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2022 Florida Attorney General election

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2022 Florida Attorney General election

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Nominee Ashley Moody Aramis Ayala
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 4,651,376 3,025,959
Percentage 60.59% 39.41%

Moody:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Ayala:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%      No votes

Attorney General before election

Ashley Moody
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Ashley Moody
Republican

The 2022 Florida attorney general election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Florida attorney general. Incumbent Republican attorney general Ashley Moody was reelected for a second term, defeating Democratic challenger Aramis Ayala by a 21-point margin in a landslide victory.[1][2] Moody received the most raw votes and the highest percentage of the vote of any state-wide candidate in the 2022 Florida elections.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Endorsements

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Ashley Moody

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Statewide officials

Sheriffs

Organizations

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Aramis Ayala

State legislators

Labor unions

Organizations

Daniel Uhlfelder

U.S. representatives

State legislators

Newspapers

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Aramis
Ayala
Jim
Lewis
Daniel
Uhlfelder
Undecided
St. Pete Polls[30] August 20–21, 2022 1,617 (LV) ± 2.4% 24% 17% 17% 43%
St. Pete Polls[31] August 2–3, 2022 1,361 (LV) ± 2.7% 18% 17% 9% 56%

Results

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Results by county:
  Ayala
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Uhlfelder
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Lewis
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Aramis Ayala 637,856 44.95%
Democratic Daniel Uhlfelder 399,620 28.16%
Democratic Jim Lewis 381,575 26.89%
Total votes 1,419,051 100.0%

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[33] Safe R September 14, 2022
Elections Daily[34] Safe R November 1, 2022

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Ashley
Moody (R)
Aramis
Ayala (D)
Other Undecided
Siena College[35] October 30 – November 1, 2022 659 (LV) ± 4.4% 49% 35% 3%[b] 13%
University of North Florida[36] October 17–24, 2022 622 (LV) ± 4.7% 50% 36% 1%[c] 13%
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy[37] September 26–28, 2022 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 50% 37% 13%
Siena College[38] September 18–25, 2022 669 (LV) ± 4.5% 41% 34% 2%[d] 22%
Hypothetical polling

Ashley Moody vs. generic Democrat

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Ashley
Moody (R)
Generic
Democrat
Undecided
Data for Progress (D)[39][A] September 15–22, 2020 620 (LV) ± 3.9% 40% 42% 18%

Results

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State Senate district results
State House district results
2022 Florida Attorney General election[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Ashley Moody (incumbent) 4,651,279 60.59% +8.48%
Democratic Aramis Ayala 3,025,943 39.41% −6.69%
Total votes 7,677,222 100.0%
Republican hold

By congressional district

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Moody won 22 of 28 congressional districts, including two that elected Democrats.[41]

District Moody Ayala Representative
1st 74% 26% Matt Gaetz
2nd 64% 36% Neal Dunn
3rd 65% 35% Kat Cammack
4th 62% 38% Aaron Bean
5th 67% 33% John Rutherford
6th 70% 30% Michael Waltz
7th 62% 38% Stephanie Murphy (117th Congress)
Cory Mills (118th Congress)
8th 65% 35% Bill Posey
9th 51% 49% Darren Soto
10th 43% 57% Val Demings (117th Congress)
Maxwell Frost (118th Congress)
11th 65% 35% Daniel Webster
12th 72% 28% Gus Bilirakis
13th 60% 40% Anna Paulina Luna
14th 49% 51% Kathy Castor
15th 61% 39% Laurel Lee
16th 63% 37% Vern Buchanan
17th 66% 34% Greg Steube
18th 71% 29% Scott Franklin
19th 70% 30% Byron Donalds
20th 30% 70% Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
21st 63% 37% Brian Mast
22nd 49% 51% Lois Frankel
23rd 50.2% 49.8% Jared Moskowitz
24th 31% 69% Frederica Wilson
25th 47% 53% Debbie Wasserman Schultz
26th 69% 31% Mario Díaz-Balart
27th 57% 43% María Elvira Salazar
28th 63% 37% Carlos A. Giménez

By county

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2022 Florida Attorney General Election (By County)[42]
County Ashley Moody

Republican

Aramis Ayala

Democratic

Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Alachua 40,899 43.07% 54,051 56.93% -13,152 -13.86% 94,950
Baker 9,523 89.81% 1,081 10.19% 8,442 79.62% 10,604
Bay 52,728 79.03% 13,991 20.97% 38,737 49.96% 66,719
Bradford 8,329 82.31% 1,790 17.69% 6,539 64.62% 10,119
Brevard 175,358 66.34% 88,987 33.66% 86,371 32.68% 264,345
Broward 245,705 41.66% 344,127 58.34% -98,422 -16.68% 589,832
Calhoun 4,179 86.50% 652 13.50% 3,527 73.00% 4,831
Charlotte 65,053 71.22% 26,285 28.78% 38,768 42.44% 91,338
Citrus 57,574 76.60% 17,584 23.40% 39,990 53.20% 75,158
Clay 68,074 76.11% 21,369 23.89% 46,705 52.22% 89,443
Collier 116,420 72.22% 44,781 27.78% 71,639 44.44% 161,201
Columbia 18,762 79.95% 4,706 20.05% 14,056 59.90% 23,468
DeSoto 6,574 76.62% 2,006 23.38% 4,568 53.24% 8,580
Dixie 5,375 87.80% 747 12.20% 4,628 75.60% 6,122
Duval 186,628 57.19% 139,677 42.81% 46,951 14.38% 326,305
Escambia 75,597 65.83% 39,243 34.17% 36,354 31.66% 114,840
Flagler 39,689 68.30% 18,418 31.70% 21,271 36.60% 58,107
Franklin 4,010 74.52% 1,371 25.48% 2,639 49.04% 5,381
Gadsden 7,202 41.63% 10,099 58.37% -2,897 -16.74% 17,301
Gilchrist 6,812 87.33% 988 12.67% 5,824 74.66% 7,800
Glades 3,041 80.39% 742 19.61% 2,299 60.78% 3,783
Gulf 5,145 80.59% 1,239 19.41% 3,906 61.18% 6,384
Hamilton 3,170 74.41% 1,090 25.59% 2,080 48.82% 4,260
Hardee 4,591 83.70% 894 16.30% 3,697 67.40% 5,485
Hendry 6,038 74.10% 2,110 25.90% 3,928 48.20% 8,148
Hernando 57,154 71.82% 22,422 28.18% 34,732 43.64% 79,576
Highlands 29,906 75.76% 9,570 24.24% 20,336 51.52% 39,476
Hillsborough 268,026 55.91% 211,378 44.09% 56,648 11.82% 479,404
Holmes 6,209 92.04% 537 7.96% 5,672 84.08% 6,746
Indian River 52,607 68.96% 23,678 31.04% 28,929 37.92% 76,285
Jackson 12,456 76.77% 3,769 23.23% 8,687 53.54% 16,225
Jefferson 4,459 63.03% 2,615 36.97% 1,844 26.06% 7,074
Lafayette 2,618 90.56% 273 9.44% 2,345 81.02% 2,891
Lake 109,246 69.01% 49,055 30.99% 60,191 38.02% 158,301
Lee 187,177 69.17% 83,426 30.83% 103,751 38.34% 270,603
Leon 52,498 45.12% 63,860 54.88% -11,362 -9.76% 116,358
Levy 14,079 79.03% 3,735 20.97% 10,344 58.06% 17,814
Liberty 2,231 86.01% 363 13.99% 1,868 72.02% 2,594
Madison 4,783 68.80% 2,169 31.20% 2,614 37.60% 6,952
Manatee 113,464 66.67% 56,730 33.33% 56,734 33.34% 170,194
Marion 109,859 71.09% 44,673 28.91% 65,186 42.18% 154,532
Martin 54,012 70.49% 22,614 29.51% 31,398 40.98% 76,626
Miami-Dade 381,306 54.59% 317,204 45.41% 64,102 9.18% 698,510
Monroe 20,428 61.04% 13,037 38.96% 7,391 22.08% 33,465
Nassau 37,044 78.37% 10,225 21.63% 26,819 56.74% 47,269
Okaloosa 61,888 77.14% 18,338 22.86% 48,550 54.28% 80,226
Okeechobee 8,704 81.13% 2,025 18.87% 6,679 62.26% 10,729
Orange 191,792 47.75% 209,882 52.25% -18,090 -4.50% 401,674
Osceola 54,536 53.58% 47,256 46.42% 7,280 7.16% 101,792
Palm Beach 278,339 51.76% 259,365 48.24% 18,974 3.52% 537,704
Pasco 151,504 67.97% 71,391 32.03% 80,113 35.94% 222,895
Pinellas 237,207 56.70% 181,179 43.30% 56,028 13.40% 418,386
Polk 150,607 66.28% 76,618 33.72% 73,989 32.56% 227,225
Putnam 20,389 77.37% 5,964 22.63% 14,425 54.74% 26,353
St. Johns 101,281 70.88% 41,611 29.12% 59,670 41.76% 142,892
St. Lucie 72,532 60.05% 48,257 39.95% 24,275 20.10% 120,789
Santa Rosa 60,230 80.20% 14,867 19.80% 45,363 60.40% 75,097
Sarasota 135,762 62.67% 80,853 37.33% 54,909 25.34% 216,615
Seminole 104,330 57.79% 76,192 42.21% 28,138 15.58% 180,522
Sumter 66,690 75.35% 21,814 24.65% 44,876 50.70% 88,504
Suwannee 13,677 84.04% 2,598 15.96% 11,079 68.08% 16,275
Taylor 6,353 83.69% 1,238 16.31% 5,115 67.38% 7,591
Union 3,987 88.31% 528 11.69% 3,459 76.62% 4,515
Volusia 147,726 66.13% 75,668 33.87% 72,058 32.26% 223,394
Wakulla 11,236 75.35% 3,676 24.65% 7,560 50.70% 14,912
Walton 28,663 82.71% 5,992 17.29% 22,671 65.42% 34,655
Washington 7,808 86.01% 1,270 13.99% 6,538 72.02% 9,078
Totals 4,651,279 60.59% 3,025,943 39.41% 1,625,336 21.18% 7,677,222

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ "Not going to vote" with 2%; "Another candidate" with 1%
  3. ^ "Refused" with 1%; "Someone else" with <1%
  4. ^ "Not going to vote" with 2%

Partisan clients

  1. ^ Poll sponsored by the Defend Students Action Fund

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FLORIDA". State AG Report. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "Moody defeats Ayala in race for attorney general". WFTV. November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  3. ^ Burke, Peter (September 14, 2021). "Ashley Moody announces re-election bid in 2022". WPTV. Archived from the original on September 14, 2021. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  4. ^ "Donald Trump endorses Ashley Moody for re-election". March 4, 2022.
  5. ^ Ogles, Jacob (April 25, 2022). "Wilton Simpson, not Chuck Nadd, nabs Ron DeSantis's backing for Agriculture Commission". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Moline, Michael (September 14, 2021). "AG Moody files for reelection in 2022; she's the only candidate thus far". Florida Phoenix. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  7. ^ Derby, Kevin (September 14, 2021). "Ashley Moody Focuses on Crime as She Kicks Off 2022 Reelection Bid". Florida Daily. Retrieved November 26, 2021.
  8. ^ Morgan, Isaac (August 26, 2022). "AG Ashley Moody gets law-and-order endorsements from sheriffs across FL - but not all". floridaphoenix.com. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  9. ^ Gancarski, A.G. (July 12, 2022). "Associated Builders and Contractors endorse Ashley Moody re-election". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  10. ^ Hayes, Kelly (August 3, 2022). "Florida Chamber endorses Ashley Moody for re-election". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  11. ^ "Democrat Aramis Ayala running for Florida attorney general". www.tampabay.com. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  12. ^ Delgado, Jason (October 27, 2021). "Democratic challenger emerges in Attorney General race". Retrieved November 23, 2021.
  13. ^ "'Grim reaper' Daniel Uhlfelder enters race for Florida attorney general". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  14. ^ Kirkl, Jordan; Burgess, Brian (January 5, 2021). "Florida Democrats to watch in 2021". The Capitolist. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
  15. ^ March, William (June 12, 2021). "Andrew Warren considering run for Florida attorney general". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on June 13, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Gancarski, A.G. (August 15, 2022). "Black legislators back Aramis Ayala for Attorney General". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  17. ^ Gancarski, A.G. (April 6, 2022). "Sean Shaw backs Aramis Ayala for Attorney General". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  18. ^ "Charlie Crist, Val Demings and Aramis Ayala are among 60+ candidates endorsed by 1199SEIU Healthcare Workers and Other SEIU Florida Essential Workers". 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. July 1, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  19. ^ "SEIU Florida Announces Support for Charlie Crist and Val Demings with 2022 Endorsement Roll-Out". June 16, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
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  21. ^ "2022 Election Center | Equality Florida". Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
  22. ^ "Tracie Davis wins Democratic nomination for Florida Senate in Jacksonville District 5 election".
  23. ^ "NEW: We're endorsing @AramisAyalaFL for Florida Attorney General and her campaign to secure transformative change for working people across the Sunshine State. She has spent her career fighting for civil rights and addressing the deep inequalities in our criminal legal system". June 16, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  24. ^ Ogles, Jacob (August 1, 2022). "Al Lawson throws support to Daniel Uhlfelder in AG race". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  25. ^ Geggis, Anna (July 28, 2022). "Daniel Uhlfelder lands support for Attorney General bid from Senate heavyweight". floridapolitics.com. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  26. ^ "We recommend Daniel Uhlfelder for Florida's Attorney General". Miami Herald. August 10, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  27. ^ "Endorsement: For Democrats, Daniel Uhlfelder for attorney general". August 5, 2022.
  28. ^ "Endorsement: For Democrats, Daniel Uhlfelder for attorney general". Sun-Sentinel. August 4, 2022. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  29. ^ "The best Democrat to take on Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody". Tampa Bay Times. August 1, 2022. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
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  31. ^ St. Pete Polls
  32. ^ "Primary results". Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  33. ^ "The Attorneys General: A Dozen Races Dot the Competitive Landscape". Sabato's Crystal Ball. September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  34. ^ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  35. ^ Siena College
  36. ^ University of North Florida Archived 2022-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
  37. ^ Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy
  38. ^ Siena College
  39. ^ Data for Progress (D)
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Official campaign websites