Sydney Gruters
Won the 2026 race for Florida's 16th District.
- Last margin
- +4.2
- Won 2026
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Background
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- On the ballot as
- former executive director of the New College of Florida Foundation and wife of state senator and chair of the Republican National Committee Joe Gruters
Every race Gruters has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Gruters won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Raised | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida's 16th District | General | Won | Kelly Kirschner (D), Mark Davis (I) | 51.2% | R+4.2 | $1.6M | R+14.2 |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Florida Department of State, Division of Elections (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Money
Gruters’s campaign fundraising, and outside money in Gruters’s races this cycle.
- Raised, 2025–26
- $1.6M
- Outside, for Gruters
- $1.8M
- Outside, against Gruters
- $203K
Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET
What’s next
From campaign filings, not from public statements.
| SYDNEY GRUTERS FOR CONGRESS FEC | Active |
Source: FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026Updated Nov 3, 2026, 2:14 AM ET
Polls of Gruters’s races
The 2026 general average had Gruters ahead by 6.1; Gruters won by 4.2.
| Race | Average | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 · 2 polls | R+6.1 | R+4.2 |
Source: 99chambers polling average on Election Day; 2026 results: Florida Department of State, Division of Elections (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Who Gruters has run against
- Kelly Kirschner (D) · 2026 general, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Florida Department of State, Division of Elections (unofficial)
The seat
- Florida's 16th District · lean R+12.5 · 257th most Democratic of 435
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Source: 99chambers: presidential results on current lines (MEDSL precinct returns); Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FEC