US Midterms 2026
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Kelly Kirschner, a former mayor of Sarasota, is the Democratic nominee for the open 16th congressional district seat in Florida in 2026, facing Republican Sydney Gruters in the November 3 general election.
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Kruse has not endorsed Democrats for the commission. But he has endorsed District 16 congressional candidate Kelly Kirschner and co-chairs the group Republicans for Jolly, which has thrown its support behind the…
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Kelly Kirschner, a former mayor of Sarasota, is the Democratic nominee for Florida's 16th congressional district in 2026. The seat is open after Republican incumbent Vern Buchanan, who won re-election with 59.5% of the vote in 2024, announced on January 27, 2026, that he would not run again.
Kirschner won a five-candidate Democratic primary with 43.0% of the vote, ahead of nonprofit founder Tamika Lyles (19.9%) and attorney Jan Schneider (15.4%), the party's nominee for the district in 2016, 2022 and 2024.
The Republican nominee is Sydney Gruters, a former executive director of the New College of Florida Foundation, who won her primary with 63.4%. The general election is on November 3, 2026.
