2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election

2025 Florida's 6th congressional district
special election
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Florida's 6th congressional district
 
Nominee Randy Fine Josh Weil
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 110,980 83,580
Percentage 56.68% 42.69%
Fine:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
     70–80%      80–90%      90%+
Weil:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
     70–80%      80–90%      90%+
Tie:      40–50%
U.S. Representative before election

Mike Waltz
Republican

 Elected U.S. Representative

Randy Fine
Republican

The 2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election was held on April 1, 2025, to choose a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The seat became vacant following the resignation of Republican incumbent Mike Waltz, who in 2024 had been re-elected with 66.5% of the vote, but was chosen by President Donald Trump to be his White House national security advisor. The district is considered safely Republican.

Florida state senator Randy Fine won the Republican primary with 83% of the vote, defeating Aaron Baker and Ehsan Joarder. Josh Weil, a schoolteacher, won the Democratic primary with 61%, defeating Ges Selmont. In the general election campaign, Weil outraised Fine by $10 million to under $1 million.

In the April 1 general election, Fine defeated Weil by 14 percentage points though he won by significantly less margins than Trump and Waltz had in the 2024 elections. The election was held alongside a concurrent special election for Florida's 1st congressional district.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Randy Fine
Executive branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Organizations

Results

Republican primary results by county:
  Fine
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Fine 33,901 83.02%
Republican Aaron Baker 5,735 14.04%
Republican Ehsan Joarder 1,201 2.94%
Total votes 40,837 100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

  • Purvi Bangdiwala, pharmacist

Results

Democratic primary results by county:
  Weil
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Josh Weil 9,721 60.74%
Democratic George Selmont 6,283 39.26%
Total votes 16,004 100.00%

Third parties and independents

Libertarian Party

Nominee

  • Andrew Parrott, welder

Independents

Declared

Write-in candidates

Declared

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

General election

Endorsements

Josh Weil (D)
U.S. senators
Party officials
Individuals
Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Randy
Fine (R)		 Josh
Weil (D)		 Other Undecided
Fabrizio Ward (R) March 28, 2025 – – 41% 44% 5% 10%
St. Pete Polls March 22–25, 2025 403 (LV) ± 4.9% 48% 44% 2% 6%

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 12, 2025
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Randy Fine (R) $987,459 $894,765 $92,693
Josh Weil (D) $9,491,734 $8,210,682 $1,281,051
Source: Federal Election Commission

Results

2025 Florida's 1st congressional district special election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Fine 110,980 56.68%
Democratic Josh Weil 83,580 42.69%
Libertarian Andrew Parrott 702 0.36%
Independent Randall Terry 526 0.27%
Write-ins 12 0.01%
Total votes 195,800 100.00%
Republican hold

By county

County Randy Fine
Republican		 Josh Weil
Democratic		 Andrew Parrott
Libertarian		 Randall Terry
Independent		 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Flagler 22,222 57.00% 16,534 42.41% 140 0.36% 91 0.23% 5,688 14.59% 38,988
Lake 16,315 58.16% 11,535 41.12% 110 0.39% 87 0.31% 4,780 17.04% 28,050
Marion 23,516 62.20% 14,114 37.33% 104 0.28% 71 0.19% 9,402 24.87% 37,810
Putnam 9,719 66.67% 4,770 32.72% 43 0.30% 45 0.31% 4,949 33.95% 14,577
St. Johns 7,318 55.07% 5,909 44.47% 33 0.25% 29 0.22% 1,409 10.60% 13,289
Volusia 31,890 50.55% 30,718 48.69% 272 0.43% 203 0.32% 1,172 1.86% 63,086
Totals110,98056.68%83,58042.69%7020.36%5260.27%27,40013.99%195,800

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Someone else" with 2%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ The poll was a GOP poll that had been conducted by Fabrizio Ward in late March.
  2. ↑ Poll sponsored by Florida Politics

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. ↑ Leonard, Kimberly (April 2, 2025). "'He repels people': DeSantis tears into Fine after Florida special election underperformance". POLITICO. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Florida Sixth Congressional District Special Primary Election Results," The New York Times.
  5. ↑ "Trump-backed Randy Fine elected to Congress in tense Florida special election" Politico.
  6. ↑ "Florida Sixth District Special Election Results," The New York Times.
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  12. ↑ Wilson, Drew (November 13, 2024). "Tom Leek committed to serving in Florida Senate, will not run for Congress". Florida Politics. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  13. ↑ Ogles, Jacob (November 26, 2024). "Anthony Sabatini won't run in CD 6 Special Election". Florida Politics. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
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  22. ↑ 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.
  23. ↑ "January 28, 2025 Special Primary Congressional 1 & 6 - United States Representative District: 6". Florida Department of Elections. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
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  25. ↑ "Florida Small Businesses Endorse Randy Fine for Election to Congress". National Federation of Independent Business. March 20, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  26. ↑ "U.S. Chamber Endorses Candidate Randy Fine for Florida's 6th Congressional District". United States Chamber of Commerce. March 25, 2025. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
  27. ↑ Manchester, Julia (March 28, 2025). "Sanders endorses Democrat in contested Florida special House race". The Hill. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
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