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Ron DeSantis
US House of Representatives
Governor of Florida

This article describes the electoral history of Ron DeSantis, the 46th and current governor of Florida and a former member of the United States House of Representatives.

A member of the Republican Party, DeSantis was initially elected to the House in 2012 to represent Florida's 6th congressional district. He retained his seat for three terms before not seeking a fourth to pursue the governorship.

DeSantis won the gubernatorial election in 2018 by a margin of around 32,000 votes against Democratic nominee Andrew Gillum. DeSantis won re-election, facing former Florida governor Charlie Crist in the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election.

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2012

2012 Florida's 6th congressional district election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron DeSantis 195,962 57.3
Democratic Heather Beaven 146,489 42.8
Total votes 342,451 100.0
Republican hold
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron DeSantis 24,132 38.8
Republican Fred Costello 14,189 22.8
Republican Beverly Slough 8,229 13.2
Republican Craig Miller 8,113 13.1
Republican Richard Clark 6,090 9.8
Republican Alec Pueschel 739 1.2
Republican William Billy Kogut 628 1.0
Total votes 62,120 100.0

2014

In this election, no GOP primary was held and DeSantis won the nomination unopposed.

2014 Florida's 6th congressional district election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron DeSantis (incumbent) 166,254 62.5
Democratic David Cox 99,563 37.5
Total votes 265,817 100.0
Republican hold

2016

2016 Florida's 6th congressional district election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron DeSantis (incumbent) 213,519 58.6
Democratic Bill McCullough 151,051 41.4
Total votes 364,570 100.0
Republican hold
2016 Florida's Republican 6th congressional district primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron DeSantis (incumbent) 41,311 61.0
Republican Fred Costello 16,690 24.7
Republican G.G. Galloway 9,683 14.3
Total votes 67,684 100.0

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2018 Florida gubernatorial election map

2018

2018 Florida gubernatorial election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron DeSantis
Jeanette Nuñez 		4,076,186 49.6
Democratic Andrew Gillum
Chris King 		4,043,723 49.2
Reform Darcy Richardson
Nancy Argenziano 		47,140 0.6
Independent Kyle "KC" Gibson
Ellen Wilds 		24,310 0.3
Independent Ryan Christopher Foley
John Tutton Jr. 		14,630 0.2
Independent Bruce Stanley
Ryan McJury 		14,505 0.2
Write-in 67 0.0
Total votes 8,220,561 100.0
Republican hold
2018 Florida Republican gubernatorial primary[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron DeSantis 913,679 56.5
Republican Adam Putnam 591,449 36.6
Republican Bob White 32,580 2.0
Republican Timothy M. Devine 21,320 1.3
Republican Bob Langford 19,771 1.2
Republican Bruce Nathan 14,487 0.9
Republican Don Baldauf 13,125 0.8
Republican John Joseph Mercadante 11,602 0.7
Total votes 1,618,013 100.0


2022 Florida gubernatorial election map

2022

In this election, DeSantis received the GOP gubernatorial nomination unopposed and no primary election was held.

2022 Florida gubernatorial election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ron DeSantis (incumbent)
Jeanette Nuñez (incumbent) 		4,614,210 59.4
Democratic Charlie Crist
Karla Hernandez 		3,106,313 40.0
Independent Carmen Jackie Gimenez
Kyle "KC" Gibson 		31,577 0.4
Libertarian Hector Roos
Jerry "Tub" Rorabaugh 		19,299 0.2
Total votes 7,771,399 100.0
Republican hold

References

  1. ^ "2012 General Election November 6, 2012 Official Results". Florida Department of State. November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "2014 General Election November 4, 2014 Official Results". Florida Department of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "2016 General Election November 8, 2016 Official Results". Florida Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "2016 Primary Election August 30, 2016 Official Results". Florida Department of State. August 30, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  5. ^ "2018 General Election November 6, 2018 Official Results". Florida Division of Elections. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "2018 Primary Election August 28, 2018 Official Results". Florida Department of State. August 28, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  7. ^ "2022 General Election November 8, 2022 Official Results". Florida Division of Elections. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
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