Sean Canfield

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Sean Canfield

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No Party Affiliation

Sean Canfield (No Party Affiliation) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Florida's 16th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 6, 2018.

Elections

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 16

Incumbent Vern Buchanan defeated David Shapiro in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 16 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Vern Buchanan (R)	54.6	197,483
		David Shapiro (D)	45.4	164,463

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 361,946 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sean Canfield (No Party Affiliation)
• Eric Allen (G)
• Robert Samuel Kaplan (No Party Affiliation)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 16

David Shapiro defeated Jan Schneider in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 16 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Shapiro	54.7	34,807
		Jan Schneider	45.3	28,834

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,641
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Calen Cristiani (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 16

Incumbent Vern Buchanan advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 16 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Vern Buchanan

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Andrew Smyth (R)

Recent news

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See also

Suggest a link

• United States House of Representatives
• Florida's 16th Congressional District election, 2018
• Florida's 16th Congressional District

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)