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The 2018 Florida Chief Financial Officer election took place on November 6, 2018. Incumbent Republican Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, who was appointed in 2017, successfully ran for a full term, [1] defeating Democratic nominee Jeremy Ring, a former state senator, in the general election.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jimmy Patronis (R) | Jeremy Ring (D) | Undecided |
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| Gravis Marketing | October 22–23, 2018 | 773 | ± 3.5% | 41% | 44% | 15% |
| Public Policy Polling | September 27–28, 2018 | 538 | — | 34% | 40% | 26% |
| Cherry Communications | September 19–24, 2018 | 622 | ± 4.4% | 38% | 38% | 20% |
| Gravis Marketing | August 29–30, 2018 | 1,225 | ± 2.8% | 41% | 40% | 19% |
| Gravis Marketing | July 13–14, 2018 | 1,840 | ± 2.3% | 34% | 33% | 32% |
| Public Policy Polling | June 18–19, 2018 | 1,308 | — | 34% | 39% | 27% |
| Cherry Communications | May 25 – June 4, 2018 | 605 | ± 4% | 40% | 31% | 29% |
| EMC Research | November 12–16, 2017 | 705 | ± 3.7% | 35% | 37% | 28% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Jimmy Patronis (incumbent) | 4,152,221 | 51.74% | -7.19% | |
| Democratic | Jeremy Ring | 3,872,540 | 48.26% | +7.19% | |
| Total votes | 8,025,058 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
| Republican hold | |||||
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