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Florida’s 12th District

U.S. House · FL-12

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 91% chance of winning, with an average lead of 11.8 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 19%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 55.5%

    Gus Bilirakis, incumbent

  • Democrat 44.5%

    Kimberly Overman

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
FL-12 55.5%44.5%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+11.3 54.5%−10.0

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Gus Bilirakis · Republican

Primary results

Held August 18, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Kimberly Overman 52.7% 21,811 votes
Republican primary Gus Bilirakis 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Gus Bilirakis

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Kimberly Overman

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Scrivener, Branden

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 35.1 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 11.8 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 12 75%
  • Former district 14 13%
  • Former district 15 12%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • FL-15 Republican, competitive
  • FL-13 Republican, toss-up
  • FL-14 Democrat, competitive
  • FL-11 Republican, toss-up
  • FL-18 Republican, competitive
  • FL-16 Republican, toss-up

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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