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Florida's 14th Congressional District
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Filing deadline: June 12, 2026
Primary: August 18, 2026
General: November 3, 2026
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7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Voting in Florida

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Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending
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Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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A Republican Party primary takes place on August 18, 2026, in Florida's 14th Congressional District to determine which Republican candidate will run in the district's general election on November 3, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
June 12, 2026
August 18, 2026
November 3, 2026



A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Florida utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[1][2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Florida's 14th Congressional District Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14

Erik Mishiyev (R), Robert Rochford (R), Gavriel E. Soriano (R), Dan Weldon (R), and Shay Williams (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 14 on August 18, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Erik Mishiyev
Erik Mishiyev  Candidate Connection
Image of Robert Rochford
Robert Rochford
Image of Gavriel E. Soriano
Gavriel E. Soriano
Image of Dan Weldon
Dan Weldon  Candidate Connection
Image of Shay Williams
Shay Williams

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Candidate profiles

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Erik Mishiyev

Image of Erik Mishiyev

Website

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "Erik gets a MAGA endorsement from Judge Jeanine Pirro who is a prominent American attorney, author, and television personality serving as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

Erik started from the bottom, but now he’s here! His parents migrated to America in 1980. His father was a foster child and was a janitor and yellow cab driver at first to put meat on the table. His mother was a housewife who tried to raise 5 children, Erik being the first born. English was not easy for his family to learn, but they did it and persevered. Erik understands what it is like to be a minority trying to make it in this country and will fight to make American Citizenship available to everyone while keeping the American Dream alive for our current citizens! Nobody cuts the line!

Erik is a self-employed small business owner for his entire life. He knows what 99% of us go through and understands exactly what needs to be done, to fix it! Erik believes nepotism has infiltrated the job market for far too long! Erik believes it should be more about what you know, rather than who you know. Erik wants to introduce new laws that will help American Citizens and college grads to get priority in job placement opportunities.

Erik thinks the IRS is unfair and immoral! 50 of America’s biggest companies paid no federal income tax last year! This cannot continue to happen while the lower and middle class pick up the burden while struggling to pay their bills. Erik knows what it is like! He has been a victim to the unfair practices of the IRS and supports abolishing income tax all together for single filer’s or families making less than $150,000 per year. Erik believes big corporations should never be allowed to pay nothing while small business owners get scrutinized and forced into never-ending debt!

Dan Weldon

Image of Dan Weldon

WebsiteFacebook

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "Dan Weldon is a Tampa native who learned early that fighting for what’s right often means taking on powerful people. That instinct followed him north to the University of Florida, where he walked on to the football team. As a linebacker for the Gators, he learned firsthand what discipline, loyalty, and toughness actually mean, and what it takes to make the right call under pressure when others are counting on you. While most students stayed quiet, Dan stepped into the fight for conservative values on campus. He founded a conservative student organization and built it into one of the largest chapters in the country. At a time when conservative voices were routinely sidelined, he brought the first conservative speaker to the University of Florida in nearly a decade. He also invited Holocaust survivor Irving Roth to campus to speak about truth, history, and the consequences of silence. Dan’s work didn’t stop at campus gates. In 2019, he ran for chairman of the statewide College Republicans of Florida and was elected with more than two-thirds of the vote. During his tenure, he grew membership by several thousand and helped organize one of the largest door-knocking efforts in the group’s history for a critical Florida Senate race. Dan went on to graduate with honors from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He began his legal career as a prosecutor. Dan is running because he’s tired of Washington politicians putting themselves before the people they back home."

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

The American Dream Comes First. For young Americans, the American Dream is harder to reach than it was for their parents and grandparents. Buying a home, starting a family, and building a stable life now require jumping through hoops created by bad policy and political complacency. Dan believes the government’s job is to clear the path for opportunity so that anyone can go out, work hard, and provide for their family.

America First Means Putting Americans First. Dan supports the America First agenda championed by Donald Trump—securing the border, protecting American jobs, standing up to China, and putting American workers before global interests. America First is not a slogan. It’s a governing principle. And it only works if leaders are willing to fight the interests that profit from doing the opposite.

Affordability Is the Breaking Point. Housing, groceries, insurance, and energy costs are squeezing families and shutting young people out of the life they were promised. Dan believes affordability is the clearest sign that Washington has lost touch. Fixing it requires standing up to the special interests that benefit from higher prices and fewer choices.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Florida

Election information in Florida: Aug. 18, 2026, election.

What is the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: July 20, 2026
  • By mail: Postmarked by July 20, 2026
  • Online: July 20, 2026

Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

Yes

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 6, 2026
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 6, 2026
  • Online: Aug. 6, 2026

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Aug. 18, 2026
  • By mail: Received by Aug. 18, 2026

Is early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What are the early voting start and end dates?

Aug. 8, 2026 to Aug. 15, 2026

Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (ET/CT)

Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Erik Mishiyev Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Robert Rochford Republican Party $22,990 $15,359 $9,811 As of December 31, 2025
Gavriel E. Soriano Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Dan Weldon Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Shay Williams Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," . This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below is the district map in place for this election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2026
Information about competitiveness will be added here as it becomes available.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+5. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 5 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Florida's 14th the 159th most Democratic district nationally.[3]

2024 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2024 presidential election was in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by The Downballot.

2024 presidential results in Florida's 14th Congressional District
Kamala Harris Democratic PartyDonald Trump Republican Party
53.0%46.0%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Florida, 2024

Florida presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 17 Democratic wins
  • 15 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winning Party D D D D D D D R D D D D D R R R D R R D R R R R D R R D D R R R
See also: Party control of Florida state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Florida's congressional delegation as of October 2025.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Florida
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 8 8
Republican 2 20 22
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 28 30

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Florida's top four state executive offices as of October 2025.

State executive officials in Florida, October 2025
OfficeOfficeholder
GovernorRepublican Party Ron DeSantis
Lieutenant GovernorRepublican Party Jay Collins
Secretary of StateRepublican Party Cord Byrd
Attorney GeneralRepublican Party James Uthmeier

State legislature

Florida State Senate

Party As of January 2026
     Democratic Party 11
     Republican Party 27
     Other 1
     Vacancies 1
Total 40

Florida House of Representatives

Party As of January 2026
     Democratic Party 33
     Republican Party 84
     Other 0
     Vacancies 3
Total 120

Trifecta control

Florida Party Control: 1992-2025
One year of a Democratic trifecta  •  Twenty-six years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R I R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D S S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Florida in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Florida, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Florida U.S. House Ballot-qualified party 1% of the registered voters in the geographical area of candidacy $10,440 6/12/2026 Source
Florida U.S. House Unaffiliated 1% of the registered voters in the geographical area of candidacy $6,960 6/12/2026 Source

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Florida Senate, "Fla. Stat. § 101.021," accessed November 26, 2025
  2. ↑ The Florida Senate, "Fla. Stat. § 97.055," accessed November 26, 2025
  3. ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025


Florida's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Ashley Moody (R)
Rick Scott (R)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
Neal Dunn (R)
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
Anna Luna (R)
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
Republican Party (22)
Democratic Party (8)


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