Souraya Faas

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Souraya Faas

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last convention

August 5, 2024

Souraya Faas ran as an independent candidate for president of the United States in 2020. She initially ran in the Libertarian Party presidential primary but withdrew prior to the party's national convention.

Faas was also a 2016 independent candidate for president.

Elections

2018

See also: Florida's 26th Congressional District election, 2018

See also: Florida's 26th Congressional District election (August 28, 2018 Democratic primary)

See also: Florida's 26th Congressional District election (August 28, 2018 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 26

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell defeated incumbent Carlos Curbelo in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 26 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D)	50.9	119,797
		Carlos Curbelo (R)	49.1	115,678

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 235,475 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Edward Bonilla (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 26

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell defeated Demetries Grimes in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 26 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	63.5	21,002
		Demetries Grimes	36.5	12,098

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,100
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ricky Junquera (D)
• Steven Machat (D)
• Steve Smith (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 26

Incumbent Carlos Curbelo defeated Souraya Faas in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 26 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carlos Curbelo	84.0	29,508
		Souraya Faas	16.0	5,629

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,137
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2016

Faas was a 2016 independent candidate for President of the United States.

See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Florida's 26th Congressional District election, 2018
• Florida's 26th Congressional District
• Presidential election, 2016
• Presidential candidates, 2016

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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)

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