2022 Florida Attorney General election explained

The 2022 Florida Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Florida Attorney General. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Ashley Moody was reelected for a second term, defeating Democratic challenger Aramis Ayala by a 21-point margin.^{[1] [2]}

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Ashley Moody, incumbent Florida Attorney General^[3]

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Aramis Ayala, former state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida (2017–2021)^[4]
• Jim Lewis, lawyer^[5]
• Daniel Uhlfelder, attorney^[6]

Declined

• Fentrice Driskell, state representative^[7] (endorsed Ayala)
• Andrew Warren, former state attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida^[8]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Aramis Ayala	Jim Lewis	Daniel Uhlfelder	Undecided
St. Pete Polls[9]	August 20–21, 2022	1,617 (LV)	± 2.4%		24%	17%	17%		43%
St. Pete Polls[10]	August 2–3, 2022	1,361 (LV)	± 2.7%		18%	17%	9%		56%

Results

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball[11]		September 14, 2022
Elections Daily[12]		November 1, 2022

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Ashley Moody (R)	Aramis Ayala (D)	Other	Undecided
Siena College[13]	October 30 – November 1, 2022	659 (LV)	± 4.4%		49%	35%	3%	13%
University of North Florida[14]	October 17–24, 2022	622 (LV)	± 4.7%		50%	36%	1%	13%
Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy[15]	September 26–28, 2022	800 (LV)	± 3.5%		50%	37%	–	13%
Siena College[16]	September 18–25, 2022	669 (LV)	± 4.5%		41%	34%	2%	22%

Ashley Moody vs. generic Democrat

Results

By congressional district

Moody won 22 of 28 congressional districts, including two that elected Democrats.^[18]

District	Moody	Ayala	Representative
		74%	26%		Matt Gaetz
		64%	36%		Neal Dunn
		65%	35%		Kat Cammack
		62%	38%		Aaron Bean
		67%	33%		John Rutherford
		70%	30%		Michael Waltz
	62%	38%		Stephanie Murphy (117th Congress)
			Cory Mills (118th Congress)
		65%	35%		Bill Posey
		51%	49%		Darren Soto
	43%	57%		Val Demings (117th Congress)
			Maxwell Frost (118th Congress)
		65%	35%		Daniel Webster
		72%	28%		Gus Bilirakis
		60%	40%		Anna Paulina Luna
		49%	51%		Kathy Castor
		61%	39%		Laurel Lee
		63%	37%		Vern Buchanan
		66%	34%		Greg Steube
		71%	29%		Scott Franklin
		70%	30%		Byron Donalds
		30%	70%		Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
		63%	37%		Brian Mast
		49%	51%		Lois Frankel
		50.2%	49.8%		Jared Moskowitz
		31%	69%		Frederica Wilson
		47%	53%		Debbie Wasserman Schultz
		69%	31%		Mario Díaz-Balart
		57%	43%		María Elvira Salazar
		63%	37%		Carlos A. Giménez

By county

County! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"

Ashley MoodyRepublican	Aramis AyalaDemocratic		Margin		Total votes cast
data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"		data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"	%	data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"			data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"	%	data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"		data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"	%
	Alachua		40,899		43.07%		54,051		56.93%		-13,152		-13.86%		94,950
	Baker		9,523		89.81%		1,081		10.19%		8,442		79.62%		10,604
	Bay		52,728		79.03%		13,991		20.97%		38,737		49.96%		66,719
	Bradford		8,329		82.31%		1,790		17.69%		6,539		64.62%		10,119
	Brevard		175,358		66.34%		88,987		33.66%		86,371		32.68%		264,345
	Broward		245,705		41.66%		344,127		58.34%		-98,422		-16.68%		589,832
	Calhoun		4,179		86.50%		652		13.50%		3,527		73.00%		4,831
	Charlotte		65,053		71.22%		26,285		28.78%		38,768		42.44%		91,338
	Citrus		57,574		76.60%		17,584		23.40%		39,990		53.20%		75,158
	Clay		68,074		76.11%		21,369		23.89%		46,705		52.22%		89,443
	Collier		116,420		72.22%		44,781		27.78%		71,639		44.44%		161,201
	Columbia		18,762		79.95%		4,706		20.05%		14,056		59.90%		23,468
	DeSoto		6,574		76.62%		2,006		23.38%		4,568		53.24%		8,580
	Dixie		5,375		87.80%		747		12.20%		4,628		75.60%		6,122
	Duval		186,628		57.19%		139,677		42.81%		46,951		14.38%		326,305
	Escambia		75,597		65.83%		39,243		34.17%		36,354		31.66%		114,840
	Flagler		39,689		68.30%		18,418		31.70%		21,271		36.60%		58,107
	Franklin		4,010		74.52%		1,371		25.48%		2,639		49.04%		5,381
	Gadsden		7,202		41.63%		10,099		58.37%		-2,897		-16.74%		17,301
	Gilchrist		6,812		87.33%		988		12.67%		5,824		74.66%		7,800
	Glades		3,041		80.39%		742		19.61%		2,299		60.78%		3,783
	Gulf		5,145		80.59%		1,239		19.41%		3,906		61.18%		6,384
	Hamilton		3,170		74.41%		1,090		25.59%		2,080		48.82%		4,260
	Hardee		4,591		83.70%		894		16.30%		3,697		67.40%		5,485
	Hendry		6,038		74.10%		2,110		25.90%		3,928		48.20%		8,148
	Hernando		57,154		71.82%		22,422		28.18%		34,732		43.64%		79,576
	Highlands		29,906		75.76%		9,570		24.24%		20,336		51.52%		39,476
	Hillsborough		268,026		55.91%		211,378		44.09%		56,648		11.82%		479,404
	Holmes		6,209		92.04%		537		7.96%		5,672		84.08%		6,746
	Indian River		52,607		68.96%		23,678		31.04%		28,929		37.92%		76,285
	Jackson		12,456		76.77%		3,769		23.23%		8,687		53.54%		16,225
	Jefferson		4,459		63.03%		2,615		36.97%		1,844		26.06%		7,074
	Lafayette		2,618		90.56%		273		9.44%		2,345		81.02%		2,891
	Lake		109,246		69.01%		49,055		30.99%		60,191		38.02%		158,301
	Lee		187,177		69.17%		83,426		30.83%		103,751		38.34%		270,603
	Leon		52,498		45.12%		63,860		54.88%		-11,362		-9.76%		116,358
	Levy		14,079		79.03%		3,735		20.97%		10,344		58.06%		17,814
	Liberty		2,231		86.01%		363		13.99%		1,868		72.02%		2,594
	Madison		4,783		68.80%		2,169		31.20%		2,614		37.60%		6,952
	Manatee		113,464		66.67%		56,730		33.33%		56,734		33.34%		170,194
	Marion		109,859		71.09%		44,673		28.91%		65,186		42.18%		154,532
	Martin		54,012		70.49%		22,614		29.51%		31,398		40.98%		76,626
	Miami-Dade		381,306		54.59%		317,204		45.41%		64,102		9.18%		698,510
	Monroe		20,428		61.04%		13,037		38.96%		7,391		22.08%		33,465
	Nassau		37,044		78.37%		10,225		21.63%		26,819		56.74%		47,269
	Okaloosa		61,888		77.14%		18,338		22.86%		48,550		54.28%		80,226
	Okeechobee		8,704		81.13%		2,025		18.87%		6,679		62.26%		10,729
	Orange		191,792		47.75%		209,882		52.25%		-18,090		-4.50%		401,674
	Osceola		54,536		53.58%		47,256		46.42%		7,280		7.16%		101,792
	Palm Beach		278,339		51.76%		259,365		48.24%		18,974		3.52%		537,704
	Pasco		151,504		67.97%		71,391		32.03%		80,113		35.94%		222,895
	Pinellas		237,207		56.70%		181,179		43.30%		56,028		13.40%		418,386
	Polk		150,607		66.28%		76,618		33.72%		73,989		32.56%		227,225
	Putnam		20,389		77.37%		5,964		22.63%		14,425		54.74%		26,353
	St. Johns		101,281		70.88%		41,611		29.12%		59,670		41.76%		142,892
	St. Lucie		72,532		60.05%		48,257		39.95%		24,275		20.10%		120,789
	Santa Rosa		60,230		80.20%		14,867		19.80%		45,363		60.40%		75,097
	Sarasota		135,762		62.67%		80,853		37.33%		54,909		25.34%		216,615
	Seminole		104,330		57.79%		76,192		42.21%		28,138		15.58%		180,522
	Sumter		66,690		75.35%		21,814		24.65%		44,876		50.70%		88,504
	Suwannee		13,677		84.04%		2,598		15.96%		11,079		68.08%		16,275
	Taylor		6,353		83.69%		1,238		16.31%		5,115		67.38%		7,591
	Union		3,987		88.31%		528		11.69%		3,459		76.62%		4,515
	Volusia		147,726		66.13%		75,668		33.87%		72,058		32.26%		223,394
	Wakulla		11,236		75.35%		3,676		24.65%		7,560		50.70%		14,912
	Walton		28,663		82.71%		5,992		17.29%		22,671		65.42%		34,655
	Washington		7,808		86.01%		1,270		13.99%		6,538		72.02%		9,078
Totals	4,651,279	60.59%	3,025,943	39.41%	1,625,336	21.18%	7,677,222

Notes

Partisan clients

See also

• 2022 United States attorney general elections
• Florida Attorney General

External links

• Florida Division of Elections Candidate Tracking System

Official campaign websites

• Aramis Ayala (D) for Attorney General
• Ashley Moody (R) for Attorney General

Notes and References

1. Web site: FLORIDA . October 6, 2020 . State AG Report.
2. Web site: 2022-11-09 . Moody defeats Ayala in race for attorney general . 2022-11-11 . WFTV . en.
3. Web site: Burke. Peter. 2021-09-14. Ashley Moody announces re-election bid in 2022. live. 2021-09-19. WPTV. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210914220439/https://www.wptv.com/news/political/ashley-moody-announces-re-election-bid-in-2022 . 2021-09-14 .
4. Web site: Democrat Aramis Ayala running for Florida attorney general . www.tampabay.com . . 3 March 2022.
5. Web site: Delgado . Jason . Democratic challenger emerges in Attorney General race . 23 November 2021 . 27 October 2021.
6. Web site: 'Grim reaper' Daniel Uhlfelder enters race for Florida attorney general . 2022-03-22 . Tampa Bay Times . en.
7. Web site: Kirkl . Jordan . Burgess . Brian . 2021-01-05 . Florida Democrats to watch in 2021 . 2021-01-16 . . en-US.
8. Web site: March. William. June 12, 2021. Andrew Warren considering run for Florida attorney general. live. 2021-06-30. Tampa Bay Times. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210613092233/https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/06/12/andrew-warren-considering-run-for-florida-attorney-general/ . 2021-06-13 .
9. http://stpetepolls.org/files/StPetePolls_2022_State_DEM_August21_Z853NV.pdf St. Pete Polls
10. http://stpetepolls.org/files/StPetePolls_2022_State_DEM_August3_S59N3.pdf St. Pete Polls
11. Web site: The Attorneys General: A Dozen Races Dot the Competitive Landscape . Sabato's Crystal Ball . September 14, 2022 . September 15, 2022.
12. Web site: Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings . Solomon . Zack . Elections Daily . November 7, 2022 . November 29, 2022.
13. https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/FL1022-Crosstabs.pdf Siena College
14. https://www.unf.edu/coas/porl/_files/polls/statewide/UNF-Oct-Statewide-22.pdf University of North Florida
15. https://cloudup.com/iWr3mJo7Brk Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy
16. https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Spectrum-Florida-Sept-2022-PR-final.pdf Siena College
17. https://filesforprogress.org/memos/student-debt-project-electoral.pdf Data for Progress (D)
18. Web site: DRA 2020. Daves Redistricting. August 18, 2024.