2018 Florida Chief Financial Officer election
The 2018 Florida Chief Financial Officer election took place on November 6, 2018. Incumbent Republican Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, who was appointed in 2017, successfully ran for a full term, defeating Democratic nominee Jeremy Ring, a former state senator, in the general election.
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Declined
- Aaron Bean, state senator
- Jeff Brandes, state senator
- Lenny Curry, Mayor of Jacksonville
- Don Gaetz, former state senator
- Tom Grady, Florida Board of Education member and former state representative
- Teresa Jacobs, Mayor of Orange County
- Jack Latvala, state senator
- Tom Lee, state senator and nominee in 2006
- Carlos López-Cantera, lieutenant governor and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016
- Seth McKeel, former state representative
- Pat Neal, real estate developer and former state senator
- Will Weatherford, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- Jeremy Ring, former state senator
Declined
- Kevin Beckner, former Hillsborough County Commissioner
- Bob Buckhorn, Mayor of Tampa
- Patrick Murphy, former U.S. Representative and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2016
- Jack Seiler, Mayor of Fort Lauderdale
General election
Results
By congressional district
Patronis won 14 of 27 congressional districts.| District | Patronis | Ring | Representative |
| 70% | 30% | Matt Gaetz | |
| 69% | 30% | Neal Dunn | |
| 58% | 42% | Ted Yoho | |
| 65% | 35% | John Rutherford | |
| 37% | 63% | Al Lawson | |
| 59% | 41% | Ron DeSantis | |
| 59% | 41% | Mike Waltz | |
| 48% | 52% | Stephanie Murphy | |
| 60% | 40% | Bill Posey | |
| 46% | 54% | Darren Soto | |
| 38% | 61% | Val Demings | |
| 66% | 33% | Daniel Webster | |
| 59% | 41% | Gus Bilirakis | |
| 48% | 52% | Charlie Crist | |
| 43% | 57% | Kathy Castor | |
| 55% | 45% | Dennis Ross | |
| 55% | 45% | Ross Spano | |
| 56% | 44% | Vern Buchanan | |
| 64% | 36% | Tom Rooney | |
| 64% | 36% | Greg Steube | |
| 54% | 46% | Brian Mast | |
| 63% | 37% | Francis Rooney | |
| 18% | 82% | Alcee Hastings | |
| 39% | 60% | Lois Frankel | |
| 41% | 59% | Ted Deutch | |
| 37% | 62% | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | |
| 17% | 83% | Frederica Wilson | |
| 59% | 41% | Mario Díaz-Balart | |
| 47% | 52% | Carlos Curbelo | |
| 47% | 52% | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | |
| 46% | 54% | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | |
| 46% | 54% | Donna Shalala |