2026 Florida Chief Financial Officer election
The 2026 Florida Chief Financial Officer election will take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, to elect the Chief Financial Officer of Florida. Incumbent CFO Jimmy Patronis resigned on March 31, 2025, to run for Congress in a special election for Florida's 1st congressional district.
Background
Incumbent Republican CFO Jimmy Patronis won re-election to a second term with 59.48% of the vote in 2022. On November 13, 2024, Matt Gaetz, U.S. Representative for Florida's 1st congressional district, resigned after president-elect Donald Trump nominated him to be Attorney General of the United States. On November 25, 2024, Patronis announced that he would run in the special election for the seat. That same day, he submitted his resignation, effective March 31, 2025. On July 16, 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed state senator Blaise Ingoglia to the position.Interim appointment
Appointee
- Blaise Ingoglia, state senator from the 11th district
Considered but not appointed
- Mike Caruso, state representative
- Joe Gruters, state senator from the 22nd district and treasurer of the Republican National Committee
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Frank Collige, businessman and Air Force veteran
- Benjamin Horbowy, candidate for Florida's 3rd Senate district in 2020
- Blaise Ingoglia, incumbent chief financial officer of Florida
- Kevin Steele, state representative from the 55th district
Withdrawn
- Joe Gruters, state senator from the 22nd district and chair of the Republican National Committee