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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
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.

Democratic

 * Geraldine Thompson, 12th
 * Darren Soto, 14th
 * Arthenia Joyner, 19th
 * Joseph Abruzzo, 25th
 * Jeremy Ring, 29th
 * Christopher Smith, 31st
 * Eleanor Sobel, 33rd
 * Maria Sachs, 34th
 * Gwen Margolis, 35th

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

District 2
Republican George Gainer was unopposed in the general election.

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 9
Republican David Simmons was unopposed in the general election.

District 10
Republican Wilton Simpson was unopposed in the general election.

District 20
Republican Tom Lee was unopposed in the general election.

District 21
Republican Bill Galvano was unopposed in the general election.