population is 49% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 36.2% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 10% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 1.1% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.7% other races (non-Hispanic)[6] It is the successor to the former 3rd district, which has been represented by Democrat Corrine Brown since 1993.[29]

Nominee

Corrine Brown, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

LeAnne Kolb[30]

Withdrawn

Mike Yost, nominee for this in 2010[31]

Libertarian primary

Gerald Nyren announced plans to run as a Libertarian Party candidate.[31]

Endorsements

Corrine Brown (D)

Labor unions

Results

Florida's 5th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Corrine Brown (incumbent)	190,472	70.8
	Republican	LeAnne Kolb	70,700	26.3
	Independent	Eileen Fleming	7,978	3.0
	Independent	Bruce Raey Riggs (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			269,153	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

2012 Florida's 6th congressional district election


Nominee	Ron DeSantis	Heather Beaven
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	195,962	146,489
Percentage	57.2%	41.4%

County results
DeSantis: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

John Mica
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Ron DeSantis
Republican

In redistricting, most of the old 7th district was renumbered as the new 6th district. John Mica, who has represented the 7th District since 1993, had his home drawn into the neighboring 7th District, and opted to seek re-election there.

Florida's new 6th district voting age population is 82.8% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 8.8% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 5.4% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.7% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Ron DeSantis, Iraq War veteran and former prosecutor[35]

Eliminated in primary

Richard Clark, member of the Jacksonville City Council
Fred Costello, state representative
William Billy Kogut
Craig Miller, businessman and Vietnam War veteran
Alec Pueschel
Beverly Slough, chairman of St. Johns County School District Board

Declined

John Mica, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis	24,132	38.8
	Republican	Fred Costello	14,189	22.8
	Republican	Beverly Slough	8,229	13.2
	Republican	Craig Miller	8,113	13.1
	Republican	Richard Clark	6,090	9.8
	Republican	Alec Pueschel	739	1.2
	Republican	William Billy Kogut	628	1.0
Total votes			62,120	100.0

Nominee

Heather Beaven, former Navy cryptologist and nominee for the 7th district in 2010[36]

Eliminated in primary

Vipin Verma, attorney[37]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Heather Beaven	29,909	80.5
	Democratic	Vipin Verma	7,253	19.5
Total votes			37,162	100.0

Endorsements

Ron DeSantis (R)

Organizations

Heather Beaven (D)

Labor unions

Results

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis	195,962	57.3
	Democratic	Heather Beaven	146,489	42.8
Total votes			342,451	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

2012 Florida's 7th congressional district election


Nominee	John Mica	Jason Kendall
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	185,518	130,479
Percentage	58.7%	41.3%

County results
Mica: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

John Mica (Republican)
Sandy Adams (Republican)

Elected U.S. Representative

John Mica
Republican

The new 7th District is the successor to the old 24th District, represented by Republican Sandy Adams since 2011. John Mica, who had represented the old 7th District since 1993, had his home drawn into the new 7th. The new district voting age population is 70.2% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 8.1% non-Hispanic blacks (includes multirace), 8.1 percent Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.9 percent Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace) and 4.7% other races (non-Hispanic).[6]

Nominee

John Mica, incumbent U.S. Representative from the 6th district

Eliminated in primary

Sandy Adams, incumbent U.S. Representative from the 24th district

Endorsements

Sandy Adams

Organizations

Primary results

Mica defeated Adams in the Republican primary with 61 percent of the vote.

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Mica (incumbent)	32,119	61.2
	Republican	Sandy Adams (incumbent)	20,404	38.8
Total votes			52,523	100.0

Nominee

Jason Kendall, social media consultant and sales manager

Eliminated in primary

Nicholas Ruiz

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jason H. Kendall	12,816	61.3
	Democratic	Nicholas Ruiz	8,088	38.7
Total votes			20,904	100.0

Endorsements

John Mica (R)

Organizations

Results

Florida's 7th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Mica (incumbent)	185,518	58.7
	Democratic	Jason H. Kenall	130,479	41.3
	Independent	Fred Marra (write-in)	13	0.0
Total votes			316,010	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

2012 Florida's 8th congressional district election


Nominee	Bill Posey	Shannon Roberts
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	205,432	130,870
Percentage	58.9%	37.5%

County results
Posey: 50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Bill Posey
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Bill Posey
Republican

The new 8th District was the successor to the 15th District, represented by Republican Bill Posey since 2009. The voting age population was 80.4% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 8.7% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 7.3% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.4% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.2% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Bill Posey, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

Shannon Roberts, former NASA & federal official and Cape Canaveral City Council Member[41]

Endorsements

Bill Posey (R)

Organizations

Shannon Roberts (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO[32]

Results

Florida's 8th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Posey (incumbent)	205,432	58.9
	Democratic	Shannon Roberts	130,870	37.5
	Independent	Richard Gillmor	12,607	3.6
Total votes			348,909	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

2012 Florida's 9th congressional district election


Nominee	Alan Grayson	Todd Long
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	164,891	98,856
Percentage	62.5%	37.5%

County results
Grayson: 60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

New seat

Elected U.S. Representative

Alan Grayson
Democratic

The new 9th district, an open seat located south of Orlando, is expected to favor Democrats.[42] It contains all of Osceola County, part of Orange County (including the Orlando International Airport), and part of Polk County. The district's inhabitants voted overwhelmingly for President Barack Obama, preferring him to John McCain 60-39%. In addition, the district will contain a plurality of whites, at 43%, followed by Hispanics and blacks, who will make up 41% and 12% of the population, respectively.[43][44][45] The new 9th district voting age population is 42.9% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 39.1% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 10.1% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 2.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 5.6% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Alan Grayson, former U.S. Representative[46]

Nominee

Todd Long, attorney, conservative radio show host and candidate for the 8th District in 2008 & 2010

Eliminated in primary

Julius Melendez
John Quinones
Mark Oxner, businessman

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Long	12,585	47.3
	Republican	John "Q" Quinones	7,514	28.3
	Republican	Julius Anthony Melendez	3,983	15.0
	Republican	Mark Oxner	2,510	9.4
Total votes			26,592	100.0

Endorsements

Alan Grayson (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Democracy for America[47]
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Majority Makers" Program[18]
Progressive Change Campaign Committee[48]
Progressive Democrats of America[49]

Todd Long (R)

Organizations

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Alan Grayson (D)	Todd Long (R)	Undecided
Gravis Marketing (D-Grayson)	October 11–12, 2012	487	± 4.5%	56%	41%	3%
StPetePolls	October 3–5, 2012	363	± 5.1%	45%	42%	13%
Kitchens (D-Grayson)	September 18–21, 2012	507	± 4.4%	48%	34%	19%
StPetePolls	September 1–3, 2012	629	± 5.0%	46%	41%	13%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Likely D (flip)	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[20]	Safe D (flip)	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[21]	Safe D (flip)	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22]	Safe D (flip)	December 12, 2012
NY Times[23]	Lean D (flip)	November 4, 2012
RCP[24]	Likely D (flip)	November 4, 2012
The Hill[25]	Likely D (flip)	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 9th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Grayson	164,891	62.5
	Republican	Todd Long	98,856	37.5
Total votes			263,747	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 10

2012 Florida's 10th congressional district election


Nominee	Daniel Webster	Val Demings
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	164,649	153,574
Percentage	51.7%	48.3%

County results
Webster: 50–60%
Demings: 50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Daniel Webster
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Daniel Webster
Republican

In redistricting, the 8th district was renumbered as the 10th district. Republican Daniel Webster, who had represented the 8th district since January 2011, sort re-election.[42] The new 10th district voting age population is 69.9% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 13.5% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 10.4% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.7% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 5.4% other races (non-Hispanic).[6]

Nominee

Daniel Webster, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

Val Demings, former Chief of the Orlando Police Department and wife of the Orange County Sheriff[51]

Declined

Alan Grayson, former U.S. Representative[52]

Endorsements

Daniel Webster (R)

Organizations

Val Demings (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program[18]
EMILY's List[53]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Daniel Webster (R)	Val Demings (D)	Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D-DCCC)	October 11–14, 2012	401	± 4.9%	43%	41%	16%
StPetePolls	October 3–5, 2012	498	± 4.4%	51%	40%	9%
Global Strategy Group (D-DCCC)	September 22–25, 2012	402	± %	46%	41%	13%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Lean R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[20]	Lean R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[21]	Lean R	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22]	Lean R	December 12, 2012
NY Times[23]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
RCP[24]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[25]	Tossup	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 10th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Webster (incumbent)	164,649	51.7
	Democratic	Val Demings	153,574	48.3
	Independent	Naipaul Seegolam (write-in)	46	0.0
Total votes			318,269	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

2012 Florida's 11th congressional district election


Nominee	Rich Nugent	H. David Werder
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	218,360	120,303
Percentage	64.5%	35.5%

County results
Nugent: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Rich Nugent
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Rich Nugent
Republican

In redistricting, most of the old 5th District became the 11th District. Rich Nugent, who had represented the 5th since 2011, ran for re-election in the 11th.[54] The new 11th district voting age population is 83.1% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 7.3% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 7% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.4% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.2% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Rich Nugent, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

David Werder[41]

Endorsements

Rich Nugent (R)

Organizations

Results

Florida's 11th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rich Nugent (incumbent)	218,360	64.5
	Democratic	H. David Werder	120,303	35.5
Total votes			338,663	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12

2012 Florida's 12th congressional district election


Nominee	Gus Bilirakis	Jonathan Snow
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	209,604	108,770
Percentage	63.5%	32.9%

County results
Bilirakis : 60–70%

U.S. Representative before election

Gus Bilirakis
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Gus Bilirakis
Republican

In redistricting, most of the old 9th District became the 12th district. Republican Gus Bilirakis, who has represented the 9th District since 2007, ran for re-election in the 12th.[55] The new 12th district voting age population is 82.6% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 9.6% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 4% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.4% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.5% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Gus Bilirakis, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

Jonathan Snow, photo specialist and former teacher[41]

Independents

John Russell, an acute care nurse practitioner, had announced prior to redistricting that he would run as an independent in the 11th District.[56] However, after he was drawn into the 12th, he opted to seek election there.[41]

Endorsements

Gus Bilirakis (R)

Organizations

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Gus Bilirakis (R)	Jonathan Snow (D)	Paul Elliott (I)	John Russell (I)	Undecided
StPetePolls	September 1–3, 2012	668	± 5.0%	57%	27%	2%	2%	12%

Results

Florida's 12th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)	209,604	63.5
	Democratic	Jonathan Michael Snow	108,770	32.9
	Independent	John Russell	6,878	2.1
	Independent	Paul Siney Elliott	4,915	1.5
Total votes			330,167	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

In redistricting, most of the old 10th District became the 13th District. Bill Young, who has represented the 10th and its predecessors since 1971, ran for re-election. The new 13th district voting age population is 83.5% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 7% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 5% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 4.2% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Bill Young, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Darren Ayres
Madeline Vance

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	C. W. Bill Young (incumbent)	39,395	69.1
	Republican	Darren Ayres	10,548	18.5
	Republican	Madeline Vance	7,049	12.4
Total votes			56,992	100.0

Nominee

Jessica Ehrlich, attorney and former Legislative Counsel for Representatives Clay Shaw and Stephen Lynch[57]

Withdrawn

Nina Hayden

Declined

Charlie Justice, former state senator and nominee for this seat in 2010[58]
Rick Kriseman, state representative
Janet Long, former state representative
Kenneth Welch, Pinellas County Commissioner

Declined

Charlie Crist, former Governor and candidate for Senate in 2010[59]

Endorsements

Bill Young (R)

Organizations

National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund[10]

Jessica Ehrlich (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Emerging Races" Program[18]
EMILY's List[53]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill Young (R)	Jessica Ehrlich (D)	Undecided
StPetePolls	October 3–5, 2012	533	± 4.3%	49%	40%	11%
StPetePolls	September 1–3, 2012	1,691	± 5.0%	50%	39%	11%
DCCC (D)	July 18, 2012	800	± 3.5%	49%	35%	16%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Safe R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[20]	Safe R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[21]	Safe R	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22]	Safe R	December 12, 2012
NY Times[23]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
RCP[24]	Likely R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[25]	Lean R	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 13th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Young (incumbent)	189,605	57.6
	Democratic	Jessica Ehrlich	139,742	42.4
Total votes			329,347	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

2012 Florida's 14th congressional district election


Nominee	Kathy Castor	EJ Otero
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	197,121	83,480
Percentage	70.2%	29.8%

County results
Castor: 60–70% 80-90%

U.S. Representative before election

Kathy Castor
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Kathy Castor
Democratic

In redistricting, the 11th District was renumbered as the 14th District. Democrat Kathy Castor, who has represented the 11th since 2007, ran for re-election here.[41] Florida's new 14th district voting age population is 46.5% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 24% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 24% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 1.6% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.8% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Kathy Castor, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

Evelio Otero, retired Air Force Colonel

Eliminated in primary

Eddie Adams, architect

Declined

Michael S. Bennett, state senator[60][61][62]
Shawn Harrison, state representative[63]
Mark Sharpe, Hillsborough County Commissioner and nominee for the 11th district in 1994 and 1996[64]

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Evelio "EJ" Otero	12,084	60.3
	Republican	Eddie Adams	7,953	39.7
Total votes			20,037	100.0

Endorsements

Kathy Castor (D)

Labor unions

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Kathy Castor (D)	EJ Otero (R)	Undecided
StPetePolls	September 1–3, 2012	1,459	± 5.0%	59%	32%	9%

Results

Florida's 14th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Castor (incumbent)	197,121	70.2
	Republican	EJ Otero	83,480	29.8
Total votes			280,601	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

In redistricting, the 12th district was renumbered as the 15th district. Dennis Ross, who has represented the 12th district since 2011, ran for re-election[65] The new 15th district voting age population is 68.6% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 14.2% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 12% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.7% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 4.5% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Dennis Ross, incumbent U.S. Representative

General election

No other party put up a candidate.

Endorsements

Dennis Ross (R)

Organizations

Results

Florida's 15th congressional district, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Ross (incumbent)	Unopposed	N/a
Total votes				N/a
	Republican hold

District 16

In redistricting, the Florida's 13th congressional district was renumbered as the 16th district. Republican Vern Buchanan, who has represented the 13th since 2007, ran for re-election in the 16th after deciding against running for the U.S. Senate.[66][67] The new 16th district voting age population is 83.5% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 8.5% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 5.6% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.2% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Vern Buchanan, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Prior to redistricting, former state representative Keith Fitzgerald had announced he would seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Buchanan.[68]

Nominee

Keith Fitzgerald, former state representative

Endorsements

Vern Buchanan (R)

Organizations

National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund[10]

Keith Fitzgerald (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program[18]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Vern Buchanan (R)	Keith Fitzgerald (D)	Undecided
StPetePolls	October 3–5, 2012	494	± 4.4%	55%	38%	7%
StPetePolls	September 1–3, 2012	897	± 5.0%	56%	37%	7%
Public Policy Polling (D-Fitzgerald)	July 18–19, 2012	586	± 4.1%	44%	36%	19%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Buchanan)	July 15–16, 2012	500	± 4.9%	54%	32%	14%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Buchanan)	March 20–21, 2012	400	± 4.9%	58%	36%	6%
SEA Polling (D-Fitzgerald)	February 12–18, 2012	400	± 4.9%	49%	38%	13%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Likely R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[20]	Likely R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[21]	Likely R	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22]	Likely R	December 12, 2012
NY Times[23]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
RCP[24]	Likely R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[25]	Likely R	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 16th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vern Buchanan (incumbent)	187,147	53.6
	Democratic	Keith Fitzgerald	161,929	46.4
Total votes			349,076	100.0
	Republican hold

District 17

2012 Florida's 17th congressional district election


Nominee	Tom Rooney	William Bronson
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	165,488	116,766
Percentage	58.6%	41.4%

County results
Rooney: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Tom Rooney
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Tom Rooney
Republican

The new 17th district, an open seat for a large district comprising parts of 10 South and Central Florida counties as well as parts of the Everglades watershed, is expected to favor Republicans.[42][69] Republican Tom Rooney, who has represented the 16th district since 2009, ran for re-election in the new 17th district.[70] The new 17th district voting age population is 75.4% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 13.9% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 7.9% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.4% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.3% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Tom Rooney, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Joe Arnold, member of Okeechobee County school board

Withdrawn

Karen Diebel, former Winter Park city commissioner and candidate for the24th district in 2010[71]

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Rooney (incumbent)	37,881	73.2
	Republican	Joe Arnold	13,871	26.8
Total votes			51,752	100.0

Nominee

William Bronson, retired Delta Air Lines pilot (formerly an unsuccessful Republican candidate in Massachusetts and Georgia)

Minor Parties

26-year-old Tom Baumann from Miami (who ran unsuccessful campaigns in Minnesota and in the Borough of Manhattan) ran as a write-in candidate for the Socialist Workers Party .

Campaign

As of the September FEC financial reporting deadline Rooney had collected $930,248 in campaign contributions and had $564,716 on hand; the FEC had no reports on Bronson or Baumann.[69][72][73]

Endorsements

Tom Rooney (R)

Organizations

Results

Florida's 17th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Rooney (incumbent)	165,488	58.6
	Democratic	William Bronson	116,766	41.4
	Socialist Workers	Tom Baumann (write-in)	12	0.0
Total votes			282,266	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

District 18

2012 Florida's 18th congressional district election


Nominee	Patrick Murphy	Allen West
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	166,257	164,353
Percentage	50.3%	49.7%

County results
Murphy: 50–60%
West: 50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

New seat

Elected U.S. Representative

Patrick Murphy
Democratic

Allen West, who was first elected to represent Florida's 22nd congressional district in 2010, ran for re-election in the new 18th district.[74] The new 18th district voting age population is 74.7% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 11.6% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 10.6% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.4% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.7% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Allen West, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Robert Crowder, Martin County Sheriff[75]

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Allen B. West (incumbent)	45,790	74.4
	Republican	Robert L. Crowder	15,758	25.6
Total votes			61,548	100.0

Democratic primary

Patrick Murphy, an environmental services executive, had planned to seek the Democratic nomination in the 22nd district,[76] but announced in February 2012 that he would continue to challenge West in the 18th district.[77]

Nominee

Patrick Murphy, environmental services executive

Eliminated in primary

Jerry Buechler
Jim Horn

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Murphy	26,791	79.7
	Democratic	Jim Horn	3,843	11.4
	Democratic	Jerry Lee Buechler	2,984	8.9
Total votes			33,618	100.0

Independents

Marilyn Davis Holloman qualified to run as a write-in.[78] Everett Wilkinson, the chair of the South Florida Tea Party and registered to vote with no party affiliation, decided not to run.[79]

Endorsements

Allen West (R)

Organizations

Patrick Murphy (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program[18]

Debates

Complete video of debate, October 19, 2012

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Allen West (R)	Patrick Murphy (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)	October 25–26, 2012	631	± ?%	47%	48%	5%
Frederick Polls (D-Murphy)	October 16–17, 2012	333	± 5.3%	47%	47%	6%
Sunshine State News/VSS	October 16–17, 2012	752	± 3.6%	49%	48%	3%
Public Policy Polling (D)	October 15–16, 2012	500	± 4.0%	51%	42%	8%
StPetePolls	October 3–5, 2012	902	± 3.3%	53%	41%	7%
Kimball Political Consulting (R)	September 28, 2012	408	± 4.8%	45%	49%	6%
Garin-Hart-Yang (D-House Majority PAC) Archived November 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine	September 26–27, 2012	401	± 4.9%	43%	52%	5%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-West)	September 24–25, 2012	400	± 4.9%	52%	41%	7%
StPetePolls	September 1–3, 2012	535	± 5.0%	49%	43%	9%
Grove Insight (D-DCCC)	August 21–24, 2012	400	± 4.9%	46%	47%	7%
Frederick Polls (D-Murphy)	May 6–8, 2012	500	± 4.3%	45%	45%	10%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Tossup	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[20]	Tilts R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[21]	Lean R	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22]	Lean R	December 12, 2012
NY Times[23]	Tossup	November 4, 2012
RCP[24]	Tossup	November 4, 2012
The Hill[25]	Tossup	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 18th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Murphy	166,257	50.3
	Republican	Allen West (incumbent)	164,353	49.7
	Independent	Marilyn Davis Holloman (write-in)	55	0.0
Total votes			330,665	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 19

In redistricting, the 14th district was renumbered as the 19th district.[42] Connie Mack IV, who has represented the 14th district since 2005, will run for the U.S. Senate rather than for re-election.[81] The new 19th district voting age population is 77.1% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 14.4% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 6% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.5% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.1% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Trey Radel, conservative radio talk show host[82]

Eliminated in primary

Gary Aubuchon, state representative[83]
Joe Davidow, attorney[84]
Byron Donalds, banker
Chauncey Goss, son of former Director of Central Intelligence Porter Goss[85]
Paige Kreegel, state representative[86]

Withdrawn

Timothy John Rossano[87]

Declined

Tom Grady, commissioner of the Florida Office of Financial Regulation
Dudley Goodlette, state representative[88]
Tammy Hall, Lee County Commissioner[89][90]
Jeff Kottkamp, former Lieutenant Governor of Florida[90]
Ray Judah, Lee County Commissioner[89][90]
Ray Price, member of the Naples City Council
Garrett Richter, state senator[89]
Burt Saunders, former state senator[89][90]
John Sawyer, state representative[91]

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Radel	22,304	30.0
	Republican	Chauncey Porter Goss	16,005	21.5
	Republican	Paige Kreegel	13,167	17.7
	Republican	Gary Aubuchon	11,498	15.5
	Republican	Byron Donalds	10,389	14.0
	Republican	Joe Davidow	1,028	1.4
Total votes			74,391	100.0

Nominee

James Roach, retired GM research engineer, decorated Vietnam combat veteran and nominee for the 14th district in 2010[92]

Independents

Brandon Smith is on the general election ballot as an independent candidate.

Endorsements

Trey Radel (R)

Organizations

National Republican Congressional Committee "Vanguard" Program[26]
National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund[10]

Jim Roach (D)

Labor unions

Results

Florida's 19th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Radel	189,833	62.0
	Democratic	Jim Roach	109,746	35.8
	Independent	Brandon M. Smith	6,637	2.2
Total votes			306,216	100.0
	Republican hold

District 20

2012 Florida's 20th congressional district election


Nominee	Alcee Hastings	Randall Terry
Party	Democratic	Independent
Popular vote	214,727	29,553
Percentage	87.9%	12.1%

County results
Hastings: 70–80% 80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Alcee Hastings
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Alcee Hastings
Democratic

In redistricting, the 23rd District was renumbered as the 20th District. Democrat Alcee Hastings, who has represented the 23rd since 1993, ran for reelection—in effect, trading district numbers with fellow Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz. The new 20th district voting age population is 49.2% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 35.5% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 9.8% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 1.2% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 4.3% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Alcee Hastings, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrawn

Bernard Sansaricq, former president of the Senate of Haiti and nominee for this seat in 2010[93]

Independents

Randall Terry, anti-abortion activist

Endorsements

Alcee Hastings (D)

Labor unions

Results

Florida's 20th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alcee Hastings (incumbent)	214,727	87.9
	Independent	Randall Terry	29,553	12.1
	Independent	Anthony M. Dutrow (write-in)	5	0.0
Total votes			244,285	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

In redistricting, most of the old 19th District became the 21st District. Ted Deutch, who has represented the 19th district since April 2010, ran for re-election[94] The new 21st district voting age population is 66.6% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 17.6% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 10.6% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.6% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 4.5% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Ted Deutch, incumbent U.S. Representative

Independents

Cesar Augusto Henao Cañas was an independent candidate.[95]

Endorsements

Ted Deutch (D)

Labor unions

AFL-CIO[32]

Results

Florida's 21st congressional district, 2012[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ted Deutch (incumbent)	221,263	77.8
	Independent	W. Michael (Mike) Trout	37,776	13.3
	Independent	Cesar Henao	25,361	8.9
Total votes			284,400	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 22

2012 Florida's 22nd congressional district election


Nominee	Lois Frankel	Adam Hasner
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	171,021	142,050
Percentage	54.6%	45.4%

County results
Frankel: 50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Allen West
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Lois Frankel
Democratic

Republican Allen West, who was first elected to represent Florida's 22nd congressional district in 2010, sought re-election in the new 18th district.[74] The new 22nd district voting age population is 69.4% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 17.2% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 9.8% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.6% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.1% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Adam Hasner, former majority leader of the Florida House of Representatives[96]

Declined

Chip LaMarca, Broward County Commissioner[97]

Nominee

Lois Frankel, former mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida[96]

Eliminated in primary

Kristin Jacobs, Broward County Commissioner[98]

Declined

John Rodstrom, Broward County Commissioner[99]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Frankel	18,483	61.4
	Democratic	Kristin Jacobs	11,644	38.6
Total votes			30,127	100.0

Endorsements

Adam Hasner (R)

Organizations

BIPAC[50]
National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program[26]
National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund[10]

Lois Frankel (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Majority Makers" Program[18]
EMILY's List[53]
Progressive Change Campaign Committee[48]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Adam Hasner (R)	Lois Frankel (D)	Undecided
Anzalone-Liszt (D-Frankel)	October 18–21, 2012	501	± 4.4%	37%	47%	16%
Public Policy Polling (D)	October 15–16, 2012	500	± 4.4%	44%	47%	9%
Sunshine State News/VSS	October 14–16, 2012	750	± 3.6%	47%	47%	6%
DCCC (D)	October 10, 2012	450	± 4.6%	39%	49%	13%
StPetePolls	October 3–5, 2012	407	± 4.9%	45%	44%	11%
StPetePolls	September 1–3, 2012	1,054	± 5.0%	41%	47%	12%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Likely D (flip)	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[20]	Likely D (flip)	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[21]	Likely D (flip)	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22]	Lean D (flip)	December 12, 2012
NY Times[23]	Lean D (flip)	November 4, 2012
RCP[24]	Lean D (flip)	November 4, 2012
The Hill[25]	Tossup	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 22nd congressional district, 2012[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Frankel	171,021	54.6
	Republican	Adam Hasner	142,050	45.4
Total votes			313,071	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 23

In redistricting, the 20th District was renumbered as the 23rd District. DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz who has represented the 20th since 2005, ran for re-election. The new 23rd district voting age population is 48.9% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 29.5% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 17.4% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 1.2% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.1% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

Karen Harrington, businesswoman and nominee for this seat in 2010[100]

Eliminated in primary

Gineen Bresso
Ozzie deFaria, businessman[101]
Juan Eliel Garcia
Joseph Kaufman, Americans Against Hate founder[102]

Primary results

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karen Harrington	8,043	47.8
	Republican	Joe Kaufman	3,383	20.1
	Republican	Ozzie deFaria	2,356	14.0
	Republican	Juan Eliel Garcia	1,674	9.9
	Republican	Gineen Bresso	1,380	8.2
Total votes			16,836	100.0

Endorsements

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)

Labor unions

Karen Harrington (R)

Organizations

Results

Florida's 23rd congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (incumbent)	174,205	63.2
	Republican	Karen Harrington	98,096	35.6
	Independent	Ilya Katz	3,129	1.1
Total votes			275,430	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

In redistricting, most of the old 17th District was renumbered as the 24th District. Democrat Frederica Wilson, who had represented the 17th since 2011, sought reelection. Thr new 24th district voting age population was 51.7% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 29.9% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 12.6% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 3.2% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.5% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Frederica Wilson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

Rudy Moise, doctor and candidate for this seat in 2010

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederica Wilson (incumbent)	42,807	66.4
	Democratic	Rudolph Moise	21,680	33.6
Total votes			64,487	100.0

General election

Wilson was unopposed in the general election.

Endorsements

Frederica Wilson (D)

Labor unions

Results

Florida's 24th congressional district, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederica Wilson (incumbent)	Unopposed	N/a
Total votes				N/a
	Democratic hold

District 25

2012 Florida's 25th congressional district election


Nominee	Mario Diaz-Balart	Stanley Blumenthal	VoteForEddie.com
Party	Republican	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	151,466	31,664	17,099
Percentage	75.6%	15.8%	8.5%

County results
Diaz-Balart: 60–70% 70–80%

U.S. Representative before election

Mario Diaz-Balart
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Mario Diaz-Balart
Republican

In redistricting, the 21st district was renumbered as the 25th district. Republican Mario Diaz-Balart, who has represented the 21st district since 2011, ran for re-election.[42] The new 25th district voting age population is 68.9% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 21.2% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 6% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 1.7% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.1% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Mario Diaz-Balart, incumbent U.S. Representative

Endorsements

Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

Labor unions

Organizations

Results

Florida's 25th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mario Diaz-Balart (incumbent)	151,466	75.6
	Independent	Stanley Blumenthal	31,664	15.8
	Independent	VoteForEddie.com[104]	17,099	8.5
Total votes			200,229	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

2012 Florida's 26th congressional district election


Nominee	Joe Garcia	David Rivera
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	135,694	108,820
Percentage	53.6%	43.0%

County results
Garcia: 50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

David Rivera
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Joe Garcia
Democratic

In redistricting, the old 25th District was renumbered as the 26th district. Republican David Rivera, who has represented the 25th since 2011, ran for reelection.[42] The new 26th district voting age population is 67.4% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 20.2% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 8.6% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 1.5% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.4% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

David Rivera, incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

Nominee

Joe Garcia, attorney, activist and nominee for this seat in 2010

Eliminated in primary

Gustavo Marin, nonprofit consultant, university professor, and political analyst
Gloria Romero Roses, managing partner at Nexus Homes
Lamar Sternad, hotel Auditor

Declined

Luis Garcia, state representative[106]
Annette Taddeo, businesswoman and nominee for the 18th district in 2008,[107]

Primary results

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Garcia	13,927	53.4
	Democratic	Gloria Romero Roses	8,027	30.8
	Democratic	Lamar Sternad	2,856	10.9
	Democratic	Gustavo Marin	1,286	4.9
Total votes			26,096	100.0

Campaign

Due to redistricting and constitutional amendments passed in 2010 restricting gerrymandering, the race was considered a toss-up. While the old 25th leaned Republican, the new district was split narrowly in half between Republicans and Democrats.

Endorsements

David Rivera (R)

Organizations

National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund[10]

Joe Garcia (D)

Labor unions

Organizations

Democracy for America[47]
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program[18]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Rivera (R)	Joe Garcia (D)	Angel Fernandez (I)	José Peixoto (I)	Undecided
Benenson (D-DCCC)	October 9–11, 2012	400	± 4.9%	35%	46%	2%	1%	15%
StPetePolls	October 3–5, 2012	473	± 4.5%	43%	41%	2%	3%	12%
NORS (R-Rivera)	September 13–19, 2012	422	± ?%	44%	38%	—	—	19%
Public Policy Polling (D-Democracy for America)	September 12–13, 2012	578	± 4.1%	39%	46%	—	—	16%
GBA Strategies (D-House Majority PAC/SEIU)	September 8–13, 2012	400	± 4.9%	41%	50%	—	—	9%
Benenson (D-Garcia)	August 20–22, 2012	400	± 4.9%	40%	49%	—	—	11%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[20]	Lean D (flip)	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[21]	Lean D (flip)	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22]	Lean D (flip)	December 12, 2012
NY Times[23]	Tossup	November 4, 2012
RCP[24]	Lean D (flip)	November 4, 2012
The Hill[25]	Likely D (flip)	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 26th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Garcia	135,694	53.6
	Republican	David Rivera (incumbent)	108,820	43.0
	Independent	Angel Fernandez	5,726	2.3
	Independent	José Peixoto	2,717	1.1
Total votes			252,957	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 27

In redistricting, the old 18th District was renumbered as the 27th District. Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who has represented the 18th since 1989, will ran for re-election. The new 27th district voting age population is 72.8% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 17.5% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 5.5% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 2.2% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2% other races (non-Hispanic)[6]

Nominee

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, incumbent U.S. Representative

Nominee

Manny Yevancey[41]

Withdrawn

Patrick Post

Endorsements

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)

Labor unions

Organizations

Results

Florida's 27th congressional district, 2012 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (incumbent)	138,488	60.2
	Democratic	Manny Yevancey	85,020	36.9
	Independent	Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins	6,663	2.9
Total votes			230,171	100.0
	Republican hold

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External links

Florida Division of Elections
- Candidate list
United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2012 at Ballotpedia
Florida U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Florida from OpenSecrets
Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation
Election 2012: Video candidate interviews, Orlando Sentinel

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