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Florida’s 28th District

U.S. House · FL-28

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 19.1 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 4%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 59.5%

    Carlos Giménez, incumbent

  • Democrat 40.5%

    Phil Ehr

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
FL-28 59.5%40.5%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+15.2 54.5%−14.0

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.

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over69.4% (± 1.0)

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

Current member

Carlos Giménez · Republican

Primary results

Held August 18, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Phil Ehr 0.0%
Republican primary Carlos Giménez 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Carlos Giménez

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Phil Ehr

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 29.1 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 19.1 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • FL-27 Republican, competitive
  • FL-26 Republican, safe seat
  • FL-24 Democrat, safe seat
  • FL-25 Democrat, toss-up
  • FL-20 Democrat, safe seat
  • FL-22 Democrat, toss-up

Watch list

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The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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Forecast updated