Val Demings, U.S. Representative

Val Demings

U.S. Representative
Born
March 12, 1957
Current age
69
Home state
Florida
Party
Democratic
On the ballot
2012–2022
3-2
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Demings3.8M
Opponents5.0M
5
Elections run

Between 2012 and 2022, Val Demings ran in 5 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and U.S. Senate), winning 3 and losing 2. Demings's biggest single-election total was 3,201,522 votes, in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Florida. Demings's closest win came in the 2016 U.S. House election in Florida's District 10, decided by 90,993 votes.

Browse every U.S. Senate election in Florida, every U.S. House race in Florida's District 10, or all 2022 U.S. Senate races.

How many votes has Val Demings received?

Val Demings has received 3,793,022 popular votes across 5 U.S. elections, with a career record of 3–2.

Election history

Val Demings’s election history
YearOfficeResultVotesOpponent(s)
2022U.S. SenateFloridaLost3,201,52241.27%Marco Rubio
Dennis Misigoy

Steven B. Grant

Tuan Tq Nguyen

Edward A. Gray

Uloma Uma Ekpete

Moses Quiles

Howard Knepper
2020U.S. HouseFloridaWon239,43463.61%Vennia Francois
Sufiyah Yasmine
2018U.S. HouseFloridaWon1100%
2016U.S. HouseFloridaWon198,49164.87%Thuy Lowe
2012U.S. HouseFloridaLost153,57448.25%Daniel Webster
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (D000627) and Wikidata (Q7909083). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
Cite this profile. PolitiFinder, “Val Demings: election history & vote totals.” https://politifinder.com/p/val-demings. Accessed [date].

Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.