2025 Florida's 1st congressional district special election

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2025 Florida's 1st congressional district special election
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Florida's 1st congressional district
 
NomineeTBDGay Valimont
(presumptive)
Party Republican Democratic
Incumbent U.S. Representative

Matt Gaetz
Republican



The 2025 Florida's 1st congressional district special election will be held on April 1, 2025 [1] to fill a vacant seat in Florida's 1st congressional district previously occupied by Matt Gaetz, who resigned on November 13, 2024, after president-elect Donald Trump nominated him for attorney general of the United States. [2] Gaetz later withdrew his nomination for attorney general on November 21. [3] The following day, Gaetz announced he would not return to Congress. Primary elections will take place on January 28, 2025. [4] It is considered a safely Republican district.

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District profile

The 1st district takes in the westernmost area of the Florida panhandle, encompassing Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa counties, as well as about half of Walton County. A significant portion of the district's population are servicemen of the U.S. military, due in large part to the Naval Air Station near Pensacola and the nearby commuter towns of Navarre and Fort Walton Beach.

The district was given a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+19 in 2022, making it the most Republican district in Florida. [5] In the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump won the district with 68.1%, while then-incumbent Gaetz was re-elected with 66.0% of the vote in 2024. [6]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Jimmy Patronis
Executive branch officials
U.S. representatives
State legislators
Gene Valentino
Executive branch officials
Jeff Witt (withdrawn)
Executive branch officials
Individuals
Declined to endorse
U.S. representatives
State legislators

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Aaron Dimmock
Republican Kevin Gaffney
Republican Jeff Macey
Republican Greg Merk
Republican John Mills
Republican Jimmy Patronis
Republican Jeff Peacock
Republican Joel Rudman
Republican Michael Dylan Thompson
Republican Gene Valentino
Total votes

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Gay Valimont, athletic trainer and nominee for this district in 2024 [28]

Others

Independents

Declared

Write-in candidates

Declared

  • Richard Paul Dembinsky, engineer and perennial candidate [7]
  • Stanley Gray, activist [7]
  • Jonathan Green, businessman [7]
  • Stan McDaniels, landscaping contractor [7]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Patronis submitted his resignation from his current office when he announced his campaign, which is set to become effective on March 31, 2025.

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  6. ↑ "2024 General Election November 5, 2024 Official Election Results". Florida Election Watch. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
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