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Shantele Bennett
Shantele Bennett (No Party Affiliation) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Florida. She did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: United States Senate election in Florida, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Florida
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Florida on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rick Scott (R) | 55.6 | 5,977,706 |
 | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D)  | 42.8 | 4,603,077 | |
 | Ben Everidge (No Party Affiliation) | 0.6 | 62,683 | |
 | Feena Bonoan (L) | 0.5 | 57,363 | |
 | Tuan Nguyen (No Party Affiliation) | 0.5 | 56,586 | |
 | Howard Knepper (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 13 | |
| Total votes: 10,757,428 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shantele Bennett (No Party Affiliation)
- Grace Granda (No Party Affiliation)
- Marcos Reyes (No Party Affiliation)
- A.C. Toulme (One Earth Party)
- Mason Cysewski (G)
- Salomon Hernandez (No Party Affiliation)
- Randy Toler (G)
- Samir Hazza (No Party Affiliation)
- James Davis (No Party Affiliation)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell defeated Stanley Campbell, Brian Rush, and Rod Joseph in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | 68.5 | 747,397 |
 | Stanley Campbell | 19.6 | 213,777 | |
 | Brian Rush | 6.7 | 73,013 | |
 | Rod Joseph | 5.2 | 56,961 | |
| Total votes: 1,091,148 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Donald Horan (D)
- Everett Stern (D)
- Chase Anderson Romagnano (D)
- Josue Larose (D)
- Matthew Sanscrainte (D)
- Bernard Korn (D)
- Alan Grayson (D)
- Matt Boswell (D)
- Phil Ehr (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Florida
Incumbent Rick Scott defeated Keith Gross and John Columbus in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Florida on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rick Scott | 84.4 | 1,283,904 |
 | Keith Gross | 9.4 | 142,392 | |
 | John Columbus | 6.3 | 95,342 | |
| Total votes: 1,521,638 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Katy Sun (R)
- Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser (R)
- Shannon O'Dell (R)
- Patricia Krentcil (R)
- Joe Smith (R)
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Feena Bonoan advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Florida.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bennett in this election.
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Florida, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Florida
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Florida on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marco Rubio (R) | 57.7 | 4,474,847 |
 | Val Demings (D) | 41.3 | 3,201,522 | |
 | Dennis Misigoy (L) | 0.4 | 32,177 | |
 | Steven B. Grant (No Party Affiliation) | 0.4 | 31,816 | |
| Tuan Nguyen (No Party Affiliation) | 0.2 | 17,385 | |
 | Edward A. Gray (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 190 | |
 | Uloma Ekpete Kama (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 42 | |
 | Moses Quiles (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 33 | |
| Howard Knepper (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 2 | |
| Total votes: 7,758,014 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jason Holic (No Party Affiliation)
- Carlos Barberena (No Party Affiliation)
- Shantele Bennett (No Party Affiliation)
- Ahmad Saide (No Party Affiliation)
- Timothy Devine (No Party Affiliation)
- Grace Granda (No Party Affiliation)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida
Val Demings defeated Brian Rush, William Sanchez, and Ricardo De La Fuente in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Val Demings | 84.3 | 1,263,706 |
| Brian Rush | 6.3 | 94,185 | |
 | William Sanchez | 5.6 | 84,576 | |
 | Ricardo De La Fuente | 3.8 | 56,749 | |
| Total votes: 1,499,216 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Allen Ellison (D)
- Edward Abud (D)
- Joshua Weil (D)
- Alan Grayson (D)
- Allek Pastrana (D)
- Ken Russell (D)
- Coleman Watson (D)
- Albert Fox (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Marco Rubio advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Florida.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Calvin Driggers (R)
- Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser (R)
- Jake Loubriel (R)
- Luis Miguel (R)
- Josue Larose (R)
- Ervan Katari Miller (R)
- Earl Yearicks IV (R)
- Kevin DePuy (R)
Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Dennis Misigoy advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Florida.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Shantele Bennett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Bennett’s campaign website stated the following:
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STRENTHING OUR MILITARY COUNT DOWN TO FLORIDA'S FIRST FEMALE U.S. SENATE MEMBER WATCH NIGHT (SENATRESS) informal.
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” |
| —Shantele Bennett’s campaign website (2024)[2] | ||
2022
Shantele Bennett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Shantele Bennett’s campaign website, “The Agenda,” accessed September 26, 2024
