2026 results · Florida · county

DeSoto County, Florida

Moody carried DeSoto County by 29.7 points in the Senate race, 13.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (R+42.9). 5 races have votes counted here.

DeSoto County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 9,123; 73% of the 12,488 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: R+29.7
2024 president: R+42.9
Shift from 2024: 13.3 pts → D
In Florida: 34th of 67; The 34th best county for Nixon of the 67 counted; 43rd for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

Florida SenateAshley Moody won · R+2.9 across the state
34.6% Angie Nixon64.3% Ashley Moody
R+29.79,123 votes
13.3 pts → D2024 R+42.9
Florida GovernorByron Donalds won · R+1.3 across the state
35.3% David Jolly62.7% Byron Donalds
R+27.49,097 votes
15.6 pts → D2024 R+42.9
Florida Attorney GeneralJames Uthmeier won · R+1.8 across the state
35.3% Jose Javier Rodriguez64.7% James Uthmeier
R+29.49,069 votes
13.5 pts → D2024 R+42.9
Florida Commissioner of AgricultureWilton Simpson won · R+2.1 across the state
35.9% Joey Mendoza Atkins63.3% Wilton Simpson
R+27.39,002 votes
15.6 pts → D2024 R+42.9

The House

Florida 16th DistrictDeSoto County's part of the district · Sydney Gruters won · R+4.2 across the district
36.2% Kelly Kirschner61.5% Sydney Gruters
R+25.29,047 votes
16.9 pts → D2024 R+42.1

Counts come from each race’s official source, named on its own page. Margins are the leading two candidates’ difference in points of all votes counted. 2024 is the presidential vote, Harris against Trump, on the same ground (for a House district, the county’s part of it). A county is not compared with 2024 until a quarter of its 2024 vote is counted. Ranks are among the state’s counties with votes counted in the same race.