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FOX 13’s final poll before the 2022 midterm election shows Republican incumbents, Governor Ron DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio, enjoy significant leads over their Democratic opponents. 

Polling averages show Governor Ron DeSantis is ahead by 12 points against Charlie Crist, to the point he's willing to lend his time to Republicans in races that appear tighter. But Crist and senate candidate Val Demings – who is down by an average of eight points to Marco Rubio – aren't lying down.

With 62 days left to go before Election Day both Governor Ron DeSantis and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist are rallying support among crucial voting blocks. 

Floridians and Gov. Ron DeSantis will soon learn the identity of his general election opponent. Who will Democratic voters choose?

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has drawn national attention for leading and joining a series of lawsuits against the Biden administration, including a challenge of the 2020 election results. 

As a state Senator, Kelli Stargel sponsored Florida’s new restrictions on abortion, which ban it in most cases beyond 15 weeks. She said if elected to Congress, she would not support similar legislation on a federal level because she said it should be left to the states to decide.

Jackie Toledo is a state lawmaker, engineer and small business owner. She is branding her congressional campaign as a “mom on a mission” to fight what she calls “woke indoctrination” in public schools, and “big-government mandates.”

Kevin ‘Mac’ McGovern is a retired Navy Captain and civilian engineer from Orlando. He is running for Congress in the Tampa Bay area based on the results of redistricting, as he explained to FOX 13 Political Editor Craig Patrick.

Jim Lewis is a former state prosecutor who currently works in ft. Lauderdale as a criminal defense attorney. He is one of three Democrats competing in the August 23 Democratic Primary for the chance to challenge Attorney General Ashley Moody in November.

Five Republican candidates are competing to run for the 15th U.S. House district in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. Demetries Grimes is a retired U.S. Navy commander and Afghanistan war veteran who previously ran for a U.S. House seat as a Democrat. He rates former President Trump's leadership at a 10 and wants to end birthright citizenship.