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Florida Senate election, 2016

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All 40 seats in the Florida Senate
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Joe Negron Oscar Braynon
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since December 2, 2015 January 22, 2015
Leader's seat 25th 35th
Last election 26 seats, 54.31% 14 seats, 35.40%
Seats won 25 15
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 3,158,925 2,074,964
Percentage 58.50% 38.43%
Swing Increase 1.19 Increase 3.03


Senate President before election

Andy Gardiner
Republican

Elected Senate President

Joe Negron
Republican

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

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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

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Democratic

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Republican

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Overall Results

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Summary of the November 8, 2016, Florida Senate election results
Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % pp No. No. %
  Republican Party 32 3,158,925 58.50 Increase1.19 25 Decrease1 61.5
  Democratic Party 25 2,074,964 38.43 Increase3.03 15 Increase1 38.5
  Independent 6 163,573 3.02 Decrease3.33 0 Steady 0.00
  Write-in N/A 1,338 0.02 Decrease0.02 0 Steady 0.00
  Libertarian Party 0 0 0 Decrease3.88 0 Steady 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 Decrease2.13
Source: Florida Secretary of State,[2]

District Results

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District 1
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District 1
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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Republican George Gainer was unopposed in the general election.

District 3

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District 3
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bill Montford (incumbent) 159,288 67.4%
Republican Nancy Miller 77,192 32.6%
Total votes 236,480 100%
Democratic hold

District 4

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Republican Aaron Bean was unopposed in the general election.

District 5

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Republican Rob Bradley was unopposed in the general election.

District 6

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Democrat Audrey Gibson was unopposed in the general election.

District 7

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District 7
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Travis Hutson (incumbent) 174,320 63.9%
Democratic Curtis Ceballos 98,378 36.1%
Total votes 272,698 100%
Republican hold

District 8

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District 1
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Keith Perry 119,895 52.6%
Democratic Rod Smith 107,990 47.4%
Total votes 227,885 100%
Republican hold

District 9

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Republican David Simmons was unopposed in the general election.

District 10

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Republican Wilton Simpson was unopposed in the general election.

District 11

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District 11
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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District 12
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dennis Baxley 216,234 99.8%
Write-In Elizabeth Kathryn McNutt 392 0.2%
Total votes 216,626 100%
Republican hold

District 13

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District 13
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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District 14
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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District 15
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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District 16
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jack Latvala (incumbent) 189,514 99.8%
Write-In Katherine Perkins 452 0.2%
Total votes 189,966 100%
Republican hold

District 17

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District 17
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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District 18
Party Candidate Votes %
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

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District 19
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Darryl Rouson 141,305 66.9%
Republican John Houman 69,875 33.1%
Total votes 211,180 100%
Democratic hold

District 20

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Republican Tom Lee was unopposed in the general election.

District 21

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Republican Bill Galvano was unopposed in the general election.

District 22

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District 22
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kelli Stargel 116,464 53.5%
Democratic Debra S. Wright 101,261 46.5%
Total votes 217,725 100%
Republican hold

References

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  1. ^ http://dos.myflorida.com/media/697210/2016general_party.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Brill, Sanford. "Florida Department of State - Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com.