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Florida Senate election, 2016
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
Popular vote
3,158,925
2,074,964
Percentage
58.50%
38.43%
Swing
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
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
Democratic
Republican
Overall Results
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
25
61.5
Democratic Party
25
2,074,964
38.43
15
38.5
Independent
6
163,573
3.02
0
0.00
Write-in
N/A
1,338
0.02
0
0.00
Libertarian Party
0
0
0
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
Source: Florida Secretary of State ,[ 2]
District Results
District 1
District 2
Republican George Gainer was unopposed in the general election.
District 3
District 4
Republican Aaron Bean was unopposed in the general election.
District 5
Republican Rob Bradley was unopposed in the general election.
District 6
Democrat Audrey Gibson was unopposed in the general election.
District 7
District 8
District 9
Republican David Simmons was unopposed in the general election.
District 10
Republican Wilton Simpson was unopposed in the general election.
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
Republican Tom Lee was unopposed in the general election.
District 21
Republican Bill Galvano was unopposed in the general election.
District 22
References
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Government
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