Florida Senate: Party Control and History

Current seats

Republican majorityDemocrats 12, Republicans 26, other 1, vacant 1. 40 seats; 21 for a majority.

Democrats 12Republicans 26Other 1Vacant 1

Vacant: district 39. Other members: Independent 1. Control counts seats by party; coalitions and power-sharing agreements are not shown.

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

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Democrat 12Republican 26Other 1Vacant 1

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2024: the candidate(s) with the most votes in each contest (MEDSL); contests with unreliable rows are not shown. Lines of the 2024 elections (US Census Bureau).

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

Seats after each election, 1968-2022

No majority line: the chamber changed size (40 to 48 seats).

Seats by election, table

Year	D	R	Other	Seats	Control
2022	12	28	0	40	Republican majority
2020	16	24	0	40	Republican majority
2018	17	23	0	40	Republican majority
2016	15	25	0	40	Republican majority
2014	14	26	0	40	Republican majority
2012	14	26	0	40	Republican majority
2010	12	28	0	40	Republican majority
2008	14	26	0	40	Republican majority
2006	14	26	0	40	Republican majority
2004	14	26	0	40	Republican majority
2002	14	26	0	40	Republican majority
2000	15	25	0	40	Republican majority
1998	16	24	0	40	Republican majority
1996	16	24	0	40	Republican majority
1994	20	20	0	40	Tied
1992	21	19	0	40	Democratic majority
1990	23	17	0	40	Democratic majority
1988	23	17	0	40	Democratic majority
1986	25	15	0	40	Democratic majority
1984	32	8	0	40	Democratic majority
1982	32	8	0	40	Democratic majority
1980	27	13	0	40	Democratic majority
1978	29	11	0	40	Democratic majority
1976	28	11	1	40	Democratic majority
1974	27	12	1	40	Democratic majority
1972	25	14	1	40	Democratic majority
1970	33	15	0	48	Democratic majority (no regular election)
1968	32	16	0	48	Democratic majority

Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022: version 1.0, released June 12, 2024; a fixed historic release.

District results, 2016-2024

The candidate with the most votes in each contest.

2024: 18 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
1	DON GAETZ	Republican	64.6%
3	COREY SIMON	Republican	55.7%
5	TRACIE DAVIS	Democrat	93.7%
7	TOM LEEK	Republican	68.3%
9	STAN MCCLAIN	Republican	63.3%
11	BLAISE INGOGLIA	Republican	69.3%
13	KEITH TRUENOW	Republican	60.3%
19	RANDY FINE	Republican	59.4%
21	ED HOOPER	Republican	61.7%
23	DANNY BURGESS	Republican	58.8%
25	KRISTEN ARRINGTON	Democrat	51.5%
27	BEN ALBRITTON	Republican	68.8%
29	ERIN GRALL	Republican	64.7%
31	GAYLE HARRELL	Republican	61.5%
33	JONATHAN MARTIN	Republican	66.0%
35	BARBARA SHARIEF	Democrat	56.4%
37	JASON PIZZO	Democrat	58.2%
39	BRYAN AVILA	Republican	69.8%

2022: 25 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
1	DOUG BROXSON	Republican	71.2%
2	JAY TRUMBULL	Republican	78.5%
3	COREY SIMON	Republican	53.0%
4	CLAY YARBOROUGH	Republican	67.6%
5	TRACIE DAVIS	Democrat	57.4%
8	TOMMY A WRIGHT	Republican	63.0%
9	KEITH PERRY	Republican	65.5%
10	JASON BRODEUR	Republican	54.5%
11	BLAISE INGOGLIA	Republican	75.0%
12	COLLEEN BURTON	Republican	63.2%
13	DENNIS BAXLEY	Republican	62.1%
14	JAY COLLINS	Republican	54.6%
16	DARRYL ERVIN ROUSON	Democrat	63.9%
17	LINDA STEWART	Democrat	56.1%
18	NICK DICEGLIE	Republican	56.9%
21	ED HOOPER	Republican	64.8%
23	DANNY BURGESS	Republican	63.2%
24	BOBBY POWELL JR	Democrat	55.7%
25	VICTOR M TORRES JR	Democrat	52.6%
26	LORI BERMAN	Democrat	54.8%
27	BEN ALBRITTON JR	Republican	71.2%
30	TINA SCOTT POLSKY	Democrat	55.4%
33	JONATHAN MARTIN	Republican	95.4%
36	ILEANA GARCIA	Republican	59.0%
38	ALEXIS MARIA CALATAYUD	Republican	54.4%

2020: 20 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share
1	DOUGLAS V BROXSON	Republican	65.3%
3	LORANNE AUSLEY	Democrat	53.4%
5	JENNIFER BRADLEY	Republican	74.8%
7	TRAVIS J HUTSON	Republican	61.7%
9	JASON BRODEUR	Republican	50.3%
11	RANDOLPH BRACY	Democrat	65.0%
13	LINDA STEWART	Democrat	60.6%
15	VICTOR M TORRES JR	Democrat	57.1%
17	DEBBIE MAYFIELD	Republican	60.6%
19	DARRYL ERVIN ROUSON	Democrat	68.7%
20	DANNY BURGESS	Republican	54.8%
21	JIM BOYD	Republican	61.0%
23	JOE GRUTERS	Republican	57.6%
25	GAYLE HARRELL	Republican	58.7%
27	RAY RODRIGUES	Republican	60.5%
29	TINA POLSKY	Democrat	55.7%
31	LORI BERMAN	Democrat	62.2%
35	SHEVRIN "SHEV" JONES	Democrat	97.0%
37	ILEANA GARCIA	Republican	48.5%
39	ANA MARIA RODRIGUEZ	Republican	55.6%

2018: 16 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

Incomplete in the source: distinct district labels in the rows differ from districts stored.

District	Most votes	Party	Share
2	GEORGE B GAINER	Republican	75.3%
4	AARON BEAN	Republican	63.4%
8	KEITH PERRY	Republican	49.4%
10	WILTON SIMPSON	Republican	65.0%
12	DENNIS BAXLEY	Republican	65.3%
14	TOMMY A WRIGHT	Republican	56.3%
16	ED HOOPER	Republican	52.2%
20	TOM LEE	Republican	53.5%
22	KELLI STARGEL	Republican	52.8%
23	JOE GRUTERS	Republican	56.5%
24	JEFF BRANDES	Republican	54.3%
25	GAYLE HARRELL	Republican	54.3%
26	BEN ALBRITTON	Republican	65.1%
28	KATHLEEN PASSIDOMO	Republican	65.5%
30	BOBBY POWELL JR	Democrat	92.9%
34	GARY M FARMER JR	Democrat	93.7%

2016: 25 contests

Incomplete in the source: counties in the file with no rows for this chamber (uncontested seats left off the ballot, or missing data).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	Doug Broxson	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
3	Bill Montford	not in source	67.4%	seats not in source
7	Travis Hutson	not in source	63.9%	seats not in source
8	Keith Perry	not in source	52.6%	seats not in source
11	Randolph Bracy	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
12	Dennis Baxley	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
13	Linda Stewart	not in source	58.1%	seats not in source
14	Dorothy L. Hukill	not in source	68.4%	seats not in source
15	Victor M. Torres Jr	not in source	59.3%	seats not in source
16	Jack Latvala	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
17	Debbie Mayfield	not in source	62.1%	seats not in source
18	Dana Young	not in source	48.2%	seats not in source
19	Darryl Ervin Rouson	not in source	66.9%	seats not in source
22	Kelli Stargel	not in source	53.5%	seats not in source
23	Greg Steube	not in source	58.7%	seats not in source
25	Joe Negron	not in source	64.8%	seats not in source
27	Lizbeth Benacquisto	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
28	Kathleen Passidomo	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
30	Bobby Powell	not in source	54.1%	seats not in source
34	Gary Farmer	not in source	63.1%	seats not in source
36	RenÃ¤Â_ÂÂ© Garcia	not in source	55.0%	seats not in source
37	Jose Javier Rodriguez	not in source	48.9%	seats not in source
38	Daphne Campbell	not in source	75.2%	seats not in source
39	Anitere Flores	not in source	54.2%	seats not in source
40	Frank Artiles	not in source	50.6%	seats not in source

MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.

Sources

Current members: Open States (CC0 1.0), commit 3a1d876 of November 3, 2026; seat totals from openstates-metadata (MIT).

Seats after each election: Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0).

District results: MEDSL precinct returns (2018-2024 CC0 1.0; 2016 MIT License).

District lines: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundaries (public domain), state legislative districts 2024, 1:500,000.

Data through November 3, 2026.