List of senators
NOTE: The following information was gathered from the Florida Senate website. Only records of senators from 1998-present are kept.
| Portrait |
Name |
Party |
Years of service |
Home city/state |
Notes |
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Republican |
1994–2001 |
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Democratic |
2002–2010 |
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Democratic |
2010–2012 |
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Consisted of Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty, Wakulla counties and parts of Bay, Jefferson, Leon, Madison counties |
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Republican |
2012–2014 |
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Democratic |
2014–2022 |
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- Consisted of part of Duval county
- Minority (Democratic) Leader 2018-2020
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Republican |
2022–Present |
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Consists of Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Union counties and part of Alachua county |
Elections
NOTE: The following results were gathered from the Florida Department of State. Uncontested election results are not provided.
1978
Democratic Primary (1978) [1]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Democratic |
K. H. "Buddy" MacKay |
43,396 |
62.5% |
|
Democratic |
G. B. "Cap" Wilson |
25,998 |
37.5% |
| Total votes |
69,394 |
100% |
1980
Democratic Primary (1980) [2]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Democratic |
Gene Keith |
23,314 |
25.4% |
|
Democratic |
George Kirkpatrick |
31,656 |
34.4% |
|
Democratic |
Perry C. McGriff, Jr. |
36,962 |
40.2% |
| Total votes |
91,932 |
100% |
Democratic Primary Runoff (1980) [3]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Democratic |
George Kirkpatrick |
44,777 |
52.7% |
|
Democratic |
Perry C. McGriff, Jr. |
40,208 |
47.3% |
| Total votes |
84,985 |
100% |
1982
Democratic Primary (1982) [4]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Democratic |
Margaret C. Eppes |
15,800 |
41.3% |
|
Democratic |
George Kirkpatrick |
22,421 |
58.7% |
| Total votes |
38,221 |
100% |
1986
Democratic Primary (1982) [5]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Democratic |
George Kirkpatrick |
25,529 |
55.4% |
|
Democratic |
Jo Ann Doke Smith |
20,569 |
44.6% |
| Total votes |
46,098 |
100% |
1990
General Election (1990) [6]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Republican |
Ben Campe |
27,694 |
33.9% |
|
Democratic |
George Kirkpatrick |
53,952 |
66.1% |
| Total votes |
81,646 |
100% |
1992
General Election (1992) [7]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Democratic |
Sylvia Simmons |
31,667 |
25.9% |
|
Republican |
Ander Crenshaw |
90,498 |
74.1% |
| Total votes |
122,165 |
100% |
1994
Republican Primary (1994) [8]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Republican |
Jim Horne |
14,867 |
60.3% |
|
Republican |
Ginny Myrick |
9,793 |
39.7% |
| Total votes |
24,660 |
100% |
General Election (1994) [9]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Democratic |
Matthew F. (Matt) Carlucci |
44,069 |
43.5% |
|
Republican |
Jim Horne |
57,244 |
56.5% |
| Total votes |
101,313 |
100% |
2010
Democratic Primary (2010) [10]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Democratic |
Bill Montford |
32,264 |
55.2% |
|
Democratic |
Curtis Richardson |
26,236 |
44.8% |
| Total votes |
58,500 |
100% |
General Election (2010) [11]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Republican |
John Shaw |
44,510 |
29.9% |
|
Democratic |
Bill Montford |
99,825 |
67.0% |
|
Unaffiliated |
David H. Abrams |
4,686 |
3.1% |
|
Write-In |
Harrison Arencibian |
10 |
0.0% |
| Total votes |
149,031 |
100% |
2012
General Election (2012) [12]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Republican |
John Thrasher |
139,941 |
58.7% |
|
Democratic |
Kathleen Trued |
98,280 |
41.3% |
| Total votes |
238,221 |
100% |
2014
Republican Primary (2014) [13]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Republican |
Derek Hankerson |
10,126 |
29.8% |
|
Republican |
John Thrasher |
23,899 |
70.2% |
| Total votes |
34,025 |
100% |
General Election (2014) [14]
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
|
Republican |
John Thrasher |
105,901 |
58.2% |
|
Democratic |
Kathleen Trued |
66,786 |
36.7% |
|
Unaffiliated |
Greg Feldman |
9,388 |
5.2 |
| Total votes |
182,075 |
100% |