Florida's 27th Senate district

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Florida's 27th
State Senate district

Map of the district
Senator
  Ben Albritton[1]
R
Demographics82.9% White
8.6% Black
16.3% Hispanic
1.5% Asian
.3% Native American
.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
4.6% Other
Population (2010)
 • Voting age
474,201
381,954
Notes[2][3][4]

Florida's 27th Senate district elects one member of the Florida Senate. The district comprises portions of Lee County. Its current senator is Republican Ben Albritton.

Senators[edit]

  • W. J. Turner, 1865-1866
  • F. B. Hogan, 1879
  • A. A. Robinson, 1881
  • M. G. Fortner, 1883
  • J. W. Whiddon, 1885-1887, 1893-1895, 1901–1903
  • Ziba King, 1889-1891
  • W. H. Fuller, 1897-1899
  • Joseph H. Humphries, 1905-1912
  • Frank M. Cooper, 1913-1915, 1921
  • A. M. Wilson, 1917
  • A. W. Wilson, 1918-1919
  • E. J. Etheredge, 1923-1927
  • W. D. Bell, 1929-1931
  • H. G. Murphy, 1933-1939
  • William Cliett, 1941-1943
  • Wilbur C. King, 1945
  • Jeff Flake, 1947
  • (Not represented, 1948 ex)
  • James W. Moore, 1949-1951
  • Doyle E. Carlton Jr., 1953-1959, 1965
  • G. W. (Dick) Williams, 1961-1963
  • Ben Hill Griffin Jr., 1967 (D)
  • Alan Trask, 1969-1971 (D)
  • Philip D. Lewis, 1973-1981 (D)
  • Tom Lewis, 1982 (R)
  • William G. "Doc" Myers, 1983-2000 (R)
  • Ken Pruitt, 2001-2002 (R)
  • Dave Aronberg, 2003-2010 (D)
  • Lizbeth Benacquisto, 2011-2012 (R)
  • Jeff Clemens, 2013-2016 (D)
  • Lizbeth Benacquisto, 2017-2020 (R)[5]
  • Ray Rodrigues, 2020–2022 (R)[6]
  • Ben Albritton, 2022-present(R)[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "District 27 Demographic Profile (SENATE)" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Request Rejected" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Florida Senators". January 13, 2018. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018.
  5. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Lizbeth Benacquisto". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  6. ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Raymond Rodrigues".
  7. ^ "Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 23, 2024.