Florida will elect 28 members of its U.S. House delegation. There is a special election for the U.S. Senate seat.
In the special election, Senator Ashley Moody (R), who is white, is seeking to complete the remainder of the term of former Senator Marco Rubio (R), who departed his position to join the Trump administration. Moody has raised over $4.4M for her election. Thirty-one percent of her money raised from individuals take the form of small contributions. Angela Nixon (D), a Black Democratic candidate who is challenging Senator Moody, has raised $625,120. Half of her funds come from small contributions. Democratic candidate Alexander Vindman has raised over $14M for the seat.
There is one woman challenging Democratic Representative Jared Moskowitz in FL-25, considered a “Toss Up” by The Cook Political Report. Republican Raven Harrison, who is Native American, has raised $562,711. More than half (56%) of her funds are from self-financing and 73% of her individual contributions take the form of small dollar donations. Republican challenger Scott Singer leads the money race for the seat with over $1.9M raised.
In FL-2, which is an open seat and rated “Solid Republican” by The Cook Political Report, no Republican women are running. Republican Keith Gross has raised the most with over $5.6M; he is self-financing his campaign. Three Democratic women are running: Huy-Yen Bailey, who is Asian, with $164,534; Amanda Greene, who is white, with $306,660; and Brice Barnes, who is also white, with $242,298. Sixty percent of Bailey’s funds are from small contributions.
Another open seat rated “Solid Republican” in Florida is FL-11. No women have reported campaign finance data for this seat. Republican Joe Strada has the highest total raised with over $5M.
Three women are running in FL-16, an open seat rated “Solid Republican” by The Cook Political Report. Tamika Lyles (D), Jan Schneider (D), and Sydney Gruters (R). Lyles is Black; Gruters and Schneider are white. Gruters, with $874,568, has raised the most of all the candidates in the race.
In FL-19, three of the ten Republican candidates with campaign finance data are women: Ola Hawatmeh, who is Middle Eastern/North African, has raised $196,337. Catalina Lauf, who is Latina, has raised over $1.3M. Linda Sawyer, who is white, has raised just $10,500. Of the Republican men seeking the seat, James Oberweis has raised the most with over $5.2M. The Cook Political Report considers this open seat to be solidly Republican.
Te Brown, who is Black, is the only woman and the only Republican running in FL-24. This seat is an open seat considered “Solid Democratic” by The Cook Political Report. She has raised $313,318. Her campaign is primarily self-funded (98%). The money chase for the seat is led by Democrat Rudolph Moise who has raised $629,447.
Eight women are seeking reelection to the U.S. House from Florida; three are Democrats and five are Republicans. Within both parties, the average raised by men House incumbents is higher than the average raised by women incumbents. The average for Democratic men seeking reelection to the House from Florida approaches $1.9M; the average for Democratic women is around $1.7M. The average for Republican men incumbents seeking reelection to the House is over $1.2M and $866,800 for Republican women. Of the women seeking reelection to the U.S. House, Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D), who is white, has raised the most with over $2.4M for her reelection to FL-25.
Republican Representative Randy Fine (FL-6) has raised the most of the House incumbents with over $3.3M; about 28% of his funds are from self-financing. Of the U.S. House candidates running in open seats, Republican Keith Gross (FL-2) has raised the most; he is self-financing his campaign.
This statistic is the average total amount raised to date from individuals (including self-financing).
Of the House challenger candidates running in Florida, Republican women have the highest average for proportion of funds from small contributions with 64%, followed by Democratic women with 45%. In the U.S. House incumbent races, Democratic men have raised the most from small contributions (with an average of 29%) followed by Republican women (with 27%).
Republican Representative Anna Luna (FL-13), who is Latina and white, has the highest proportion of funds from small contributions (59%) of the women seeking reelection to the House.
Republican men have the highest average proportion of self-financing (51%) of all the challengers in Florida. Among open-seat candidates, Republican women have the highest average proportion of funds from self-financing (56%).
This statistic is the average amount from self-financing as a proportion of total raised (from individuals including the candidate) by candidate subgroup. Primary challengers to incumbents are excluded.
This statistic is the average amount of contributions $200 or less as a proportion of total raised (excluding self-financed contributions) by candidate subgroup.