GAINESVILLE – Republican Kat Cammack has won Florida’s U.S. House seat held by her former boss, retiring Florida Republican Rep. Ted Yoho. Cammack, 32, defeated Democrat Adam Christensen in the firmly conservative 3rd Congressional District that stretches from Clay and Putnam counties, to Alachua, Bradford and Union Counties, and part of Marion County. Cammack carried 57 percent of the vote.
In District 11, Republican U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster, a former speaker of the Florida House, was re-elected to his sixth term, easily defeating Democratic challenger and teacher Dana Cottrell in a district that includes The Villages.
Republicans flipped a pair of Democratic U.S. House seats in Florida on Tuesday, with Maria Elvira Salazar defeating Democrat Donna Shalala and Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez ousting freshman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.
The GOP now has a 16-11 edge in Florida’s House delegation.
Most Florida incumbents retained their seats.
Outspoken Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a close ally of President Donald Trump, easily was reelected to his third term in western Panhandle District 1 where Republicans outnumber Democrats by a grater than 2-1 ratio.
In the Naples area, Republican Byron Donalds, who is Black, will replace retiring Rep. Francis Rooney. And in the Tampa Bay area, Republican Scott Franklin will replace GOP Rep. Ross Spano in District 15.