Florida's 1st Congressional District special election, 2025
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A special election to fill the seat representing Florida's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House will be held in 2025. A Republican Party primary was scheduled for January 28, 2025. The Democratic primary was canceled after only one candidate qualified for the ballot. The general election will be held April 1, 2025. The filing deadline was December 6, 2024.
The special election will fill the vacancy left by Matt Gaetz (R), who resigned from office after being selected by Donald Trump (R) to be his nominee for attorney general. Gaetz later withdrew himself from consideration for the position.
As of March 28, 2025, three special elections have been called for the 119th Congress. From the 113th Congress to the 118th Congress, 80 special elections were held. For more data on historical congressional special elections, click here.
This page focuses on Florida's 1st Congressional District special election. For more in-depth information on the district's special primaries, see the following pages:
- Florida's 1st Congressional District special election, 2025 (January 28 Democratic primary)
- Florida's 1st Congressional District special election, 2025 (January 28 Republican primary)
Candidates and election results
General election
Special general election for U.S. House Florida District 1
The following candidates are running in the special general election for U.S. House Florida District 1 on April 1, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Gay Valimont (D) | ||
| Jimmy Patronis (R) | ||
| Stephen E. Broden (No Party Affiliation) | ||
| Richard Dembinsky (Independent) (Write-in) | ||
| Stanley Gray (Independent) (Write-in) | ||
| Stan McDaniels (Independent) (Write-in) | ||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tevin Channing Minus (No Party Affiliation)
- Tyler Davis (Independent)
- Alan Aversa (Independent)
- Jonathan Green (Independent)
Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Gay Valimont advanced from the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 1.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- C. Marcel Davis (D)
Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 1
The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 1 on January 28, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jimmy Patronis | 65.7 | 33,742 | |
| Joel Rudman | 9.9 | 5,099 | ||
| Aaron Dimmock | 6.7 | 3,423 | ||
| Gene Valentino | 6.0 | 3,093 | ||
| Michael Thompson | 5.0 | 2,548 | ||
| Greg Merk | 2.5 | 1,287 | ||
| Jeff Peacock | 1.4 | 743 | ||
| Kevin Gaffney | 1.2 | 634 | ||
| John Mills | 1.1 | 574 | ||
| Jeff Macey | 0.4 | 187 | ||
| Total votes: 51,330 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Christopher Slater (R)
- Cindy Meadows (R)
- Jeff Witt (R)
- Uloma Ekpete Kama (R)
- Eric Hafner (R)
- Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser (R)
- Scott Trotter (R)
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Florida
See also
- Special elections to the 119th United States Congress (2025-2026)
- Florida's 1st Congressional District special election, 2025 (January 28 Democratic primary)
- Florida's 1st Congressional District special election, 2025 (January 28 Republican primary)
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