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2018 Florida Attorney General election

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2018 Florida Attorney General election

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Nominee Ashley Moody Sean Shaw
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 4,232,532 3,744,912
Percentage 52.1% 46.1%

Moody:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Shaw:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes

Attorney General before election

Pam Bondi
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Ashley Moody
Republican

The 2018 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Attorney General of Florida. Incumbent Republican attorney general Pam Bondi was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.

Republican candidate Ashley Moody defeated Democrat Sean Shaw in the election on November 6, 2018, at 93% of the precincts reporting.[1] Moody won by about 6 percentage points, which was the widest margin of any Florida statewide race in 2018.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Withdrawn

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Ashley Moody

U.S. Representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

Mayors and other municipal officials

Organizations

Newspapers

Frank White

U.S. Representatives

State legislators

Mayors and other municipal officials

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Ashley
Moody
Frank
White
Undecided
Gravis Marketing[54] August 21–25, 2018 579 ± 4.1% 35% 32% 33%
Gravis Marketing[55] August 21–22, 2018 321 ± 5.5% 34% 31% 35%
St. Pete Polls[56] August 3–4, 2018 1,755 ± 2.3% 28% 39% 33%
St. Pete Polls[57] July 10–11, 2018 1,387 ± 2.6% 19% 26% 55%

Results

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Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ashley B. Moody 882,028 56.8
Republican Frank White 670,823 43.2
Total votes 1,552,851 100.0

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Sean Shaw

Former U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. Senators

Statewide officials

Mayors and other municipal leaders

  • Dave Aronberg, 15th Judicial Circuit State Attorney
  • Jack Campbell, 2nd Judicial Circuit State Attorney
  • Andrew Warren, 13th Judicial Circuit State Attorney

Organizations

Ryan Torrens

State legislators

Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sean Shaw 1,031,640 73.8
Democratic Ryan Torrens 367,053 26.2
Total votes 1,398,693 100.0

Independents

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Candidates

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  • Jeffrey Siskind, attorney[74]

General election

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ashley
Moody (R)
Sean
Shaw (D)
Other Undecided
University of North Florida[75] October 23–26, 2018 1,048 ± 3.0% 47% 40% <1% 13%
Gravis Marketing[76] October 22–23, 2018 773 ± 3.5% 46% 42% 11%
Schroth, Eldon & Associates (D-EDGE Comms.)[77] October 17–20, 2018 600 ± 4.0% 43% 37% 20%
Cherry Communications[78] September 19–24, 2018 622 ± 4.4% 33% 35% 20%
Public Policy Polling (D-EDGE Comms.)[79] August 29–30, 2018 743 44% 41% 15%
Public Policy Polling (D-EDGE Communications)[80] June 18–19, 2018 1,308 35% 40% 25%
Anzalone Liszt Grove (D-Sean Shaw)[81] May 31 – June 6, 2018 1,204 36% 41% 2% 21%
Public Policy Polling[82] April 10–11, 2018 661 34% 33% 34%
Hypothetical polling

with Frank White

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Frank
White (R)
Sean
Shaw (D)
Other Undecided
Anzalone Liszt Grove (D-Sean Shaw)[81] May 31 – June 6, 2018 1,204 36% 40% 3% 21%
Public Policy Polling[82] April 10–11, 2018 661 32% 33% 34%

Results

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2018 Florida Attorney General election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Ashley Moody 4,232,532 52.11% −2.99%
Democratic Sean Shaw 3,744,912 46.10% +4.09%
Independent Jeffrey Siskind 145,296 1.79% N/A
Total votes 8,122,740 100.0% N/A
Republican hold

By county

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County[83][84] Ashley Moody
Republican
Sean Shaw
Democratic
Jeffrey Siskind
Independent
Alachua 43,897 67,657 1,957
Baker 8,777 1,605 94
Bay 46,313 15,458 1,100
Bradford 7,791 2,423 171
Brevard 168,379 105,093 5,639
Broward 220,278 467,982 10,266
Calhoun 3,531 947 81
Charlotte 55,028 28,427 1,921
Citrus 49,669 19,026 1,704
Clay 66,401 24,791 1,484
Collier 102,682 49,363 1,761
Columbia 17,568 6,726 362
DeSoto 5,874 2,802 153
Dixie 4,741 937 84
Duval 189,329 180,292 5,930
Escambia 77,109 48,501 2,403
Flagler 32,053 19,483 960
Franklin 3,449 1,759 122
Gadsden 6,642 13,042 192
Gilchrist 6,095 1,148 92
Glades 2,690 1,032 73
Gulf 4,300 1,426 118
Hamilton 2,942 1,530 47
Hardee 4,712 1,547 107
Hendry 5,332 3,289 148
Hernando 52,218 26,090 1,749
Highlands 27,231 11,587 701
Hillsborough 258,082 251,985 8,672
Holmes 5,921 732 102
Indian River 46,247 25,807 1,240
Jackson 10,744 4,956 169
Jefferson 3,992 3,138 115
Lafayette 2,355 415 39
Lake 96,282 54,686 2,957
Lee 179,082 101,425 4,992
Leon 53,398 81,881 2,379
Levy 12,496 4,259 239
Liberty 2,014 566 48
Madison 4,413 3,084 69
Manatee 96,918 61,755 3,305
Marion 98,396 52,779 2,391
Martin 49,112 25,817 1,386
Miami-Dade 307,638 457,283 15,408
Monroe 18,411 16,196 768
Nassau 32,320 10,323 511
Okaloosa 61,090 20,351 1,743
Okeechobee 7,946 3,008 193
Orange 186,732 273,906 8,667
Osceola 47,031 64,603 2,236
Palm Beach 246,796 323,380 10,091
Pasco 129,854 76,248 4,217
Pinellas 228,560 193,229 9,056
Polk 142,971 95,766 4,076
Putnam 19,067 8,375 472
Santa Rosa 57,320 16,078 1,723
Sarasota 117,001 88,462 3,751
Seminole 101,735 90,718 3,851
St. Johns 85,912 41,200 2,104
St. Lucie 61,426 59,140 2,266
Sumter 53,435 19,716 813
Suwannee 12,393 3,244 212
Taylor 5,964 1,847 70
Union 3,857 912 67
Volusia 130,511 91,437 4,538
Wakulla 9,858 3,985 268
Walton 23,222 6,407 527
Washington 6,999 1,850 146
Total 4,232,532 3,744,912 145,296

By congressional district

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Moody won 15 of 27 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[85]

District Moody Shaw Representative
1st 69% 29% Matt Gaetz
2nd 68% 31% Neal Dunn
3rd 58% 41% Ted Yoho
4th 64% 34% John Rutherford
5th 37% 62% Al Lawson
6th 59% 39% Ron DeSantis
Michael Waltz
7th 48% 50% Stephanie Murphy
8th 61% 37% Bill Posey
9th 47% 51% Darren Soto
10th 39% 60% Val Demings
11th 67% 31% Daniel Webster
12th 61% 37% Gus Bilirakis
13th 51% 47% Charlie Crist
14th 45% 53% Kathy Castor
15th 57% 42% Dennis Ross
Ross Spano
16th 56% 42% Vern Buchanan
17th 65% 33% Tom Rooney
Greg Steube
18th 55% 43% Brian Mast
19th 64% 34% Francis Rooney
20th 18% 81% Alcee Hastings
21st 40% 58% Lois Frankel
22nd 41% 57% Ted Deutch
23rd 37% 61% Debbie Wasserman Schultz
24th 17% 82% Frederica Wilson
25th 58% 40% Mario Díaz-Balart
26th 46% 51% Carlos Curbelo
Donna Shalala
27th 45% 53% Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

See also

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Official campaign websites