Florida's 7th congressional district

Candidate source: Florida Division of Elections (dos.fl.gov / dos.elections.myflorida.com) Candidate Tracking System — Candidate Listing for 2026 General Election (US Senator; US Representative by district) (retrieved 2026-09-28). Absence of a candidate row is never evidence that a race has no candidates.

Rows read from the official source: 283 · published here: 270 · left out by rule: 0 · held back for review: 0. FL Division of Elections Candidate Tracking System (CTS) is the official qualifying record for federal candidates. All 28 House districts and the US Senate contest present. US Senate = SPECIAL general for the unexpired portion of the Class 3 term (Moody appointed Jan 2025 after Rubio's resignation); neither FL class is up regularly in 2026 (Class 1 next regular 2030, Class 3 next regular 2028) and the Secretary of State's Notices of General Election list 'United States Senator' for Nov 3 2026 in all sampled counties - designation=special, senate_class=3 recorded per brief and corroborated by dos.fl.gov notice PDFs. FL-20: brief said seat vacant (Cherfilus-McCormick resigned 2026-04-21, special date TBD, zero FL-20 rows expected) - SOURCE CONTRADICTS: CTS 20261103-GEN shows a full FL-20 slate including Cherfilus-McCormick Defeated/Eliminated in a completed primary; Broward notice lists 'Representative in Congress: Districts 20, 22, 24, 25, 26'. FL-20 special general therefore coincides with Nov 3 2026; FL-20 rows emitted with designation=special (3 general-ballot candidates: Wasserman Schultz DEM, Andersen REP, Maxime IND). Palm Beach notice edition retrieved does NOT list D20 (lists 21,22,23,25) while Broward does - edition discrepancy noted, CTS treated as authoritative. No separate federal-special election id exists in CTS (only 20261103-S01 state SD21; 20260324 state HD51/HD52/SD14+87), so federal specials are merged into elecid 20261103-GEN. Status mapping (verbatim CTS Status -> dataset status): Qualified/Unopposed -> qualified_for_general; Defeated (Primary=Eliminated) -> qualified_for_primary; Withdrew -> withdrawn; Did Not Qualify -> disqualified. Rows emitted: 283 (14 USS + 269 USR) with 83 general-ballot (qualified_for_general: 86); 107 primary-defeated, 33 withdrawn, 57 did-not-qualify rows retained for completeness (batch-D HI precedent). D10 Frost (DEM) Unopposed primary+general per source. Party codes as printed (REP/DEM/NPA/IND/WRI); '*Incumbent' markers preserved in source_row. Authority logic: CTS StatusCode=ALL includes withdrawn and did-not-qualify rows; this is the Division's complete qualifying ledger, not a certified-ballot printout - certified ballot composition derives from the same qualifying record plus Secretary of State notices; status_basis=state_certified_list (Division of Elections official qualifying record). FL-20 (13 rows) QUARANTINED on source conflict (Clerk date-TBD + notice omission vs CTS slate); the FL-20 VACANCY itself remains published on the seat (cross-checked Clerk+MemberData). Senate rows carry class 3 / designation special (special general, unexpired Class 3 term).