2022 Florida Chief Financial Officer election

2022 Chief Financial Officer of Florida election

November 8, 2022
 
Nominee Jimmy Patronis Adam Hattersley
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 4,528,811 3,085,697
Percentage 59.48% 40.52%

Patronis:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Hattersley:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%      No votes

CFO before election

Jimmy Patronis
Republican

Elected CFO

Jimmy Patronis
Republican

The 2022 Florida Chief Financial Officer election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Chief Financial Officer of Florida. Incumbent Republican CFO Jimmy Patronis won re-election to a second term with over 59% of the vote and a margin of victory of 19 percentage points.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Did not qualify

  • Tyrone Javellana, accountant[10]

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Adam Hattersley

Statewide officials

Organizations

Labor unions

Independent and third party candidates

Independent candidates

Withdrawn

Did not qualify

  • Benjamin Horbowy[17]

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Jimmy
Patronis (R)
Adam
Hattersley (D)
Undecided
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy[18] September 26–28, 2022 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 47% 37% 16%

Results

2022 Florida Chief Financial Officer election[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jimmy Patronis (incumbent) 4,528,811 59.48% +7.74%
Democratic Adam Hattersley 3,085,697 40.52% −7.74%
Total votes 7,614,508 100.0%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Patronis won 21 of 28 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[20]

District Patronis Hattersley Representative
1st 73% 27% Matt Gaetz
2nd 64% 36% Neal Dunn
3rd 64% 36% Kat Cammack
4th 61% 39% Aaron Bean
5th 66% 34% John Rutherford
6th 68% 32% Michael Waltz
7th 60% 40% Stephanie Murphy (117th Congress)
Cory Mills (118th Congress)
8th 65% 35% Bill Posey
9th 49.9% 50.1% Darren Soto
10th 41% 59% Val Demings (117th Congress)
Maxwell Frost (118th Congress)
11th 63% 37% Daniel Webster
12th 70% 30% Gus Bilirakis
13th 58% 42% Anna Paulina Luna
14th 47% 53% Kathy Castor
15th 59% 41% Laurel Lee
16th 62% 38% Vern Buchanan
17th 65% 35% Greg Steube
18th 69% 31% Scott Franklin
19th 69% 31% Byron Donalds
20th 29% 71% Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
21st 62% 38% Brian Mast
22nd 48% 52% Lois Frankel
23rd 50.1% 49.9% Jared Moskowitz
24th 31% 69% Frederica Wilson
25th 47% 53% Debbie Wasserman Schultz
26th 70% 30% Mario Díaz-Balart
27th 58% 42% María Elvira Salazar
28th 63% 37% Carlos A. Giménez

By county

2022 Florida Chief Financial Officer election (by county)
County Jimmy Patronis

Republican

Adam Hattersley

Democratic

# % # %
Alachua 39,927 42.48% 54,069 57.52%
Baker 9,219 88.87% 1,155 11.13%
Bay 53,919 80.68% 12,913 19,32%
Bradford 8,141 81.14% 1,892 18.86%
Brevard 167,742 64.11% 93,923 35.89%
Broward 243,960 41.55% 343,187 58.45%
Calhoun 4,151 85.92% 680 14.08%
Charlotte 63,646 70.48% 26,661 29.52%
Citrus 55,481 74.49% 19,001 25.51%
Clay 66,731 75.00% 22,248 25.00%
Collier 115,445 72.07% 44,736 27.93%
Columbia 18,349 78.58% 5,002 21.42%
DeSoto 6,371 74.88% 2,137 25.12%
Dixie 5,066 85.98% 826 14.02%
Duval 181,195 55.89% 142,996 44.11%
Escambia 73,747 64.93% 39,825 35.07%
Flagler 38,298 66.51% 19,281 33.49%
Franklin 4,031 74.86% 1,354 25.14%
Gadsden 6,694 38.84% 10,542 61.16%
Gilchrist 6,551 85.84% 1,081 14.16%
Glades 2,963 79.18% 779 20.82%
Gulf 5,217 81.57% 1,179 18.43%
Hamilton 3,055 72.24% 1,174 27.76%
Hardee 4,409 81.53% 999 18.47%
Hendry 5,919 73.25% 2,161 26.75%
Hernando 55,110 69.93% 23,702 30.07%
Highlands 28,872 73.76% 10,273 26.24%
Hillsborough 257,725 54.29% 217,007 45.71%
Holmes 6,201 92.03% 537 7.97%
Indian River 50,597 67.54% 24,489 32.46%
Jackson 12,394 76.34% 3,841 23.66%
Jefferson 4,318 61.55% 2,697 38.45%
Lafayette 2,555 88.87% 320 11.13%
Lake 104,794 66.75% 52,205 33.25%
Lee 183,419 68.49% 84,378 31.51%
Leon 51,663 44.69% 63,931 55.31%
Levy 13,738 77.77% 3,926 22.23%
Liberty 2,220 85.62% 373 14.38%
Madison 4,608 66.82% 2,288 33.18%
Manatee 109,967 65.14% 58,841 34.86%
Marion 105,610 68.99% 47,470 31.01%
Martin 52,616 69.23% 23,385 30.77%
Miami-Dade 383,095 55.19% 311,005 44.81%
Monroe 20,188 60.84% 12,992 39.16%
Nassau 36,222 77.23% 10,682 22.77%
Okaloosa 61,233 76.78% 18,251 23.22%
Okeechobee 8,428 79.46% 2,179 20.54%
Orange 184,797 46.39% 213,592 53.61%
Osceola 52,405 51.90% 48,569 48.10%
Palm Beach 271,302 50.85% 262,203 49.15%
Pasco 145,736 66.00% 75,064 34.00%
Pinellas 227,876 54.94% 186,915 45.06%
Polk 145,102 64.44% 80,060 35.56%
Putnam 19,735 75.60% 6,369 24.40%
St. Johns 99,544 70.22% 42,218 29.78%
St. Lucie 69,913 58.51% 49,572 41.49%
Santa Rosa 59,386 79.59% 15,227 20.41%
Sarasota 130,984 61.26% 82,846 38.74%
Seminole 100,090 56.08% 78,391 43.92%
Sumter 64,047 73.18% 23,472 26.82%
Suwannee 13,342 82.46% 2,838 17.54%
Taylor 6,190 82.05% 1,354 17.95%
Union 3,894 86.63% 601 13.37%
Volusia 140,870 63.62% 80,568 36.38%
Wakulla 11,051 74.37% 3,809 25.63%
Walton 28,572 82.81% 5,931 17.19%
Washington 7,815 86.16% 1,255 13.84%
Totals 4,528,811 59.48% 3,085,697 40.52%

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Notes

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

See also

References

  1. ^ Wilson, Drew (May 4, 2021). "'Let's keep Florida open': Jimmy Patronis kicks off reelection campaign". Florida Politics. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Delgado, Jason (March 5, 2022). "Donald Trump gives Jimmy Patronis his 'complete and total endorsement'". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  3. ^ Ogles, Jacob (April 25, 2022). "Wilton Simpson, not Chuck Nadd, nabs Ron DeSantis's backing for Agriculture Commission". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  4. ^ Nicol, Ryan (April 1, 2022). "Ashley Moody endorses Cabinet colleague Jimmy Patronis for re-election". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  5. ^ Wilson, Drew (April 22, 2022). "Jimmy Patronis earns endorsements from 60 sheriffs". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  6. ^ Ogles, Jacob (May 13, 2022). "Florida Chamber endorses Jimmy Patronis for re-election". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  7. ^ Ogles, Jacob (June 7, 2022). "Leading small business association, NFIB, endorses Jimmy Patronis for re-election as Florida CFO". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Democrat Adam Hattersley to challenge Jimmy Patronis for Florida CFO". March 2022.
  9. ^ a b "Florida Democratic candidates emerge for Cabinet races". www.baynews9.com. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "Political consultant jailed on overturned conviction now running for CFO". February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  11. ^ Dixon, Matt (December 16, 2020). "Lauren Book considering statewide bid in 2022". Politico. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  12. ^ Fineout, Gary (April 21, 2021). "Book wins backing as Senate Democratic leader, will forgo statewide run in 2022". Politico. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  13. ^ Rohrer, Gray (September 8, 2022). "Sierra Club endorses Adam Hattersley in CFO race". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  14. ^ "Charlie Crist, Val Demings and Aramis Ayala are among 60+ candidates endorsed by 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers and Other SEIU Florida Essential Workers". 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. July 1, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  15. ^ "SEIU Florida Announces Support for Charlie Crist and Val Demings with 2022 Endorsement Roll-Out". June 16, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  16. ^ Derby, Kevin (January 14, 2022). "Jimmy Patronis Starts 2022 With a Big Endorsement". Florida Daily. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  17. ^ Burlew, Jeff. "Recent candidate for Florida Senate arrested for allegedly trespassing at Costco". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  18. ^ Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy
  19. ^ "2022 General Election - Official Results: Chief Financial Officer". Florida Election Watch.
  20. ^ "DRA 2020". Daves Redistricting. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

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