TALLAHASSEE, FL \u2013\u00a0 As the qualifying period for the 2026 midterm elections closes today, the Florida Democratic Party is recognizing the hundreds of Florida Democrats who stepped up to run and will appear on this year\u2019s ballot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried said:<\/p>\n
\u201cRaising your hand to run for office is one of the most meaningful ways to show patriotism as America marks its 250th birthday. Our system is broken in real ways and fixing it will require deep, sustained work to bring us back from the Trump and DeSantis era of divisive culture war politics.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is nothing more hopeful, no greater way to show your love of your community and its people by stepping up to make things better. That is exactly what our candidates who have qualified under the Democratic banner have done this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are grateful for their commitment to making Florida more affordable for working families and seniors, and I look forward to working with them to secure victory in the months ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
A full listing of Democratic nominees can be found below:<\/p>\n
Democratic Nominees for Congress:<\/p>\n
Gay Valimont \u2013 Congressional District 1<\/p>\n
Jennifer Jenkins \u2013 Congressional District 8<\/p>\n
Darren Soto \u2013 Congressional District 9<\/p>\n
Curtis Gibson \u2013 Congressional District 18<\/p>\n
Kathy Castor \u2013 Congressional District 14<\/p>\n
Nicole Locklin \u2013 Congressional District 26<\/p>\n
Phil Ehr \u2013 Congressional District 28<\/p>\n
Re- Elected without Opposition:<\/p>\n
U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, Congressional District 10<\/p>\n
Rep. Gallop Franklin, District 8<\/p>\n
Rep. Bruce Antone, District 41\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rep. Rita Harris, District 44<\/p>\n
Rep. Christine Hunchofsky, District 95<\/p>\n
Rep. Dan Daley, District 96<\/p>\n
Rep. Lisa Dunkley, District 97<\/p>\n
Rep. Daryl Campbell, District 99<\/p>\n
Rep. Felicia Simone-Robinson, District 104<\/p>\n
Rep. Marie Woodson, District 105<\/p>\n
Rep. Wallace Aristide, District 107<\/p>\n
Democratic Nominees for State Senate<\/p>\n
Lauren Donahoo, District 2<\/p>\n
Jason Fults, District 6<\/p>\n
Judy Ngying, District 8<\/p>\n
Alfred Reynolds, District 12<\/p>\n
Brian Nathan, District 14<\/p>\n
Jordan Hensley, District 21<\/p>\n
Lew Wasserman, District 22<\/p>\n
Sen. Mack Bernard, District 24<\/p>\n
David Silvers, District 26<\/p>\n
David Silverberg, District 28<\/p>\n
Lauren Book, District 30<\/p>\n
Senator Rosalind Osgood, District 32<\/p>\n
George Lavin, District 36<\/p>\n
Richard Lamondin, District 38<\/p>\n
Jose Stoute, District 40<\/p>\n
Democratic Nominees for State House<\/p>\n
Francesca Yabraian, District 1<\/p>\n
Johnny Thompson, District 2<\/p>\n
Ingrid Wadsworth, District 3<\/p>\n
John Emerling, District 4<\/p>\n
Alexander Finney, District 5<\/p>\n
Rep. Allison Tant, District 9<\/p>\n
Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, District 10<\/p>\n
Benjamin Sandlin, District 12<\/p>\n
Jacob Guerrero, District 17<\/p>\n
Susanna Pavelle, District 19<\/p>\n
Lee Butler, District 20<\/p>\n
Amy Trask, District 22<\/p>\n
Mark Baker, District 23<\/p>\n
Banks Helfrich, District 25<\/p>\n
Robyn Lawrence, District 26<\/p>\n
Andy Ferrari, District 27<\/p>\n
Sammy Jackson, District 28<\/p>\n
Donald Kafner, District 29<\/p>\n
Edwin Munoz, District 30<\/p>\n
Daniel Cicirelli, District 31<\/p>\n
Juan Jose Hinojosa, District 32<\/p>\n
Daniel McDow, District 33<\/p>\n
Jordyn Balderas, District 34<\/p>\n
Eric Gray, District 35<\/p>\n
Daryl Block, District 36<\/p>\n
Jane Aman, District 37<\/p>\n
Michelle DeJesus, District 38<\/p>\n
Jarod Fox, District 39<\/p>\n
Rep. Ra\u2019Shon Young, District 40<\/p>\n
Felipe Sousa Lazaballet, District 42<\/p>\n
Rep. Leonard Spencer, District 45<\/p>\n
Robert Anzalone, District 49<\/p>\n
Ricardo Santiago, District 50<\/p>\n
Octavio Hernandez, District 51<\/p>\n
Pamala Bivins, District 52<\/p>\n
Tony Claude, District 53<\/p>\n
Zachary Funkhouser, District 55<\/p>\n
Jose Freites, District 56<\/p>\n
Wendy Hoy, District 57<\/p>\n
Bryan Beckman, District 58<\/p>\n
Susan Leff, District 59<\/p>\n
Lindsay Polega-Quigley, District 60<\/p>\n
May Thach, District 61<\/p>\n
Ben Braver, District 65<\/p>\n
Jose Sanchez Sanchez, District 66<\/p>\n
Luis Viera, District 67<\/p>\n
Craig Trapino, District 68\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ashley Herrmann, District 69<\/p>\n
Luther Wilkins, District 70<\/p>\n
Ocean Fitts, District 71<\/p>\n
Harvey Shifrin, District 72<\/p>\n
Lisa Klein, District 73<\/p>\n
Ryan Neill, District 74<\/p>\n
Cynthia Butler, District 75<\/p>\n
Phillip Carter, District 76<\/p>\n
Cornelius Fowler, District 77<\/p>\n
Cindy Banyai, District 78<\/p>\n
Bill Moskal, District 80<\/p>\n
Kim Finer, District 81<\/p>\n
Arthur Boyer, District 82<\/p>\n
Leigh Estes, District 83<\/p>\n
Jennifer Wood-Massey, District 84<\/p>\n
Rainer Richter, District 85<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Pandich, District 86<\/p>\n
Rep. Emily Gregory, District 87<\/p>\n
Rep. Jervonte Edmonds, District 88<\/p>\n
Rep. Debra Tendrich, District 89<\/p>\n
Rep. Rob Long, District 90<\/p>\n
Rep. Kelly Skidmore, District 92<\/p>\n
August Mangeney, District 93<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Holmes, District 94\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michael Ferguson, District 100\u00a0<\/p>\n
Todd Delmay, District 101<\/p>\n
Rep. Robin Bartleman, District 103<\/p>\n
Marcos Reyes, District 115<\/p>\n
Nicholas Ramos, District 116<\/p>\n
Rep. Kevin Chambliss, District 117<\/p>\n
Armando Castillo, District 118<\/p>\n
Reysy Sordo, District 119<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TALLAHASSEE, FL \u2013\u00a0 As the qualifying period for the 2026 midterm elections closes today, the Florida Democratic Party…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-305932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}