The 2018 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Florida attorney general. Incumbent Republican attorney general Pam Bondi was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.

Republican candidate Ashley Moody defeated Democrat Sean Shaw in the election on November 6, 2018, at 93% of the precincts reporting. Moody won by about 6 percentage points, which was the widest margin of any Florida statewide race in 2018.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

  • Jay Fant, state representative
  • Ross Spano, state representative (withdrew to run for U.S. House)

Declined

Endorsements

U.S. representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

Mayors and other municipal officials

Organizations

Newspapers

U.S. representatives

State legislators

Mayors and other municipal officials

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s) administeredSample sizeMargin of errorAshley MoodyFrank WhiteUndecided
Gravis MarketingAugust 21–25, 2018579± 4.1%35%32%33%
Gravis MarketingAugust 21–22, 2018321± 5.5%34%31%35%
St. Pete PollsAugust 3–4, 20181,755± 2.3%28%39%33%
St. Pete PollsJuly 10–11, 20181,387± 2.6%19%26%55%

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanAshley B. Moody882,02856.8
RepublicanFrank White670,82343.2
Total votes1,552,851100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Sean Shaw, state representative
  • Ryan Torrens, attorney

Declined

Endorsements

Former U.S. executive branch officials

  • Joe Biden, 47th vice president of the United States

U.S. senators

Statewide officials

Mayors and other municipal leaders

  • Dave Aronberg, 15th Judicial Circuit State Attorney
  • Jack Campbell, 2nd Judicial Circuit State Attorney
  • Andrew Warren, 13th Judicial Circuit State Attorney

Organizations

State legislators

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticSean Shaw1,031,64073.8
DemocraticRyan Torrens367,05326.2
Total votes1,398,693100.0

Independents

Candidates

  • Jeffrey Siskind, attorney

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s) administeredSample sizeMargin of errorAshley Moody (R)Sean Shaw (D)OtherUndecided
University of North FloridaOctober 23–26, 20181,048± 3.0%47%40%<1%13%
Gravis MarketingOctober 22–23, 2018773± 3.5%46%42%–11%
Schroth, Eldon & Associates (D-EDGE Comms.)October 17–20, 2018600± 4.0%43%37%–20%
Cherry CommunicationsSeptember 19–24, 2018622± 4.4%33%35%—20%
Public Policy Polling (D-EDGE Comms.)August 29–30, 2018743–44%41%–15%
Public Policy Polling (D-EDGE Communications)June 18–19, 20181,308—35%40%—25%
Anzalone Liszt Grove (D-Sean Shaw)May 31 – June 6, 20181,204—36%41%2%21%
Public Policy PollingApril 10–11, 2018661—34%33%—34%

with Frank White

Poll sourceDate(s) administeredSample sizeMargin of errorFrank White (R)Sean Shaw (D)OtherUndecided
Anzalone Liszt Grove (D-Sean Shaw)May 31 – June 6, 20181,204—36%40%3%21%
Public Policy PollingApril 10–11, 2018661—32%33%—34%

Results

2018 Florida Attorney General election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanAshley Moody4,232,53252.11%−2.99%
DemocraticSean Shaw3,744,91246.10%+4.09%
IndependentJeffrey Siskind145,2961.79%N/A
Total votes8,122,740100.0%N/A
Republican hold

By county

CountyAshley Moody RepublicanSean Shaw DemocraticJeffrey Siskind Independent
#%#%#%
Alachua43,89738.7%67,65759.6%1,9571.7%
Baker8,77783.8%1,60515.3%940.9%
Bay46,31373.7%15,45824.6%1,1001.7%
Bradford7,79175.0%2,42323.3%1711.7%
Brevard168,37960.3%105,09337.7%5,6392.0%
Broward220,27831.5%467,98267.0%10,2661.5%
Calhoun3,53177.5%94720.8%811.7%
Charlotte55,02864.5%28,42733.3%1,9212.2%
Citrus49,66970.6%19,02627.0%1,7042.4%
Clay66,40171.6%24,79126.8%1,4841.6%
Collier102,68266.8%49,36332.1%1,7611.1%
Columbia17,56871.3%6,72627.3%3621.4%
DeSoto5,87466.5%2,80231.7%1531.8%
Dixie4,74182.3%93716.3%841.4%
Duval189,32950.4%180,29248.0%5,9301.6%
Escambia77,10960.2%48,50137.9%2,4031.9%
Flagler32,05361.1%19,48337.1%9601.8%
Franklin3,44964.7%1,75933.0%1222.3%
Gadsden6,64233.4%13,04265.6%1921.0%
Gilchrist6,09583.1%1,14815.7%921.2%
Glades2,69070.9%1,03227.2%731.9%
Gulf4,30073.6%1,42624.4%1182.0%
Hamilton2,94265.1%1,53033.9%471.0%
Hardee4,71274.0%1,54724.3%1071.7%
Hendry5,33260.8%3,28937.5%1481.7%
Hernando52,21865.2%26,09032.6%1,7492.2%
Highlands27,23168.9%11,58729.3%7011.8%
Hillsborough258,08249.8%251,98548.6%8,6721.6%
Holmes5,92187.7%73210.8%1021.5%
Indian River46,24763.1%25,80735.2%1,2401.7%
Jackson10,74467.7%4,95631.2%1691.1%
Jefferson3,99255.1%3,13843.3%1151.6%
Lafayette2,35583.8%41514.8%391.4%
Lake96,28262.6%54,68635.5%2,9571.9%
Lee179,08262.7%101,42535.5%4,9921.8%
Leon53,39838.8%81,88159.5%2,3791.7%
Levy12,49673.5%4,25925.1%2391.4%
Liberty2,01476.6%56621.5%481.9%
Madison4,41358.3%3,08440.8%690.9%
Manatee96,91859.8%61,75538.1%3,3052.1%
Marion98,39664.1%52,77934.4%2,3911.5%
Martin49,11264.4%25,81733.8%1,3861.8%
Miami-Dade307,63839.4%457,28358.6%15,4082.0%
Monroe18,41152.0%16,19645.8%7682.2%
Nassau32,32074.9%10,32323.9%5111.2%
Okaloosa61,09073.4%20,35124.5%1,7432.1%
Okeechobee7,94671.3%3,00827.0%1931.7%
Orange186,73239.8%273,90658.4%8,6671.8%
Osceola47,03141.3%64,60356.7%2,2362.0%
Palm Beach246,79642.5%323,38055.7%10,0911.8%
Pasco129,85461.7%76,24836.3%4,2172.0%
Pinellas228,56053.0%193,22944.8%9,0562.2%
Polk142,97158.9%95,76639.4%4,0761.7%
Putnam19,06768.3%8,37530.0%4721.7%
Santa Rosa57,32076.3%16,07821.4%1,7232.3%
Sarasota117,00155.9%88,46242.3%3,7511.8%
Seminole101,73551.8%90,71846.2%3,8512.0%
St. Johns85,91266.5%41,20031.9%2,1041.6%
St. Lucie61,42650.0%59,14048.1%2,2661.9%
Sumter53,43572.2%19,71626.7%8131.1%
Suwannee12,39378.2%3,24420.5%2121.3%
Taylor5,96475.7%1,84723.4%700.9%
Union3,85779.8%91218.9%671.3%
Volusia130,51157.6%91,43740.4%4,5382.0%
Wakulla9,85869.9%3,98528.2%2681.9%
Walton23,22277.0%6,40721.2%5271.8%
Washington6,99977.8%1,85020.6%1461.6%
Total4,232,53252.11%3,744,91246.10%145,2961.79%

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Moody won 15 of 27 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.

DistrictMoodyShawRepresentative
1st69%29%Matt Gaetz
2nd68%31%Neal Dunn
3rd58%41%Ted Yoho
4th64%34%John Rutherford
5th37%62%Al Lawson
6th59%39%Ron DeSantis
Mike Waltz
7th48%50%Stephanie Murphy
8th61%37%Bill Posey
9th47%51%Darren Soto
10th39%60%Val Demings
11th67%31%Daniel Webster
12th61%37%Gus Bilirakis
13th51%47%Charlie Crist
14th45%53%Kathy Castor
15th57%42%Dennis Ross
Ross Spano
16th56%42%Vern Buchanan
17th65%33%Tom Rooney
Greg Steube
18th55%43%Brian Mast
19th64%34%Francis Rooney
20th18%81%Alcee Hastings
21st40%58%Lois Frankel
22nd41%57%Ted Deutch
23rd37%61%Debbie Wasserman Schultz
24th17%82%Frederica Wilson
25th58%40%Mario Díaz-Balart
26th46%51%Carlos Curbelo
Donna Shalala
27th45%53%Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

See also

External links

Official campaign websites