US Midterms 2026
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Gay Valimont, a Democratic athletic trainer who was her party's nominee for Florida's 1st congressional district in 2024 and 2025, is again the nominee in 2026, facing Republican incumbent Jimmy Patronis.
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Gay Valimont’s bid for Florida’s 1st Congressional District (FL-01) is noted in connection with the 2025 special election after Jimmy Patronis won the seat in the April 2025 race.
The article notes that Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s former chief financial officer, won a special election for Gaetz’s congressional seat (FL-01) in April 2025, defeating Democratic challenger Gay Valimont.
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Gay Valimont, an athletic trainer, is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 election for Florida's 1st congressional district, a seat she also contested as the party's nominee in 2024 and 2025.
The incumbent is Republican Jimmy Patronis, who took office on April 2, 2025, after winning the special election that followed Matt Gaetz's resignation on November 13, 2024.
Henry Barnes also entered the Democratic primary before withdrawing, while Patronis won the Republican primary with 71.1% of the vote against John Frankman and Douglas C. Chico. Valimont faces Patronis and independent candidate Tyler Davis in the general election on November 3, 2026.
