Florida's 6th Congressional District

Florida's 6th Congressional District

Incumbent

Randy Fine

Assumed office: April 2, 2025

Florida's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Randy Fine (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Florida representatives represented an average of 770,376 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 700,029 residents.

Elections

2025

See also: Florida's 6th Congressional District special election, 2025

A special election to fill the seat representing Florida's 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House was held in 2025. Primaries were scheduled for January 28, 2025. The general election was held April 1, 2025. The filing deadline was December 7, 2024.

The special election filled the vacancy left by Michael Waltz (R), who was selected by Donald Trump (R) to serve as national security advisor in his second presidential term.

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Florida District 6

Randy Fine defeated Joshua Weil, Andrew Parrott, Randall Terry, and Chuck Sheridan in the special general election for U.S. House Florida District 6 on April 1, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randy Fine (R)	56.7	110,980
		Joshua Weil (D)	42.7	83,580
		Andrew Parrott (L)	0.4	702
		Randall Terry (No Party Affiliation)	0.3	526
		Chuck Sheridan (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	12

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 195,800
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christopher Manuel Alcantara (No Party Affiliation)

Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 6

Joshua Weil defeated Ges Selmont in the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 6 on January 28, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joshua Weil	60.7	9,721
		Ges Selmont	39.3	6,283

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,004
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Purvi Bangdiwala (D)

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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,837
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Don Browning (R)
• Joshua Vasquez (R)

2024

See also: Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)

Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 6

Incumbent Michael Waltz defeated James Stockton and Richard Dembinsky in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Waltz (R)	66.5	284,414
		James Stockton (D)	33.5	143,050
		Richard Dembinsky (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	10

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 427,474
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. James Stockton advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 6.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 6

Incumbent Michael Waltz defeated John Grow in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 6 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Waltz	82.0	65,234
		John Grow	18.0	14,280

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 79,514
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Stephanie Gaddis (R)
• Mathias Lenssen (R)

2022

See also: Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 6

Incumbent Michael Waltz defeated Joe Hannoush in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Waltz (R)	75.3	226,548
		Joe Hannoush (L)	24.7	74,207

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 300,755
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Matt Bell (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 6

Incumbent Michael Waltz defeated Charles E. Davis in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 6 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Waltz	77.4	65,694
		Charles E. Davis	22.6	19,175

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 84,869
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Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Joe Hannoush advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Florida District 6.

2020

See also: Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 6

Incumbent Michael Waltz defeated Clinton Curtis, John G. Nolan, and Alan Grayson in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Waltz (R)	60.6	265,393
		Clinton Curtis (D)	39.4	172,305
		John G. Nolan (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	112
		Alan Grayson (D) (Write-in)	0.0	46

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 437,856
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 6

Clinton Curtis defeated Richard Thripp in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 6 on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Clinton Curtis	51.5	30,449
		Richard Thripp	48.5	28,661

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,110 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Michael Waltz advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 6.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Samuel Adams (L)

2018

See also: Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 6

Michael Waltz defeated Nancy Soderberg in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Waltz (R)	56.3	187,891
		Nancy Soderberg (D)	43.7	145,758

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 333,649 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 6

Nancy Soderberg defeated John Upchurch and Stephen Sevigny in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 6 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nancy Soderberg	55.6	32,174
		John Upchurch	22.6	13,088
		Stephen Sevigny	21.8	12,633

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,895
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert Coffman (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 6

Michael Waltz defeated John Ward and Fred Costello in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 6 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Waltz	42.4	32,916
		John Ward	30.4	23,593
		Fred Costello	27.2	21,074

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 77,583
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jimmy Johns (R)
• Jeremy Kelly (R)

2016

See also: Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Ron DeSantis (R) sought re-election in 2016. He defeated William McCullough (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. DeSantis defeated G.G. Galloway and Fred Costello in the Republican primary, while McCullough defeated Jay McGovern, George Pappas, and Dwayne Taylor to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 30, 2016.

U.S. House, Florida District 6 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ron DeSantis Incumbent	58.6%	213,519
	Democratic	William McCullough	41.4%	151,051
Total Votes				364,570
Source: Florida Division of Elections

U.S. House, Florida District 6 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ron DeSantis Incumbent	61%	41,311
Fred Costello	24.7%	16,690
G.G. Galloway	14.3%	9,683
Total Votes		67,684
Source: Florida Division of Elections

U.S. House, Florida District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
William McCullough	36.6%	16,043
Dwayne Taylor	28.8%	12,625
Jay McGovern	19.1%	8,388
George Pappas	15.4%	6,762
Total Votes		43,818
Source: Florida Division of Elections

2014

See also: Florida's 6th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 6th Congressional District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Ron DeSantis (R) defeated David Cox (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 6 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ron DeSantis Incumbent	62.5%	166,254
	Democratic	David Cox	37.5%	99,563
Total Votes				265,817
Source: Florida Division of Elections

2012

See also: Florida's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 6th Congressional District of Florida held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Republican Ron DeSantis won the election in the district.

U.S. House, Florida District 6 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ron DeSantis	57.2%	195,962
	Democratic	Heather Beaven	42.8%	146,489
Total Votes				342,451
Source: Florida Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Primary results

The primary took place on August 14.

Republican Primary

Florida's 6th Congressional District Republican Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ron Desantis	38.8%	24,132
Fred Costello	22.8%	14,189
Beverly Slough	13.2%	8,229
Craig Miller	13.1%	8,113
Richard Clark	9.8%	6,090
Alec Pueschal	1.2%	739
William Billy Kogut	1%	628
Total Votes		62,120

Democratic Primary

Florida's 6th Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Heather Beaven	80.5%	29,909
Vipin Verma	19.5%	7,253
Total Votes		37,162

2010
On November 2, 2010, Cliff Stearns won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Steve Schonberg (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 6 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cliff Stearns incumbent	71.5%	179,349
	Independent	Steve Schonberg	28.5%	71,632
Total Votes				250,981

2008
On November 4, 2008, Cliff Stearns won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tim Cunha (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 6 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cliff Stearns incumbent	60.9%	228,302
	Democratic	Tim Cunha	39.1%	146,655
Total Votes				374,957

2006
On November 7, 2006, Cliff Stearns won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David E. Bruderly (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 6 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cliff Stearns incumbent	59.9%	136,601
	Democratic	David E. Bruderly	40.1%	91,528
Total Votes				228,129

2004
On November 2, 2004, Cliff Stearns won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David E. Bruderly (D) and N.W. O'Brien (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 6 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cliff Stearns incumbent	64.4%	211,137
	Democratic	David E. Bruderly	35.6%	116,680
	Write-in	N.W. O'Brien	0%	36
Total Votes				327,853

2002
On November 5, 2002, Cliff Stearns won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David E. Bruderly (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 6 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cliff Stearns incumbent	65.4%	141,750
	Democratic	David E. Bruderly	34.6%	75,046
Total Votes				216,796

2000
On November 7, 2000, Cliff Stearns won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.

U.S. House, Florida District 6 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cliff Stearns incumbent	100%	178,789
	N/A	Write-in	0%	31
Total Votes				178,820

Redistricting

2020-2024

See also: Redistricting in Florida after the 2020 census

On March 27, 2024, the U.S. District Court for Northern Florida upheld the state's congressional map after it was struck down by a lower court on Sep. 2, 2023. As a result, this map was used for Florida's 2024 congressional elections. According to the U.S. District Court for Northern Florida's order:

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This case involves constitutional challenges to the congressional districting map proposed by Governor Ron DeSantis and enacted by the Florida Legislature in 2022 ... Plaintiffs had to prove both discriminatory effects and a discriminatory purpose. They proved neither. Thus, [we] concur in the decision to grant judgment in the Secretary’s favor.

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On December 1, 2023, the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled 8-2 that the redistricting plan did not unconstitutionally limit Black voting power. The plaintiffs appealed to the Florida Supreme Court, which heard arguments on September 12, 2024.

On September 2, 2023, Leon County Circuit Court Judge J. Lee Marsh struck down enacted North Florida congressional districts and ordered the Legislature to redraw district boundaries. On June 2, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court had declined to block Florida's enacted congressional map, which Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law on April 22.

The Florida First District Court of Appeal had reinstated the congressional district boundaries on May 20, overruling Leon County Circuit Court Judge Layne Smith's temporary hold on the map. On May 11, Smith issued an order declaring Florida's enacted congressional map unconstitutional, saying, "The enacted map is unconstitutional under the Fair District amendment. It diminishes African-Americans’ ability to elect the representative of their choice." Smith also said a map drawn by a court-appointed special master should be substituted for the enacted map in the 2022 elections. The plaintiffs in the case filed an emergency appeal with the Florida Supreme Court on May 23, 2022, seeking a hold on the enacted congressional map.

DeSantis signed the original congressional map into law on April 22, 2022. The map bill was proposed and approved by the Florida State Legislature during a special session called for the purposes of redistricting. The Florida State Senate voted 24-15 to approve the map on April 20, and the Florida House of Representatives voted 68-34 to approve the map on April 21.

This was the second congressional map bill approved by the state legislature. DeSantis vetoed the first on March 29. Republican leaders in the legislature said on April 11 that they would wait to receive a map from DeSantis to support. DeSantis submitted a map to the legislature on April 13, which became the enacted map.

How does redistricting in Florida work? In Florida, both congressional and state legislative district lines are drawn by the state legislature. Congressional lines are adopted as regular legislation and are subject to gubernatorial veto. State legislative lines are passed via joint resolution and are not subject to gubernatorial veto. State legislative district maps are automatically submitted to the Florida Supreme Court for approval. In the event that the court rejects the lines, the legislature is given a second chance to draft a plan. If the legislature cannot approve a state legislative redistricting plan, the state attorney general must ask the state supreme court to draft a plan. There are no similar procedures in place for congressional districts.

The Florida Constitution requires that all districts, whether congressional or state legislative, be contiguous. Also, "where doing so does not conflict with minority rights, [districts] must be compact and utilize existing political and geographical boundaries where feasible." Districts cannot be drawn in such a way as to "favor or disfavor a political party or incumbent."

Florida District 6
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2010-2011

This is the 6th Congressional District of Florida after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Florida after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Florida State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census. Prior to redistricting, the 6th District stretched from the St. Johns River and Jacksonville, sweeping through North Central Florida, encompassing portions of Gainesville and Ocala, and extending down to the northern tip of the Greater Orlando area in Lake County. It included all of Bradford and Gilchrist counties and portions of Alachua, Clay, Duval, Lake, Levy, and Marion counties.

District analysis

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

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Florida's 6th the 80th most Republican district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Florida's 6th the 95th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 61.4%-37.7%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Florida's 6th the 99th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 37.7% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 61.4%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Florida's 6th Congressional District the 170th most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.01. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.01 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Florida
• Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
• Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
• Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2020
• Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 6

Footnotes

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Florida's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ashley Moody (R)

Rick Scott (R)

Representatives

District 1

Jimmy Patronis (R)

District 2

Neal Dunn (R)

District 3

Kat Cammack (R)

District 4

Aaron Bean (R)

District 5

John Rutherford (R)

District 6

Randy Fine (R)

District 7

Cory Mills (R)

District 8

Mike Haridopolos (R)

District 9

Darren Soto (D)

District 10

Maxwell Frost (D)

District 11

Daniel Webster (R)

District 12

Gus Bilirakis (R)

District 13

Anna Luna (R)

District 14

Kathy Castor (D)

District 15

Laurel Lee (R)

District 16

Vern Buchanan (R)

District 17

Greg Steube (R)

District 18

Scott Franklin (R)

District 19

Byron Donalds (R)

District 20

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)

District 21

Brian Mast (R)

District 22

Lois Frankel (D)

District 23

Jared Moskowitz (D)

District 24

Frederica Wilson (D)

District 25

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)

District 26

Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

District 27

Maria Elvira Salazar (R)

District 28

Carlos Gimenez (R)

Republican Party (22)

Democratic Party (8)