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States ยท Florida

Charlotte County, Florida

2026 election results. Ashley Moody (R) got 66% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Charlotte County. That's about the same margin as the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Charlotte County

U.S. Senate (special)

Ashley Moody
66.1%66,411
Angie Nixon
32.7%32,839
Neil Gillespie
1.3%1,294
100% counted

Statewide: Ashley Moody wins. Called.

Governor

Byron Donalds
66.0%66,241
David Jolly
32.6%32,753
Scott Jewett
0.5%493
Frank Russo
0.3%294

4 more candidates on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: not called; Byron Donalds leads.

U.S. House: Florida 17th District

Greg Steube
65.8%65,987
Matthew Montavon
32.6%32,718
Michael Quirk
1.6%1,600
100% counted

Whole district: Greg Steube wins. Called.

The leader in Charlotte County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 6, 10:46 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
FL Senate (special)R +33.8R +34.2D +0.4
FL GovernorR +33.8R +34.2D +0.4
FL-17R +33.7R +34.2D +0.5

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Charlotte County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris32.7%Donald Trump66.7%R +34.0123,645
2020Joe Biden36.3%Donald Trump62.8%R +26.6116,552
2016Hillary Clinton34.7%Donald Trump62.5%R +27.896,374
2012Barack Obama42.4%Mitt Romney56.7%R +14.384,682
2008Barack Obama45.8%John McCain53.1%R +7.385,158
2004John Kerry42.9%George W. Bush55.7%R +12.779,786
2000Al Gore44.3%George W. Bush53.0%R +8.666,896

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +25.4.

Other counties in Florida

Florida results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Florida certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Florida's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.