2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election

2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election
Florida's 6th congressional district
U.S. Representative before election; Michael Waltz; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; TBD;

The 2025 Florida's 6th congressional district special election is an upcoming special election to choose a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The seat is expected to become vacant as Republican incumbent Michael Waltz was chosen by president-elect Donald Trump to be his nominee for White House National Security Advisor.^[1] Waltz was re-elected with 66.5% of the vote in 2024.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Ernest Audino, former brigadier general^[2]

Filed paperwork

Alexandra Van Cleef^[3]

Publicly expressed interest

Rory Diamond, Jacksonville city councilor^[4]
Randy Fine, state senator^[5]
Anthony Sabatini, Lake County commissioner, former state representative, and candidate for the 7th district in 2022 and the 11th district in 2024^[6]

Potential

Webster Barnaby, state representative^[7]
Paul Renner, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives^[7]
David Shoar, former St. Johns County Sheriff^[7]
Chase Tramont, state representative^[7]

Declined

Tom Leek, state representative and state senator-elect^[8]

Democratic Primary

References

^ Mascaro, Lisa; Baldor, Lolita (November 11, 2024). "Trump asks Rep. Mike Waltz, China hawk, to be his national security adviser". The Associated Press. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
^ Harper, Mark. "Special election for Michael Waltz's seat has first candidate, a retired Army general". Daytona Beach News-Journal Online. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
^ "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1849015". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
^ Becker, Ben (November 12, 2023). "Sources: Jacksonville official will run to fill Mike Waltz's seat in Congress". WJAX-TV. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
^ Harper, Mark (November 12, 2024). "Politics Q&As: With Congressman Michael Waltz's departure, who might take his seat?". News-Journal. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
^ Garisto, Julie (November 12, 2023). "Lake County Commissioner-elect Anthony Sabatini ready to take Rep. Mike Waltz's seat". Daily Commercial. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gancarski, A.G. (November 12, 2024). "Rory Diamond considers run to replace Mike Waltz in CD 6". Florida Politics. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
^ Wilson, Drew (13 November 2024). "Tom Leek committed to serving in Florida Senate, will not run for Congress". Florida Politics. Retrieved 14 November 2024.

[1] Mascaro, Lisa; Baldor, Lolita (November 11, 2024). "Trump asks Rep. Mike Waltz, China hawk, to be his national security adviser". The Associated Press. Retrieved November 13, 2024.

[2] Harper, Mark. "Special election for Michael Waltz's seat has first candidate, a retired Army general". Daytona Beach News-Journal Online. Retrieved 2024-11-20.

[3] "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1849015". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-18.

[4] Becker, Ben (November 12, 2023). "Sources: Jacksonville official will run to fill Mike Waltz's seat in Congress". WJAX-TV. Retrieved November 13, 2024.

[5] Harper, Mark (November 12, 2024). "Politics Q&As: With Congressman Michael Waltz's departure, who might take his seat?". News-Journal. Retrieved November 19, 2024.

[6] Garisto, Julie (November 12, 2023). "Lake County Commissioner-elect Anthony Sabatini ready to take Rep. Mike Waltz's seat". Daily Commercial. Retrieved November 13, 2024.

[considers-7] Gancarski, A.G. (November 12, 2024). "Rory Diamond considers run to replace Mike Waltz in CD 6". Florida Politics. Retrieved November 13, 2024.

[8] Wilson, Drew (13 November 2024). "Tom Leek committed to serving in Florida Senate, will not run for Congress". Florida Politics. Retrieved 14 November 2024.

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