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Florida House of Representatives elections, 2026
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Elections for the Florida House of Representatives will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026.
The Florida House of Representatives is one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2026. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.
Party control
| As of December 2025 | ||
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| Party | Members | |
| Democratic | 32 | |
| Republican | 85 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 3 | |
| Total | 120 | |
Candidates
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
Primary
Democratic
RepublicanGeneral election
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate ConnectionVoting information
- See also: Voting in Florida
Competitiveness
This section will be updated with information about the competitiveness of state legislative elections in Florida. For more information about Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Open seats
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Florida House from 2010 to 2026.[1] It will be updated as information becomes available following the state’s candidate filing deadline.
| Open Seats in Florida House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2026 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2026 | 120 | TBD | TBD |
| 2024 | 120 | 23 (19 percent) | 97 (81 percent) |
| 2022 | 120 | 36 (30 percent) | 84 (70 percent) |
| 2020 | 120 | 32 (27 percent) | 88 (73 percent) |
| 2018 | 120 | 35 (29 percent) | 85 (71 percent) |
| 2016 | 120 | 41 (34 percent) | 79 (66 percent) |
| 2014 | 120 | 17 (14 percent) | 103 (86 percent) |
| 2012 | 120 | 34 (28 percent) | 86 (72 percent) |
| 2010 | 120 | 33 (28 percent) | 87 (72 percent) |
Process to become a candidate
See statutes: Chapter 99 of the Florida Statutes
In Florida, a candidate cannot file for more than one office at a time if the terms of those offices run concurrently. Thus, any elected public official wishing to run for office must resign if the term of that office will run concurrently with the office the official currently holds.[2]
Qualifying as a candidate
Major party, minor party, and unaffiliated candidates in Florida file in the same way. All qualifying paperwork and filing fees must be submitted to the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, during the qualifying period corresponding to the office being sought. Qualifying periods are as follows:[3]
- For candidates seeking federal office, state attorney, or public defender, filing may begin after noon on the 120th day prior to the primary election and must be completed no later than noon on the 116th day before the primary election.
- For candidates seeking state office, other than state attorney or public defender, filing may begin after noon on the 71st day before the primary election and must be completed no later than noon on the 67th day before the primary election.
- During a year in which the Florida State Legislature apportions the state, all candidates must file during the qualifying period designated for those seeking state office.
During the qualifying period, every candidate must file a full and public disclosure of financial interests, a form designating a campaign treasurer and campaign depository, qualifying fees or in-lieu-of-fee petitions, and a candidate oath. The candidate oath must be administered by the qualifying officer and must be signed in its written form by both the candidate and the qualifying officer, affirming the following:[2]
- The candidate is a registered voter.
- The candidate is qualified to run for and hold the office being sought.
- The candidate has not qualified for any other office in the state that runs for the same term as the office sought.
- The candidate has resigned from any other public office whose term would run at the same time as the office being sought.
- The assessment fee has been paid.
- If running with a political party, the candidate has not been a registered member of any other political party for 365 days before the beginning of the qualifying period.
Candidate filing fees
In Florida, candidates are required to pay filing fees and election assessment fees to the Division of Elections when qualifying. A party assessment fee may also be required, if the party the candidate is running with elects to levy one. For political party candidates, total fees are equal to 6 percent of the annual salary of the office being sought (i.e., a 3 percent filing fee, a 1 percent election assessment, and a 2 percent party assessment). For unaffiliated candidates, total fees are equal to 4 percent of the annual salary of the office being sought. (i.e., a 3 percent filing fee and a 1 percent election assessment).[4]
A candidate may waive the required filing fees if he or she submits an in-lieu-of-filing-fee petition with signatures equal to at least 1 percent of the total number of registered voters in the geographical area represented by the office being sought. Signatures for this petition may not be collected until the candidate has filed the appointment of campaign treasurer and designation of campaign depository form, and the completed petition must be filed by the 28th day preceding the first day of the qualifying period for the office being sought. This petition must be filed with the supervisor of elections in each county in which the petition was circulated in order to verify the signatures. The supervisor of elections in the county must then certify the number of valid signatures to the Florida Division of Elections no later than seven days prior to the first day of the corresponding qualifying period.[5]
Write-in candidates
A write-in candidate is not entitled to have his or her name printed on any ballots, but a space is provided for voters to write in a candidate's name on the general election ballot. A candidate may not qualify as a write-in candidate if he or she has qualified to run for public office by other means.[3][6]
A write-in candidate is required to file a candidate oath with the Florida Division of Elections. This is due during the standard qualifying period for the office being sought. A write-in candidate is not required to pay any filing fees.[3][7]
Qualifications
To run for the Florida House of Representatives, candidates must be 21 years old, have lived in Florida for two years and live in the district they intend to serve.[8]
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2025[9] | |
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| Salary | Per diem |
| $29,697/year | $175/day for a maximum of 60 days. |
When sworn in
Florida legislators assume office on the day they are elected in the general election.[10]
Florida political history
Trifectas
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.
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 |
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| 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 |
Presidential politics in Florida
2024
- See also: Presidential election, 2024
Presidential election in Florida, 2024
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
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| Donald Trump/J.D. Vance (R) |
56.1
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6,110,125 | 30 |
 
| Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D) |
43.0
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4,683,038 | 0 | |
 
| Jill Stein/Butch Ware (G) |
0.4
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43,155 | 0 | |
 
| Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (L) |
0.3
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31,972 | 0 | |
 
| Claudia De La Cruz/Karina Garcia (Party for Socialism and Liberation) |
0.1
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11,969 | 0 | |
 
| Peter Sonski/Lauren Onak (American Solidarity Party) |
0.1
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7,454 | 0 | |
 
| Randall Terry/Stephen E. Broden (Constitution Party) |
0.1
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5,834 | 0 | |
 
| Shiva Ayyadurai/Crystal Ellis (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) |
0.0
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199 | 0 | |
| Cherunda Lynn Fox/Harlan McVay Jr. (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) |
0.0
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6 | 0 | |
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Total votes: 10,893,752 |
2020
- See also: Presidential election, 2020
Presidential election in Florida, 2020
Candidate/Running mate |
% |
Popular votes |
Electoral votes |
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| ✔ |
| Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R) |
51.2
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5,668,731 | 29 |
| Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D) |
47.9
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5,297,045 | 0 | |
 
| Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L) |
0.6
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70,324 | 0 | |
 
| Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G) |
0.1
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14,721 | 0 | |
 
| Roque De La Fuente/Darcy Richardson (Reform Party) |
0.1
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5,966 | 0 | |
 
| Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman (Party for Socialism and Liberation) |
0.1
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5,712 | 0 | |
 
| Don Blankenship/William Mohr (Constitution Party) |
0.0
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3,902 | 0 | |
 
| Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) |
0.0
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854 | 0 | |
| Jade Simmons/Melissa Nixon (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) |
0.0
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181 | 0 | |
| Shawn W. Howard/Alyssa Howard (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) |
0.0
|
9 | 0 | |
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| Kasey Wells/Rachel Wells (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) |
0.0
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8 | 0 | |
 
| Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser/Charles Tolbert (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) |
0.0
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2 | 0 | |
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| Michael Laboch/Raechelle Pope (Unaffiliated) (Write-in) |
0.0
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1 | 0 | |
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Total votes: 11,067,456 |
2016
- See also: Presidential election, 2016
| U.S. presidential election, Florida, 2016 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine | 47.8% | 4,504,975 | 0 | |
| Republican |  Donald Trump/Mike Pence |
49% | 4,617,886 | 29 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 2.2% | 207,043 | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 0.7% | 64,399 | 0 | |
| Constitution | Darrell Lane Castle/Scott Bradley | 0.2% | 16,475 | 0 | |
| Reform | Rocky De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg | 0.1% | 9,108 | 0 | |
| - | Other/Write-in | 0% | 153 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 9,420,039 | 29 | |||
| Election results via: Florida Division of Elections | |||||
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 |
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| 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 |
Redistricting following the 2020 census
On March 3, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court approved new legislative maps drawn by the Florida State Legislature. These maps took effect for Florida's 2022 legislative elections.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 97, Section 012," accessed March 6, 2025 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "flstatute99.012" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 061," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 092," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 095," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 061," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedflstatute99.021 - ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "Candidate Qualifying Information," accessed December 16, 2103
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2025 Legislator Compensation," December 2, 2025
- ↑ Florida Constitution, "Article III, Section 15(d)," accessed November 22, 2016
