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House · Florida 16th District

Kirschner vs Gruters

General election · primary Aug 18 · general Nov 3, 2026

Dem Kelly Kirschner (D)
Open seat
Raised $752K
VS
Rep Sydney Gruters (R)
Open seat
Raised $1.57M

The money

$6.41M in all, FEC through the most recent reports
Raised by the candidates
Democrats
$1.07M
across the Democratic field
Republicans
$2.60M
across the Republican field
Whole field
$3.67M
9 candidates
Spent by outside groups
Total
$2.73M
first arrived Jul 7
Against Democrats
$729K
of that total
For Democrats
$10
of that total
On other candidates
$2.00M
for or against

How the district votes

Most recent first
2024 president R+14
2024 resultSchneider vs Buchanan R+19
2022 resultSchneider vs Buchanan R+24
A past result is under the district lines in force that year, which in the states that redrew for this cycle are not these lines.
Held by Vern Buchanan (R).