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

November 6, 2012
All 27 Florida seats to the United States House of Representatives
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%

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

Republican Jeff Miller, who has represented Florida's 1st congressional district since 2001, is running for re-election and has secured the Republican nomination unopposed. James E. Bryan, an army veteran, secured the Democratic nomination unopposed.[6]

Calen Fretts, the vice chair of the Libertarian Party of Okaloosa County, will run as the Libertarian Party nominee.[7]

Additionally, William Cleave Drummond, II is running for election as a write-in candidate.[6]

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 [8]

Results

Florida's 1st congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

Republican Steve Southerland was first elected to represent Florida's 2nd congressional district in 2010 and secured the Republican nomination unopposed.[6]

Southerland defeated Al Lawson for re-election to a second term 53% 175,856 votes to 47% 157,634 votes out of 333,718 ballots cast on November 6, 2012. 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)[8]

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Leonard Bembry, State representative[10]
• Al Lawson, state senator[11]
• Alvin Peters, attorney and former chairman of the Bay County Democratic Party[12]
• Mark Schlakman

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

Results

Florida's 2nd congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

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)[8]

Republican primary

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

Candidates

• James Jett
• Steve Oelrich
• Cliff Stearns, incumbent (FL-06)
• Ted Yoho, veterinarian

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

Results

Florida's 3rd congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

Republican Ander Crenshaw, who has represented the 4th District since 2001, won the Republican nomination with 71 percent of the vote. No other major party put up a candidate.[13]

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)[8]

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

Results

Florida's 4th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

The new 5th district is the successor to the former 3rd district, which has been represented by Democrat Corrine Brown since 1993.[14]

Prior to redistricting, Mike Yost, who unsuccessfully challenged Brown as the Republican nominee in 2010;[15] and LeAnne Kolb[16] had announced plans to run for the Republican nomination, while Gerald Nyren had announced plans to run as a Libertarian Party candidate.[15]

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)[8]

Results

Florida's 5th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

In redistricting, most of the old 7th district was renumbered as the new 6th district. John Mica, who has represented the 7th District since 1993, had his home drawn into the neighboring 7th District, and opted to seek reelection 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)[8]

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Heather Beaven, former Navy cryptologist & 2010 Democratic nominee for FL-07[17]
• Vipin Verma, attorney,[18]

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

Republican primary

Candidates[19]

• Richard Clark, member of the Jacksonville City councilmember
• Fred Costello, State representative
• Ron DeSantis, Iraq War veteran and former prosecutor
• William Billy Kogut
• Craig Miller, businessman and Vietnam War veteran
• Alec Pueschel
• Beverly Slough, chairman of St. Johns County School District Board

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

Results

Florida's 6th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

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

Florida's new 7th 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).[8]

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

Republican primary

Candidates

• Sandy Adams, incumbent
• John Mica, incumbent (FL-06)

Primary results

Republican primary results

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

Results

Florida's 7th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

The new 8th District is the successor to the 15th District, represented by Republican Bill Posey since 2009. He was unopposed in the Republican primary. Shannon Roberts won the Democratic nomination, also unopposed.[20]

Florida's new 8th district voting age population is 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)[8]

Results

Florida's 8th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

The new 9th district, an open seat located south of Orlando, is expected to favor Democrats.[21]

Alan Grayson, who formerly represented the 10th district from 2009 to 2011, is seeking to return to the House of Representatives as the representative of the new 9th district.[22] The 9th district will contain 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.[23][24][25] Grayson ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and will face Republican nominee Todd Long.[22]

Florida's 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)[8]

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

Results

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

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

In redistricting, the 8th district was renumbered as the 10th district. Republican Daniel Webster, who has represented the 8th district since January 2011, was expected to seek re-election.[21]

Val Demings, a former Chief of the Orlando Police Department and wife of the Orange County Sheriff, ran as a Democrat.[26] Democrat Alan Grayson, who represented the district from 2009 until 2011, said in July 2011 he would run either for the 8th district or for a newly created seat in Orlando.[27]

Florida's 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).[8]

Results

Florida's 10th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

District 11

In redistricting, most of the old 5th District became the 11th District. Rich Nugent, who has represented the 5th since 2011, won reelection in the 11th.[28] David Werder won the Democratic nomination unopposed.[20]

Florida's 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)[8]

Results

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

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

In redistricting, most of the old 9th District became the 12th district. Republican Gus Bilirakis, who has represented the 9th District since 2007, will run for reelection in the 12th.[29] Jonathan Snow won the Democratic nomination unopposed.[20]

John Russell, an acute care nurse practitioner, had announced prior to redistricting that he would run as an independent in the 11th District.[30] However, after he was drawn into the 12th, he opted to seek election there.[20]

Florida's 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)[8]

Results

Florida's 12th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

In redistricting, most of the old 10th District became the 13th District. Bill Young, who has represented the 10th and its predecessors since 1971, will run for reelection.

Jessica Ehrlich, who previously worked for U.S. Representatives Clay Shaw and Stephen Lynch, won the Democratic nomination unopposed.[31]

Florida's 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)[8]

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

Results

Florida's 13th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

In redistricting, the 11th District was renumbered as the 14th District. Democrat Kathy Castor, who has represented the 11th since 2007, will seek reelection here. E. J. Otero won the Republican nomination.[20]

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)[8]

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

Results

Florida's 14th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

In redistricting, the 12th district was renumbered as the 15th district. Dennis Ross, who has represented the 12th district since 2011, won the Republican primary unopposed.[32] No other party put up a candidate.

Florida's 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)[8]

District 16

In redistricting, the Florida's 13th congressional district was renumbered as the 16th district. Republican Vern Buchanan, who has represented the 13th since 2007, will run for reelection in the 16th after deciding against running for the U.S. Senate.[33][34]

Prior to redistricting, former state representative Keith Fitzgerald had announced he would seek the Democratic nomination to challenge Buchanan.[35]

Florida's 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)[8]

Results

Florida's 16th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

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.[21][36] Republican Tom Rooney, who has represented the 16th district since 2009, will seek re-election in the new 17th district.[37]

Rooney, 41, will run in the general election against a 73-year-old retired Delta Air Lines pilot from Lehigh Acres, Florida, Democrat William Bronson (formerly an unsuccessful Republican candidate in Massachusetts and Georgia) as well as 26-year-old Socialist Workers Party write-in candidate Tom Baumann from Miami (who ran unsuccessful campaigns in Minnesota and in the Borough of Manhattan). 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.[36][38][39]

Florida's 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)[8]

External links

Republican primary

Candidates

• Joe Arnold, member of Okeechobee County school board
• Tom Rooney, incumbent from FL-16

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

Results

Florida's 17th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

District 18

Allen West, who was first elected to represent Florida's 22nd congressional district in 2010, lost his race in the new 18th district.[40] He had won the Republican nomination against Martin County Sheriff Robert Crowder.[41]

Patrick Murphy, an environmental services executive, had planned to seek the Democratic nomination in the 22nd district,[42] but announced in February 2012 that he would continue to challenge West in the 18th district.[43]

Marilyn Davis Holloman qualified to run as a write-in.[44] Everett Wilkinson, the chair of the South Florida Tea Party and registered to vote with no party affiliation, decided not to run.[45]

Florida's 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)[8]

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

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

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Allen West (R)	Patrick Murphy (D)	Undecided
Sunshine State News/VSS	October 16–17, 2012	752	± 3.6%	49%	48%	3%
FLDemocracy/WPTV/TCPalm	October 16–17, 2012	500	± 4%	51%	42%	8%

Results

Florida's 18th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

In redistricting, the 14th district was renumbered as the 19th district.[21] Connie Mack IV, who has represented the 14th district since 2005, will run for the U.S. Senate rather than for re-election.[46]

James Roach of Cape Coral, a retired GM research engineer and decorated Vietnam combat veteran who ran unsuccessfully for the 14th district in 2010, is the Democratic nominee.[47]

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

Florida's 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)[8]

Republican primary

Candidates

• Gary Aubuchon, State representative[48]
• Joe Davidow, attorney[49]
• Byron Donalds
• Chauncey Goss, son of former Director of Central Intelligence Porter Goss[50]
• Paige Kreegel, State representative[51]
• Trey Radel, conservative radio talk show host[52]

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

Results

Florida's 19th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

In redistricting, the 23rd District was renumbered as the 20th District. Democrat Alcee Hastings, who has represented the 23rd since 1993, will run for reelection—in effect, trading district numbers with fellow Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Florida's 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)[8]

Results

Florida's 20th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

In redistricting, most of the old 19th District became the 21st District. Ted Deutch, who has represented the 19th district since April 2010, won the Democratic primary.[53]

Cesar Augusto Henao Cañas (born September 10, 1977) is an independent candidate.[54]

Florida's 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)[8]

Results

Florida's 21st congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

Republican Allen West, who was first elected to represent Florida's 22nd congressional district in 2010, sought re-election in the new 18th district.[40] Adam Hasner, a former majority leader of the Florida House of Representatives, sought the Republican nomination in the new 22nd district.[55] Broward County Commissioner Chip LaMarca decided not to run.[56]

Florida's 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)[8]

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Lois Frankel, former mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida[55]
• Kristin Jacobs, Broward County Commissioner [57]

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

Results

Florida's 22nd congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

In redistricting, the 20th District was renumbered as the 23rd District. DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz who has represented the 20th since 2005, is running for re-election. Florida's 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)[8]

Republican primary

Candidates

• Gineen Bresso
• Ozzie deFaria, businessman[58]
• Karen Harrington, businesswoman and Republican candidate for FL-20 in 2010[59]
• Juan Eliel Garcia
• Joseph Kaufman, Americans Against Hate founder[60]

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

Results

Florida's 23rd congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

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. Wilson was unopposed in the general election.

Florida's 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)[8]

• Frederica Wilson campaign website

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Rudy Moise, doctor and 2010 candidate in FL-17
• Frederica Wilson, incumbent

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

District 25

In redistricting, the 21st district was renumbered as the 25th district. Republican Mario Diaz-Balart, who has represented the 21st district since 2011, is expected to seek re-election.[21] No other party put up a candidate.

Florida's 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)[8]

• Mario Diaz-Balart campaign website

Results

Florida's 25th congressional district, 2012 [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mario Diaz-Balart (incumbent)	151,466	75.6
	Independent	Stanley Blumenthal	31,664	15.8
	Independent	VoteForEddie.com[61]	17,099	8.5
Total votes			200,229	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

In redistricting, the old 25th District was renumbered as the 26th district. Republican David Rivera, who has represented the 25th since 2011, will seek reelection.[21] He is running unopposed in the Republican primary.

Attorney, activist, and former Democratic candidate Joe Garcia will run against Rivera in a re-match of the 2010 election. Due to redistricting and constitutional amendments passed in 2010 restricting gerrymandering, the race is considered a toss-up. While the old 25th leaned Republican, the new district is split narrowly in half between Republicans and Democrats.

Florida's 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)[8]

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

Results

Florida's 26th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

In redistricting, the old 18th District was renumbered as the 27th District. Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who has represented the 18th since 1989, will seek reelection and was unopposed in the Republican primary. Democrat Manny Yevancey won the Democratic nomination, also unopposed.[20]

Florida's 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)[8]

Results

Florida's 27th congressional district, 2012 [9]

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

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External links

• Florida Division of Elections
  • Candidate list
• United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 2012 at Ballotpedia
• Florida U.S. House from OurCampaigns.com
• Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Florida from OpenSecrets.org
• Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation
• Election 2012: Video candidate interviews, Orlando Sentinel