Joe Smith (Florida)

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Joe Smith

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Joe Smith (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Florida. He was disqualified from the Republican primary scheduled on August 20, 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 are bolded 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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 defeated Stanley Campbell, Brian Rush, and Rod 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 no incumbents 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

Incumbent Rick Scott defeated Keith Gross and John 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 are bolded 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.

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2020

See also: Florida's 22nd Congressional District election, 2020

Florida's 22nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 18 Republican primary)

Florida's 22nd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 18 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 22

Incumbent Theodore E. Deutch defeated James Pruden in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 22 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Theodore E. Deutch (D)	58.6	235,764
		James Pruden (R)	41.4	166,553

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 402,317
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lisa Marmorato (Unaffiliated)
• Omar Reyes (Independent)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Theodore E. Deutch advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 22.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Imtiaz Mohammad (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 22

James Pruden defeated Jessi Melton, Fran Flynn, and Darlene Cerezo Swaffar in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 22 on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Pruden	35.6	11,840
		Jessi Melton	30.0	9,969
		Fran Flynn	26.1	8,667
		Darlene Cerezo Swaffar	8.3	2,763

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,239
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kevin Boyle (R)
• Eddison Walters (R)
• Joe Smith (R)
• Christine Scott (R)

2018

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Florida

Rick Scott defeated incumbent Bill 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 are bolded 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

Incumbent Bill 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 defeated Roque 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 no incumbents 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)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Joe Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Joe Smith did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Joe Smith campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. Senate Florida	Disqualified primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Florida District 22	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Florida's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Ashley Moody (R)

Rick Scott (R)

Representatives

District 1

Jimmy Patronis (R)

District 2

Neal Dunn (R)

District 3

Kat Cammack (R)

District 4

Aaron Bean (R)

District 5

John Rutherford (R)

District 6

Randy Fine (R)

District 7

Cory Mills (R)

District 8

Mike Haridopolos (R)

District 9

Darren Soto (D)

District 10

Maxwell Frost (D)

District 11

Daniel Webster (R)

District 12

Gus Bilirakis (R)

District 13

Anna Luna (R)

District 14

Kathy Castor (D)

District 15

Laurel Lee (R)

District 16

Vern Buchanan (R)

District 17

Greg Steube (R)

District 18

Scott Franklin (R)

District 19

Byron Donalds (R)

District 20

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D)

District 21

Brian Mast (R)

District 22

Lois Frankel (D)

District 23

Jared Moskowitz (D)

District 24

Frederica Wilson (D)

District 25

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D)

District 26

Mario Diaz-Balart (R)

District 27

Maria Elvira Salazar (R)

District 28

Carlos Gimenez (R)

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Democratic Party (8)