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Florida Senate election, 2016
All 40 seats in the Florida Senate; 21 seats needed for a majority
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

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

Don Gaetz, 1st
Greg Evers, 2nd
Charles Dean, 5th
Alan Hays, 11th
Andy Gardiner, 13th
Thad Altman, 16th
John Legg, 17th
Garrett Richter, 23rd
Nancy Detert, 28th

Overall Results

Summary of the November 8, 2016, Florida Senate election results
Party		Candidates	Votes			Seats
Party		Candidates	No.	%	∆pp	No.	∆No.	%
	Republican Party	32	3,158,925	58.50	1.19	25	1	61.5
	Democratic Party	25	2,074,964	38.43	3.03	15	1	38.5
	Independent	6	163,573	3.02	3.33	0		0.00
	Write-in	N/A	1,338	0.02	0.02	0		0.00
	Libertarian Party	0	0	0	3.88	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	2.13
Source: Florida Secretary of State,^[2]

District Results

District 1

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

Republican George Gainer was unopposed in the general election.

District 3

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

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 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

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

Republican David Simmons was unopposed in the general election.

District 10

Republican Wilton Simpson was unopposed in the general election.

District 11

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Republican Tom Lee was unopposed in the general election.

District 21

Republican Bill Galvano was unopposed in the general election.

District 22

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

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

[1] ttp://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.

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