2026 forecast · Florida 28th

Carlos Gimenez is very likely to win Florida's 28th District.

Phil Ehr vs Carlos Gimenez. The model has Gimenez ahead by 9.4 points, winning 93 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Likely RModel R +9.4Polls R +2.0Updated October 22, 2026
Phil Ehr
Democrat
44.2%
147,136 projected votes
Carlos Gimenez
Republican
53.6%
178,470 projected votes
93%Gimenez
7%Ehr
Gimenez very likelyEach square is one simulated election night, Gimenez wins about 93 of 100
RatingLikely R93% chance for Gimenez
Model marginR +9.4Polls R +2.0
80 percent rangeR +1.2 to R +17.32,000 simulations
Projected votes333,018Gimenez 53.6%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Florida districts

28 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Phil EhrDemocrat · 7% to win
44.2%
Carlos GimenezRepublican · 93% to win
53.6%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

333,018 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Carlos Gimenez R178,47053.6%
Phil Ehr D147,13644.2%
Eddy Rojas I7,4122.2%
Total333,018100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%7% Ehr93% Gimenez16 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The Florida governor polling average
36%38%40%42%44%46%48%50%52%54%MayJunJulAugSepOct43.0Jolly48.3Donalds
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
Fabrizio Lee for Donalds (R)Oct 11 · 1,200 LV · A18%Donalds +6.0
On Point PollingOct 18 · 378 LV · Gold17%Donalds +4.2
MDW Communications (D)Oct 10 · 2,351 LV · NR15%Donalds +2.1
University of North FloridaOct 19 · 1,471 LV · NR11%Donalds +2.0
Targoz Market Research (R)Oct 4 · 1,000 LV · C+10%Donalds +10.0
co/efficient (R)Oct 20 · 1,014 LV · C+7.0%Donalds +9.0
Every other poll together: 21%

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +2.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Gimenez +9.4
Chance of winning
Phil Ehr7%
Carlos Gimenez93%
Simulated vote
Phil Ehr44.2%
Carlos Gimenez53.6%
Eddy Rojas2.2%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +25.0
FundamentalsR +10.0
With pollsR +7.9
Early vote turnoutR +1.5
With early voteR +9.4

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Florida, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +30R +30Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +25.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +10.0With pollsaverage R +2.0R +7.9With early voteturnout so farR +9.4
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.