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Elections for the Florida State Senate took place in 2022. The general election was on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for August 23, 2022. The filing deadline was June 17, 2022.

The Florida State Senate was one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2022. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. At the time of the 2022 elections, Republicans held a majority in more chambers than Democrats. There was a Republican majority in 62 chambers and a Democratic majority in 36 chambers. In the Alaska House, there was a power-sharing agreement between the parties as part of a coalition.

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia identified six battleground races in the Florida State Senate 2022 elections, two of which were Democratic-held districts while the other four were Republican-held districts. Based on analysis of these districts' electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could possibly have led to shifts in a chamber's partisan balance.

All 40 seats were up for election in 2022. In the 2022 elections, the Republican majority in the Senate increased from 23-16 (with one vacancy) to 28-12.

At the time of the 2022 election, Florida had had a Republican trifecta since 2011. The Democratic Party needed to flip four or more seats in order to break the Republican trifecta. The Republican Party needed to lose no more than three seats in the state senate and maintain control of the state house and the governorship in order to keep their trifecta. This was one of 28 state legislative chambers Ballotpedia identified as a battleground chamber in 2022. Click here for more on why this chamber was identified as a battleground.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates and State government trifectas
Florida State Senate
Party As of November 8, 2022 After November 9, 2022
     Democratic Party 16 12
     Republican Party 23 28
     Vacancy 1 0
Total 40 40

Candidates

General

Florida State Senate General Election 2022

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Charlie Nichols

Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Broxson (i)

District 2

Carolynn Zonia  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngJay Trumbull

District 3

Loranne Ausley (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngCorey Simon

District 4

Sharmin Smith

Green check mark transparent.pngClay Yarborough

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngTracie Davis

Binod Kumar  Candidate Connection

Patrick Cooper (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)

District 6

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer Bradley (i)
District 7

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngTravis Hutson (i)

Did not make the ballot:
James Higbee  (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)
Weston Adwell  (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)

District 8

Andrea Williams  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngTom Wright (i)

District 9

Rodney Long

Green check mark transparent.pngKeith Perry (i)

District 10

Joy Goff-Marcil

Green check mark transparent.pngJason Brodeur (i)

District 11

Green check mark transparent.pngBlaise Ingoglia

Brian Moore (Green Party)  Candidate Connection

District 12

Veysel Dokur  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngColleen Burton

District 13

Stephanie Dukes

Green check mark transparent.pngDennis Baxley (i)

District 14

Janet Cruz (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJay Collins

District 15

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngGeraldine Thompson
District 16

Green check mark transparent.pngDarryl Rouson (i)

Christina Paylan  Candidate Connection

District 17

Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Stewart (i)

Steve Dixon  Candidate Connection

District 18

Eunic Ortiz  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngNick DiCeglie

District 19

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngDebbie Mayfield (i)
District 20

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngJim Boyd (i)
District 21

Njällssen Amaro Lionheart

Green check mark transparent.pngEd Hooper (i)

District 22

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Gruters (i)
District 23

Michael Harvey

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Burgess (i)

District 24

Green check mark transparent.pngBobby Powell Jr. (i)

Eric Ankner

District 25

Green check mark transparent.pngVictor Torres (i)

Peter Vivaldi

District 26

Green check mark transparent.pngLori Berman (i)

Steve Byers  Candidate Connection

District 27

Christopher Proia

Green check mark transparent.pngBen Albritton (i)

District 28

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngKathleen Passidomo (i)
District 29

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngErin Grall
District 30

Green check mark transparent.pngTina Polsky (i)

William Reicherter  Candidate Connection

District 31

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngGayle Harrell (i)
District 32

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngRosalind Osgood (i)
District 33

Green check mark transparent.pngJonathan Allen Martin

Robert Valenta (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)

District 34

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngShevrin Jones (i)
District 35

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngLauren Book (i)
District 36

Raquel Pacheco  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngIleana Garcia (i)

District 37

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngJason Pizzo (i)
District 38

Janelle Perez  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngAlexis Calatayud

District 39

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngBryan Avila
District 40

The general election was canceled and this candidate was elected:

Green check mark transparent.pngAna Maria Rodriguez (i)


Primary

Florida State Senate Primary 2022

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
  • * = The primary was canceled and the candidate advanced.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngCharlie Nichols*

Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Broxson (i)
John Mills

District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngCarolynn Zonia*  Candidate Connection

Regina Piazza  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngJay Trumbull

District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngLoranne Ausley* (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngCorey Simon*

Did not make the ballot:
Virginia Fuller 

District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngSharmin Smith*

Green check mark transparent.pngClay Yarborough*

Did not make the ballot:
Cord Byrd 
Jason Fischer 

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngTracie Davis
Reggie Gaffney

Green check mark transparent.pngBinod Kumar*  Candidate Connection

District 6

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Did not make the ballot:
Brooklyn Owen 

Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer Bradley* (i)

District 7

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngTravis Hutson (i)
Gerry James

District 8

Richard Dembinsky
Green check mark transparent.pngAndrea Williams  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngTom Wright* (i)

District 9

Green check mark transparent.pngRodney Long*

Green check mark transparent.pngKeith Perry* (i)

District 10

Green check mark transparent.pngJoy Goff-Marcil*

Green check mark transparent.pngJason Brodeur (i)
Denali Charres  Candidate Connection

Did not make the ballot:
Ralph Massullo Jr. 

District 11

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBlaise Ingoglia*

Green Party

Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Moore*  Candidate Connection
District 12

Green check mark transparent.pngVeysel Dokur*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngColleen Burton*

District 13

Green check mark transparent.pngStephanie Dukes*

Green check mark transparent.pngDennis Baxley* (i)

District 14

Green check mark transparent.pngJanet Cruz* (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJay Collins*

District 15

Kamia Brown
Green check mark transparent.pngGeraldine Thompson

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 16

Green check mark transparent.pngDarryl Rouson* (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngChristina Paylan*  Candidate Connection

District 17

Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Stewart* (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Dixon*  Candidate Connection

District 18

Green check mark transparent.pngEunic Ortiz*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngNick DiCeglie*

District 19

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngDebbie Mayfield* (i)

District 20

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJim Boyd (i)
John Houman  Candidate Connection

District 21

Green check mark transparent.pngNjällssen Amaro Lionheart*

Green check mark transparent.pngEd Hooper* (i)

District 22

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Gruters (i)
Michael Johnson  Candidate Connection

District 23

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Harvey*

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Burgess* (i)

District 24

Green check mark transparent.pngBobby Powell Jr.* (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngEric Ankner*

District 25

Green check mark transparent.pngVictor Torres* (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Vivaldi*

District 26

Green check mark transparent.pngLori Berman* (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Byers  Candidate Connection
William Wheelen

District 27

Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Proia*

Green check mark transparent.pngBen Albritton* (i)

District 28

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngKathleen Passidomo* (i)

District 29

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngErin Grall*

District 30

Green check mark transparent.pngTina Polsky* (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Reicherter*  Candidate Connection

District 31

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngGayle Harrell* (i)

District 32

Green check mark transparent.pngRosalind Osgood* (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


Did not make the ballot:
Joseph Carter 

District 33

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJonathan Allen Martin*

District 34

Green check mark transparent.pngShevrin Jones (i)
Pitchie Escarment  Candidate Connection
Erhabor Ighodaro

The Republican primary was canceled.


Did not make the ballot:
Antonio Byrdsong 

District 35

Green check mark transparent.pngLauren Book (i)
Barbara Sharief

The Republican primary was canceled.


Did not make the ballot:
Vincent Parlatore 

District 36

Green check mark transparent.pngRaquel Pacheco*  Candidate Connection

Did not make the ballot:
Michael Grieco 

Green check mark transparent.pngIleana Garcia* (i)

District 37

Green check mark transparent.pngJason Pizzo* (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 38

Green check mark transparent.pngJanelle Perez*  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngAlexis Calatayud*

District 39

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBryan Avila*

District 40

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngAna Maria Rodriguez* (i)


2022 battleground chamber

See also: State legislative battleground chambers, 2022

The Florida State Senate was among 28 state legislative chambers Ballotpedia identified as battleground chambers for the 2022 cycle.

What was at stake?

  • The Democratic Party needed to gain five or more seats to take control of the chamber in 2022. The Republican Party needed to lose three or fewer seats to maintain control.
  • The Democratic Party flipping the state Senate would break the Republican Party's trifecta. The Republican Party would have needed to keep the state Senate as well as the state House and the governorship to maintain their trifecta.

Why was it a battleground?

  • Seats needed to flip: The Democratic Party needed to flip five seats (13% of seats up) in order to win control of the chamber.
  • Seats decided by less than 10% in the last election: Twelve of the seats up for election (30% of seats up) in 2022 were decided by margins of 10 percentage points or smaller the last time they were up.
  • 2020 battleground chamber: The Florida State Senate was a battleground chamber in 2020. That year, the Republican Party gained one seat from the Democratic Party. Read more about the 2020 elections here.


Battleground races

Democratic PartyDistrict 3

What party controlled the seat heading into the election?

The Democratic Party

Who were the candidates running?

Bluedot.png Loranne Ausley (Incumbent)
Republican Party Corey Simon

What made this a battleground race?

This was a district where the Democratic Party maintains a partisan lean of less than 55% according to Dave's Redistricting. In 2020, Democratic candidate Loranne Ausley was elected with 53% of the vote compared to Republican candidate Marva Harris Preston’s 47% of the vote.

Republican PartyDistrict 10

What party controlled the seat heading into the election?

The Republican Party

Who were the candidates running?

Republican Party Jason Brodeur (Incumbent)
Democratic Party Joy Goff-Marcil

What made this a battleground race?

This was an open district with a Republican incumbent where the partisan lean is almost evenly split according to Dave's Redistricting. In 2018, Republican incumbent Wilton Simpson was re-elected with 65% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate Michael Cottrell’s 35% of the vote.

Republican PartyDistrict 12

What party controlled the seat heading into the election?

The Republican Party

Who were the candidates running?

Republican Party Colleen Burton
Democratic Party Veysel Dokur

What made this a battleground race?

This was an open district where the Republican Party maintains a partisan lean of less than 55% according to Dave's Redistricting. In 2018, Republican incumbent Dennis Baxley was re-elected with 65.3% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate Gary McKechnie’s 34.7% of the vote.

Republican PartyDistrict 14

What party controlled the seat heading into the election?

The Republican Party

Who were the candidates running?

Democratic Party Janet Cruz (Incumbent)
Republican Party Jay Collins

What made this a battleground race?

This was an open district where the Democratic Party has a partisan lean of less than 55% according to Dave's Redistricting. In 2018, Republican candidate Tom Wright was elected with 56% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate Melissa Martin’s 44% of the vote.

Democratic PartyDistrict 18

What party controlled the seat heading into the election?

The Democratic Party

Who were the candidates running?

Democratic Party Eunic Ortiz
Republican Party Nick DiCeglie

What made this a battleground race?

This was an open district with a Democratic incumbent and a Republican partisan lean of less than 55% according to Dave's Redistricting. In 2018, Democratic candidate Janet Cruz received 50.1% of the vote compared to Republican incumbent Dana Young’s 49.9% of the vote.

Republican PartyDistrict 36

What party controlled the seat heading into the election?

The Republican Party

Who were the candidates running?

Republican Party Ileana Garcia (Incumbent)
Democratic Party Raquel Pacheco

What made this a battleground race?

This was an open district with a Republican incumbent and a Democratic partisan lean of less than 55% according to Dave's Redistricting. In 2018, Republican candidate Manny Diaz Jr. received 54% of the vote compared to Democratic candidate David Perez’s 46% of the vote.

Democratic PartyDistrict 38

What party controlled the seat heading into the election?

The Democratic Party

Who were the candidates running?

Democratic Party Janelle Perez
Republican Party Alexis Calatayud

What made this a battleground race?

This was an open district with a Democratic partisan lean of less than 60% according to Dave's Redistricting which CNalysis rates as a Toss-up. [1] In 2018, Democratic candidate Jason Pizzo defeated Democratic incumbent Daphne Campbell in the primary and was unopposed in the general election.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

Candidate Connection Logo.png

Ballotpedia asks all federal, state, and local candidates to complete a survey and share what motivates them on political and personal levels. Click a link below to read survey responses from candidates in that district:

Campaign finance

The campaign finance data analyzed and displayed below is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.

Campaign finance by district

The section below contains data from financial reports submitted to state agencies. Districts and elections are grouped in sections of 10. To view data for a district, click on the appropriate bar below to expand it. The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.

Incumbents who were not re-elected

See also: Annual State Legislative Competitiveness Report: Vol. 12, 2022

Incumbents defeated in general elections

Two incumbents lost in the Nov. 8 general election.

Name Party Office
Loranne Ausley Electiondot.png Democratic Senate District 3
Janet Cruz Electiondot.png Democratic Senate District 14

Incumbents defeated in primary elections

No incumbents lost in primaries.

Retiring incumbents

Eleven incumbents were not on the ballot in 2022.[2] Those incumbents were:

Name Party Office Reason
George Gainer Ends.png Republican Senate District 2 Retired
Aaron Bean Ends.png Republican Senate District 4 Term limited/
other office
Audrey Gibson Electiondot.png Democratic Senate District 6 Retired
Wilton Simpson Ends.png Republican Senate District 10 Other office
Randolph Bracy III Electiondot.png Democratic Senate District 11 Other office
Kelli Stargel Ends.png Republican Senate District 22 Other office
Jeff Brandes Ends.png Republican Senate District 24 Retired
Ray Rodrigues Ends.png Republican Senate District 27 Retired
Gary Farmer Electiondot.png Democratic Senate District 34 Retired
Manny Diaz Jr. Ends.png Republican Senate District 36 Resigned
Annette Taddeo Electiondot.png Democratic Senate District 40 Other office

Primary election competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Florida. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Florida in 2022. Information below was calculated on Aug. 15, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Thirty-two of the 114 Florida state legislators who filed for re-election—13 Democrats and 19 Republicans—faced contested primaries in 2022. This represented 28% of incumbents who filed for re-election, the largest figure compared to the four preceding election cycles.

A primary is contested when more candidates file than nominations available, meaning at least one candidate must lose.

Historically, however, incumbents have tended to win contested primaries in Florida.

Between 2014 and 2020, 71 incumbents faced contested primaries in the state, six of whom—five Democrats and one Republican—lost. This gave incumbents a primary win rate of 92% over that time.

The rate of contested primaries—including those without incumbents—was similar to previous election cycles.

There were 81 contested primaries: 32 for Democrats and 49 for Republicans. This represented 25% of all possible primaries.

For Democrats, this was down from 38 in 2020, a 16% decrease. For Republicans, the number increased by 44% from 34 in 2020 to 49 this year.

Open seats

The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Florida State Senate from 2010 to 2022.[3] It will be updated as information becomes available following the state’s candidate filing deadline.

Open Seats in Florida State Senate elections: 2010 - 2022
Year Total seats Open seats Seats with incumbents running for re-election
2022 40 11 (28 percent) 29 (73 percent)
2020 20 8 (40 percent) 12 (60 percent)
2018 22 6 (27 percent) 16 (73 percent)
2016 40 18 (45 percent) 22 (55 percent)
2014 20 0 (0 percent) 20 (100 percent)
2012 40 14 (35 percent) 26 (65percent)
2010 20 12 (60 percent) 8 (40 percent)

Incumbents running in new districts

When an incumbent files to run for re-election in the same chamber but a new district, it leaves his or her original seat open. This may happen for a variety of reasons ranging from redistricting to a change in residences. This may result in instances where multiple incumbents face each other in contested primaries or general elections if the incumbent in the new district also seeks re-election.

Florida rearranged its Senate districts during the redistricting process after the 2020 census. Click [show] on the header below to view a table showing all 40 districts in the leftmost column along with all legislators representing those districts at the time of the 2022 filing deadline. The "Filed in 2022 in ..." column lists the districts, in which incumbents filed to run. The "New district open?" column indicates whether the incumbent running was the only incumbent seeking re-election in that district.

News and conflicts in this primary

This race was featured in The Heart of the Primaries, a newsletter capturing stories related to conflicts within each major party. Click here to read more about conflict in this and other 2022 Republican state legislative primaries. Click here to subscribe to the newsletter.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Florida

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Chapter 99 of the Florida Statutes

In Florida, a candidate cannot file for more than one office at a time if the terms of those offices run concurrently. Thus, any elected public official wishing to run for office must resign if the term of that office will run concurrently with the office the official currently holds.[4]

Qualifying as a candidate

Major party, minor party, and unaffiliated candidates in Florida file in the same way. All qualifying paperwork and filing fees must be submitted to the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, during the qualifying period corresponding to the office being sought. Qualifying periods are as follows:[5]

  1. For candidates seeking federal office, state attorney, or public defender, filing may begin after noon on the 120th day prior to the primary election and must be completed no later than noon on the 116th day before the primary election.
  2. For candidates seeking state office, other than state attorney or public defender, filing may begin after noon on the 71st day before the primary election and must be completed no later than noon on the 67th day before the primary election.
  • During a year in which the Florida State Legislature apportions the state, all candidates must file during the qualifying period designated for those seeking state office.

During the qualifying period, every candidate must file a full and public disclosure of financial interests, a form designating a campaign treasurer and campaign depository, qualifying fees or in-lieu-of-fee petitions, and a candidate oath. The candidate oath must be administered by the qualifying officer and must be signed in its written form by both the candidate and the qualifying officer, affirming the following:[4]

  1. The candidate is a registered voter.
  2. The candidate is qualified to run for and hold the office being sought.
  3. The candidate has not qualified for any other office in the state that runs for the same term as the office sought.
  4. The candidate has resigned from any other public office whose term would run at the same time as the office being sought.
  5. The assessment fee has been paid.
  6. If running with a political party, the candidate has not been a registered member of any other political party for 365 days before the beginning of the qualifying period.

Candidate filing fees

In Florida, candidates are required to pay filing fees and election assessment fees to the Division of Elections when qualifying. A party assessment fee may also be required, if the party the candidate is running with elects to levy one. For political party candidates, total fees are equal to 6 percent of the annual salary of the office being sought (i.e., a 3 percent filing fee, a 1 percent election assessment, and a 2 percent party assessment). For unaffiliated candidates, total fees are equal to 4 percent of the annual salary of the office being sought. (i.e., a 3 percent filing fee and a 1 percent election assessment).[6]

A candidate may waive the required filing fees if he or she submits an in-lieu-of-filing-fee petition with signatures equal to at least 1 percent of the total number of registered voters in the geographical area represented by the office being sought. Signatures for this petition may not be collected until the candidate has filed the appointment of campaign treasurer and designation of campaign depository form, and the completed petition must be filed by the 28th day preceding the first day of the qualifying period for the office being sought. This petition must be filed with the supervisor of elections in each county in which the petition was circulated in order to verify the signatures. The supervisor of elections in the county must then certify the number of valid signatures to the Florida Division of Elections no later than seven days prior to the first day of the corresponding qualifying period.[7]

Write-in candidates

A write-in candidate is not entitled to have his or her name printed on any ballots, but a space is provided for voters to write in a candidate's name on the general election ballot. A candidate may not qualify as a write-in candidate if he or she has qualified to run for public office by other means.[5][8]

A write-in candidate is required to file a candidate oath with the Florida Division of Elections. This is due during the standard qualifying period for the office being sought. A write-in candidate is not required to pay any filing fees.[5][9]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

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.[10]

Salaries and per diem

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[11]
SalaryPer diem
$29,697/year$175/day for a maximum of 60 days. Members can also receive per diem outside of the session.

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Florida legislators assume office on the day they are elected in the general election.[12]

Florida political history

Trifectas

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

Florida Party Control: 1992-2024
One year of a Democratic trifecta  •  Twenty-six years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R I R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D S S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Presidential politics in Florida

2020 Presidential election results


Presidential election in Florida, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
51.2
 
5,668,731 29
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Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
47.9
 
5,297,045 0
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Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)
 
0.6
 
70,324 0
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Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)
 
0.1
 
14,721 0
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Roque De La Fuente/Darcy Richardson (Reform Party)
 
0.1
 
5,966 0
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Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman (Party for Socialism and Liberation)
 
0.1
 
5,712 0
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Don Blankenship/William Mohr (Constitution Party)
 
0.0
 
3,902 0
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Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
854 0
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Jade Simmons/Melissa Nixon (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
181 0
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Shawn W. Howard/Alyssa Howard (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
9 0
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Kasey Wells/Rachel Wells (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
8 0
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Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser/Charles Tolbert (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
2 0
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Michael Laboch/Raechelle Pope (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
1 0

Total votes: 11,067,456



Voting information

See also: Voting in Florida

Election information in Florida: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Oct. 11, 2022
  • By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 11, 2022
  • Online: Oct. 11, 2022

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Oct. 29, 2022
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 29, 2022
  • Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
  • By mail: Received by Nov. 8, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 29, 2022 to Nov. 5, 2022

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

N/A


Redistricting following the 2020 census

On March 3, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court approved new legislative maps drawn by the Florida State Legislature. These maps took effect for Florida's 2022 legislative elections.

Below is the state Senate map in effect before and after the 2020 redistricting cycle.

Florida State Senate Districts
until November 7, 2022

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Florida State Senate Districts
starting November 8, 2022

Click a district to compare boundaries.


See also

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Footnotes

  1. CNalysis, "FL State Leg. Forecast," accessed September 29, 2022
  2. Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
  3. Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 97, Section 012," accessed March 6, 2025 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "flstatute99.012" defined multiple times with different content
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 061," accessed March 6, 2025
  6. Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 092," accessed March 6, 2025
  7. Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 095," accessed March 6, 2025
  8. Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 061," accessed March 6, 2025
  9. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named flstatute99.021
  10. Florida Division of Elections, "Candidate Qualifying Information," accessed December 16, 2103
  11. National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  12. Florida Constitution, "Article III, Section 15(d)," accessed November 22, 2016


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)