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Sarasota County, Florida

2026 election results. Ashley Moody (R) got 58% of the U.S. Senate vote (special election) in Sarasota County. The margin is 1.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Sarasota County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Sarasota County

U.S. Senate (special)

Ashley Moody
57.6%128,786
Angie Nixon
41.2%91,990
Neil Gillespie
1.2%2,733
100% counted

Statewide: Ashley Moody wins. Called.

Governor

Byron Donalds
55.9%124,857
David Jolly
43.0%95,886
Scott Jewett
0.4%942
Frank Russo
0.2%531

4 more candidates on the race page.

100% counted

Statewide: not called; Byron Donalds leads.

U.S. House: Florida 16th District

Sydney Gruters
62.5%20,614
Kelly Kirschner
36.0%11,872
Mark Davis
1.4%477
100% counted

Only part of Sarasota County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Sydney Gruters wins. Called.

U.S. House: Florida 17th District

Greg Steube
55.5%105,415
Matthew Montavon
43.2%81,957
Michael Quirk
1.3%2,474
100% counted

Only part of Sarasota County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Greg Steube wins. Called.

The leader in Sarasota 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 7, 10:48 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
FL Senate (special)R +16.7R +18.3D +1.7
FL GovernorR +13.1R +18.3D +5.2
FL-16 part of the countyR +26.9R +34.1D +7.2
FL-17 part of the countyR +12.5R +14.6D +2.1

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 Sarasota County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris40.5%Donald Trump58.7%R +18.2278,036
2020Joe Biden44.3%Donald Trump54.7%R +10.4271,184
2016Hillary Clinton42.7%Donald Trump54.3%R +11.6229,063
2012Barack Obama45.8%Mitt Romney53.3%R +7.4207,480
2008Barack Obama49.5%John McCain49.6%R +0.1207,353
2004John Kerry45.2%George W. Bush53.5%R +8.3195,652
2000Al Gore45.3%George W. Bush51.6%R +6.4160,942

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 +11.8.

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.