United States House elections in Florida (August 28, 2018 Democratic primaries)

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2018 U.S. House Elections in Florida

Primary Date August 28, 2018 GOP primaries • Democratic primaries

Partisan breakdown • Candidates

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2018 U.S. Senate Elections

The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Florida took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected 27 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. This page focuses on the Democratic Party primary election that took place in each district on August 28, 2018.

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District 1

 Democratic primary candidates

• Phil Ehr 
• Jennifer Zimmerman ✔ 

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District 2

 Democratic primary candidates

• Brandon Scott Peters
• Bob Rackleff ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Roberto Cepeda
• Franklin Schuler Jr.

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District 3

 Democratic primary candidates

• Dushyant Gosai 
• Yvonne Hayes Hinson ✔
• Tom Wells

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District 4

 Democratic primary candidates

• Ges Selmont ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Monica DePaul
• Rob Ficker

District 5

 Democratic primary candidates

• Alfred Lawson (Incumbent) ✔
• Alvin Brown

Did not make the ballot:

• Rontel Batie

District 6

 Democratic primary candidates

• Stephen Sevigny
• Nancy Soderberg ✔
• John Upchurch

Did not make the ballot:

• Robert Coffman

District 7

 Democratic primary candidates

• Stephanie Murphy (Incumbent) ✔
• Chardo Richardson

District 8

 Democratic primary candidates

• Sanjay Patel ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Dena Grayson

District 9

 Democratic primary candidates

• Darren Soto (Incumbent) ✔
• Alan Grayson

District 10

 Democratic primary candidates

• Val Demings (Incumbent) ✔
• Wade Darius

District 11

 Democratic primary candidates

• Dana Cottrell ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Samuel Allen
• Jim Henry
• David Koller
• Ron Reid

District 12

 Democratic primary candidates

• Chris Hunter ✔
• Stephen Perenich
• Robert Tager

Did not make the ballot:

• Mathew Thomas
• Kimberly Walker

District 13

 Democratic primary candidates

• Charlie Crist (Incumbent) ✔

District 14

 Democratic primary candidates

• Kathy Castor (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• John Crowley
• Lloyd Wiggins

District 15

 Democratic primary candidates

• Kristen Carlson ✔
• Andrew Learned 
• Raymond Pena Jr.

Did not make the ballot:

• Phil Hornback
• Cameron Magnuson
• James Gregory Pilkington
• Jeffrey Rabinowitz
• Greg Williams

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District 16

 Democratic primary candidates

• Jan Schneider
• David Shapiro ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Calen Cristiani

District 17

 Democratic primary candidates

• April Freeman ✔
• Bill Pollard

District 18

 Democratic primary candidates

• Lauren Baer ✔
• Pam Keith

District 19

 Democratic primary candidates

• David Holden ✔
• Todd James Truax

District 20

 Democratic primary candidates

• Alcee Hastings (Incumbent) ✔
• Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

District 21

 Democratic primary candidates

• Lois Frankel (Incumbent) ✔

District 22

 Democratic primary candidates

• Theodore E. Deutch (Incumbent) ✔
• Jeff Fandl

District 23

 Democratic primary candidates

• Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Incumbent) ✔

District 24

 Democratic primary candidates

• Frederica S. Wilson (Incumbent) ✔
• Ricardo De La Fuente

District 25

 Democratic primary candidates

• Mary Barzee Flores ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Annisa Karim
• Alina Valdes

District 26

 Democratic primary candidates

• Demetries Grimes
• Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ✔ 

Did not make the ballot:

• Ricky Junquera
• Steven Machat
• Steve Smith

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District 27

 Democratic primary candidates

• Kristen Rosen Gonzalez
• Matt Haggman
• Michael Hepburn 
• David Richardson
• Donna Shalala ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Mary Barzee Flores
• Marvin Dunn
• Mark Anthony Person
• Jose Javier Rodriguez
• Ken Russell

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See also

• United States House elections in Florida (August 28, 2018 Republican primaries)
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2018
• United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2018
• U.S. House primaries, 2018

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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)