Florida’s primary election is Tuesday, August 18, ahead of the November midterm. The choices made in this primary will determine who goes on the next ballot. After the primary election, it’ll be another 11 weeks until the general election on November 3.
Florida is a closed primary election state, meaning only voters who are registered members of a political party may vote for candidates or nominees of that party, according to the Florida Division of Elections. Exceptions to this include when all candidates for an office have the same party affiliation and the winner of the primary election won’t face opposition in the general election, or when races for nonpartisan judicial and school board offices, nonpartisan special districts, or local referendum questions are on the primary election ballot.
Candidates and Races
The candidates for various offices are listed below. Note that uncontested races are not included.
For Governor: Dean Ocean Abrams (NPA), Kathy Anderson (Write-in), Charles Burkett (NPA), Evelyn Castillo-Bach (D), Jay Collins (R), Jeffrey Peter “Dr. Jeff” Datto (NPA), David “DJ” DeJesus (Write-in), Richard Paul Dembinsky (Write-in), Moliere “Moe” Dimanche (NPA), Byron Donalds (R), Thomas Eloy Fernandez (D), James Fishback and Sean A. Lozano (R), Dayna Marie Foster (D), Jim Holcomb (R), Scott Eckhard Jewett (LPF), David Jolly and Gwen Graham (D), Dotie Joseph (D), M.W. Khan (Write-in), Arthur Joseph McCaffrey (R), Desmond Meade (NPA), Erik Morris (Write-in), Daniel Nokivich (R), Stephann Norman (D), Paul Renner (R), Rachel Rodriguez (R), Frank J. Russo (NPA), James W. Shaw (R), Caneste Succe (R), Bobby Williams (R)
For U.S. Senate: Neil J. Gillespie (NPA), Chris Gleason (R), Ashley Moody (R), Angie Nixon (D), Neelam Taneja Perry (R), Ernest “Ernie” Rivera (R), Alex Vindman (D)
Key Dates
Deadline to send vote-by-mail ballots to UOCAVA voters: July 4
Deadline to send vote-by-mail ballots to domestic voters: July 9-16
Deadline to register to vote or change party affiliation: July 20
Deadline to request that a ballot be mailed: August 6
Early voting period: August 8-15
Primary election day: August 18
Original reporting: WESH Orlando — read the source article.
