The 2024 United States Senate election in Florida was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Florida. Incumbent Republican Senator Rick Scott won a second term, defeating Democratic nominee Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. The primary election was held on August 20, 2024.
Scott, then the governor of Florida, was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 by 0.12 points, defeating then-incumbent Bill Nelson. With the benefit of incumbency and the state's rightward trend, most political pundits considered the race to be favoring Scott to win re-election. On Election Day, Scott won by 12.78 percentage points, a significantly larger margin than most pre-election polls had suggested.
Out of all of Scott’s four statewide races (2010 and 2014 gubernatorial elections, 2018 and 2024 senatorial elections), this election was by far his best performance, and the first one he won decisively, as he narrowly won the previous three all by less than a 2% margin. Scott won majority-Hispanic Miami-Dade and Osceola counties, as well as St. Lucie County for the first time in all of his statewide races, and according to exit polls Scott won 55% of Hispanic voters and also won 21% of African American voters.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Rick Scott, incumbent U.S. senator (2019–present)
Eliminated in primary
- John Columbus, actor
- Keith Gross, former assistant state attorney for Florida's 18th circuit court
Declined
- Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida (2019–present) and former U.S. representative from Florida's 6th congressional district (2013–2018) (ran for president)
- Byron Donalds, U.S. representative from Florida's 19th congressional district (2021–present) (ran for re-election)
- Matt Gaetz, U.S. representative from Florida's 1st congressional district (2017–2024) (ran for re-election)
Endorsements
Keith Gross
Rick Scott
U.S. executive branch officials
- John Bolton, United States National Security Advisor (2018–2019), United States Ambassador to the United Nations (2005–2006)
- Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State (2018–2021), Director of the CIA (2017–2018), and U.S. representative for Kansas's 4th congressional district (2011–2017)
- Donald Trump, 45th president of the United States (2017–2021)
U.S. senators
- Norm Coleman, former U.S. senator from Minnesota (2003–2009)
- Marco Rubio, U.S. senator from Florida (2011–2025)
U.S. representatives
- 19 Republican U.S. representatives from Florida
Governors
- Luis Fortuño, former governor of Puerto Rico (2009–2013)
Statewide officials
- Pam Bondi, former Florida attorney general (2011–2019)
- Ashley Moody, Florida attorney general (2019–2025)
- Wilton Simpson, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture (2023–present)
State legislators
Territorial legislators
- Keren Riquelme, member of the Senate of Puerto Rico
Local officials
- 11 state attorneys
- 59 county sheriffs
- 115 county commissioners
Organizations
- 60 Plus Association
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
- Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida
- Club for Growth
- Florida Association of Realtors
- Florida Police Chiefs Association
- National Association of Home Builders
- National Federation of Independent Business
- Republican Jewish Coalition
- Senate Conservatives Fund
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, former U.S. representative from Florida's 26th congressional district (2019–2021)
Eliminated in primary
- Stanley Campbell, IT company CEO and brother of rapper Uncle Luke
- Rod Joseph, consultant and Purple Heart recipient
- Brian Rush, former state representative (1987–1995) and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022
Withdrew
- Phil Ehr, nonprofit executive, nominee for Florida's 1st congressional district in 2020 and candidate in 2018 (ran for U.S. House, endorsed Mucarsel-Powell)
- Alan Grayson, former U.S. representative from Florida's 9th congressional district (2009–2011, 2013–2017) and perennial candidate (ran for state senate)
Declined
- Stephanie Murphy, former U.S. Representative from Florida's 7th congressional district (2017-2023)
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, U.S. representative from Florida's 20th congressional district (2022–present) (ran for re-election)
- Fentrice Driskell, Minority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives (2022–present) from the 67th district (2018–present)
- Anna Eskamani, state representative (2018–present) (ran for re-election)
- Lois Frankel, U.S. representative from Florida's 22nd congressional district (2013–present) (ran for re-election, endorsed Mucarsel-Powell)
- Shevrin Jones, state senator from the 35th district (2021–present) (endorsed Mucarsel-Powell)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz, U.S. representative from Florida's 25th congressional district (2004–present) (endorsed Mucarsel-Powell)
- Frederica Wilson, U.S. representative from Florida's 24th congressional district (2011–present)
Endorsements
Rod Joseph
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
Independents and third-party candidates
Candidates
Declared
- Feena Bonoan (Libertarian), artist and nominee for U.S. Senate in Hawaii in 2022
- Ben Everidge (Independent), fundraising consultant and former legislative consultant to U.S. Senators Lawton Chiles and Ben Nelson
- Howard Knepper (write-in), real estate developer and perennial candidate
- Tuan Nguyen (Independent), system engineer and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022
General election
Post-primary endorsements
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D)
Polling
Aggregate polls
Results
Scott won reelection with 55.6% of the vote, defeating Mucarsel-Powell by over 12 percentage points.
By county
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Duval (largest municipality: Jacksonville)
- Hillsborough (largest municipality: Tampa)
- Miami-Dade (largest municipality: Miami)
- Monroe (largest city: Key West)
- St. Lucie (largest city: Port St. Lucie)
- Osceola (largest municipality: Kissimmee)
- Pinellas (largest municipality: St. Petersburg)
- Seminole (largest municipality: Sanford)
By congressional district
Scott won 20 of 28 congressional districts.