2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election

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2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election
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Florida's 6th congressional district
 
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent U.S. Representative

Michael Waltz
Republican



The 2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election is an upcoming special election scheduled to be held on April 1, 2025, to choose a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives. [1] The seat is expected to become vacant as Republican incumbent Michael Waltz was chosen by president-elect Donald Trump to be his nominee for White House national security advisor. [2] Waltz was re-elected with 66.5% of the vote in 2024.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Randy Fine
Executive branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Organizations

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Aaron Baker
Republican Randy Fine
Republican Ehsan Joarder
Total votes

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Purvi Bangdiwala
Democratic Ges Selmont
Democratic Josh Weil
Total votes

Third parties and independents

Libertarian Party

Nominee

  • Andrew Parrott [3]

Independents

Declared

Write-in candidates

Declared

  • Chuck Sheridan [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Special elections set for U.S. Rep. Mike Waltz's seat in Florida". CBS News . November 25, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  2. ↑ Mascaro, Lisa; Baldor, Lolita (November 11, 2024). "Trump asks Rep. Mike Waltz, China hawk, to be his national security adviser". The Associated Press . Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ogles, Jacob (December 7, 2024). "Nine candidates qualify for race to replace Mike Waltz in CD 6". Florida Politics . Retrieved December 7, 2024.
  4. ↑ Lemongello, Stephen (November 26, 2024). "GOP firebrand Randy Fine running for Congress after Trump endorsement". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  5. 1 2 Gollon, Chris (2024-11-30). "Joe Mullins Drops Congressional Bid as Trump Endorses Randy Fine". AskFlagler. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
  6. ↑ Harper, Mark (November 27, 2024). "Trump endorsement of Randy Fine for Florida's 6th District sends other Republicans packing". The Daytona Beach News-Journal . Retrieved December 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ Wilson, Drew (13 November 2024). "Tom Leek committed to serving in Florida Senate, will not run for Congress". Florida Politics . Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Ogles, Jacob (November 26, 2024). "Anthony Sabatini won't run in CD 6 Special Election". Florida Politics . Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  9. ↑ Harper, Mark (November 21, 2024). "Calling it 'year of the comeback,' Trump supporter Joe Mullins announces run for Congress". The Daytona Beach News-Journal . Retrieved November 22, 2024. Former Congressman Ted Yoho...told The News-Journal on Thursday that he had initially considered running, but had decided against it.
  10. ↑ Gancarski, A.G. (23 November 2024). "Donald Trump backs Randy Fine as replacement for Mike Waltz in CD 6". Florida Politics . Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Ogles, Jacob (November 26, 2024). "Rick Scott, Mike Johnson endorse Randy Fine for Congress". Florida Politics . Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  12. ↑ Harper, Mark (3 December 2024). "Osceola teacher runs as Democrat in special U.S. House election in Florida's 6th". The Daytona Beach News-Journal . Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  13. ↑ Gancarski, A.G. (21 November 2024). "Former presidential candidate runs to succeed Mike Waltz in Congress". Florida Politics . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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