United States House elections in Florida, 2026 (August 18 Republican primaries)

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Primary date August 18, 2026

General election date November 3, 2026

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2026 U.S. Senate Elections 2026 U.S. House Elections

The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Florida are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect 28 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 28 U.S. House districts. The primary is August 18, 2026. The filing deadline is June 12, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
June 12, 2026	August 18, 2026	November 3, 2026

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Florida utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Florida's Republican primaries for the U.S. House. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primaries and the general election, see the following pages:

• United States House elections in Florida, 2026 (August 18 Democratic primaries)
• United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2026

Candidates and election results

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

District 1

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Jimmy Patronis (Incumbent)
• Aaron Dimmock
• Charles Keebaugh
• John Mills
• Bernadette Pittman
• Tayla Plumer
• Gene Valentino

District 2

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Keith Gross
• George Hensarling
• Nicholas Lewis 
• Evan Power
• Austin Rogers

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District 3

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Kat Cammack (Incumbent)

District 4

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Aaron Bean (Incumbent)
• Anthony Valerio

District 5

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• John Rutherford (Incumbent)
• Mark Kaye
• Donald Muirheid

District 6

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Randy Fine (Incumbent)
• Ernest Audino
• Will Furry
• Charles Gambaro 
• Alexandra van Cleef

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District 7

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Cory Mills (Incumbent)
• Michael Johnson
• Sarah Ulrich 

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District 8

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Mike Haridopolos (Incumbent)

District 9

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Marcus Carter
• Thomas Chalifoux
• Jorge Malavet
• Howard Steven Rance 
• Justin Story

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District 10

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Stuart Farber
• Willie Montague
• Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser
• Vibert White

District 11

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Daniel Webster (Incumbent)
• Ivette Palomo
• Mike Wilnau 

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District 12

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Gus M. Bilirakis (Incumbent)

District 13

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Anna Paulina Luna (Incumbent)
• Njällssen Amaro Lionheart

District 14

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Robert Rochford
• Gavriel E. Soriano
• Dan Weldon 
• Shay Williams

Did not make the ballot:

• John Peters

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District 15

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Laurel Lee (Incumbent)

District 16

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• John Peters

Did not make the ballot:

• Vern Buchanan

District 17

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Greg Steube (Incumbent)

District 18

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Scott Franklin (Incumbent)

District 19

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Madison Cawthorn
• Chris Collins
• Stephen Elliott
• John Fratto
• Ola Hawatmeh
• Catalina Lauf
• Dylan Modarelli 
• Jim Oberweis
• Mike Pedersen 
• Jim Schwartzel 
• Louis Shenker
• John Strand

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District 20

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Sendra Dorce
• Rod Joseph

District 21

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Brian Mast (Incumbent)

District 22

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Deborah Adeimy
• David Burck
• Steven Crowley
• Dan Franzese
• Anna Medvedeva
• Antonio Srado 

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District 23

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Darlene Cerezo Swaffar
• Jared Gurfein
• Raven Harrison
• Joe Kaufman
• George Moraitis
• Rafael Ortiz
• Scott Singer

District 24

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Patricia Gonzalez
• Imtiaz Mohammad

District 25

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Michael Carbonara
• Claudia Villatoro

District 26

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Mario Diaz-Balart (Incumbent)

District 27

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Maria Elvira Salazar (Incumbent)
• V. Michael Arias
• Gavin Solomon

District 28

 Republican primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

• Carlos Gimenez (Incumbent)
• Herrera Macuran

See also

• United States House elections in Florida, 2026 (August 18 Democratic primaries)
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2026
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2026
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2026

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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)