2022 Florida's 20th congressional district special election

2022 Florida's 20th congressional district special election

← 2020 January 11, 2022[1] November 2022 →

Florida's 20th congressional district
 
Nominee Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Jason Mariner
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 44,707 10,966
Percentage 79.0% 19.4%

County results
Cherfilus-McCormick:      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election

Alcee Hastings
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Democratic

The 2022 Florida's 20th congressional district special election was a special election to the United States House of Representatives. The seat had been vacant since incumbent Democratic representative Alcee Hastings died on April 6, 2021, of pancreatic cancer.[2]

The special election was scheduled by Governor Ron DeSantis to be held on January 11, 2022. The primary elections were held on November 2, 2021.[1]

  1. ^ a b Daugherty, Alex (May 4, 2021). "DeSantis schedules special election for Alcee Hastings' seat in 2022". Miami Herald. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  2. ^ Nicol, Ryan (April 6, 2021). "Alcee Hastings dies at 84 after cancer battle". Florida Politics. Retrieved April 6, 2021.