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Florida State Senate elections, 2010

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Florida State Senate elections, 2010

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Florida State Senate
State legislative elections, 2010

Elections for the Florida State Senate were held in Florida on November 2, 2010. State senate seats in the even numbered districts were on the ballot in 2010.

The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 30, 2010, and the primary election day was August 24, 2010.

In Florida, senators serve two or four-year terms depending on the year with a maximum of two consecutive four-year terms. The Senators representing the odd-numbered districts are elected in years evenly divisible by four. The senators from the even-numbered districts are elected in the intervening even-numbered years. All senators are up for election in years ending in the digit 2.

The incumbent senator ran for re-election for 10 of the 23 state senate seats that were up for election in 2010 (43.4%). In 7 of the remaining 13 seats the incumbent was ineligible to run because of term limits.

As a result of this election, Republicans increased their majority by two seats.

See also: Florida State Senate and State legislative elections, 2010

November 2 General Election Results

The following candidates won election on November 2, 2010:

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 2 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the Florida State Senate:

Florida State Senate
Party As of November 1, 2010 After the 2010 Election
     Democratic Party 13 12
     Republican Party 26 28
     Vacancy 1 -
Total 40 40


Term limits

See also: State legislatures with term limits

The Florida State Senate has been a term-limited state senate since Florida voters approved Amendment 9 in 1992. Amendment 9 altered Article VI, section 4 of the Florida Constitution to establish a maximum of two 4-year terms on Florida State Senators.

There are 40 Florida State Senators. In 2010, 8 incumbents were ineligible to run for the Senate again in November. They were:

Democrats (1):

Republicans (6):

Campaign contributions

See also: State-by-state comparison of donations to state senate campaigns

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state senate in Florida in past years and the cumulative amount of campaign contributions in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.[1]

Year Number of candidates Total contributions
2010 60 $14,617,863
2008 50 $12,733,525
2006 47 $16,502,417
2004 37 $4,786,164
2002 81 $13,012,199


In 2010, the total amount of campaign contributions raised in senate elections was $14,617,863. The top 10 contributors were:[2]

Donor Amount
Domino, Carl J $592,600
Florida Democratic Party $588,915
Florida Republican Party $525,959
Perniciaro, Charles $385,980
Dockery, Paula B $281,500
McGriff Jr, Perry C $150,500
Hospital Corporation of America $67,500
Burkert, Pete $67,315
Margolis, Gwen $65,000
Florida Chamber of Commerce $62,000

Incumbency

Unopposed incumbents

2010 state legislative elections analyzed using a Competitiveness Index

5 incumbents (50%) faced no competition in the November 2 general election.

  • 2 Democratic incumbents faced no November challenger.
  • 3 GOP incumbents faced no November challenger.

Primary challenges

Two incumbents faced competition in the August 24 primary. The two incumbents, both Republicans, won their primaries:

Retiring incumbents

12 incumbent representatives did not run for re-election, while 10 incumbents (44%) ran for re-election. Of the 12 incumbents who did not seek re-election, 4 were Democrats and 8 were Republicans.

Incumbents who retired were:

Qualifications

To run for the Florida State Senate, candidates must be 21 years old, have lived in Florida for two years and live in the district they intend to serve.[3]

List of candidates

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District 2

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • No Democratic candidates filed to run for this seat.
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
Tea Party TEA Party candidate:
Grey.png Independent candidate:
The incumbent, Durell Peaden, did not run for re-election. No Democrats filed to run for this office by the signature filing deadline.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Greg Evers 100,073 Green check mark transparent.png
Tea Party Christopher Crawford 26,148
Grey.png Margaret Smith 310

District 4

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • No Democratic candidates filed to run for this seat.
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
  • Don Gaetz Approveda incumbent Gaetz was first elected in 2006.
  • Jesse Walter Horn, Jr. - did not qualify for the election.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Don Gaetz Green check mark transparent.png

District 6

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
Grey.png Independent candidates:
Note: Incumbent Alfred Lawson (D) was not up for re-election due to Florida term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Bill Montford 99,825 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party John Shaw 44,510
Grey.png David H. Abrams 4,686
Grey.png Harrison Arencibian 10

District 8

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
  • Charles Perniciaro: 20,150
  • John Thrasher: 32,618 Approveda Incumbent Thrasher was first elected in 2009.
Grey.png Independent candidate:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Deborah Gianoulis 73,314
Republican Party John Thrasher 110,176 Green check mark transparent.png
Grey.png Rebecca Ann Holcomb 110

District 10

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • No Democrats filed to run for this seat.
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
  • Ronda Storms Approveda incumbent Storms was first elected in 2006.
  • Paul M. Phillips, did not qualify for the election.
Grey.png Independent candidate:
  • Victoria Brake (write-in)
  • Michael Brett Smith, failed to qualify for the election.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Ronda Storms 109,846 Green check mark transparent.png
Grey.png Victoria Brake 661

District 12

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • No Democrats filed to run for this seat.
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
Note: Norman was disqualified in mid-October due to an election lawsuit brought by Ambler, and put back on the ballot on October 27. [4][5]
Grey.png Independent candidates:
Note: Incumbent Victor Crist (D) was not up for re-election due to Florida term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Jim Norman 85,324 Green check mark transparent.png
Grey.png Derek Crabb 364
Grey.png Kimberly Renspie 348

District 14

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Perry McGriff 60,725
Republican Party Steve Oelrich 70,789 Green check mark transparent.png

District 16

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
Note: Incumbent Charlie Justice (D) was not up for re-election due to Florida term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Nina Hayden 46,942
Republican Party Jack Latvala 83,396 Green check mark transparent.png

District 18

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
  • No Republicans filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Arthenia Joyner Green check mark transparent.png

District 20

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
  • Michael J. Bakich, did not qualify by petition method.
  • Alan Hays Approveda
Note: Incumbent Carey Baker (R) did not run for re-election.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Eunice Garbutt 66,025
Republican Party Alan Hays 135,175 Green check mark transparent.png

District 22

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Matt Myre, did not qualify.
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
Note: Incumbent Lee Constantine (R) was not up for re-election due to Florida term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party David Simmons Green check mark transparent.png

District 24

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • No Democrats filed to run for this seat.
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
Grey.png Independent candidate:

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Thad Altman 103,357 Green check mark transparent.png
Grey.png W. Steven Edmonds, Jr. 50,478

District 25

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
Grey.png Independent candidate:
Note: Incumbent Jeffrey Atwater (R) was not up for re-election due to Florida term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Kelly Skidmore 53,958
Republican Party Ellyn Bogdanoff 82,583 Green check mark transparent.png
Grey.png Miranda Rosenberg 6,694

District 26

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • No Democrats filed to run for this seat.
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Mike Haridopolos Green check mark transparent.png

District 27

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
Note: Incumbent Dave Aronberg (D) was not up for re-election due to Florida term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Kevin Rader 67,621
Republican Party Lizbeth Benacquisto 79,750 Green check mark transparent.png

District 28

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • No Democrats filed to run for this seat.
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
  • Joe Negron Approveda Incumbent Negron was first elected in 2009.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Joe Negron Green check mark transparent.png

District 30

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
  • No Republicans filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Maria Lorts Sachs Green check mark transparent.png

District 32

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Jeremy Ring Approveda Incumbent Ring was first elected in 2006.
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Jeremy Ring 62,049 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Patrick Laffey 35,813

District 34

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • Nan Rich Approveda Incumbent Rich was first elected in 2004.
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
  • No Republicans filed to run for this seat.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Nan Rich Green check mark transparent.png

District 35

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
  • No Republicans filed to run for this seat.
Grey.png Independent candidate:
Note: Incumbent Dan Gelber (D) did not run for re-election.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Gwen Margolis 62,237 Green check mark transparent.png
Grey.png Corey Poitier 17,780

District 36

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • No Democrats filed to run for this seat.
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
Grey.png Independent candidates:
Note: Incumbent Alex Diaz de la Portilla (R) was not up for re-election due to Florida term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party Miguel Diaz de la Portilla 58,138 Green check mark transparent.png
Grey.png Luisa Artiles 31
Grey.png Alberto E. Fortes 6

District 38

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
Note: Incumbent Alex Villalobos (R) was not up for re-election due to Florida term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Les Gerson 30,409
Republican Party Anitere Flores 65,133 Green check mark transparent.png

District 40

Democratic Party August 24 Democratic primary:
  • No Democrats filed to run for this seat.
Republican Party August 24 Republican primary:
Grey.png Independent candidate:
Note: Incumbent Rudy Garcia (R) was not up for re-election due to Florida term limits.

November 2 General election candidates:

Republican Party René Garcia 56,322 Green check mark transparent.png
Grey.png Alexis Dominguez 20

See also

External links

Footnotes


Current members of the Florida State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Ben Albritton
Majority Leader:Jim Boyd
Senators
District 1
Don Gaetz (R)
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
Tom Leek (R)
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
Vacant
District 12
District 13
District 14
Vacant
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
Jim Boyd (R)
District 21
Ed Hooper (R)
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
Republican Party (26)
Democratic Party (11)
No Party Affiliation (1)
Vacancies (2)