2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Florida Senate District 40

3 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Ramiro Orta

No Party Affiliation

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Ana Maria Rodriguez

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, District 40 (since 2020)

Ana Maria Rodriguez has served as State Senator for District 40 in the Florida Legislature since 2020, a district that includes all or part of Monroe and Miami-Dade counties. Official legislature records list the occupation as Senior Vice President of Miami Realtors.

Rodriguez's committees

Environment and Natural Resources (Chair)
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Education Postsecondary
Fiscal Policy
Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Rules
Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight
Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining

Sources for Rodriguez

Ana Maria Rodriguez: 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)

Jose Antonio Stoute

Democratic

Work: Physician and infectious disease specialist; retired U.S. Army colonel; former professor, Penn State College of Medicine

Jose Antonio Stoute earned his M.D. at the University of Miami and served in the U.S. Army from 1988 to 2008, retiring as a colonel. He was a professor at Penn State College of Medicine from 2008 to 2024 and then associate chief of staff at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center.

Sources for Stoute

Meet Jose (Jose Stoute campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Candidate profile: Jose Antonio Stoute (iVoterGuide, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

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