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
  Official legislative portrait of State Representative Randy Fine (cropped).jpg Josh Weil Headshot (cropped).png
Nominee Randy Fine Joshua Weil
Party Republican Democratic
Florida's 6th congressional district (since 2023).svg
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 became vacant following the resignation of Republican incumbent Michael Waltz, who was chosen by President 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

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Withdrawn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 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Randy Fine 33,883 83.0
Republican Aaron Baker5,72914.0
Republican Ehsan Joarder1,1992.9
Total votes40,811 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Josh Weil, teacher [14]

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

  • Purvi Bangdiwala, pharmacist [15]

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 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Josh Weil 9,713 60.8
Democratic Ges Selmont6,27339.2
Total votes15,986 100.0

Third parties and independents

Libertarian Party

Nominee

  • Andrew Parrott, welder [4]

Independents

Declared

Write-in candidates

Declared

  • Chuck Sheridan, general contractor and Republican candidate for state senate in 2024 [4]

General election

Results

2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Randy Fine
Democratic Josh Weil
Libertarian Andrew Parrott
Independent Randall Terry
Write-in
Total votes

See also

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. ↑ Lemongello, Stephen (November 26, 2024). "GOP firebrand Randy Fine running for Congress after Trump endorsement". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  4. 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.
  5. 1 2 Gollon, Chris (November 30, 2024). "Joe Mullins Drops Congressional Bid as Trump Endorses Randy Fine". AskFlagler. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  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 (November 13, 2024). "Tom Leek committed to serving in Florida Senate, will not run for Congress". Florida Politics . Retrieved November 14, 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. (November 23, 2024). "Donald Trump backs Randy Fine as replacement for Mike Waltz in CD 6". Florida Politics . Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  11. ↑ Gancarski, A.G. (January 17, 2025). "Mike Waltz backs Randy Fine as CD 6 replacement". Florida Politics . Retrieved January 21, 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Ogles, Jacob (November 26, 2024). "Rick Scott, Mike Johnson endorse Randy Fine for Congress". Florida Politics . Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  13. 1 2 "Florida Sixth Congressional District Special Primary Election Results". The New York Times . January 28, 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ Gancarski, A.G. (November 21, 2024). "Former presidential candidate runs to succeed Mike Waltz in Congress". Florida Politics . Retrieved November 21, 2024.
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