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Florida's 6th Congressional District special election, 2025 (January 28 Republican primary)
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Randy Fine (R) defeated Joshua Weil (D), Andrew Parrott (L), and Randall Terry (I) in the special general election for Florida's 6th Congressional District on April 1.[1][2]
This election, along with one for Florida’s 1st Congressional District, were the first special Congressional elections held during President Donald Trump’s (R) second term.
The special election filled the vacancy left by Michael Waltz (R), who Trump selected to serve as national security advisor in his second presidential term.[3]
The Daytona Beach News-Journal's Mark Haper wrote the race "has drawn national attention and is being viewed by eyes across the nation as a test of President Donald Trump's first two months in office."[4]
Fine was a state Senator for District 19 and a former member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 53 and District 33. Fine's campaign website listed priorities including "LOWER[ing] insurance rates and hold insurance companies accountable... PROTECT[ing] Social Security and Medicare... SECUR[ing] our borders."[5] Fine also campaigned as a supporter of Donald Trump's (R) agenda in Congress, and said, "I believe in the America First agenda and the Donald Trump agenda. And more importantly, I think that when you have a team captain, you have to support the team."[6]
Weil was a teacher. Weil campaigned to improve the affordability of housing and said in his response to Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey, "We need federal, bi-partisan legislation to ban the ownership of single family residential properties by corporations, and putting housing back in the hands of the people who need it."[7] Weil also campaigned to protect and expand Social Security. In his survey response, he wrote: "Not only do we need to protect Social Security... we need to expand the cap and increase the current COLA so that it actually meets the needs of seniors in our current economy, and will continue to meet those needs for years to come."[8]
The New York Times' Shane Goldmacher wrote, "Democrats are now pressing to turn this deep-red district around Daytona Beach into — if not an actual victory — a symbol of much-needed momentum by cutting deeply into the district’s typical G.O.P. margin."[9] National figures, including Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin (D) and Bernie Sanders (I), were involved in the race, with Martin having campaigned for Weil and Sanders having endorsed him.[10][11] National Republicans also got involved in Fine's campaign. Pres. Trump held two virtual rallies for Fine and Elon Musk's America PAC spent money to help Fine's campaign.[12]
Weil answered Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. To read his responses, click here.
As of March 12, 2025, Weil had raised $9.4 million and spent $8.2 million, Fine had raised $987,459 and spent $894,765.85.
At the time of the election, five special elections had been called for the 119th Congress. From the 113th Congress to the 118th Congress, 80 special elections were held. For more data on historical congressional special elections, click here.
This page focuses on Florida's 6th Congressional District special Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the district's special Democratic primary and the special general election, see the following pages:
- Florida's 6th Congressional District special election, 2025 (January 28 Democratic primary)
- Florida's 6th Congressional District special election, 2025
At the time of the election, four special elections had been called for the 119th Congress. From the 113th Congress to the 118th Congress, 80 special elections were held. For more data on historical congressional special elections, click here.
Candidates and election results
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 6
Randy Fine defeated Aaron Baker and Ehsan Joarder in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 6 on January 28, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Randy Fine | 83.0 | 33,901 |
 | Aaron Baker | 14.0 | 5,735 | |
 | Ehsan Joarder | 2.9 | 1,201 | |
| Total votes: 40,837 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Don Browning (R)
- Joshua Vasquez (R)
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Florida
See also
- Special elections to the 119th United States Congress (2025-2026)
- Florida's 6th Congressional District special election, 2025
- Florida's 6th Congressional District special election, 2025 (January 28 Democratic primary)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New York Times, "Florida Special Election Results," accessed April 1, 2025
- ↑ Decision Desk HQ, "2025 Florida General," accessed April 1, 2025
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Trump Expected to Nominate Rubio for Secretary of State, and Picks Waltz as National Security Adviser," November 12, 2024
- ↑ The Daytona Beach News-Journal, "Tight Florida congressional contest enters final days, race draws national attention," March 30, 2025
- ↑ Randy Fine 2025 campaign website, "Issues," accessed March 31, 2025
- ↑ WBAL, "State Sen. Randy Fine says he doesn't think he disagrees with Trump on anything," March 31, 2025
- ↑ Response from Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
- ↑ Response from Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
- ↑ The New York Times, "A Special Election That Was Supposed to Be a Snoozer Is Suddenly Buzzing," March 31, 2025
- ↑ Florida Politics, "Democratic leader descends on Florida in races for two members of Congress in Special Elections Tuesday," March 30, 2025
- ↑ The Hill, "Sanders endorses Democrat in contested Florida special House race," March 28, 2025
- ↑ The Hill, "Republicans look to avert humiliation in Florida special election," March 30, 2025
