Richard Dembinsky

Richard Dembinsky (No Party Affiliation) ran for election for Governor of Florida. He was disqualified as a write-in from the general election scheduled on November 3, 2026.

Elections

2026

Florida gubernatorial election, 2026 (August 18 Republican primary)

Florida gubernatorial election, 2026 (August 18 Democratic primary)

General election

The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

General election for Governor of Florida

The following candidates are running in the general election for Governor of Florida on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		David Jolly (D)
		Byron Donalds (R)
		Scott Jewett (L)
		Dean Abrams (No Party Affiliation)
	Submit photo	Charles Burkett (No Party Affiliation)
	Submit photo	Jeffrey Datto (No Party Affiliation)
		Moliere Dimanche (No Party Affiliation)
		Frank Russo (No Party Affiliation)
	Submit photo	Kathy Anderson (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)
		Erik Morris (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)

	There are no incumbents in this race.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Jennifer Pearl (No Party Affiliation)
David Wexler (No Party Affiliation)
Jason Pizzo (No Party Affiliation)
James Brown (No Party Affiliation)
Rodney Glover (No Party Affiliation)
Reginald Strachan (No Party Affiliation)
David DeJesus (No Party Affiliation)
Surindar Bedi (No Party Affiliation)
Richard Dembinsky (No Party Affiliation)
Desmond Meade (No Party Affiliation)
Holly Klask (No Party Affiliation)
Mourice Hylton (No Party Affiliation)
Andrea Lynn Klink (No Party Affiliation)
Brandon L. McIntyre (Constitution Party)
Mohammad Khan (No Party Affiliation)
Neil Gillespie (No Party Affiliation)
Jayson Winer (No Party Affiliation)
Insley Evans (No Party Affiliation)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Florida

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Florida on August 18, 2026.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	David Jolly	61.0	747,561
	Dayna Foster	15.1	184,882
	Dotie Joseph	9.5	116,973
	Evelyn Castillo-Bach	7.8	94,973
	Thomas Fernandez	3.8	46,447
	Stephann Norman	2.8	34,414

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 1,225,250
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Florida

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Florida on August 18, 2026.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Byron Donalds	47.9	796,267
		Jay Collins	25.1	417,571
		James Fishback	10.4	173,575
		Paul Renner	8.5	141,304
		Bobby Williams Jr.	4.1	67,467
		Rachel Rodriguez	1.6	27,129
	Submit photo	Jim Holcomb	0.8	12,952
		James Shaw	0.5	7,723
		Arthur McCaffrey	0.4	6,926
	Submit photo	Caneste Succe	0.4	6,137
		Daniel Nokovich	0.3	5,093

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 1,662,144
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Scott Jewett advanced from the Libertarian primary for Governor of Florida.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2025

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Florida District 1

The following candidates ran in the special general election for U.S. House Florida District 1 on April 1, 2025.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jimmy Patronis (R)	56.9	97,370
	Gay Valimont (D)	42.3	72,375
	Stephen E. Broden (No Party Affiliation)	0.8	1,384
	Stanley Gray (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.1	88
	Stan McDaniels (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	31
	Richard Dembinsky (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	0

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 171,248
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Tevin Channing Minus (No Party Affiliation)
Alan Aversa (No Party Affiliation)
Jonathan Green (No Party Affiliation)
Tyler Davis (No Party Affiliation)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Gay Valimont advanced from the special Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 1.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

C. Marcel Davis (D)

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 1

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 1 on January 28, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jimmy Patronis	65.7	33,742
		Joel Rudman	9.9	5,099
		Aaron Dimmock	6.7	3,423
		Gene Valentino	6.0	3,093
		Michael Dylan Thompson	5.0	2,548
		Greg Merk	2.5	1,287
	Submit photo	Jeff Peacock	1.4	743
		Kevin Gaffney	1.2	634
		John Mills	1.1	574
	Submit photo	Jeff Macey	0.4	187

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 51,330
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

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2024

Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Democratic primary)

Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 20 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Florida District 6

Incumbent Michael Waltz defeated James Stockton and Richard Dembinsky in the general election for U.S. House Florida District 6 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michael Waltz (R)	66.5	284,414
	James Stockton (D)	33.5	143,050
	Richard Dembinsky (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	10

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 427,474
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. James Stockton advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Florida District 6.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 6

Incumbent Michael Waltz defeated John Grow in the Republican primary for U.S. House Florida District 6 on August 20, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michael Waltz	82.0	65,234
	John Grow	18.0	14,280

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 79,514
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Stephanie Gaddis (R)
Mathias Lenssen (R)

Endorsements

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2022

State senate

General election

General election for Florida State Senate District 8

Incumbent Tom Wright defeated Andrea Williams in the general election for Florida State Senate District 8 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tom Wright (R)	63.0	133,012
	Andrea Williams (D)	37.0	78,085

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 211,097
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Florida State Senate District 8

Andrea Williams defeated Richard Dembinsky in the Democratic primary for Florida State Senate District 8 on August 23, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Andrea Williams	84.7	31,058
	Richard Dembinsky	15.3	5,593

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,651
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Tom Wright advanced from the Republican primary for Florida State Senate District 8.

Campaign finance

Florida chief financial officer

General election

General election for Florida Chief Financial Officer

Incumbent Jimmy Patronis defeated Adam Hattersley in the general election for Florida Chief Financial Officer on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jimmy Patronis (R)	59.5	4,528,811
	Adam Hattersley (D)	40.5	3,085,697

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,614,508
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Richard Dembinsky (No Party Affiliation)

Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Adam Hattersley advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida Chief Financial Officer.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jimmy Patronis advanced from the Republican primary for Florida Chief Financial Officer.

Governor of Florida

General election

General election for Governor of Florida

Incumbent Ron DeSantis defeated Charlie Crist, Carmen Gimenez, and Hector Roos in the general election for Governor of Florida on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ron DeSantis (R)	59.4	4,614,210
	Charlie Crist (D)	40.0	3,106,313
	Carmen Gimenez (No Party Affiliation)	0.4	31,577
	Hector Roos (L)	0.2	19,299

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,771,399
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Kyle Gibson (No Party Affiliation)
Frank Hughes Jr. (No Party Affiliation)
Piotr Blass (No Party Affiliation)
Jodi Jeloudov (No Party Affiliation)
James Thompson (No Party Affiliation)
Mark Graham (Unity Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Florida

Charlie Crist defeated Nikki Fried, Cadance Daniel, and Robert Willis in the Democratic primary for Governor of Florida on August 23, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Charlie Crist	59.7	904,524
	Nikki Fried	35.3	535,480
	Cadance Daniel	2.5	38,198
	Robert Willis	2.4	36,786

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,514,988
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ron DeSantis advanced from the Republican primary for Governor of Florida.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

John Joseph Mercadante (R)

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Hector Roos advanced from the Libertarian primary for Governor of Florida.

2020

General election

General election for Florida State Senate District 7

Incumbent Travis Hutson defeated Heather Hunter and Richard Dembinsky in the general election for Florida State Senate District 7 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Travis Hutson (R)	61.7	212,577
	Heather Hunter (D)	38.3	131,763
	Richard Dembinsky (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)	0.0	13

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 344,353
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Heather Hunter advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida State Senate District 7.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Travis Hutson advanced from the Republican primary for Florida State Senate District 7.

Campaign finance

2018

See also: Florida Chief Financial Officer election, 2018

Dembinsky was a write-in candidate for chief financial officer of Florida.

2016

State senate

See also: Florida State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Florida State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 24, 2016.

Incumbent Dorothy Hukill defeated Richard Paul Dembinsky in the Florida State Senate District 14 general election.^[1]^[2]

Florida State Senate, District 14 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dorothy Hukill Incumbent	68.44%	158,946
	No party affiliation	Richard Paul Dembinsky	31.56%	73,299
Total Votes				232,245
Source: Florida Division of Elections

Incumbent Dorothy Hukill ran unopposed in the Florida State Senate District 14 Republican primary.^[3]^[4]

Florida State Senate, District 14 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Dorothy Hukill Incumbent (unopposed)

Richard Paul Dembinsky listed no party affiliation on the candidate list.

U.S. House

See also: Florida's 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Dembinsky ran in the 2016 election for the U.S. House to represent Florida's 6th District. Dembinsky withdrew from the race before the filing deadline.^[5]

2014

See also: Florida State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Florida State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 20, 2014. Incumbent Dorothy L. Hukill was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.^[6]^[7]

2010

See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2010

Dembinsky lost to incumbent Dorothy Hukill (R) in the November 2 general election.^[8]

Florida House of Representatives, District 28 2010 General Election Results
Candidates	Votes	Percent
Dorothy Hukill (R)	42,097	99.73%
Richard Dembinsky (Write-in)	114	0.27%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Dembinsky was defeated by incumbent Evelyn Lynn (R) in the race to represent the 7th District in the Florida State Senate. Lynn raised $352,140, while Dembinsky raised $1,564.^[9]

Florida State Senate, District 7 (2008)
Candidates	Votes	Percent
Evelyn Lynn (R)	140,910	73.5%
Richard Dembinsky (NPA)	50,797	26.5%

2006

Dembinsky ran for election to the office of Governor of Florida in 2006. He was defeated by Charlie Crist (R) in the general election.^[10]

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2025

Richard Dembinsky did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2024

Richard Dembinsky did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Richard Dembinsky did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Richard Dembinsky did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Richard Dembinsky campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	U.S. House Florida District 6	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2022	Florida State Senate District 8	Lost primary	$4,088	$3,670
Grand total			$4,088	$3,670
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Election Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

[1] Florida Department of State, "Candidate listing for 2016 general election," accessed September 12, 2016

[geresults16-2] Florida Division of Elections, "November 8, 2016 Official Election Results," accessed November 23, 2016

[plist16-3] Florida Department of State, "Candidates and Races," accessed July 1, 2016

[presults16-4] Florida Division of Elections, "August 30, 2016 Official Election Results," accessed September 22, 2016

[list16-5] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named list16

[6] Florida Division of Elections, "2014 Florida Election Watch - Multi-County or District Offices," accessed September 3, 2014

[7] Florida Division of Elections, "Candidate Listing for 2014 General Election," accessed June 23, 2014

[8] Florida Department of Elections, "November 2, 2010, Election Results," accessed November 2, 2010

[9] Follow the Money, "District 7 Election Results," accessed June 23, 2014

[10] Florida Division of Elections, "Candidate Tracking System," accessed June 2, 2015

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