2214 United States Senate election in Florida

The **2214 United States Senate election in Florida** was held November 8, 2214 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Florida, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent United States Senator Aditi Sethi announced that she would not run for a third term as she promised in her first campaign.

Republican Florida Attorney General Ashley Goss narrowly defeated Democratic U.S. Representative Keon Cason in one of the closest senate elections of 2214.

## Background

Florida has almost always been known as a swing state, however, for the last decade the state has narrowly voted for Republicans in most statewide elections. It is filled with a diverse population with anyone from first-time college graduates to retirees.

Incumbent Senator Aditi Sethi was a very popular conservative Republican from Orlando. Sethi, a strong supporter for term limits, announced her retirement as promised in her first Senate campaign in 2202. During her tenure, she focused on infrastructure and international affairs. Sethi was also a well-known terra primer, once filibustering a bill that would have funded a space elevator to be built between Io and Europa. She also believed that the United States should take an isolationist approach to foreign policy. She has opposed every build giving funds to Martian Civil War efforts.

## Republican Primary

Incumbent Senator Aditi Sethi announced that she would not run for a third term. This caused many prominent Florida Republicans to announce their candidacies. Ashley Goss, the state's Attorney General was the first to announce. Previously a private practice family lawyer, Goss aroused many with her passionate speeches. She was a strict isolationist, and supporting eliminating the "unnecessary Exterior department", and defunding the Department of Homeland Security "who was not doing its job". Although prominent conservatives such as U.S. Representative Delaney Berger quickly endorsed her candidacy, Sethi did not. She called Goss "a truly hate-filled woman who had no business being in federal office". Sethi asked Connor Taft, the former CFO of Florida to run. Taft was a moderate isolationist who supported balancing the budget and rebuilding the state's rural infrastructure. Taft earned the support of Sethi and many other moderate Republicans and state legislators. A couple other candidates also announced including Nolan Hadden, the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. He was very young and was considered an "inexperienced RINO". Hadden eventually withdrew and successfully ran for Congress. The biggest threat to a Goss or Taft win was from Tiffany Hoy, a young moderate businesswoman and political analyst from Key West. She campaigned as a populist, supporting environmental protection measures, ending publicly funded transportation, and lowering taxes. Hoy received several endorsements from young Republicans including Melissa Gady, a U.S. Representative who had declined to run for the seat herself. She also surged at the end of the primary with some polls showing a narrow upset victory. However, Goss would end up narrowly clinching the nomination.

### Candidates

#### Nominee

* Ashley Goss, Attorney General of Florida

#### Eliminated in the primary

* Maira Jackson, attorney
* Tiffany Hoy, businesswoman and political strategist
* Connor Taft, former Chief Financial Officer of Florida

#### Withdrawn

* Nolan Hadden, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture *(ran for Congress; endorsed Taft)*

#### Declined

* Grace Barton, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives *(endorsed Goss)*
* Brooke Dodson, Mayor of Jacksonville *(endorsed Goss)*
* Melissa Gady, U.S. Representative *(ran for re-election; endorsed Hoy)*
* Kenneth Sterchele, Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives *(ran for Congress; endorsed Taft)*

### Endorsements

* Delaney Berger, U.S. Representative from Ohio's 7th Congressional District
* Duane Euler, U.S. Senator from Colorado
* Bridget Von Hagen, U.S. Senator from Iowa

State Officials* Grace Barton, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives

Local Officials* Brooke Dodson, Mayor of Jacksonville

Organizations* America First Party
* Conservative Women Fund

* Brandon Ekezemie, U.S. Representative from Georgia's 2nd Congressional District
* David Gomez, U.S. Representative from Florida's 12th Congressional District
* Melissa Gady, U.S. Representative from Florida's 3rd Congressional District
* Grace Martinez-Nicholson, U.S. Senate Minority Whip; U.S. Senator from Alaska

State Officials* Kim Allison, Majority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives
* Dewan Das, former state senator
* Corrin Genet, state representative
* Allie Jarzynka, former state senator
* Aliah Koke, state senator
* Justin Nosrat, state senator
* Sydney Plaza, state representative

Local Officials* Mickey Richards, Mayor of Key West

Organizations* Florida Young Republicans

* Aditi Sethi, U.S. Senator from Florida

State Officials* Nolan Hadden, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture
* Kenneth Sterchele, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives

## Democratic Primary

### Candidates

#### Nominee

* Keon Cason, U.S. Representative

#### Eliminated in Primary

* Courtney Cates, perennial candidate
* Kristen Holmes, former Minority Whip of the Florida House of Representatives

#### Declined

* Rebecca Benton, former U.S. Representative
* Reilly Duke, Miami City Commissioner
* Dallas Issac, U.S. Representative *(ran for re-election; endorsed Cason)*
* Kateleigh Linxwiller, state representative *(ran for governor)*
* Thomas Oliva, U.S. Representative *(ran for re-election)*
* Daniel Severenchuk, Assistant Secretary of Education for Legislation and Congressional Affairs and former U.S. Representative
* Susan Whitfield, Mayor of West Palm Beach