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Florida’s 18th District

U.S. House · FL-18

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 85% chance of winning, with an average lead of 9.6 points.

Competitive. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 29%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 54.1%

    Scott Franklin, incumbent

  • Democrat 45.9%

    Curtis Gibson

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
FL-18 54.1%45.9%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+9.9 54.5%−8.6

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Scott Franklin · Republican

Primary results

Held August 18, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Curtis Gibson 0.0%
Republican primary Scott Franklin 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Scott Franklin

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Curtis Gibson

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Simmons, Deva

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 25.1 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 9.6 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 18 61%
  • Former district 11 19%
  • Former district 9 11%
  • Former district 15 8%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • FL-14 Democrat, competitive
  • FL-10 Democrat, safe seat
  • FL-11 Republican, toss-up
  • FL-12 Republican, competitive
  • FL-16 Republican, toss-up
  • FL-15 Republican, competitive

Watch list

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The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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Forecast updated