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Florida’s 14th District

U.S. House · FL-14

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

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 79% chance of winning, with an average lead of 8.6 points.

Competitive. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 34%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 53.3%

    Kathy Castor, incumbent

  • Republican 46.7%

    Mike Beltran

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
FL-14 53.3%46.7%
National averageUnited States 54.5%−1.2 44.2%+2.5

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

1 poll, 2 scenarios

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Current member

Kathy Castor · Democrat

Primary results

Held August 18, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Kathy Castor 0.0%
Republican primary Mike Beltran 45.6% 25,850 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Kathy Castor

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Lambert, Brian Keith

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

  • Republican Challenger

    Mike Beltran

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 16.7 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 8.6 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 16 51%
  • Former district 14 31%
  • Former district 15 18%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • FL-16 Republican, toss-up
  • FL-12 Republican, competitive
  • FL-13 Republican, toss-up
  • FL-18 Republican, competitive
  • FL-15 Republican, competitive
  • FL-11 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