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2018 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election
The
2018
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture
election
occurred on
November 6
, 2018, to elect the Florida
Commissioner of Agriculture
. Incumbent
Republican
Commissioner of Agriculture
Adam Putnam
was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third consecutive term. Democrat
Nikki Fried
defeated Republican
Matt Caldwell
. Fried became the only statewide elected Democrat in Florida, as U.S.
Senator Bill Nelson
, who had held Florida's
Class I
U.S. Senate seat since
2000
, lost reelection.
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Matt Caldwell,
state representative
Denise Grimsley
,
state senator
Mike McCalister, retired
United States Army
colonel, Republican candidate for governor in
2010
, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in
2012
Baxter Troutman
, former state representative
Withdrawn
Paul Paulson, businessman,
2015
candidate for
Mayor of Orlando
Declined
Ben Albritton
, state representative
Halsey Beshears
, state representative
Lisa Carlton
, former state senator
Steve Crisafulli
, former
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
Greg Steube
, state senator
Endorsements
Polling
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
Jeff Porter, mayor of
Homestead
R.
David Walker
, president of the
South Florida
Audubon Society
Nikki Fried, lobbyist attorney
Withdrawn
Michael Christine,
University of Miami School of Law
student
Daniel Sohn,
Palm Beach County
Soil and Water Conservation District
aide
Thomas Clayton White Jr.,
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
chemistry professor
Declined
Katie Edwards-Walpole, state representative
Patrick Murphy, former U.S. Congressman, Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in
2016
Endorsements
Results
General election
Polling
Hypothetical polling
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Results