Electoral history of Ron DeSantis
Elections featuring Governor of Florida
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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.
US House of Representatives
2012
| 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 | |||||
| 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.
| 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
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||
Governor of Florida
2018
| 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 | ||||
| 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
In this election, DeSantis received the GOP gubernatorial nomination unopposed and no primary election was held.
| 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 | |||||
Presidential elections
2024
Primaries
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 56,243 | 51.00% | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Ron DeSantis | 23,491 | 21.30% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Nikki Haley | 21,027 | 19.07% | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Vivek Ramaswamy | 8,430 | 7.64% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Ryan Binkley | 768 | 0.70% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asa Hutchinson | 188 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 90 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 35 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 110,272 | 100.00% | 40 | 0 | 40 |
Presidential write-ins
DeSantis received 325 write-in votes in the 2024 United States presidential election.This note is disputed as there is no nationwide aggregate of write-in votes and DeSantis was reported to have won at least 400 write-in votes in 5 Florida counties alone.