<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The 2018 Florida gubernatorial election will be held on November 6, 2018, alongside a U.S. Senate election, U.S. House elections, and other state and local elections . Incumbent two - term Republican Governor Rick Scott is term - limited . Florida elects its Governor and Lieutenant Governor on a joint ticket . </P> <P> The candidate filing deadline for this gubernatorial race was on June 22, 2018, with primary elections being held on August 28, 2018 . Florida uses a closed primary process, in which the selection of each party's candidates for a general election is limited to registered members of that party . Ron DeSantis won the Republican primary, and Andrew Gillum won the Democratic primary . </P> <P> A Democratic candidate has not won a gubernatorial election in Florida since 1994 when Governor Lawton Chiles was elected to a second term . </P>

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