Electoral history of Ron DeSantis

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This article describes the electoral history of Ron DeSantis, the 46th and current governor of Florida and a former member of the United States House of Representatives.

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A member of the Republican Party, DeSantis was initially elected to the House in 2012 to represent Florida's 6th congressional district. He retained his seat for three terms before not seeking a fourth to pursue the governorship.

DeSantis won the gubernatorial election in 2018 by a margin of around 32,000 votes against Democratic nominee Andrew Gillum. DeSantis won re-election, facing former Florida governor Charlie Crist in the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election.

US House of Representatives

2012

2012 Florida's 6th congressional district election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ron DeSantis 195,962 57.3
Democratic Heather Beaven146,48942.8
Total votes342,451 100.0
Republican hold
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ron DeSantis 24,132 38.8
Republican Fred Costello14,18922.8
Republican Beverly Slough8,22913.2
Republican Craig Miller8,11313.1
Republican Richard Clark6,0909.8
Republican Alec Pueschel7391.2
Republican William Billy Kogut6281.0
Total votes62,120 100.0

2014

In this election, no GOP primary was held and DeSantis won the nomination unopposed.

2014 Florida's 6th congressional district election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ron DeSantis (incumbent) 166,254 62.5
Democratic David Cox99,56337.5
Total votes265,817 100.0
Republican hold

2016

2016 Florida's 6th congressional district election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ron DeSantis (incumbent) 213,519 58.6
Democratic Bill McCullough151,05141.4
Total votes364,570 100.0
Republican hold
2016 Florida's Republican 6th congressional district primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ron DeSantis (incumbent) 41,311 61.0
Republican Fred Costello 16,69024.7
Republican G.G. Galloway9,68314.3
Total votes67,684 100.0

Governor of Florida

2018 Florida gubernatorial election map 2018 Florida gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2018 Florida gubernatorial election map

2018

2018 Florida gubernatorial election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ron DeSantis
Jeanette Nuñez
4,076,186 49.6
Democratic Andrew Gillum
Chris King
4,043,72349.2
Reform Darcy Richardson
Nancy Argenziano
47,1400.6
Independent Kyle "KC" Gibson
Ellen Wilds
24,3100.3
Independent Ryan Christopher Foley
John Tutton Jr.
14,6300.2
Independent Bruce Stanley
Ryan McJury
14,5050.2
Write-in 670.0
Total votes8,220,561 100.0
Republican hold
2018 Florida Republican gubernatorial primary [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ron DeSantis913,67956.5
Republican Adam Putnam 591,44936.6
Republican Bob White32,5802.0
Republican Timothy M. Devine21,3201.3
Republican Bob Langford19,7711.2
Republican Bruce Nathan14,4870.9
Republican Don Baldauf13,1250.8
Republican John Joseph Mercadante11,6020.7
Total votes1,618,013 100.0


2022 Florida gubernatorial election map 2022 Florida gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2022 Florida gubernatorial election map

2022

In this election, DeSantis received the GOP gubernatorial nomination unopposed and no primary election was held.

2022 Florida gubernatorial election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ron DeSantis (incumbent)
Jeanette Nuñez (incumbent)
4,614,210 59.4
Democratic Charlie Crist
Karla Hernandez
3,106,31340.0
Independent Carmen Jackie Gimenez
Kyle "KC" Gibson
31,5770.4
Libertarian Hector Roos
Jerry "Tub" Rorabaugh
19,2990.2
Total votes7,771,399 100.0
Republican hold

Presidential elections

2024

Primaries

Iowa Republican precinct caucuses, January 15, 2024 [8]
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
BoundUnboundTotal
Donald Trump 56,24351.00%20020
Ron DeSantis 23,49121.30%909
Nikki Haley 21,02719.07%808
Vivek Ramaswamy 8,4307.64%303
Ryan Binkley 7680.70%000
Asa Hutchinson 1880.17%000
Other900.08%000
Chris Christie (withdrawn)350.03%000
Total:110,272100.00%40040

Presidential write-ins

DeSantis received 325 write-in votes in the 2024 United States presidential election.

References

  1. "2012 General Election November 6, 2012 Official Results". Florida Department of State. November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  2. "2014 General Election November 4, 2014 Official Results". Florida Department of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  3. "2016 General Election November 8, 2016 Official Results". Florida Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  4. "2016 Primary Election August 30, 2016 Official Results". Florida Department of State. August 30, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  5. "2018 General Election November 6, 2018 Official Results". Florida Division of Elections. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  6. "2018 Primary Election August 28, 2018 Official Results". Florida Department of State. August 28, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  7. "2022 General Election November 8, 2022 Official Results". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  8. "Iowa Republican Presidential Nominating Process". The Green Papers .