This year, there will be seven minor party candidates for U.S. House on the Florida general election ballot. That is the most in Florida since 1912. There will be three Libertarians, two from the Independent Party, one Forward Party member, and one from the MGTOW Party (that stands for Men Going Their Own Way). Here is the Secretary of State’s list of candidates.

The is the first time the Forward Party and the MGTOW Party have ever appeared on the Florida ballot for any federal or state office. It is also the first time that any party, other than Republican, Democratic, or Libertarian, has had a candidate on the general election ballot for U.S. House since 2010, when the Tea Party and the Whig Party had candidates.

This is also the most Libertarians on the ballot for U.S. House in Florida. There had been two in each of these years: 2022, 2016, and 2014. There had been one in 2024, 2012, and 2000.

Ballot access was easier in Florida this year than it usually is. The law makes ballot access easier in years following a redistricting, and Florida engaged in redistricting this year. The petition in lieu of filing fee is easier in such years.

In 1912 there were four Socialists, four Progressives, and two Prohibitionists.