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Florida’s 15th District

U.S. House · FL-15

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of November 2, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 89% chance of winning, with an average lead of 10.9 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 23%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 55.0%

    Laurel Lee, incumbent

  • Democrat 45.0%

    Robert People

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Republican, with a 72% chance (89% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesRepublican89%
OrbitRepublican72%
50/50 blendRepublican81%

Figures as of November 2, 2026. The blend averages the two chances; in replays of the 2018 and 2022 Quebec elections, it beat our main forecast on its own.

Every race according to Orbit

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
FL-15 55.0%45.0%
National averageUnited States 43.9%+11.1 54.9%−9.9

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Current member

Laurel Lee · Republican

Primary results

Held August 18, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Robert People 53.6% 22,201 votes
Republican primary Laurel Lee 0.0%

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Laurel Lee

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Robert People

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 37.3 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 10.9 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 12 84%
  • Former district 15 14%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • FL-12 Republican, competitive
  • FL-13 Republican, toss-up
  • FL-11 Republican, toss-up
  • FL-14 Democrat, competitive
  • FL-18 Republican, competitive
  • FL-10 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Democrat55%5.7-point gap
  2. VA-1Republican55%5.7-point gap
  3. MI-4Republican56%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated