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
  Randy Fine, official portrait (119th Congress).jpg Joshua Weil Headshot.png
Nominee Randy Fine Josh Weil
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote110,98083,580
Percentage56.68%42.69%
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County results
Fine:     50–60%     60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

Mike Waltz
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Randy Fine
Republican

The 2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election was held on April 1, 2025, to choose a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives. [1] The seat became vacant following the resignation of Republican incumbent Mike Waltz, who in 2024 had been re-elected with 66.5% of the vote, but was chosen by President Donald Trump to be his White House national security advisor. [2] The district is considered safely Republican.

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Florida state senator Randy Fine won the Republican primary with 83% of the vote, defeating Aaron Baker and Ehsan Joarder. Josh Weil, a schoolteacher, won the Democratic primary with 61%, defeating Ges Selmont. [3] [4] In the general election campaign, Weil outraised Fine by $10 million to under $1 million. [5]

In the April 1 general election, Fine defeated Weil by 14 percentage points [6] [7] though he won by significantly less margins than Trump and Waltz had in the 2024 elections. The election was held alongside a concurrent special election for Florida's 1st congressional district .

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

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

Results

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Republican primary results by county:
  Fine
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Republican primary results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randy Fine 33,901 83.0
Republican Aaron Baker5,73514.0
Republican Ehsan Joarder1,2012.9
Total votes40,837 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

  • Purvi Bangdiwala, pharmacist [21]

Results

Democratic primary results by county: Weil 50-60% 60-70% 2025 Congressional Democratic Primary Election in Florida's 6th Congressional District, results by county.svg
Democratic primary results by county:
  Weil
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Josh Weil 9,721 60.7
Democratic Ges Selmont6,28339.3
Total votes16,004 100.0

Third parties and independents

Libertarian Party

Nominee

  • Andrew Parrott, welder [9]

Independents

Declared

Write-in candidates

Declared

  • Chuck Sheridan, general contractor and Republican candidate for state senate in 2024 [9]

General election

Endorsements

Josh Weil (D)
U.S. senators
Party officials
Individuals
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Randy
Fine (R)		Josh
Weil (D)		OtherUndecided
Fabrizio Ward (R) [31] [A] March 28, 2025––41%44%5%10%
St. Pete Polls [33] [B] March 22–25, 2025403 (LV)± 4.9%48%44%2% [b] 6%

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 12, 2025
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Randy Fine (R)$987,459$894,765$92,693
Josh Weil (D)$9,491,734$8,210,682$1,281,051
Source: Federal Election Commission [34]

Results

2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Randy Fine 110,980 56.68% −9.85%
Democratic Josh Weil83,58042.69%+9.22%
Libertarian Andrew Parrott7020.36%N/A
Independent Randall Terry 5260.27%N/A
Write in Chuck Sheridan120.01%N/A
Total votes195,800 100.0%
Republican hold

[35]


See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ The poll was a GOP poll that had been conducted by Fabrizio Ward in late March. [32]
  2. ↑ Poll sponsored by Florida Politics

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. ↑ Schnell, Mychael (January 20, 2025). "Waltz resigns from House to take on Trump national security role". The Hill . Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  3. ↑ Leonard, Kimberly (April 2, 2025). "'He repels people': DeSantis tears into Fine after Florida special election underperformance". POLITICO. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Florida Sixth Congressional District Special Primary Election Results," The New York Times.
  5. ↑ "Trump-backed Randy Fine elected to Congress in tense Florida special election ," Politico.
  6. ↑ "Florida Sixth District Special Election Results," The New York Times.
  7. ↑ "Florida Republican defeats Democrat in US House special election". BBC. April 1, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  8. ↑ Lemongello, Stephen (November 26, 2024). "GOP firebrand Randy Fine running for Congress after Trump endorsement". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ogles, Jacob (December 7, 2024). "Nine candidates qualify for race to replace Mike Waltz in CD 6". Florida Politics . Retrieved December 7, 2024.
  10. 1 2 Gollon, Chris (November 30, 2024). "Joe Mullins Drops Congressional Bid as Trump Endorses Randy Fine". AskFlagler. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Wilson, Drew (November 13, 2024). "Tom Leek committed to serving in Florida Senate, will not run for Congress". Florida Politics . Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  13. ↑ Ogles, Jacob (November 26, 2024). "Anthony Sabatini won't run in CD 6 Special Election". Florida Politics . Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ Gancarski, A.G. (November 23, 2024). "Donald Trump backs Randy Fine as replacement for Mike Waltz in CD 6". Florida Politics . Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  16. ↑ Gancarski, A.G. (January 17, 2025). "Mike Waltz backs Randy Fine as CD 6 replacement". Florida Politics. Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  17. 1 2 3 4 Ogles, Jacob (November 26, 2024). "Rick Scott, Mike Johnson endorse Randy Fine for Congress". Florida Politics. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  18. ↑ Kornbluh, Jacob (March 27, 2025). "A Jewish Republican and Muslim Democrat are suddenly in a tight race for a special seat in Congress". The Forward . Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  19. 1 2 "Florida Sixth Congressional District Special Primary Election Results". The New York Times . January 28, 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  20. ↑ Harper, Mark (December 3, 2024). "Osceola teacher runs as Democrat in special U.S. House election in Florida's 6th". The Daytona Beach News-Journal . Retrieved December 6, 2024.
  21. ↑ Harper, Mark (December 27, 2024). "Candidate for Florida's 6th District who swore she was a Democrat but isn't withdraws". The Daytona Beach News-Journal . Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  22. ↑ Gancarski, A.G. (November 21, 2024). "Former presidential candidate runs to succeed Mike Waltz in Congress". Florida Politics. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  23. ↑ "Florida Small Businesses Endorse Randy Fine for Election to Congress". National Federation of Independent Business . March 20, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  24. ↑ "U.S. Chamber Endorses Candidate Randy Fine for Florida's 6th Congressional District". United States Chamber of Commerce . March 25, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  25. ↑ Manchester, Julia (March 28, 2025). "Sanders endorses Democrat in contested Florida special House race". The Hill . Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  26. ↑ Ogles, Jacob (March 27, 2025). "DNC Chair Ken Martin to campaign for Josh Weil ahead of CD 6 Special Election". Florida Politics. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  27. ↑ Ogles, Jacob (March 27, 2025). "DNC Chair Ken Martin to campaign for Josh Weil ahead of CD 6 Special Election". Florida Politics. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
  28. 1 2 Harper, Mark (March 28, 2025). "Shaboozey not joining Killer Mike to support Democratic congressional candidate in DeLand". The Daytona Beach News-Journal . Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  29. ↑ "Hip-hop star Killer Mike endorses Democrat Josh Weil in April 1 Florida Congress election". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  30. ↑ "Editorial: For Congressional District 6, Josh Weil has the right answers". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 26, 2025. The Orlando Sentinel endorses Josh Weil for Congressional District 6.
  31. ↑ Weisz, Zac (March 27, 2025). "Chain reaction: Why Trump pulled Stefanik's UN nomination". GZERO. Retrieved March 28, 2025. Eye on the poll: An internal Republican poll from March has Weil leading Fine 44% to 41%, according to a source familiar with the race, with 10% undecided.
  32. ↑ Howard, Andrew; Mutnick, Ally; Jacobs, Ben (March 28, 2025). "Stefanik's withdrawal suggests Republicans are sweating their thin margins". Politico .
  33. ↑ Florell, Matt (March 26, 2025). "Florida U.S. Congressional District 6 Special Election survey conducted for FloridaPolitics.com" (PDF). St. Pete Polls. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  34. ↑ "Florida - House District 06". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission . Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  35. ↑ "Florida Election Watch - US Representative". floridaelectionwatch.gov. Archived from the original on April 26, 2025. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
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