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Elections in Florida |
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Government |
The 2016 Florida Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Florida on November 8, 2016, to elect members to the Senate of the Florida Legislature. A primary election was held in several districts on August 30, 2016. The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislature, the House of Representatives.
The Republican Party of Florida won a majority of seats, for the 11th time since 1996. The Florida Democratic Party had a net gain of one seat. The new Legislature convened on January 3, 2017.
Electoral system edit
The 40 members of the Senate were elected from single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting for staggered four-year terms. Contested nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties for each district were determined by an open primary election. Minor party and independent candidates were nominated by petition. Write-in candidates must have filed a request with the secretary of state's office for votes for them to have been counted.
Retiring members edit
Democratic edit
- Geraldine Thompson, 12th
- Darren Soto, 14th
- Arthenia Joyner, 19th
- Joseph Abruzzo, 25th
- Jeremy Ring, 29th
- Christopher Smith, 31st
- Eleanor Sobel, 33rd
- Maria Sachs, 34th
- Gwen Margolis, 35th
Republican edit
- Don Gaetz, 1st
- Greg Evers, 2nd
- Charles Dean, 5th
- Alan Hays, 11th
- Andy Gardiner, 13th
- Thad Altman, 16th
- John Legg, 17th
- Garrett Richter, 23rd
- Nancy Detert, 28th
Overall Results edit
Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||
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No. | % | ∆pp | No. | ∆No. | % | |||
Republican Party | 32 | 3,158,925 | 58.50 | 1.19 | 25 | 1 | 61.5 | |
Democratic Party | 25 | 2,074,964 | 38.43 | 3.03 | 15 | 1 | 38.5 | |
Independent | 6 | 163,573 | 3.02 | 3.33 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Write-in | N/A | 1,338 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Libertarian Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.88 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Total | 5,399,192 | 100.00 | ±0.00 | 40 | ±0 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout (out of 12,863,773 eligible voters)[1] | 5,399,192 | 41.97 | 2.13 | |||||
Source: Florida Secretary of State,[2] |
District Results edit
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Doug Broxson | 199,929 | 99.8% | |
Write-In | Miriam Woods | 349 | 0.2% | |
Write-In | Aaron Matthew Erskine | 46 | 0.02% | |
Total votes | 200,324 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 2 edit
Republican George Gainer was unopposed in the general election.
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bill Montford (incumbent) | 159,288 | 67.4% | |
Republican | Nancy Miller | 77,192 | 32.6% | |
Total votes | 236,480 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 4 edit
Republican Aaron Bean was unopposed in the general election.
District 5 edit
Republican Rob Bradley was unopposed in the general election.
District 6 edit
Democrat Audrey Gibson was unopposed in the general election.
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Travis Hutson (incumbent) | 174,320 | 63.9% | |
Democratic | Curtis Ceballos | 98,378 | 36.1% | |
Total votes | 272,698 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Keith Perry | 119,895 | 52.6% | |
Democratic | Rod Smith | 107,990 | 47.4% | |
Total votes | 227,885 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 9 edit
Republican David Simmons was unopposed in the general election.
District 10 edit
Republican Wilton Simpson was unopposed in the general election.
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Randolph Bracy | 151,329 | 99.9% | |
Write-In | Joseph Harris | 141 | 0.1% | |
Write-In | Miranda Sherelle Ratcliffe | 36 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 151,506 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 12 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dennis Baxley | 216,234 | 99.8% | |
Write-In | Elizabeth Kathryn McNutt | 392 | 0.2% | |
Total votes | 216,626 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 13 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Linda Stewart | 129,598 | 58.1% | |||
Republican | Dean Asher | 93,444 | 41.9% | |||
Total votes | 223,042 | 100% | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 14 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dorothy Hukill (incumbent) | 158,946 | 68.4% | |
Independent | Richard Paul Dembinsky | 73,299 | 31.6% | |
Total votes | 232,245 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Victor M. Torres Jr. | 142,432 | 59.3% | |
Republican | Peter Vivaldi | 97,862 | 40.7% | |
Total votes | 240,294 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 16 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jack Latvala (incumbent) | 189,514 | 99.8% | |
Write-In | Katherine Perkins | 452 | 0.2% | |
Total votes | 189,966 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 17 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Debbie Mayfield | 164,146 | 62.1% | |
Democratic | Amy C. Tidd | 100,091 | 37.9% | |
Write-In | Ronald Julian Thomas | 7 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 264,244 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 18 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dana Young | 113,125 | 48.2% | |
Democratic | Bob Buesing | 97,211 | 41.4% | |
Independent | Joe Redner | 22,254 | 9.5% | |
Independent | Sheldon Upthegrove | 2,060 | 0.9% | |
Total votes | 234,650 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 19 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Darryl Rouson | 141,305 | 66.9% | |
Republican | John Houman | 69,875 | 33.1% | |
Total votes | 211,180 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
District 20 edit
Republican Tom Lee was unopposed in the general election.
District 21 edit
Republican Bill Galvano was unopposed in the general election.
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kelli Stargel | 116,464 | 53.5% | |
Democratic | Debra S. Wright | 101,261 | 46.5% | |
Total votes | 217,725 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
References edit
- ^ http://dos.myflorida.com/media/697210/2016general_party.pdf.
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(help) - ^ Brill, Sanford. "Florida Department of State - Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com.