Scott Franklin: Projected winner on November 3, 2026, according to Decision Desk HQ.
In their own words
- Fighting for Florida's agriculture priorities from the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, including relief for citrus growers and producers hit by hurricanes and disease. source
- As a 26-year Navy veteran, working with and holding the VA accountable so veterans receive the benefits they earned and timely, quality care. source
- Lowering taxes, reducing wasteful spending and eliminating excessive regulations in order to create jobs and stimulate economic growth. source
- Providing the resources for the best-equipped and most lethal fighting force on the globe, and keeping service members out of social experiments and political agendas. source
Priorities as the candidate states them, each linked to where they said it.
Election update, November 4, 2026: Decision Desk HQ projects Scott Franklin as the winner of re-election in Florida Congressional District 18 on November 3, 2026. Results are unofficial and subject to certification. Source: Decision Desk HQ
Representative Scott Franklin represents Florida's 18th congressional district, anchored in Polk County. A Naval Aviator who flew combat missions in the Persian Gulf and retired after 26 years of service, he built an insurance business in Lakeland and served on the Lakeland City Commission before his election to Congress in 2020.
Endorsed for re-election by President Donald Trump, Franklin serves on the House Appropriations Committee and the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, advocating for national defense readiness, agricultural disaster relief, and fiscal discipline in Washington. He sought another term in the November 3, 2026 general election.
About this office: Members of the U.S. House write federal law and control federal spending. Terms run two years, so this seat is on the ballot every cycle.