Special election primaries for Florida State Senate District 40 and House District 116 will take place Tuesday. Mail-in voting is already underway, and early voting began July 15th.
The Senate District 40 seat was vacated when after to two other lawmakers in a Tallahassee bar. Republican Jose Felix Diaz chose to resign from his seat in the state house to run to replace Artiles, opening up another seat in House District 116.
is located in Miami-Dade County and includes much of Kendall and Glenvar Heights. partially overlaps with Senate District 40, and also contains parts of Doral, Kendall, Sunset Drive, University Park, Westchester and Fountainebleau.
General elections for both races will take place September 26th.
You can find out where your polling place is .
Meet the Candidates
Senate District 40
Learn more about Jose Felix Diaz .
Learn more about Lorenzo Palomares .
Learn more about Alex DÃaz de la Portilla .
Learn more about Ana Rivas Logan .
Learn more about Annette Taddeo .
Learn more about Christian "He-Man" Schlaerth .
House District 116
Learn more about Jose Mallea .
Learn more about Daniel Anthony Perez .
Learn more about Gabriela Mayaudon .