2022 United States Senate election in Florida

The 2022 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Florida. Incumbent Republican Senator Marco Rubio won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Val Demings in a landslide. Rubio was first elected in 2010, filling the seat of appointed Senator George LeMieux. Rubio won re-election to a third term, becoming the first Republican to do so in Florida history.

The primary elections for Republicans and Democrats took place on August 23 to finalize candidates for the November election. Rubio won the uncontested Republican primary, while incumbent U.S. Representative Val Demings won the Democratic nomination.

Despite some predicting a close race early, Rubio went on to win by a comfortable 16.4%, improving upon his 2016 performance by 8.7%.

Nominee

 * Marco Rubio, incumbent U.S. senator

Did not qualify

 * Kevin DePuy, former Marine Corps sergeant
 * Howard Knepper, businessman and perennial candidate (ran as a write-in candidate)
 * Jake Loubriel, Florida National Guardsman
 * Ervan Katari Miller, perennial candidate
 * Earl Yearicks IV, maritime captain

Withdrawn

 * Calvin Driggers, businessman
 * Luis Miguel, conservative writer and activist (ran for State House)
 * Angela Walls-Windhauser, perennial candidate

Declined

 * Pam Bondi, former Florida attorney general
 * Matt Gaetz, U.S. representative (ran for re-election)
 * Brian Mast, U.S. representative (ran for re-election)
 * Roger Stone, political consultant
 * Donald Trump, former president of the United States (endorsed Rubio)
 * Ivanka Trump, former advisor to the President
 * Michael Waltz, U.S. representative (ran for re-election)

Nominee

 * Val Demings, U.S. representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Ricardo de la Fuente, perennial candidate and son of Rocky de la Fuente
 * Brian Rush, former Minority Whip of the Florida House of Representatives
 * William Sanchez, immigration lawyer and former special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice

Did not qualify

 * Edward Abud, businessman
 * Al Fox, president of the Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation
 * Dana Harshman, pharmacist
 * Josue Larose, perennial candidate
 * Coleman Watson, federal attorney and stroke survivor
 * Joshua Weil, teacher

Withdrawn

 * Allen Ellison, policy consultant and nominee for FL's 17th congressional district in 2018 and 2020 (ran for U.S. House)
 * Alan Grayson, former U.S. representative and candidate in 2016 (ran for U.S. House)
 * Ilya Katz, Loyola University Chicago professor
 * Allek Pastrana, engineer (ran for U.S. House)
 * Ken Russell, Miami City Commissioner (ran for U.S. House)

Declined

 * Aramis Ayala, former state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida (2017–2021) (ran for Attorney General)
 * Charlie Crist, U.S. representative, former governor of Florida, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, and nominee for governor in 2014 (ran for governor)
 * Ted Deutch, U.S. representative
 * Anna Eskamani, state representative
 * Nikki Fried, Florida commissioner of agriculture (ran for governor)
 * Gwen Graham, Assistant Secretary of Education for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, former U.S. representative, and candidate for governor in 2018
 * Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, former U.S. representative
 * Stephanie Murphy, U.S. representative

Results
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Qualified

 * Dennis Misigoy, former chairman of the Enclave at Black Point Community Development District board of supervisors (2016–2021)

Did not file

 * Shantele Bennett, financial advisor and candidate for mayor of Orlando in 2019

Declared

 * Steven B. Grant, former mayor of Boynton Beach (2016–2022)
 * Quoc Tuan Nguyen, Florida Institute of Technology professor

Did not qualify

 * Carlos Barberena, digital marketing consultant

Did not file

 * Grace Granda, business consultant

Withdraw

 * Jason Holic, businessman

Declined

 * David Jolly, chairman of Serve America Movement and former U.S. representative
 * John Morgan, attorney and medical marijuana advocate
 * Joe Scarborough, MSNBC host and former U.S. representative

Declared

 * Jay An
 * Uloma Uma Expete
 * Edward Gray
 * Salomon Hernandez Sr.
 * Howard Knepper, businessman and perennial candidate
 * Moses Quiles, security technician

Polling

 * Aggregate polls
 * Graphical summary


 * Marco Rubio vs. Aramis Ayala
 * Marco Rubio vs. Alan Grayson
 * Marco Rubio vs. Stephanie Murphy
 * Marco Rubio vs. generic Democrat

By county

 * Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
 * Miami-Dade (largest municipality: Miami)
 * Osceola (largest municipality: Kissimmee)
 * St. Lucie (largest municipality: Port St. Lucie)

By congressional district
Rubio won 20 of 28 congressional districts.