Florida has 46 contested state legislative primaries in 2024, a decrease of 43% from the preceding cycle.
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Nineteen of these primaries are for Democrats, down 39% from 31 in 2022. Republicans have 27 primaries, a 45% decrease from 49 in 2022.
Thirteen incumbents face primary challenges, the fewest since tracking began in 2010 and representing 12% of all incumbents running for re-election. The average number of contested incumbents each election cycle from 2010 to 2022 was 22.
Of the 13 incumbents in contested primaries, eight are Democrats and five are Republicans.
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In total, 336 major party candidates—172 Democrats and 164 Republicans—filed to run. All 120 House seats and 20 of 40 Senate seats are up for election. Thirty-one of those seats are open, meaning no incumbents filed. This is the fewest since 2014, when 18 seats were open.
Florida has a Republican trifecta and has had a Republican trifecta every year since 1999 except 2010, when then-Governor Charlie Crist became an Independent. Republicans currently have an 84-36 majority in the House and a 28-12 majority in the Senate.
Florida’s state legislative primaries are scheduled for August 20.
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