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Florida's 23rd Congressional District election, 2026 (August 18 Democratic primary)

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Florida's 23rd 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.
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A Democratic Party primary takes place on August 18, 2026, in Florida's 23rd Congressional District to determine which Democratic 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 23rd Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican 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:

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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 23

Incumbent Jared Evan Moskowitz (D) and Oliver Larkin (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 23 on August 18, 2026.

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Jared Evan Moskowitz
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Oliver Larkin

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "My name is Oliver Larkin. I've spent a decade as a Democratic campaign staffer and strategist, beginning as an organizer for Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. I helped unionize his digital firm with the NewsGuild-CWA in 2018, setting a new labor standard for the Democratic campaign industry, and have spent years working behind the scenes to help lead digital strategy for progressive groups like Our Revolution and national Democrats. I will not accept any corporate PAC donations on this campaign — it will be people-powered and grassroots-funded. As a former field organizer, I believe in maintaining a robust campaign field program and grassroots organizing presence across the district. Accessibility and in-person campaigning will be centerpieces of our campaign strategy to rebuild trust and confidence in the Democratic Party in the 23rd district. My family moved to Fort Lauderdale when I was 4 years old in 1996, where I grew up and went to school. I graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire in 2011, and received my bachelor's degree in English with a minor in History and certificate in Creative Writing from Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, where I played on the football team. I am a South Florida sports fanatic and PADI-certified open water scuba diver. My wife Sandra and I got married in 2022. We enjoy beach days, live concerts, drag shows, Disney trips, and spending time with our cat, Luna."

Key Messages

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

MEDICARE FOR ALL The United States is the highest-income country on earth not to guarantee health care as a right, yet we spend the highest per capita of any country. We can drastically lower the cost of health care by expanding Medicare to cover everyone, with no premiums, deductibles, or co-pays, and the program expanded to cover vision, hearing, and dental. With a Medicare for All program, we must also cap the cost of prescription drugs by negotiating with the drug companies, or having Medicare directly produce generic prescriptions at-cost. Private health insurance companies' profits exist in the margin of denied care. With Medicare for All, people will seek cheaper, preventative forms of health care and live happier, longer lives.

$25 MINIMUM WAGE By the next Congress' swearing-in in 2027, it will have been 20 years since George W. Bush signed the last legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $7.25 an hour. This is the longest period in U.S. history at a time of an extreme cost-of-living and affordability crisis and criticism of Democrats for lacking an economic message and all-time polling lows among the party base. One job should be enough with a living wage indexed to inflation. Approximately 6-in-10 Americans make less than $25 and cannot afford a $1,000 emergency expense. It's time to raise the minimum wage to a living wage — no loopholes to get away with underpaying ADA, minors under 18, incarcerated workers, or the tipped minimum of $2.13.

DEMOCRACY REFORM We need to fight for new congressional, presidential, and judicial codes of ethics to fight corruption, including bans on congressional stock trading. We need to abolish the Electoral College and Senate filibuster, overturn Citizens United, and pass the For the People and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Acts, statehood for DC, and self-determination for Puerto Rico and U.S. territories. We should expand the size of the House and increase representation with the Census. National ranked choice voting legislation will permit the formation of new political alliances and parties, and encourage more cross-party collaboration in campaigning and governing. It is time to rectify the slave state compromises in our Constitution.

Polls

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Below we provide results for polls from a wide variety of sources, including media outlets, social media, campaigns, and aggregation websites, when available. We only report polls for which we can find a margin of error or credibility interval. Know of something we're missing? Click here to let us know.


Florida's 23rd Congressional District Democratic primary, 2026 polls
PollDatesLarkinMoskowitzUndecidedSample sizeMargin of errorSponsor
Center for Strategic Politics
–
114544
491 LV
± 4.4%
Oliver Larkin
Note: LV is likely voters, RV is registered voters, and EV is eligible voters.

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
Jared Evan Moskowitz Democratic Party $1,286,355 $627,410 $1,008,231 As of December 31, 2025
Oliver Larkin Democratic Party $127,650 $82,485 $45,165 As of December 31, 2025

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. 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.

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+2. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 2 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Florida's 23rd the 192nd most Democratic district nationally.[5]

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 23rd Congressional District
Kamala Harris Democratic PartyDonald Trump Republican Party
51.0%49.0%

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. ↑ For more information on the difference between margins of error and credibility intervals, see explanations from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and Ipsos.
  4. ↑ Pew Research Center, "5 key things to know about the margin of error in election polls," September 8, 2016
  5. ↑ 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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