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Howard Knepper (No Party Affiliation) ran for election to theU.S. Senate to represent Florida. He lost as a write-in in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Florida, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Florida

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Florida on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Scott (R)	55.6	5,977,706
		Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D)	42.8	4,603,077
		Ben Everidge (No Party Affiliation)	0.6	62,683
		Feena Bonoan (L)	0.5	57,363
		Tuan Nguyen (No Party Affiliation)	0.5	56,586
		Howard Knepper (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	13

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,757,428
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Shantele Bennett (No Party Affiliation)
• Grace Granda (No Party Affiliation)
• Marcos Reyes (No Party Affiliation)
• A.C. Toulme (One Earth Party)
• Mason Cysewski (G)
• Salomon Hernandez (No Party Affiliation)
• Randy Toler (G)
• Samir Hazza (No Party Affiliation)
• James Davis (No Party Affiliation)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell defeatedStanley Campbell,Brian Rush, andRod Joseph in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	68.5	747,397
		Stanley Campbell	19.6	213,777
		Brian Rush	6.7	73,013
		Rod Joseph	5.2	56,961

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,091,148
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Donald Horan (D)
• Everett Stern (D)
• Chase Anderson Romagnano (D)
• Josue Larose (D)
• Matthew Sanscrainte (D)
• Bernard Korn (D)
• Alan Grayson (D)
• Matt Boswell (D)
• Phil Ehr (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Florida

IncumbentRick Scott defeatedKeith Gross andJohn Columbus in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Florida on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Scott	84.4	1,283,904
		Keith Gross	9.4	142,392
		John Columbus	6.3	95,342

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,521,638
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Katy Sun (R)
• Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser (R)
• Shannon O'Dell (R)
• Patricia Krentcil (R)
• Joe Smith (R)

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled.Feena Bonoan advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Florida.

Endorsements

2022

See also: United States Senate election in Florida, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Florida

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Florida on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marco Rubio (R)	57.7	4,474,847
		Val Demings (D)	41.3	3,201,522
		Dennis Misigoy (L)	0.4	32,177
		Steven B. Grant (No Party Affiliation)	0.4	31,816
		Tuan Nguyen (No Party Affiliation)	0.2	17,385
		Edward A. Gray (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	190
		Uloma Ekpete Kama (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	42
		Moses Quiles (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	33
		Howard Knepper (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	2

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,758,014
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jason Holic (No Party Affiliation)
• Carlos Barberena (No Party Affiliation)
• Shantele Bennett (No Party Affiliation)
• Ahmad Saide (No Party Affiliation)
• Timothy Devine (No Party Affiliation)
• Grace Granda (No Party Affiliation)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida

Val Demings defeatedBrian Rush,William Sanchez, andRicardo De La Fuente in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Demings	84.3	1,263,706
		Brian Rush	6.3	94,185
		William Sanchez	5.6	84,576
		Ricardo De La Fuente	3.8	56,749

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,499,216
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Allen Ellison (D)
• Edward Abud (D)
• Joshua Weil (D)
• Alan Grayson (D)
• Allek Pastrana (D)
• Ken Russell (D)
• Coleman Watson (D)
• Albert Fox (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. IncumbentMarco Rubio advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Florida.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Calvin Driggers (R)
• Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser (R)
• Jake Loubriel (R)
• Luis Miguel (R)
• Josue Larose (R)
• Ervan Katari Miller (R)
• Earl Yearicks IV (R)
• Kevin DePuy (R)

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled.Dennis Misigoy advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Florida.

2020

See also: Florida's 24th Congressional District election, 2020

Florida's 24th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 18 Democratic primary)

Florida's 24th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 18 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 24

IncumbentFrederica S. Wilson defeatedLavern Spicer,Christine Alexandria Olivo,Howard Knepper, andHector Rivera in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 24 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frederica S. Wilson (D)	75.6	218,825
		Lavern Spicer (R)	20.4	59,084
		Christine Alexandria Olivo (No Party Affiliation)	4.0	11,703
		Howard Knepper (R) (Write-in)	0.0	17
	Submit photo	Hector Rivera (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	9

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 289,638
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 24

IncumbentFrederica S. Wilson defeatedSakinah Lehtola andRicardo De La Fuente in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 24 on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frederica S. Wilson	84.7	68,505
		Sakinah Lehtola	7.7	6,267
		Ricardo De La Fuente	7.6	6,134

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 80,906
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled.Lavern Spicer advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 24.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kirk Chong (R)

2018

See also:United States Senate election in Florida, 2018

See also:United States Senate election in Florida (August 28, 2018 Democratic primary)

See also:United States Senate election in Florida (August 28, 2018 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Florida

Rick Scott defeated incumbentBill Nelson in the general election for U.S. Senate Florida on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Scott (R)	50.1	4,099,505
		Bill Nelson (D)	49.9	4,089,472
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	1,028

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,190,005
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Joe Allen (Independent)
• Joe Wendt (L)
• Gregory Bowles (Independent)
• Carlos Garcia (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida

IncumbentBill Nelson advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Florida on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Bill Nelson

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tamika Lyles (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Florida

Rick Scott defeatedRoque De La Fuente in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Florida on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Scott	88.6	1,456,187
		Roque De La Fuente	11.4	187,209

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,643,396
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Martin Mikhail (R)
• Augustus Sol Invictus (R)
• Joe Smith (R)
• Marcia Thorne (R)

2016

See also:United States Senate election in Florida, 2016

The race forFlorida's U.S. Senate seat was one of nine competitivebattleground races in 2016 that that helped Republicans maintain control of the Senate. Incumbent Sen.Marco Rubio (R) defeated U.S. Rep.Patrick Murphy (D), Iraq war veteranPaul Stanton (L), and nine independent and write-in candidates in the general election, which took place on November 8, 2016. According toPolitico, Rubio was “the first Republican senator from the Sunshine State ever to win reelection in a presidential election year.”^[1][2]

Rubio called Murphy "hyper-partisan," "a rubber stamp for, God forbid, a Clinton presidency," and accused him of fabricating his qualifications.^[3][4][5][6] Murphy criticized Rubio, saying, "Sen. Rubio has the worst vote attendance record of any Florida senator in nearly 50 years." Murphy's spokeswoman Galia Slayen said, "Marco Rubio is willing to abandon his responsibility to Floridians and hand over our country's national security to Donald Trump, as long as it advances his own political career."^[7]

In his victory speech, Rubio said, “[I] hope that I and my colleagues as we return to work in Washington D.C. can set a better example how political discourse should exist in this country. And I know people feel betrayed and you have a right to. Every major institution in our society has failed us — the media, the government, big business, Wall Street, academia — they have all failed us. So people are so frustrated and angry. But we must channel that anger and frustration into something positive. Let it move us forward as energy to confront and solve our challenges and our problems.”^[8]

U.S. Senate, Florida General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Marco RubioIncumbent	52%	4,835,191
	Democratic	Patrick Murphy	44.3%	4,122,088
	Libertarian	Paul Stanton	2.1%	196,956
	Independent	Bruce Nathan	0.6%	52,451
	Independent	Tony Khoury	0.5%	45,820
	Independent	Steven Machat	0.3%	26,918
	Independent	Basil Dalack	0.2%	22,236
	N/A	Write-in	0%	160
Total Votes				9,301,820
Source:Florida Division of Elections

U.S. Senate, Florida Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Marco RubioIncumbent	72%	1,029,830
Carlos Beruff	18.5%	264,427
Dwight Young	6.4%	91,082
Ernie Rivera	3.2%	45,153
Total Votes		1,430,492
Source:Florida Division of Elections

U.S. Senate, Florida Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Patrick Murphy	58.9%	665,985
Alan Grayson	17.7%	199,929
Pam Keith	15.4%	173,919
Roque De La Fuente	5.4%	60,810
Reginald Luster	2.6%	29,138
Total Votes		1,129,781
Source:Florida Division of Elections

U.S. Senate, Florida Libertarian Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Paul Stanton	73.5%	2,946
Augustus Invictus Sol	26.5%	1,063
Total Votes		4,009
Source:Florida Division of Elections

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2024

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2022

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2020

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