Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Neil Joseph Gilespie

Party
No party affiliation
Running for
U.S. Senate · Florida
Filing address
Ocala, FL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
GILESPIE, NEIL JOSEPH
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Florida with the whole state highlighted

Florida

No party affiliationU.S. Senate · FloridaChallengerRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID S6FL00863 · Principal campaign committee: NEIL J GILLESPIE FOR US SENATE

Total raised$13,283.81
Total spent$12,650.24
Cash on hand$633.57
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $8,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $3,627.56Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,656.25
  • Individual contributions$8,000.0060%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$3,627.5627%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,656.2512%

Self-funding: $3,627.56 (27% of money raised): $3,627.56 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$0.000%
  • Contributions over $200$8,000.00100%
  • Itemized from inside Florida$1,000.0013%
  • Itemized from other states$7,000.0088%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$12K$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $11,997.21JULY QUARTERLY: spent $10,997.37PRE-PRIMARY: raised $300.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $462.80OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $915.60OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $852.442026-062026-072026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

Florida U.S. Senate, 2026 · 38 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Neil Joseph Gilespie (NPA)$13,283.81$633.572026-10-14
Alexander Vindman (D)$20,487,915.65$4,117,608.722026-09-30
Joshua Joseph Weil (D)$15,933,478.15$0.002025-09-30
Ashley Moody (R)$14,524,031.96$816,355.112026-10-14
Angela Nixon (D)$8,177,943.83$4,113,082.562026-09-30
Jennifer Jenkins (D)$960,174.42$152,722.052026-10-14
Hector Daniel Mujica (D)$856,667.26$1,979.772026-09-30
Alan Mark Grayson (D)$743,096.82$154,161.352026-09-30
Jake Lang (R)$32,875.83$1,500.822026-09-30
Christopher Gleason (R)$32,065.37−$338.862026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

Polling average: Ashley Moody 49.7% · Angie Nixon 43.3% (Moody +6.4%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from 270toWin{{cite web|title=2026 Polls: Florida Senate, Decision Desk HQ, FiftyPlusOne, RealClearPolitics, Silver Bulletin.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
co/efficient (R)October 18–20, 20261,014 (LV)±3.1%Ashley Moody 48% · Angie Nixon 40%
University of North FloridaOctober 12–19, 20261,471 (LV)±2.8%Ashley Moody 49% · Angie Nixon 45%
Univision/YouGovOctober 2–15, 2026825 (RV)±4.0%Ashley Moody 51% · Angie Nixon 42%
ActiVoteSeptember 27 – October 15, 2026400 (LV)±4.9%Ashley Moody 53% · Angie Nixon 47%
MDW CommunicationsOctober 4–10, 20262,351 (LV)±2.8%Ashley Moody 48% · Angie Nixon 42%
Stetson UniversityOctober 1–9, 2026716 (LV)± 4.2%Ashley Moody 52% · Angie Nixon 41%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate special election in Florida (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: NEIL J GILLESPIE FOR US SENATE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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