Faith Babis
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Faith Babis (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Florida State Senate to represent District 23. Babis lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Elections
2018
A special election for the position of Florida State Senate District 23 was called for November 6, 2018. A special primary election was called for August 28, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was June 22, 2018.[1]
The vacancy was created when Greg Steube (R) announced he would resign in order to run for U.S. Congress.
Faith Babis (D) faced Joe Gruters (R) in the special election. Neither candidate faced primary opposition.[2]
General election
General election for Florida State Senate District 23
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joe Gruters (R) | 56.5 | 143,346 |
 | Faith Babis (D) | 43.5 | 110,587 | |
| Total votes: 253,933 | |||
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See also
- Florida State Senate
- Florida State Senate District 23
- Florida state legislative special elections, 2018
- Florida State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
Current members of the Florida State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Ben Albritton
Majority Leader:Jim Boyd
Senators
District 1
Don Gaetz (R)
District 2
Jay Trumbull (R)
District 3
Corey Simon (R)
District 4
Clay Yarborough (R)
District 5
Tracie Davis (D)
District 6
Jennifer Bradley (R)
District 7
Tom Leek (R)
District 8
Tom Wright (R)
District 9
Stan McClain (R)
District 10
Jason Brodeur (R)
District 11
Vacant
District 12
Colleen Burton (R)
District 13
Keith Truenow (R)
District 14
Vacant
District 15
District 16
Darryl Rouson (D)
District 17
Carlos Smith (D)
District 18
Nick DiCeglie (R)
District 19
Debbie Mayfield (R)
District 20
Jim Boyd (R)
District 21
Ed Hooper (R)
District 22
Joe Gruters (R)
District 23
Daniel Burgess (R)
District 24
Mack Bernard (D)
District 25
District 26
Lori Berman (D)
District 27
Ben Albritton (R)
District 28
District 29
Erin Grall (R)
District 30
Tina Polsky (D)
District 31
Gayle Harrell (R)
District 32
Rosalind Osgood (D)
District 33
Jonathan Martin (R)
District 34
Shevrin Jones (D)
District 35
Barbara Sharief (D)
District 36
Ileana Garcia (R)
District 37
Jason Pizzo (N)
District 38
Alexis Calatayud (R)
District 39
Bryan Avila (R)
District 40
Ana Rodriguez (R)
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Vacancies (2)
