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Wade Merritt
Wade Merritt (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the Florida House of Representatives to represent District 3. He lost in the special Republican primary on April 1, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: Florida state legislative special elections, 2025
General election
Special general election for Florida House of Representatives District 3
Nathan Boyles defeated Dondre Markell Wise in the special general election for Florida House of Representatives District 3 on June 10, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nathan Boyles (R) | 67.1 | 8,176 |
 | Dondre Markell Wise (D) | 32.9 | 4,017 | |
| Total votes: 12,193 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Dondre Markell Wise advanced from the special Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 3.
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 3
The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 3 on April 1, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nathan Boyles | 35.9 | 8,726 |
| Shon Owens | 31.9 | 7,768 | ||
 | Hayden Hudson | 10.5 | 2,562 | |
| Cynthia Smith | 8.6 | 2,099 | ||
| Wade Merritt | 6.4 | 1,549 | ||
 | Jamie Wells | 3.8 | 931 | |
 | Rena McQuaig | 1.7 | 411 | |
| Joshua Shane Sik | 1.2 | 294 | ||
| Total votes: 24,340 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Merritt in this election.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
Campaign finance information for this candidate is not yet available from OpenSecrets. That information will be published here once it is available.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Florida House of Representatives District 3 |
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