Florida FL-06 House2018
RACE AT A GLANCE
RACE TYPE
OPEN
Ron DeSantis (R)
Running for Governor
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Last updated : Apr 3, 2018Key Dates
Filing Deadline: May 4, 2018
Primary Election: Aug 28, 2018
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Full Bio:
DeSANTIS, Ron, a Representative from Florida; born in Jacksonville, Duval County,
Fla., September 14, 1978; graduated from Dunedin High School, Dunedin, Fla.,
1997; B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 2001; J.D., Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass., 2005; United States Navy, 2004-2010; United States Navy
Reserve, 2010-present; author; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred
Thirteenth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3,
2013-present).
Source: Bioguide
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DISTRICT DATA
Florida - 06
Northern Atlantic coast: Daytona Beach, Palm Coast
Population Breakdown
Source: American Community Survey 2015
Past Presidential Results from this District
2016 Election Results
Source: Dave's Redistricting/VEST
2012 Election Results
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RACE ANALYSIS
The Bottom Line
Updated: Oct 23, 2018
Lean Republican. In a surprise, Republicans' concern in Florida now extends beyond Ron DeSantis's standing in the governor's race to his open House seat. Democrat Nancy Soderberg, a protege of Madeleine Albright who served as a UN representative in the Clinton administration, has leveraged those connections to raise $2.4 million and had a three-week head start on the airwaves over GOP Army veteran Mike Waltz.
It should have been easy for Republicans to disqualify Soderberg as a liberal, elitist Clintonista in a Daytona Beach district President Trump carried 57 percent to 40 percent in 2016. But Soderberg, who runs a leadership program at the University of North Florida, didn't face a primary and stockpiled her money and has skewered Waltz for supporting the GOP healthcare bill. Now, Democrats' internal polling shows the race tied.
Waltz grew up in Jacksonville and served as a Green Beret in Afghanistan and an adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney. His new ads frame the race as a "Green Beret" versus a "liberal bureaucrat" who worked for the Clintons, and he's getting back up from American Patriots PAC ads linking Soderberg to Nancy Pelosi. The race should move back in Waltz's favor once those attacks sink in, but Republicans have some catching up to do.
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