2022 Florida Chief Financial Officer election

The 2022 Florida Chief Financial Officer election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Chief Financial Officer of Florida. Incumbent Republican CFO Jimmy Patronis won re-election to a second term with over 59% of the vote and a margin of victory of 19 percentage points.

2022 Chief Financial Officer of Florida election

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Nominee Jimmy Patronis Adam Hattersley Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 4,528,811 3,085,697 Percentage 59.48% 40.52%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Patronis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Hattersley:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%      No votes

CFO before election Jimmy Patronis Republican Elected CFO Jimmy Patronis Republican

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jimmy Patronis, incumbent Chief Financial Officer of Florida^[1]

Endorsements

Jimmy Patronis

Federal officials

• Donald Trump, former President of the United States^[2]

State officials

• Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida^[3]
• Ashley Moody, Florida Attorney General^[4]

Local officials

• 60 sheriffs^[5]

Organizations

• Florida Chamber of Commerce^[6]
• National Federation of Independent Business Florida PAC^[7]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Adam Hattersley, former state representative and candidate for Florida's 15th congressional district in 2020^[8][9]

Did not qualify

• Tyrone Javellana, accountant^[10]

Withdrawn

• Karla Jones^[9]

Declined

• Lauren Book, minority leader of the Florida Senate^[11][12]

Endorsements

Adam Hattersley

Statewide officials

• Alex Sink, former Chief Financial Officer of Florida^[8]

Organizations

• Sierra Club^[13] (post primary)

Labor unions

• 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East^[14]
• Service Employees International Union Florida^[15]

Independent and third party candidates

Independent candidates

Withdrawn

• Richard Dembinsky, perennial candidate^[16]

Did not qualify

• Benjamin Horbowy^[17]

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Jimmy Patronis (R)	Adam Hattersley (D)	Undecided
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy[18]	September 26–28, 2022	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	47%	37%	16%

Results

State Senate district results

State House district results

2022 Florida Chief Financial Officer election^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jimmy Patronis (incumbent)	4,528,811	59.48%	+7.74%
	Democratic	Adam Hattersley	3,085,697	40.52%	−7.74%
Total votes			7,614,508	100.0%
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Patronis won 21 of 28 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.^[20]

District	Patronis	Hattersley	Representative
1st	73%	27%	Matt Gaetz
2nd	64%	36%	Neal Dunn
3rd	64%	36%	Kat Cammack
4th	61%	39%	Aaron Bean
5th	66%	34%	John Rutherford
6th	68%	32%	Michael Waltz
7th	60%	40%	Stephanie Murphy (117th Congress)
			Cory Mills (118th Congress)
8th	65%	35%	Bill Posey
9th	49.9%	50.1%	Darren Soto
10th	41%	59%	Val Demings (117th Congress)
			Maxwell Frost (118th Congress)
11th	63%	37%	Daniel Webster
12th	70%	30%	Gus Bilirakis
13th	58%	42%	Anna Paulina Luna
14th	47%	53%	Kathy Castor
15th	59%	41%	Laurel Lee
16th	62%	38%	Vern Buchanan
17th	65%	35%	Greg Steube
18th	69%	31%	Scott Franklin
19th	69%	31%	Byron Donalds
20th	29%	71%	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
21st	62%	38%	Brian Mast
22nd	48%	52%	Lois Frankel
23rd	50.1%	49.9%	Jared Moskowitz
24th	31%	69%	Frederica Wilson
25th	47%	53%	Debbie Wasserman Schultz
26th	70%	30%	Mario Díaz-Balart
27th	58%	42%	María Elvira Salazar
28th	63%	37%	Carlos A. Giménez

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

See also

• Chief Financial Officer of Florida