2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Florida Senate District 22

3 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

James Buchanan

Republican

In office now: State Representative, District 74 (since 2018)

James Buchanan has served as State Representative for District 74 in the Florida Legislature since 2018, a district that includes all or part of Sarasota County. Official legislature records list the occupation as Real Estate Broker.

Buchanan's committees

Commerce Committee (Chair)
Budget Committee

Sources for Buchanan

James Buchanan: official member information (Florida Legislature (Florida Senate; Florida House of Representatives), Public record)
Florida Legislature: current member roster (Florida Legislature (Florida Senate; Florida House of Representatives), Public record)

Martin Hyde

No Party Affiliation

Work: Businessman and activist (Sarasota); former CEO, Gulf Business Services; former professional soccer player

Martin Hyde played professional soccer for Brighton and Southampton in England and later became CEO of Gulf Business Services, which DEX Imaging acquired in 2022. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in the 2022 Republican primary and for the Sarasota City Commission, and is running for Senate District 22 without party affiliation.

Sources for Hyde

'I can't stand by': Martin Hyde jumps into open SD 22 race (Florida Politics, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Lew Wasserman

Democratic

We haven't found a sourced summary for Lew Wasserman yet.

Where we looked, Wednesday, October 14, 2026:

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Sources

Candidate list and race details

Candidate list download, 2026 General Election (state candidates, all statuses) (Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, Public record)

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