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Florida’s 1st District

U.S. House · FL-1

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 26.3 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 63.1%

    Jimmy Patronis

  • Democrat 36.9%

    Gay Valimont

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
FL-1 63.1%36.9%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+18.9 54.5%−17.6

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over6.0% (± 0.2)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Primary results

Held August 18, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Gay Valimont 0.0%
Republican primary Jimmy Patronis 71.1% 62,911 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Gay Valimont

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Jimmy Patronis

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 32.1 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 26.3 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • FL-2 Republican, competitive
  • FL-3 Republican, safe seat
  • FL-13 Republican, toss-up
  • FL-4 Republican, toss-up
  • FL-15 Republican, competitive
  • FL-12 Republican, competitive

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated