2018 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election

The 2018 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election occurred on November 6, 2018, to elect the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. Democrat Nikki Fried narrowly defeated Republican Matt Caldwell. Fried became the only statewide elected Democrat in Florida, as U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, who had held Florida's Class I U.S. Senate seat since 2000, lost re-election.

As of, this remains the last time that a Democrat has won a statewide election in Florida, and the only time since 2012.

Declared

 * Matt Caldwell, state representative
 * Denise Grimsley, state senator
 * Mike McCalister, retired United States Army colonel, Republican candidate for governor in 2010, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2012
 * Baxter Troutman, former state representative

Withdrawn

 * Paul Paulson, businessman, 2015 candidate for Mayor of Orlando

Declined

 * Ben Albritton, state representative
 * Halsey Beshears, state representative
 * Lisa Carlton, former state senator
 * Steve Crisafulli, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
 * Greg Steube, state senator (running for congress)

Declared

 * Jeff Porter, mayor of Homestead
 * R. David Walker, president of the South Florida Audubon Society
 * Nikki Fried, lobbyist attorney

Withdrawn

 * Michael Christine, University of Miami School of Law student
 * Daniel Sohn, Palm Beach County Soil and Water Conservation District aide
 * Thomas Clayton White Jr., Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University chemistry professor

Declined

 * Katie Edwards-Walpole, state representative
 * Patrick Murphy, former U.S. Congressman, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in 2016

Polling

 * With Grimsley


 * With Troutman