US Midterms 2026
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat who has served in the U.S. House since 2005 and chaired the Democratic National Committee from 2011 to 2016, is running for Florida's vacant 20th district seat in 2026 against Republican Brent Andersen.
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“She is everything that’s wrong with the broken unpopular Democratic establishment. … I look forward to retiring her from public office permanently,” he told the statewide media outlet.
Florida's newly redrawn 20th Congressional District will soon elect its first non-African-American representative since 1992. The Democratic nominee, Rep.
Florida's newly redrawn 20th Congressional District will soon elect its first non-African-American representative since 1992. The Democratic nominee, Rep.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz was born on September 27, 1966, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, to a Jewish family, the daughter of Ann and Larry Wasserman. Her family lived in Lido Beach on Long Island and moved to Melville in 1978, and she graduated from Half Hollow Hills High School East in 1984.
At the University of Florida she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1988 and a Master of Arts in 1990, both in political science, and served as president of the Student Senate and of the Graduate Student Council.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz entered politics in 1988 as an aide to Peter Deutsch, and in 1992 she won his former seat in the Florida House of Representatives, becoming at 26 the youngest female legislator in the state's history.
After four terms in the state House she was elected to the Florida Senate in 2000. When Deutsch left Congress to run for the U.S. Senate in 2004, she won his House seat with 70.2% of the vote.
Her district was renumbered the 23rd after the 2010 census and is now the 25th, covering much of southern Broward County.
In the House, Wasserman Schultz became Chief Deputy Whip and joined the Appropriations Committee, where in the 119th Congress she is ranking member of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies.
She chaired the Democratic National Committee from May 2011 until July 28, 2016, when she resigned after WikiLeaks released emails showing that she and other DNC staff had expressed a preference for Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the 2016 primaries.
Florida's 20th congressional district became vacant when Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned on April 21, 2026.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the incumbent in the 25th district, announced on May 22 that she would run for the 20th, and she won the Democratic nomination with 45.3% of the vote in a field that included former Broward County mayor Dale Holness, substitute teacher Elijah Manley, rapper Luther Campbell and Cherfilus-McCormick herself.
Her Republican opponent is businessman Brent Andersen, who won his primary with 53.8% of the vote, and Kedner Maxime is the nominee of the Independent Party of Florida. The general election is on November 3, 2026.
