Val Butler Demings
Last held office: U.S. House, FL-10 (2017–2023). Ran in 5 elections between 2012 and 2022, winning 3.
Last office: U.S. House, FL-10Born 1957
- Last margin
- −16.4
- Lost 2022
- Elections
- 5
- 2012–2022
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET
Career
Offices held, and every time Demings was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Demings has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Demings won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Raised | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | U.S. Senate, Florida | General | Lost | Marco Rubio (R), Dennis Misigoy (L), Steven B. Grant (I) | 41.3% | R+16.4 | $81.1M | R+3.4 | |
| 2020 | U.S. House, FL-10 | General | Won | Vennia Francois (R) | 63.6% | D+27.2 | $1.9M | — | |
| 2018 | U.S. House, FL-10 | General | Won | Unopposed | 100% | — | $838.8K | — | |
| 2016 | U.S. House, FL-10 | General | Won | Thuy Lowe (R) | 64.9% | D+29.7 | $165.2K | — | |
| 2012 | U.S. House, FL-10 | General | Lost | Daniel Webster (R) | 48.3% | R+3.5 | $2M | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Campaign money, 2021–22
- Raised
- $81.1M
- Spent
- $81.5M
- Cash
- $332.9K
Source: FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022Updated Oct 8, 2026, 10:37 AM ET
Seats Demings has held
- U.S. House, FL-10 · 2017–2023
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Demings has run against
- Marco Rubio (R) · 2022 election, lost
- Vennia Francois (R) · 2020 election, won
- Thuy Lowe (R) · 2016 election, won
- Daniel Webster (R) · 2012 election, lost
Source: 99chambers results archive
In the polls
Included in 66 polls; Demings’s best result was 59% (Florida's 10th District, 2016).
Demings’s polls in the database →How we know Demings
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Bioguide D000627
- FEC H2FL08063
- Wikidata Q7909083
- Ballotpedia Val Demings
- Vote Smart 137637
- GovTrack 412696
- OpenSecrets N00033449
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET