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The 2016 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 8, 2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Florida, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primary elections for both the Republicans and Democrats took place on August 30, 2016.

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  • The 2016 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 8, 2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Florida, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primary elections for both the Republicans and Democrats took place on August 30, 2016. Incumbent Republican Senator Marco Rubio ran for another term but faced well-funded Republican primary opposition after initially announcing he would not seek re-election to his Senate seat. He had openly considered whether to seek re-election or run for president in 2016. He stated in April 2014 that he would not run for both the Senate and president in 2016, as Florida law prohibits a candidate from simultaneously appearing twice on a ballot, but did not rule out running for either office. However, in April 2015, Rubio announced that he was running for President and would not seek re-election. Rubio had initially said he would not run for re-election to the Senate even if he dropped out of the GOP presidential primary before he would have to qualify for the 2016 Senate primary ballot, for which the filing deadline was June 24, 2016. On June 13, 2016, despite his previous statements that he would not run for re-election to his Senate seat, Rubio "seemed to open the door to running for re-election," citing the previous day's mass shooting in Orlando and how "it really gives you pause, to think a little bit about your service to your country and where you can be most useful to your country." On June 22, 2016, Rubio announced that he would seek re-election to the Senate, reversing his pledge not to run. On August 30, the Republican Party nominated Marco Rubio, and the Democratic Party nominated Representative Patrick Murphy. Rubio won with the largest raw vote total in Florida history (until Donald Trump broke the record in 2020), taking a greater percentage of the popular vote than Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who won the state in the election. He is the first Republican Senator from Florida since 1994, and only the second with Connie Mack, to be reelected to a second term. Also, with Mel Martinez's victory in 2004, this marks the first time that Republicans have won one of Florida's Senate seats three times in a row (Mack succeeded Lawton Chiles, a Democrat, and was succeeded by another Democrat, Bill Nelson). Marco Rubio won 48% of the Hispanic vote and 17% of the African American vote during this election, an exceptional number for a Republican during a presidential year. Additionally, Rubio's raw vote total was the highest vote total for any Republican Senate candidate up until Texas Senator John Cornyn broke it in 2020. (en)
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  • * Rick Scott, Governor of Florida (en)
  • ;Newspaper Editorial Boards * Miami Herald (en)
  • ;Individuals * Keon A. Grayson, North Central, Miami-Dade County Community Councilman * Steve Scheetz, former Chair of the Pennsylvania Libertarian Party * Bill Wohlsifer, former candidate for Florida Attorney General (en)
  • ;Politicians * Dennis Kucinich, former US Representative from Ohio's 10th District and Presidential Candidate in 2004 & 2008 ;Activists * Jane Kleeb, Executive Director of BOLD Nebraska * Carl Pope, former Executive Director of Sierra Club ;Labor unions * CWA – Communications Workers of America ;Organizations * People for the American Way * Progressive Democrats of America Florida Chapter (en)
  • ;Individuals * Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Representative * John R. Bolton, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations * Dan Bongino, former U.S. Secret Service agent and U.S. House and Senate candidate * Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon and former candidate for President in 2016 * Jim France, NASCAR executive * Trey Gowdy, U.S. Representative * Sean Jackson, Chairman of the Black Republican Caucus of South Florida * Mike Lee, U.S. Senator from Utah * Bob Martinez, former Florida Governor * John Rood, former U.S. Ambassador * Francis Rooney, former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican * Tom Rooney, U.S. Representative ;Organizations * Club for Growth * Family Research Council * FreedomWorks * Madison Project PAC * Senate Conservatives Fund * Support and Defend PAC * Tea Party Express * Citizens United * Combat Veterans for Congress * Conservative HQ (en)
  • ;Presidents of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of The United States ;Governors * Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida and 2016 presidential candidate * Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee * Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas and 2016 presidential candidate * John Kasich, Governor of Ohio and 2016 presidential candidate * George Pataki, former Governor of New York and 2016 presidential candidate * Mike Pence, Governor of Indiana and 2016 Vice Presidential nominee * Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts and 2012 Republican Presidential Nominee ;U.S. Senators * John Cornyn, U.S. Senator from Texas and Senate Majority Whip * Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas and 2016 presidential candidate * Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator from South Carolina and 2016 presidential candidate * Mike Lee, U.S. Senator from Utah * Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator from Kentucky and Senate Majority Leader * Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 2012 presidential candidate and 2016 presidential candidate ;U.S. Representatives * Paul Ryan, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. ;Individuals * John Bolton, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations * Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, 2010 Republican nominee for Senate in California, and 2016 presidential candidate * Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House of Representatives and 2012 presidential candidate * Sean Hannity, conservative talk radio host and host of Hannity * Evan McMullin, former chief policy director for the House Republican Conference in the U.S. House of Representatives, former CIA operations officer and 2016 independent candidate for president * Reince Priebus, Republican National Committee chairman * Donald Trump, Chairman and CEO of the Trump Organization and 2016 presidential nominee ;Organizations * Club for Growth * FreedomWorks * United States Chamber of Commerce * American Conservative Union ;Statewide officials * Carlos López-Cantera, Lieutenant Governor of Florida and former 2016 U.S. Senate candidate in Florida ;Newspaper Editorial Boards * Miami Herald * Orlando Sentinel (en)
  • ;Individuals * Gus Bilirakis, U.S. Representative * Rich Nugent, U.S. Representative * Dennis A. Ross, U.S. Representative (en)
  • ;Statewide officials * Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida ;State legislators * Ben Albritton, state representative * Frank Artiles, state representative * Bryan Avila, state representative * Dennis K. Baxley, state representative * Halsey Beshears, state representative * Michael Bileca, state representative * Jim Boyd, state representative * Jason Brodeur, state representative * Matt Caldwell, state representative * Bob Cortes, state representative * José Félix Díaz, state representative * Manny Díaz, Jr., state representative * Miguel Diaz de la Portilla, state senator * Brad Drake, state representative * Dane Eagle, state representative * Heather Fitzenhagen, state representative * Anitere Flores, state senator * Erik Fresen, state representative * Bill Galvano, State Senate Majority Leader * Rene Garcia, state senator * Julio Gonzalez, state representative * Tom Goodson, state representative * Clay Ingram, state representative * Mike La Rosa, state representative * MaryLynn Magar, state representative * George Moraitis, state representative * Jeanette Nuñez, state representative * H. Marlene O'Toole, state representative * José R. Oliva, state representative * Kathleen Passidomo, state representative * Keith Perry, state representative * Ray Pilon, state representative * Scott Plakon, state representative * Rene Plasencia, state representative * Elizabeth W. Porter, state representative * Holly Merrill Raschein, state representative * Ken Roberson, state representative * David Santiago, state representative * Jimmie Todd Smith, state representative * Carlos Trujillo, state representative * Ritch Workman, state representative ;Mayors and other municipal leaders * Sam Newby, Jacksonville City Councilman (en)
  • ;Individuals * Will Coley, activist, radio host, and former vice presidential candidate * Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico and Libertarian nominee for President in 2016 * Marc Allan Feldman, physician and former presidential candidate * Jim Gray, author, former judge and Libertarian vice presidential nominee in 2012 * Thomas Knapp, writer, founder of the Boston Tea Party (political party), and former Reform Party vice presidential candidate * John McAfee, CEO of MGT Capital Investments Inc, founder of McAfee Inc and former presidential candidate * Kevin McCormick, former presidential candidate * Richard Molek, Chair of the Libertarian Party of Lee County * Darryl W. Perry, activist, author, radio host, lobbyist, former presidential candidate and former Chairman of the Boston Tea Party (political party) * William Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts and Libertarian nominee for Vice President in 2016 ;Libertarian Party of Florida Affiliates * Libertarian Party of Broward County * Libertarian Party of Collier County * Libertarian Party of Pinellas County * Libertarian Party of Santa Rosa County * Libertarian Party of Volusia County * Northwest Florida Libertarian Party * Libertarian Party of Palm Beach County ;Organizations * Eastern Liberty Alliance PAC * Ninjas for Liberty PAC (en)
  • ;Presidents * Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States ;Vice Presidents * Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States ;U.S. Cabinet Members and Cabinet-level officials * Hillary Clinton, 67th United States Secretary of State, 2008 presidential candidate and 2016 presidential nominee ;U.S. Senators * Cory Booker, New Jersey * Sherrod Brown, Ohio * Bob Casey, Pennsylvania * Al Franken, Minnesota * Bob Graham, Florida * Martin Heinrich, New Mexico * Tim Kaine, Virginia * Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota * Claire McCaskill, Missouri * Chris Murphy, Connecticut * Bill Nelson, Florida * Harry Reid, Nevada * Brian Schatz, Hawaii * Chuck Schumer, New York * Jon Tester, Montana * Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island ;U.S. Representatives * Pete Aguilar, California * Joyce Beatty, Ohio * Don Beyer, Virginia * John Carney, Delaware * Andre Carson, Indiana * David Cicilline, Rhode Island * Katherine Clark, Massachusetts * Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey * Gerry Connolly, Virginia * Joe Crowley, New York * Ted Deutch, Florida * John Delaney, Maryland * Elizabeth Esty, Connecticut * Barney Frank, Massachusetts * Lois Frankel, Florida * Marcia Fudge, Ohio * Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii * Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico * Janice Hahn, California * Alcee Hastings, Florida * Denny Heck, Washington * Jim Himes, Connecticut * Jared Huffman, California * Steve Israel, New York * Bill Keating, Massachusetts * Dan Kildee, Michigan * Derek Kilmer, Washington * Annie Kuster, New Hampshire * Carolyn Maloney, New York * Sean Patrick Maloney, New York * Jerry McNerney, California * Grace Meng, New York * Seth Moulton, Massachusetts * Beto O'Rourke, Texas * Bill Pascrell, New Jersey * Donald Payne, Jr., New Jersey * Ed Perlmutter, Colorado * Scott Peters, California * Kathleen Rice, New York * Cedric Richmond, Louisiana * Raul Ruiz, California * Jan Schakowsky, Illinois * Terri Sewell, Alabama * Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona * Jackie Speier, California * Eric Swalwell, California * Mark Takano, California * Juan Vargas, California * Marc Veasey, Texas * Filemon Vela, Texas * Frederica Wilson, Florida ;Statewide officials * Charlie Crist, former Republican Governor of Florida, Independent candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010 and Democratic nominee for Governor in 2014 * Nan Rich, former State Senator and Democratic candidate for Governor in 2014 * Alex Sink, former Chief Financial Officer of Florida, nominee for Governor in 2010 and nominee for Florida's 13th congressional district in 2014 ;State legislators * Joseph Abruzzo, State Senator * Bruce Antone, State Representative * Lori Berman, State Representative * Jeff Clemens, State Senator * Janet Cruz, State Representative * Dwight Dudley, State Representative * Katie Edwards, State Representative * Reggie Fullwood, State Representative * Joe Geller, State Representative * Audrey Gibson, State Senator * Kristin Jacobs, State Representative * Evan Jenne, State Representative * Mia L. Jones, State Representative * Shevrin D. Jones, State Representative * Dave Kerner, State Representative * Larry Lee, Jr., State Representative * Gwen Margolis, State Senator * Jared Moskowitz, State Representative * Amanda Murphy, State Representative * Ed Narain, State Representative * Bobby Powell, State Representative * Kevin Rader, State Representative * Jeremy Ring, State Senator * Jose Javier Rodriguez, State Representative * Irving Slosberg, State Representative * Chris Smith, State Senator * Eleanor Sobel, State Senator * Cynthia Stafford, State Representative * Richard Stark, State Representative * Dwayne L. Taylor, State Representative * Alan Williams, State Representative ;Mayors and other municipal leaders * Burt Aaronson, former Palm Beach County Commissioner * Diane Veltri Bendekovic, Mayor of Plantation * Peggy Bell, Mayor of Cutler Bay * Mark Bogen, Broward County Commissioner * Bob Buckhorn, Mayor of Tampa * Skip Campbell, Mayor of Coral Springs * William Capote, Mayor of Palm Bay * Joyce Cusack, Volusia County Councilwoman * Harry Dressler, Mayor of Tamarac * Beam Furr, Broward County Commissioner * Andrew Gillum, Mayor of Tallahassee * Cary Glickstein, Mayor of Delray Beach * Derrick Henry, Mayor of Daytona Beach * Dale Holness, Broward County Commissioner * Scott Israel, Broward County Sheriff * Eric Jablin, Mayor of Palm Beach Gardens * Richard Kaplan, Mayor of Lauderhill * Marty Kiar, Broward County Commissioner * Rick Kriseman, Mayor of St. Petersburg * Wayne Messam, Mayor of Miramar * Bob Margolis, Mayor of Wellington * Jeri Muoio, Mayor of West Palm Beach * Ben Nelson, Jr., Mayor of Bonita Springs * Frank Ortis, Mayor of Pembroke Pines * Lori Parrish, Broward County Property Appraiser * Michael Ryan, Mayor of Sunrise * Tim M. Ryan, Mayor of Broward County * Jack Seiler, Mayor of Fort Lauderdale * Becky Tooley, Mayor of Coconut Creek * Shelley Vana, Mayor of Palm Beach County and former state representative ;Labor unions * AFGE – American Federation of Government Employees * AFSCME – American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees * IAM – International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers * IBT – International Brotherhood of Teamsters * International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers * LIUNA – Laborers' International Union of North America * SEIU – Service Employees International Union * UBC – United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America ;Organizations * Congressional Black Caucus * Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee * End Citizens United * Florida Alliance for Retired Americans * League of Conservation Voters * NARAL Pro-Choice America * Planned Parenthood ;Newspaper Editorial Boards * Orlando Sentinel * Sun-Sentinel (en)
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  • The 2016 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 8, 2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Florida, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primary elections for both the Republicans and Democrats took place on August 30, 2016. (en)
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