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Florida Senate election, 2016|
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Majority party
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Minority party
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Leader
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Joe Negron
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Oscar Braynon
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Party
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Republican
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Democratic
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Leader since
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December 2, 2015
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January 22, 2015
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Leader's seat
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25th
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35th
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Last election
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26 seats, 54.31%
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14 seats, 35.40%
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Seats won
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25
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15
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Seat change
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1
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1
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Popular vote
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3,158,925
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2,074,964
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Percentage
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58.50%
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38.43%
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Swing
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1.19
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3.03
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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[edit]
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[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
Overall Results[edit]
Summary of the November 8, 2016, Florida Senate election results
Party
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Candidates
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Votes
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Seats
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No.
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%
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∆pp
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No.
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∆No.
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%
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Republican Party
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32
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3,158,925
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58.50
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1.19
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25
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1
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61.5
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Democratic Party
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25
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2,074,964
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38.43
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3.03
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15
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1
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38.5
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Independent
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6
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163,573
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3.02
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3.33
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0
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0.00
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Write-in
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N/A
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1,338
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0.02
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0.02
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0
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0.00
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Libertarian Party
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0
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0
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0
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3.88
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0
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0.00
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Total
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5,399,192
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100.00
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±0.00
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40
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±0
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100.00
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Turnout (out of 12,863,773 eligible voters)[1]
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5,399,192
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41.97
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2.13
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Source: Florida Secretary of State,[2]
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District Results[edit]
District 1[edit]
District 2[edit]
Republican George Gainer was unopposed in the general election.
District 3[edit]
District 4[edit]
Republican Aaron Bean was unopposed in the general election.
District 5[edit]
Republican Rob Bradley was unopposed in the general election.
District 6[edit]
Democrat Audrey Gibson was unopposed in the general election.
District 7[edit]
District 8[edit]
District 9[edit]
Republican David Simmons was unopposed in the general election.
District 10[edit]
Republican Wilton Simpson was unopposed in the general election.
District 11[edit]
District 12[edit]
District 13[edit]
District 14[edit]
District 15[edit]
District 16[edit]
District 17[edit]
District 18[edit]
District 19[edit]
District 20[edit]
Republican Tom Lee was unopposed in the general election.
District 21[edit]
Republican Bill Galvano was unopposed in the general election.
District 22[edit]
References[edit]