2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the twenty-seven congressional representatives from the state, one from each of the state's twenty-seven congressional districts, a two-seat increase due to the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and a U.S. Senate election. The primary elections were held August 14, 2012.

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

← 2010 November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2014 →
All 27 Florida seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 19 6 Seats won 17 10 Seat change 2 4 Popular vote 4,157,046 3,678,725 Percentage 51.61% 45.67% Swing 4.00% 7.63%
District results County results Republican   30–40%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90>% Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90>%

Redistricting

In November 2010, Florida voters passed two amendments to the Florida Constitution which would require congressional and state legislative districts to be compact and follow geographical boundaries, thereby preventing gerrymandering. Shortly after the amendments were passed, U.S. Representatives Corrine Brown and Mario Diaz-Balart filed a lawsuit asking that the amendment concerning congressional districts be declared invalid.^[1] Brown and Diaz-Balart alleged that the power to change rules for congressional redistricting lies exclusively with the state legislature, and as such cannot be changed through a referendum; however, in January 2012 a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected their arguments.^[2]

Redistricting legislation which would create one new district each in North Florida and Central Florida was passed by a committee of the Florida House of Representatives on January 27,^[3] by the full House of Representatives on February 3,^[4] and by the Florida Senate on February 9. Shortly after, the Florida Democratic Party announced it would file a lawsuit, alleging that the map violated the Fair Districts provision, which requires that maps do not intentionally favor parties or incumbents. Separately, a coalition of groups including Common Cause, the League of Women Voters and the National Council of La Raza announced it would file its own challenge on the legislation's being signed into law.^[5]

Overview

The table below shows the total number and percentage of votes, as well as the number of seats gained and lost by each political party in the election for the United States House of Representatives in Florida. All vote totals come from the Florida Secretary of State's website along with the individual counties' election department websites.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2012
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	4,157,046	51.61%	17	-2
	Democratic	3,678,725	45.67%	10	+4
	Other Parties	219,374	2.72%	0	-
Totals		8,055,145	100%	27	+2

District 1

2012 Florida's 1st congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Jeff Miller Jim Bryan Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 238,440 92,961 Percentage 69.6% 27.1%

County results Miller:      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Jeff Miller Republican Elected U.S. Representative Jeff Miller Republican

See also: Florida's 1st congressional district

Florida's new 1st district voting age population is 77.6% White (single race), 12.9% Blacks (includes multirace), 4.3% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 5% other races ^[6] Republican incumbent Jeff Miller, who had represented Florida's 1st congressional district since 2001, ran for re-election and secured the Republican nomination unopposed.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jeff Miller, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• James Bryan, army veteran^[7]

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Calen Fretts, vice chair of the Libertarian Party of Okaloosa County^[8]

Independents

William Cleave Drummond, II ran for election as a write-in candidate.^[7]

General election

Endorsements

Jeff Miller (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[9]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Results

Florida's 1st congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Miller (incumbent)	238,440	69.6
	Democratic	Jim Bryan	92,961	27.1
	Libertarian	Calen Fretts	11,176	3.3
	Independent	William Cleave (write-in)	17	0.0
Total votes			342,594	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

2012 Florida's 2nd congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Steve Southerland Al Lawson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 175,856 157,634 Percentage 52.7% 47.2%

County results Southerland:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Lawson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Steve Southerland Republican Elected U.S. Representative Steve Southerland Republican

See also: Florida's 2nd congressional district

Florida's new 2nd district voting age population is 68.5% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 23.5% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 4.4% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.3% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6] Republican incumbent Steve Southerland was first elected to represent Florida's 2nd congressional district in 2010 and secured the Republican nomination unopposed.^[7]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steve Southerland, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Former Republican state senator Nancy Argenziano was being barred from running as a Democrat by state law, and tried to run on the Independent Party of Florida line, but ultimately withdrew.^[12]

Candidates

Nominee

• Al Lawson, state senator and candidate for this seat in 2010^[13]

Eliminated in primary

• Leonard Bembry, state representative^[14]
• Alvin Peters, attorney and former chairman of the Bay County Democratic Party^[15]
• Mark Schlakman

Withdrawn

• Nancy Argenziano, former Republican state senator^[16]
• Jay Liles, activist

Primary results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Lawson	46,900	54.6
	Democratic	Leonard Bembry	22,357	26.0
	Democratic	Alvin L. Peters	11,919	13.9
	Democratic	Mark Schlakman	4,653	5.4
Total votes			85,829	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Steve Southerland (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[9]
• Eagle Forum^[17]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Al Lawson (D)

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[18]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Steve Southerland (R)	Al Lawson (D)	Undecided
StPetePolls[19]	October 3–5, 2012	450	± 4.6%	46%	47%	8%
Lester (D-DCCC)[20]	September 15–17, 2012	401	± 4.9%	43%	43%	14%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[21]	Lean R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[22]	Likely R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[23]	Lean R	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24]	Lean R	December 12, 2012
NY Times[25]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
RCP[26]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[27]	Likely R	November 4, 2012

Results

Southerland defeated Lawson for re-election to a second term, 53% to 47%, on November 6, 2012.

Florida's 2nd congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Southerland (incumbent)	175,856	52.7
	Democratic	Al Lawson	157,634	47.2
	Independent	Floyd Patrick Miller (write-in)	228	0.1
Total votes			333,718	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

2012 Florida's 3rd congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Ted Yoho J. R. Gaillot Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 204,331 102,468 Percentage 64.7% 32.5%

County results Yoho:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Cliff Stearns Republican Elected U.S. Representative Ted Yoho Republican

See also: Florida's 2nd congressional district, Florida's 3rd congressional district, and Florida's 6th congressional district

Florida's new 3rd district voting age population is 75.8% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 12.9% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 6.7% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 4.3% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6] Republican Cliff Stearns, who had represented the 6th District since 1989, had his home in Ocala drawn into the neighboring 11th District. However, he opted to seek reelection in the 3rd, which contained more than two-thirds of his former territory.

Republican primary

Stearns was upset in the primary by Ted Yoho, a large-animal veterinarian from Gainesville.

Candidates

Nominee

• Ted Yoho, veterinarian

Eliminated in primary

• James Jett, police officer
• Steve Oelrich, state senator
• Cliff Stearns, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Yoho	22,273	34.4
	Republican	Cliff Stearns (incumbent)	21,398	33.0
	Republican	Steve Oelrich	12,329	19.0
	Republican	James Jett	8,769	13.5
Total votes			64,769	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• J.R. Gaillot, policy consultant

General election

Endorsements

Ted Yoho (R)

Organizations

• National Republican Congressional Committee "Vanguard" Program^[28]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]
• Tea Party Express^[29]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ted Yoho (R)	J. R. Gaillot (D)	Undecided
StPetePolls[30]	September 1–3, 2012	668	± 5.0%	56%	31%	13%

Results

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Yoho	204,331	64.7
	Democratic	J. R. Gaillot	102,468	32.5
	Independent	Philip Dodds	8,870	2.8
Total votes			315,669	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

See also: Florida's 4th congressional district

Florida's new 4th district voting age population is 74.9% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 12.5% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 6.3% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.4% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 5.9% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6] Republican incumbent Ander Crenshaw, who had represented the 4th District since 2001, ran for re-election.^[31]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ander Crenshaw, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Bob Black
• Deborah Pueschel

Primary results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw (incumbent)	46,788	71.9
	Republican	Bob Black	11,816	18.1
	Republican	Deborah Katz Pueschel	6,505	10.0
Total votes			65,109	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Withdrawn

• Gary Koniz

General election

Endorsements

Ander Crenshaw (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[9]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Results

Florida's 4th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw (incumbent)	239,988	76.1
	Independent	Jim Klauder	75,236	23.8
	Independent	Gary Koniz (write-in)	246	0.1
Total votes			315,470	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

2012 Florida's 5th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Corrine Brown LeAnne Kolb Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 190,472 70,700 Percentage 70.8% 26.3%

County results Brown:      60–70%      70–80% Kolb:      40–50%      50–60%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Corrine Brown Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Corrine Brown Democratic

See also: Florida's 3rd congressional district and Florida's 5th congressional district

Florida's new 5th district voting age population is 49% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 36.2% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 10% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 1.1% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.7% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6] It is the successor to the former 3rd district, which has been represented by Democrat Corrine Brown since 1993.^[32]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Corrine Brown, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• LeAnne Kolb^[33]

Withdrawn

• Mike Yost, nominee for this in 2010^[34]

Libertarian primary

Gerald Nyren announced plans to run as a Libertarian Party candidate.^[34]

General election

Endorsements

Corrine Brown (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[37]

Results

Florida's 5th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Corrine Brown (incumbent)	190,472	70.8
	Republican	LeAnne Kolb	70,700	26.3
	Independent	Eileen Fleming	7,978	3.0
	Independent	Bruce Raey Riggs (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			269,153	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

2012 Florida's 6th congressional district election

← 2010 (7th) 2014 →

Nominee Ron DeSantis Heather Beaven Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 195,962 146,489 Percentage 57.2% 41.4%

County results DeSantis:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election John Mica Republican Elected U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis Republican

See also: Florida's 6th congressional district and Florida's 7th congressional district

In redistricting, most of the old 7th district was renumbered as the new 6th district. John Mica, who had represented the 7th District since 1993, had his home drawn into the neighboring 7th District, and opted to seek re-election there.

Florida's new 6th district voting age population is 82.8% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 8.8% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 5.4% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.7% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ron DeSantis, Iraq War veteran, former prosecutor and future Florida governor^[38]

Eliminated in primary

• Richard Clark, member of the Jacksonville City Council
• Fred Costello, state representative
• William Billy Kogut
• Craig Miller, businessman and Vietnam War veteran
• Alec Pueschel
• Beverly Slough, chairman of St. Johns County School District Board

Declined

• John Mica, incumbent U.S. Representative

Primary results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis	24,132	38.8
	Republican	Fred Costello	14,189	22.8
	Republican	Beverly Slough	8,229	13.2
	Republican	Craig Miller	8,113	13.1
	Republican	Richard Clark	6,090	9.8
	Republican	Alec Pueschel	739	1.2
	Republican	William Billy Kogut	628	1.0
Total votes			62,120	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Heather Beaven, former Navy cryptologist and nominee for the 7th district in 2010^[39]

Eliminated in primary

• Vipin Verma, attorney^[40]

Primary results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Heather Beaven	29,909	80.5
	Democratic	Vipin Verma	7,253	19.5
Total votes			37,162	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Ron DeSantis (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[9]
• Eagle Forum^[17]
• Iraq Veterans for Congress^[41]
• National Republican Congressional Committee "Vanguard" Program^[28]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]
• Tea Party Express^[29]

Heather Beaven (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[37]

Results

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis	195,962	57.3
	Democratic	Heather Beaven	146,489	42.8
Total votes			342,451	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

2012 Florida's 7th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

← 2010 (24th)

Nominee John Mica Jason Kendall Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 185,518 130,479 Percentage 58.7% 41.3%

County results Mica:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election John Mica (Republican) Sandy Adams (Republican) Elected U.S. Representative John Mica Republican

See also: Florida's 7th congressional district and Florida's 24th congressional district

The new 7th District is the successor to the old 24th District, represented by Republican Sandy Adams since 2011. John Mica, who had represented the old 7th District since 1993, had his home drawn into the new 7th. The new district voting age population is 70.2% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 8.1% non-Hispanic blacks (includes multirace), 8.1 percent Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.9 percent Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace) and 4.7% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• John Mica, incumbent U.S. Representative from the 6th district

Eliminated in primary

• Sandy Adams, incumbent U.S. Representative from the 24th district

Endorsements

Sandy Adams

Organizations

• Eagle Forum^[17]
• Maggie's List^[42]
• Susan B. Anthony List^[43]

Primary results

Mica defeated Adams in the Republican primary with 61 percent of the vote.

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Mica (incumbent)	32,119	61.2
	Republican	Sandy Adams (incumbent)	20,404	38.8
Total votes			52,523	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jason Kendall, social media consultant and sales manager

Eliminated in primary

• Nicholas Ruiz

Primary results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jason H. Kendall	12,816	61.3
	Democratic	Nicholas Ruiz	8,088	38.7
Total votes			20,904	100.0

General election

Endorsements

John Mica (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[9]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Results

Florida's 7th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Mica (incumbent)	185,518	58.7
	Democratic	Jason H. Kenall	130,479	41.3
	Independent	Fred Marra (write-in)	13	0.0
Total votes			316,010	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

2012 Florida's 8th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Bill Posey Shannon Roberts Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 205,432 130,870 Percentage 58.9% 37.5%

County results Posey:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Bill Posey Republican Elected U.S. Representative Bill Posey Republican

See also: Florida's 8th congressional district and Florida's 15th congressional district

The new 8th District was the successor to the 15th District, represented by Republican Bill Posey since 2009. The voting age population was 80.4% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 8.7% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 7.3% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.4% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.2% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Bill Posey, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Shannon Roberts, former NASA & federal official and Cape Canaveral City Council Member^[44]

General election

Endorsements

Bill Posey (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[9]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Shannon Roberts (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]

Results

Florida's 8th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Posey (incumbent)	205,432	58.9
	Democratic	Shannon Roberts	130,870	37.5
	Independent	Richard Gillmor	12,607	3.6
Total votes			348,909	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

2012 Florida's 9th congressional district election

2014 →

Nominee Alan Grayson Todd Long Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 164,891 98,856 Percentage 62.5% 37.5%

County results Grayson:      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election New seat Elected U.S. Representative Alan Grayson Democratic

See also: Florida's 9th congressional district

The new 9th district, an open seat located south of Orlando, is expected to favor Democrats.^[45] It contains all of Osceola County, part of Orange County (including the Orlando International Airport), and part of Polk County. The district's inhabitants voted overwhelmingly for President Barack Obama, preferring him to John McCain 60-39%. In addition, the district will contain a plurality of whites, at 43%, followed by Hispanics and blacks, who will make up 41% and 12% of the population, respectively.^[46][47][48] The new 9th district voting age population is 42.9% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 39.1% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 10.1% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 2.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 5.6% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Alan Grayson, former U.S. Representative^[49]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Todd Long, attorney, conservative radio show host and candidate for the 8th District in 2008 & 2010

Eliminated in primary

• Julius Melendez
• Mark Oxner, businessman
• John Quinones

Primary results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Long	12,585	47.3
	Republican	John "Q" Quinones	7,514	28.3
	Republican	Julius Anthony Melendez	3,983	15.0
	Republican	Mark Oxner	2,510	9.4
Total votes			26,592	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Alan Grayson (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[37]

Organizations

• Democracy for America^[50]
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Majority Makers" Program^[18]
• Progressive Change Campaign Committee^[51]
• Progressive Democrats of America^[52]

Todd Long (R)

Organizations

• BIPAC^[53]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]
• Tea Party Express^[29]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Alan Grayson (D)	Todd Long (R)	Undecided
Gravis Marketing (D-Grayson)[54]	October 11–12, 2012	487	± 4.5%	56%	41%	3%
StPetePolls[19]	October 3–5, 2012	363	± 5.1%	45%	42%	13%
Kitchens (D-Grayson)[55]	September 18–21, 2012	507	± 4.4%	48%	34%	19%
StPetePolls[30]	September 1–3, 2012	629	± 5.0%	46%	41%	13%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Likely D (flip)	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[22]	Safe D (flip)	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[23]	Safe D (flip)	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24]	Safe D (flip)	December 12, 2012
NY Times[25]	Lean D (flip)	November 4, 2012
RCP[26]	Likely D (flip)	November 4, 2012
The Hill[27]	Likely D (flip)	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 9th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Grayson	164,891	62.5
	Republican	Todd Long	98,856	37.5
Total votes			263,747	100.0
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 10

2012 Florida's 10th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Daniel Webster Val Demings Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 164,649 153,574 Percentage 51.7% 48.3%

County results Webster:      50–60% Demings:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Daniel Webster Republican Elected U.S. Representative Daniel Webster Republican

See also: Florida's 8th congressional district and Florida's 10th congressional district

In redistricting, the 8th district was renumbered as the 10th district. Republican Daniel Webster, who had represented the 8th district since January 2011, sort re-election.^[45] The new 10th district voting age population is 69.9% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 13.5% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 10.4% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.7% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 5.4% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Daniel Webster, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Val Demings, former Chief of the Orlando Police Department and wife of the Orange County Sheriff^[56]

Declined

• Alan Grayson, former U.S. Representative^[57]

General election

Endorsements

Daniel Webster (R)

Organizations

• BIPAC^[53]
• Campaign for Working Families^[9]
• Eagle Forum^[17]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Val Demings (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[37]

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[18]
• EMILY's List^[58]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Daniel Webster (R)	Val Demings (D)	Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D-DCCC)[59]	October 11–14, 2012	401	± 4.9%	43%	41%	16%
StPetePolls[19]	October 3–5, 2012	498	± 4.4%	51%	40%	9%
Global Strategy Group (D-DCCC)[60]	September 22–25, 2012	402	± %	46%	41%	13%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Lean R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[22]	Lean R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[23]	Lean R	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24]	Lean R	December 12, 2012
NY Times[25]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
RCP[26]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[27]	Tossup	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 10th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Webster (incumbent)	164,649	51.7
	Democratic	Val Demings	153,574	48.3
	Independent	Naipaul Seegolam (write-in)	46	0.0
Total votes			318,269	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

2012 Florida's 11th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Rich Nugent H. David Werder Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 218,360 120,303 Percentage 64.5% 35.5%

County results Nugent:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Rich Nugent Republican Elected U.S. Representative Rich Nugent Republican

See also: Florida's 5th congressional district and Florida's 11th congressional district

In redistricting, most of the old 5th District became the 11th District. Rich Nugent, who had represented the 5th since 2011, ran for re-election in the 11th.^[61] The new 11th district voting age population is 83.1% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 7.3% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 7% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 0.4% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.2% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Rich Nugent, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Werder^[44]

General election

Endorsements

Rich Nugent (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[9]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Results

Florida's 11th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rich Nugent (incumbent)	218,360	64.5
	Democratic	H. David Werder	120,303	35.5
Total votes			338,663	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12

2012 Florida's 12th congressional district election

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Nominee Gus Bilirakis Jonathan Snow Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 209,604 108,770 Percentage 63.5% 32.9%

County results Bilirakis :      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Gus Bilirakis Republican Elected U.S. Representative Gus Bilirakis Republican

See also: Florida's 9th congressional district and Florida's 12th congressional district

In redistricting, most of the old 9th District became the 12th district. Republican Gus Bilirakis, who had represented the 9th District since 2007, ran for re-election in the 12th.^[62] The new 12th district voting age population is 82.6% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 9.6% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 4% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.4% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.5% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Gus Bilirakis, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jonathan Snow, photo specialist and former teacher^[44]

Independents

John Russell, an acute care nurse practitioner, had announced prior to redistricting that he would run as an independent in the 11th District.^[63] However, after he was drawn into the 12th, he opted to seek election there.^[44]

General election

Endorsements

Gus Bilirakis (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[9]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Gus Bilirakis (R)	Jonathan Snow (D)	Paul Elliott (I)	John Russell (I)	Undecided
StPetePolls[30]	September 1–3, 2012	668	± 5.0%	57%	27%	2%	2%	12%

Results

Florida's 12th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)	209,604	63.5
	Democratic	Jonathan Michael Snow	108,770	32.9
	Independent	John Russell	6,878	2.1
	Independent	Paul Siney Elliott	4,915	1.5
Total votes			330,167	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

See also: Florida's 10th congressional district and Florida's 13th congressional district

In redistricting, most of the old 10th District became the 13th District. Bill Young, who had represented the 10th and its predecessors since 1971, ran for re-election. The new 13th district voting age population is 83.5% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 7% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 5% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 4.2% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Bill Young, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Darren Ayres
• Madeline Vance

Primary results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	C. W. Bill Young (incumbent)	39,395	69.1
	Republican	Darren Ayres	10,548	18.5
	Republican	Madeline Vance	7,049	12.4
Total votes			56,992	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jessica Ehrlich, attorney and former Legislative Counsel for Representatives Clay Shaw and Stephen Lynch^[64]

Withdrawn

• Nina Hayden

Declined

• Charlie Justice, former state senator and nominee for this seat in 2010^[65]
• Rick Kriseman, state representative
• Janet Long, former state representative
• Kenneth Welch, Pinellas County Commissioner

Independent

Declined

• Charlie Crist, former Governor and candidate for Senate in 2010^[66]

General election

Endorsements

Bill Young (R)

Organizations

• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Jessica Ehrlich (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Emerging Races" Program^[18]
• EMILY's List^[58]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bill Young (R)	Jessica Ehrlich (D)	Undecided
StPetePolls[19]	October 3–5, 2012	533	± 4.3%	49%	40%	11%
StPetePolls[30]	September 1–3, 2012	1,691	± 5.0%	50%	39%	11%
DCCC (D)[67]	July 18, 2012	800	± 3.5%	49%	35%	16%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Safe R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[22]	Safe R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[23]	Safe R	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24]	Safe R	December 12, 2012
NY Times[25]	Safe R	November 4, 2012
RCP[26]	Likely R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[27]	Lean R	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 13th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Young (incumbent)	189,605	57.6
	Democratic	Jessica Ehrlich	139,742	42.4
Total votes			329,347	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

2012 Florida's 14th congressional district election

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Nominee Kathy Castor EJ Otero Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 197,121 83,480 Percentage 70.2% 29.8%

County results Castor:      60–70%      80-90%

U.S. Representative before election Kathy Castor Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Kathy Castor Democratic

See also: Florida's 11th congressional district and Florida's 14th congressional district

In redistricting, the 11th District was renumbered as the 14th District. Democrat Kathy Castor, who has represented the 11th since 2007, ran for re-election here.^[44] Florida's new 14th district voting age population is 46.5% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 24% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 24% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 1.6% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.8% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Kathy Castor, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Evelio Otero, retired Air Force colonel

Eliminated in primary

• Eddie Adams, architect

Declined

• Michael S. Bennett, state senator^[68][69][70]
• Shawn Harrison, state representative^[71]
• Mark Sharpe, Hillsborough County Commissioner and nominee for the 11th district in 1994 and 1996^[72]

Primary results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Evelio "EJ" Otero	12,084	60.3
	Republican	Eddie Adams	7,953	39.7
Total votes			20,037	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Kathy Castor (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[37]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Kathy Castor (D)	EJ Otero (R)	Undecided
StPetePolls[30]	September 1–3, 2012	1,459	± 5.0%	59%	32%	9%

Results

Florida's 14th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Castor (incumbent)	197,121	70.2
	Republican	EJ Otero	83,480	29.8
Total votes			280,601	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

See also: Florida's 12th congressional district and Florida's 15th congressional district

In redistricting, the 12th district was renumbered as the 15th district. Dennis Ross, who had represented the 12th district since 2011, ran for re-election.^[73] The new 15th district voting age population is 68.6% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 14.2% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 12% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.7% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 4.5% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dennis Ross, incumbent U.S. Representative

General election

No other party put up a candidate.

Endorsements

Dennis Ross (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[9]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Results

Florida's 15th congressional district, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Ross (incumbent)	Unopposed	N/a
Total votes				N/a
	Republican hold

District 16

See also: Florida's 13th congressional district and Florida's 16th congressional district

In redistricting, the Florida's 13th congressional district was renumbered as the 16th district. Republican Vern Buchanan, who had represented the 13th since 2007, ran for re-election in the 16th after deciding against running for the U.S. Senate.^[74][75] The new 16th district voting age population is 83.5% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 8.5% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 5.6% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.3% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.2% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Vern Buchanan, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Prior to redistricting, former state representative Keith Fitzgerald had announced he would seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Buchanan.^[76]

Candidates

Nominee

• Keith Fitzgerald, former state representative

General election

Endorsements

Vern Buchanan (R)

Organizations

• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Keith Fitzgerald (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[37]

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[18]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Vern Buchanan (R)	Keith Fitzgerald (D)	Undecided
StPetePolls[19]	October 3–5, 2012	494	± 4.4%	55%	38%	7%
StPetePolls[30]	September 1–3, 2012	897	± 5.0%	56%	37%	7%
Public Policy Polling (D-Fitzgerald)[77]	July 18–19, 2012	586	± 4.1%	44%	36%	19%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Buchanan)[78]	July 15–16, 2012	500	± 4.9%	54%	32%	14%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-Buchanan)[79]	March 20–21, 2012	400	± 4.9%	58%	36%	6%
SEA Polling (D-Fitzgerald)[80]	February 12–18, 2012	400	± 4.9%	49%	38%	13%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Likely R	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[22]	Likely R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[23]	Likely R	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24]	Likely R	December 12, 2012
NY Times[25]	Lean R	November 4, 2012
RCP[26]	Likely R	November 4, 2012
The Hill[27]	Likely R	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 16th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vern Buchanan (incumbent)	187,147	53.6
	Democratic	Keith Fitzgerald	161,929	46.4
Total votes			349,076	100.0
	Republican hold

District 17

2012 Florida's 17th congressional district election

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Nominee Tom Rooney William Bronson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 165,488 116,766 Percentage 58.6% 41.4%

County results Rooney:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Tom Rooney Republican Elected U.S. Representative Tom Rooney Republican

The new 17th district, an open seat for a large district comprising parts of 10 South and Central Florida counties as well as parts of the Everglades watershed, is expected to favor Republicans.^[45][81] Republican Tom Rooney, who had represented the 16th district since 2009, ran for re-election in the new 17th district.^[82] The new 17th district voting age population is 75.4% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 13.9% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 7.9% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.4% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.3% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tom Rooney, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Joe Arnold, member of Okeechobee County school board

Withdrawn

• Karen Diebel, former Winter Park city commissioner and candidate for the 24th district in 2010^[83]

Primary results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Rooney (incumbent)	37,881	73.2
	Republican	Joe Arnold	13,871	26.8
Total votes			51,752	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• William Bronson, retired Delta Air Lines pilot (formerly an unsuccessful Republican candidate in Massachusetts and Georgia)

Minor parties

26-year-old Tom Baumann from Miami (who ran unsuccessful campaigns in Minnesota and in the Borough of Manhattan) ran as a write-in candidate for the Socialist Workers Party.

General election

Campaign

As of the September FEC financial reporting deadline Rooney had collected $930,248 in campaign contributions and had $564,716 on hand; the FEC had no reports on Bronson or Baumann.^[81][84][85]

Endorsements

Tom Rooney (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[9]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Results

Florida's 17th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Rooney (incumbent)	165,488	58.6
	Democratic	William Bronson	116,766	41.4
	Socialist Workers	Tom Baumann (write-in)	12	0.0
Total votes			282,266	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

District 18

2012 Florida's 18th congressional district election

2014 →

Nominee Patrick Murphy Allen West Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 166,257 164,353 Percentage 50.3% 49.7%

County results Murphy:      50–60% West:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election New seat Elected U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy Democratic

See also: Florida's 18th congressional district and Florida's 22nd congressional district

Allen West, who was first elected to represent Florida's 22nd congressional district in 2010, ran for re-election in the new 18th district.^[86] The new 18th district voting age population is 74.7% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 11.6% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 10.6% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.4% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.7% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Allen West, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Robert Crowder, Martin County Sheriff^[87]

Primary results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Allen B. West (incumbent)	45,790	74.4
	Republican	Robert L. Crowder	15,758	25.6
Total votes			61,548	100.0

Democratic primary

Patrick Murphy, an environmental services executive, had planned to seek the Democratic nomination in the 22nd district,^[88] but announced in February 2012 that he would continue to challenge West in the 18th district.^[89]

Candidates

Nominee

• Patrick Murphy, environmental services executive

Eliminated in primary

• Jerry Buechler
• Jim Horn

Primary results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Murphy	26,791	79.7
	Democratic	Jim Horn	3,843	11.4
	Democratic	Jerry Lee Buechler	2,984	8.9
Total votes			33,618	100.0

Independents

Marilyn Davis Holloman qualified to run as a write-in.^[90] Everett Wilkinson, the chair of the South Florida Tea Party and registered to vote with no party affiliation, decided not to run.^[91]

General election

Endorsements

Allen West (R)

Organizations

• Campaign for Working Families^[9]
• Eagle Forum^[17]
• National Republican Congressional Committee "Patriot" Program^[92]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Patrick Murphy (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[37]

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[18]

Debates

• Complete video of debate, October 19, 2012

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Allen West (R)	Patrick Murphy (D)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[93]	October 25–26, 2012	631	± ?%	47%	48%	5%
Frederick Polls (D-Murphy)[94]	October 16–17, 2012	333	± 5.3%	47%	47%	6%
Sunshine State News/VSS[95]	October 16–17, 2012	752	± 3.6%	49%	48%	3%
Public Policy Polling (D)[96]	October 15–16, 2012	500	± 4.0%	51%	42%	8%
StPetePolls[19]	October 3–5, 2012	902	± 3.3%	53%	41%	7%
Kimball Political Consulting (R)[97]	September 28, 2012	408	± 4.8%	45%	49%	6%
Garin-Hart-Yang (D-House Majority PAC)[98]	September 26–27, 2012	401	± 4.9%	43%	52%	5%
Public Opinion Strategies (R-West)[99]	September 24–25, 2012	400	± 4.9%	52%	41%	7%
StPetePolls[30]	September 1–3, 2012	535	± 5.0%	49%	43%	9%
Grove Insight (D-DCCC)[100]	August 21–24, 2012	400	± 4.9%	46%	47%	7%
Frederick Polls (D-Murphy)[101]	May 6–8, 2012	500	± 4.3%	45%	45%	10%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Tossup	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[22]	Tilts R	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[23]	Lean R	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24]	Lean R	December 12, 2012
NY Times[25]	Tossup	November 4, 2012
RCP[26]	Tossup	November 4, 2012
The Hill[27]	Tossup	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 18th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Murphy	166,257	50.3
	Republican	Allen West (incumbent)	164,353	49.7
	Independent	Marilyn Davis Holloman (write-in)	55	0.0
Total votes			330,665	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 19

See also: Florida's 14th congressional district and Florida's 19th congressional district

In redistricting, the 14th district was renumbered as the 19th district.^[45] Connie Mack IV, who had represented the 14th district since 2005, will run for the U.S. Senate rather than for re-election.^[102] The new 19th district voting age population is 77.1% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 14.4% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 6% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.5% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.1% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Trey Radel, conservative radio talk show host^[103]

Eliminated in primary

• Gary Aubuchon, state representative^[104]
• Joe Davidow, attorney^[105]
• Byron Donalds, banker
• Chauncey Goss, son of former Director of Central Intelligence Porter Goss^[106]
• Paige Kreegel, state representative^[107]

Withdrawn

• Timothy John Rossano^[108]

Declined

• Dudley Goodlette, state representative^[109]
• Tom Grady, commissioner of the Florida Office of Financial Regulation
• Tammy Hall, Lee County Commissioner^[110][111]
• Ray Judah, Lee County Commissioner^[110][111]
• Jeff Kottkamp, former Lieutenant Governor of Florida^[111]
• Ray Price, member of the Naples City Council
• Garrett Richter, state senator^[110]
• Burt Saunders, former state senator^[110][111]
• John Sawyer, state representative^[112]

Primary results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Radel	22,304	30.0
	Republican	Chauncey Porter Goss	16,005	21.5
	Republican	Paige Kreegel	13,167	17.7
	Republican	Gary Aubuchon	11,498	15.5
	Republican	Byron Donalds	10,389	14.0
	Republican	Joe Davidow	1,028	1.4
Total votes			74,391	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• James Roach, retired GM research engineer, decorated Vietnam combat veteran and nominee for the 14th district in 2010^[113]

Independents

Brandon Smith was on the general election ballot as an independent candidate.

General election

Endorsements

Trey Radel (R)

Organizations

• National Republican Congressional Committee "Vanguard" Program^[28]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Jim Roach (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]

Results

Florida's 19th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Radel	189,833	62.0
	Democratic	Jim Roach	109,746	35.8
	Independent	Brandon M. Smith	6,637	2.2
Total votes			306,216	100.0
	Republican hold

District 20

2012 Florida's 20th congressional district election

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Nominee Alcee Hastings Randall Terry Party Democratic Independent Popular vote 214,727 29,553 Percentage 87.9% 12.1%

County results Hastings:      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Alcee Hastings Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings Democratic

See also: Florida's 20th congressional district and Florida's 23rd congressional district

In redistricting, the 23rd District was renumbered as the 20th District. Democrat Alcee Hastings, who had represented the 23rd since 1993, ran for reelection—in effect, trading district numbers with fellow Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz. The new 20th district voting age population is 49.2% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 35.5% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 9.8% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 1.2% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 4.3% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Alcee Hastings, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Withdrawn

• Bernard Sansaricq, former president of the Senate of Haiti and nominee for this seat in 2010^[114]

Independents

• Randall Terry, anti-abortion activist

General election

Endorsements

Alcee Hastings (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[37]

Results

Florida's 20th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alcee Hastings (incumbent)	214,727	87.9
	Independent	Randall Terry	29,553	12.1
	Independent	Anthony M. Dutrow (write-in)	5	0.0
Total votes			244,285	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

See also: Florida's 19th congressional district and Florida's 21st congressional district

In redistricting, most of the old 19th District became the 21st District. Ted Deutch, who had represented the 19th district since April 2010, ran for re-election^[115] The new 21st district voting age population is 66.6% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 17.6% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 10.6% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.6% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 4.5% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ted Deutch, incumbent U.S. Representative

Independents

Cesar Augusto Henao Cañas was an independent candidate.^[116]

General election

Endorsements

Ted Deutch (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]

Results

Florida's 21st congressional district, 2012^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ted Deutch (incumbent)	221,263	77.8
	Independent	W. Michael (Mike) Trout	37,776	13.3
	Independent	Cesar Henao	25,361	8.9
Total votes			284,400	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 22

2012 Florida's 22nd congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Lois Frankel Adam Hasner Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 171,021 142,050 Percentage 54.6% 45.4%

County results Frankel:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Allen West Republican Elected U.S. Representative Lois Frankel Democratic

See also: Florida's 22nd congressional district

Republican Allen West, who was first elected to represent Florida's 22nd congressional district in 2010, sought re-election in the new 18th district.^[86] The new 22nd district voting age population is 69.4% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 17.2% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 9.8% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 0.6% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.1% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Adam Hasner, former majority leader of the Florida House of Representatives^[117]

Declined

• Chip LaMarca, Broward County Commissioner^[118]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Lois Frankel, former mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida^[117]

Eliminated in primary

• Kristin Jacobs, Broward County Commissioner^[119]

Declined

• John Rodstrom, Broward County Commissioner^[120]

Primary results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Frankel	18,483	61.4
	Democratic	Kristin Jacobs	11,644	38.6
Total votes			30,127	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Adam Hasner (R)

Organizations

• BIPAC^[53]
• National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program^[28]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Lois Frankel (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[37]

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Majority Makers" Program^[18]
• EMILY's List^[58]
• Progressive Change Campaign Committee^[51]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Adam Hasner (R)	Lois Frankel (D)	Undecided
Anzalone-Liszt (D-Frankel)[121]	October 18–21, 2012	501	± 4.4%	37%	47%	16%
Public Policy Polling (D)[122]	October 15–16, 2012	500	± 4.4%	44%	47%	9%
Sunshine State News/VSS[123]	October 14–16, 2012	750	± 3.6%	47%	47%	6%
DCCC (D)[124]	October 10, 2012	450	± 4.6%	39%	49%	13%
StPetePolls[19]	October 3–5, 2012	407	± 4.9%	45%	44%	11%
StPetePolls[30]	September 1–3, 2012	1,054	± 5.0%	41%	47%	12%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Likely D (flip)	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[22]	Likely D (flip)	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[23]	Likely D (flip)	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24]	Lean D (flip)	December 12, 2012
NY Times[25]	Lean D (flip)	November 4, 2012
RCP[26]	Lean D (flip)	November 4, 2012
The Hill[27]	Tossup	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 22nd congressional district, 2012^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Frankel	171,021	54.6
	Republican	Adam Hasner	142,050	45.4
Total votes			313,071	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 23

See also: Florida's 20th congressional district and Florida's 23rd congressional district

In redistricting, the 20th District was renumbered as the 23rd District. DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz who had represented the 20th since 2005, ran for re-election. The new 23rd district voting age population is 48.9% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 29.5% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 17.4% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 1.2% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 3.1% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Debbie Wasserman Schultz, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Karen Harrington, businesswoman and nominee for this seat in 2010^[125]

Eliminated in primary

• Gineen Bresso
• Ozzie deFaria, businessman^[126]
• Juan Eliel Garcia
• Joseph Kaufman, Americans Against Hate founder^[127]

Primary results

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Karen Harrington	8,043	47.8
	Republican	Joe Kaufman	3,383	20.1
	Republican	Ozzie deFaria	2,356	14.0
	Republican	Juan Eliel Garcia	1,674	9.9
	Republican	Gineen Bresso	1,380	8.2
Total votes			16,836	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[37]

Karen Harrington (R)

Organizations

• Eagle Forum^[17]
• Maggie's List^[42]
• Susan B. Anthony List^[43]
• Tea Party Express^[29]

Results

Florida's 23rd congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (incumbent)	174,205	63.2
	Republican	Karen Harrington	98,096	35.6
	Independent	Ilya Katz	3,129	1.1
Total votes			275,430	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

See also: Florida's 17th congressional district and Florida's 24th congressional district

In redistricting, most of the old 17th District was renumbered as the 24th District. Democrat Frederica Wilson, who had represented the 17th since 2011, sought reelection. The new 24th district voting age population was 51.7% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 29.9% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 12.6% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 3.2% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.5% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Frederica Wilson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Rudy Moise, doctor and candidate for this seat in 2010

Primary results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederica Wilson (incumbent)	42,807	66.4
	Democratic	Rudolph Moise	21,680	33.6
Total votes			64,487	100.0

General election

Wilson was unopposed in the general election.

Endorsements

Frederica Wilson (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[37]

Results

Florida's 24th congressional district, 2012

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederica Wilson (incumbent)	Unopposed	N/a
Total votes				N/a
	Democratic hold

District 25

2012 Florida's 25th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Mario Diaz-Balart Stanley Blumenthal VoteForEddie.com Party Republican Independent Independent Popular vote 151,466 31,664 17,099 Percentage 75.6% 15.8% 8.5%

County results Diaz-Balart:      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Mario Diaz-Balart Republican Elected U.S. Representative Mario Diaz-Balart Republican

See also: Florida's 21st congressional district and Florida's 25th congressional district

In redistricting, the 21st district was renumbered as the 25th district. Republican Mario Diaz-Balart, who had represented the 21st district since 2011, ran for re-election.^[45] The new 25th district voting age population is 68.9% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 21.2% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 6% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 1.7% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.1% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mario Diaz-Balart, incumbent U.S. Representative

General election

Endorsements

Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]

Organizations

• GOProud^[128]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Results

Florida's 25th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mario Diaz-Balart (incumbent)	151,466	75.6
	Independent	Stanley Blumenthal	31,664	15.8
	Independent	VoteForEddie.com[129]	17,099	8.5
Total votes			200,229	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

2012 Florida's 26th congressional district election

← 2010 2014 →

Nominee Joe Garcia David Rivera Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 135,694 108,820 Percentage 53.6% 43.0%

County results Garcia:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election David Rivera Republican Elected U.S. Representative Joe Garcia Democratic

See also: Florida's 25th congressional district and Florida's 26th congressional district

In redistricting, the old 25th District was renumbered as the 26th district. Republican David Rivera, who had represented the 25th since 2011, ran for reelection.^[45] The new 26th district voting age population is 67.4% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 20.2% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 8.6% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 1.5% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2.4% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Rivera, incumbent U.S. Representative

Declined

• Carlos Curbelo, political consultant^[130]
• Anitere Flores, state senator
• Juan-Carlos Planas, former state representative
• Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, state senator

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joe Garcia, attorney, activist and nominee for this seat in 2010

Eliminated in primary

• Gustavo Marin, nonprofit consultant, university professor, and political analyst
• Gloria Romero Roses, managing partner at Nexus Homes
• Lamar Sternad, hotel auditor

Declined

• Luis Garcia, state representative^[131]
• Annette Taddeo, businesswoman and nominee for the 18th district in 2008^[132]

Primary results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Garcia	13,927	53.4
	Democratic	Gloria Romero Roses	8,027	30.8
	Democratic	Lamar Sternad	2,856	10.9
	Democratic	Gustavo Marin	1,286	4.9
Total votes			26,096	100.0

General election

Campaign

Due to redistricting and constitutional amendments passed in 2010 restricting gerrymandering, the race was considered a toss-up. While the old 25th leaned Republican, the new district was split narrowly in half between Republicans and Democrats.

Endorsements

David Rivera (R)

Organizations

• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]

Joe Garcia (D)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]
• National Association of Letter Carriers^[37]

Organizations

• Democracy for America^[50]
• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[18]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Rivera (R)	Joe Garcia (D)	Angel Fernandez (I)	José Peixoto (I)	Undecided
Benenson (D-DCCC)[133]	October 9–11, 2012	400	± 4.9%	35%	46%	2%	1%	15%
StPetePolls[19]	October 3–5, 2012	473	± 4.5%	43%	41%	2%	3%	12%
NORS (R-Rivera)[134]	September 13–19, 2012	422	± ?%	44%	38%	—	—	19%
Public Policy Polling (D-Democracy for America)[135]	September 12–13, 2012	578	± 4.1%	39%	46%	—	—	16%
GBA Strategies (D-House Majority PAC)/SEIU)[136]	September 8–13, 2012	400	± 4.9%	41%	50%	—	—	9%
Benenson (D-Garcia)[137]	August 20–22, 2012	400	± 4.9%	40%	49%	—	—	11%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Lean D (flip)	November 5, 2012
Rothenberg[22]	Lean D (flip)	November 2, 2012
Roll Call[23]	Lean D (flip)	November 17, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[24]	Lean D (flip)	December 12, 2012
NY Times[25]	Tossup	November 4, 2012
RCP[26]	Lean D (flip)	November 4, 2012
The Hill[27]	Likely D (flip)	November 4, 2012

Results

Florida's 26th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Garcia	135,694	53.6
	Republican	David Rivera (incumbent)	108,820	43.0
	Independent	Angel Fernandez	5,726	2.3
	Independent	José Peixoto	2,717	1.1
Total votes			252,957	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 27

See also: Florida's 18th congressional district and Florida's 27th congressional district

In redistricting, the old 18th District was renumbered as the 27th District. Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who had represented the 18th since 1989, will run for re-election. The new 27th district voting age population is 72.8% Hispanic (excludes Hispanic Blacks), 17.5% non-Hispanic Whites (single race), 5.5% non-Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), 2.2% Hispanic Blacks (includes multirace), and 2% other races (non-Hispanic).^[6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Manny Yevancey^[44]

Withdrawn

• Patrick Post

General election

Endorsements

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R)

Labor unions

• AFL-CIO^[35]
• International Brotherhood of Boilermakers^[36]

Organizations

• GOProud^[128]
• Maggie's List^[42]
• National Rifle Association - Political Victory Fund^[10]
• Susan B. Anthony List^[43]

Results

Florida's 27th congressional district, 2012 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (incumbent)	138,488	60.2
	Democratic	Manny Yevancey	85,020	36.9
	Independent	Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins	6,663	2.9
Total votes			230,171	100.0
	Republican hold