The 2022 Florida Chief Financial Officer election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the
Chief Financial Officer of Florida
The chief financial officer of Florida is an elected statewide constitutional officer of Florida. The office was created in 2002 following the 1998 reforms of the Florida Cabinet. The CFO is a combination of the former offices of comptroller and ...
. Incumbent
Republican
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Political ideology
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CFO
Jimmy Patronis
Jimmy Theo Patronis Jr. (born April 13, 1972) is an American politician serving as the chief financial officer of the state of Florida. He was previously a member of the Florida House of Representatives representing the 6th district, which inclu ...
won re-election to a second term with over 59% of the vote and a margin of victory of 19 percentage points.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
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Jimmy Patronis
Jimmy Theo Patronis Jr. (born April 13, 1972) is an American politician serving as the chief financial officer of the state of Florida. He was previously a member of the Florida House of Representatives representing the 6th district, which inclu ...
, incumbent
Chief Financial Officer of Florida
The chief financial officer of Florida is an elected statewide constitutional officer of Florida. The office was created in 2002 following the 1998 reforms of the Florida Cabinet. The CFO is a combination of the former offices of comptroller and ...
Endorsements
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
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Adam Hattersley
Adam Roger Hattersley (born March 24, 1978) is an American politician and author who was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 59th district in Hillsborough County from 2018 to 2020. He ran for Chief Financial Officer of Flor ...
, former state representative and candidate for
Florida's 15th congressional district
Florida's 15th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was reassigned in 2012, effective January 2013, to the northern parts of Hillsborough and Polk counties as well as the southernmost parts of Lake.
See ...
in 2020
Did not qualify
*Tyrone Javellana, accountant
Withdrawn
*Karla Jones
Declined
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Lauren Book
Lauren Frances Book (born October 12, 1984) is an American politician and former educator who has served in the Florida Senate since 2016, representing parts of Broward County. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been the Senate's minority ...
, minority leader of the
Florida Senate
The Florida Senate is the upper house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida House of Representatives being the lower house. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution of Florida, adopted ...
Endorsements
Independent and third party candidates
Independent candidates
Withdrawn
* Richard Dembinsky,
perennial candidate
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Did not qualify
*Benjamin Horbowy
General election
Polling
Results
Notes
See also
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Chief Financial Officer of Florida
The chief financial officer of Florida is an elected statewide constitutional officer of Florida. The office was created in 2002 following the 1998 reforms of the Florida Cabinet. The CFO is a combination of the former offices of comptroller and ...
References
External links
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Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...
Division of Election
Candidate Tracking System;Official campaign websites
Adam Hattersley (D) for CFOJimmy Patronis (R) for CFO
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Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...