Florida State Senate elections, 2026

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Elections for the Florida State Senate will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026.

The Florida State Senate is one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2026. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates and State government trifectas
Party As of February 2025
     Democratic Party 11
     Republican Party 28
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 40

Candidates

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

This list will be updated after the candidate filing deadline has passed and the official list of candidates becomes available. Please contact us if you notice an official candidate missing from the list or the inclusion of a candidate who withdrew.

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Voting information
See also: Voting in Florida

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.


Competitiveness

This section will be updated with information about the competitiveness of state legislative elections in Florida. For more information about Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Florida

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Chapter 99 of the Florida Statutes

In Florida, a candidate cannot file for more than one office at a time if the terms of those offices run concurrently. Thus, any elected public official wishing to run for office must resign if the term of that office will run concurrently with the office the official currently holds.[1]

Qualifying as a candidate

Major party, minor party, and unaffiliated candidates in Florida file in the same way. All qualifying paperwork and filing fees must be submitted to the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, during the qualifying period corresponding to the office being sought. Qualifying periods are as follows:[2]

  1. For candidates seeking federal office, state attorney, or public defender, filing may begin after noon on the 120th day prior to the primary election and must be completed no later than noon on the 116th day before the primary election.
  2. For candidates seeking state office, other than state attorney or public defender, filing may begin after noon on the 71st day before the primary election and must be completed no later than noon on the 67th day before the primary election.
  • During a year in which the Florida State Legislature apportions the state, all candidates must file during the qualifying period designated for those seeking state office.

During the qualifying period, every candidate must file a full and public disclosure of financial interests, a form designating a campaign treasurer and campaign depository, qualifying fees or in-lieu-of-fee petitions, and a candidate oath. The candidate oath must be administered by the qualifying officer and must be signed in its written form by both the candidate and the qualifying officer, affirming the following:[1][3]

  1. The candidate is a registered voter.
  2. The candidate is qualified to run for and hold the office being sought.
  3. The candidate has not qualified for any other office in the state that runs for the same term as the office sought.
  4. The candidate has resigned from any other public office whose term would run at the same time as the office being sought.
  5. The assessment fee has been paid.
  6. If running with a political party, the candidate has not been a registered member of any other political party for 365 days before the beginning of the qualifying period.

Candidate filing fees

In Florida, candidates are required to pay filing fees and election assessment fees to the Division of Elections when qualifying. A party assessment fee may also be required, if the party the candidate is running with elects to levy one. For political party candidates, total fees are equal to 6 percent of the annual salary of the office being sought (i.e., a 3 percent filing fee, a 1 percent election assessment, and a 2 percent party assessment). For unaffiliated candidates, total fees are equal to 4 percent of the annual salary of the office being sought. (i.e., a 3 percent filing fee and a 1 percent election assessment).[4]

A candidate may waive the required filing fees if he or she submits an in-lieu-of-filing-fee petition with signatures equal to at least 1 percent of the total number of registered voters in the geographical area represented by the office being sought. Signatures for this petition may not be collected until the candidate has filed the appointment of campaign treasurer and designation of campaign depository form, and the completed petition must be filed by the 28th day preceding the first day of the qualifying period for the office being sought. This petition must be filed with the supervisor of elections in each county in which the petition was circulated in order to verify the signatures. The supervisor of elections in the county must then certify the number of valid signatures to the Florida Division of Elections no later than seven days prior to the first day of the corresponding qualifying period.[5]

Write-in candidates

A write-in candidate is not entitled to have his or her name printed on any ballots, but a space is provided for voters to write in a candidate's name on the general election ballot. A candidate may not qualify as a write-in candidate if he or she has qualified to run for public office by other means.[2][6]

A write-in candidate is required to file a candidate oath with the Florida Division of Elections. This is due during the standard qualifying period for the office being sought. A write-in candidate is not required to pay any filing fees.[2][3]

At the time of qualifying, the write-in candidate must reside within the district represented by the office being sought.[7]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

To run for the Florida State Senate, candidates must be 21 years old, have lived in Florida for two years and live in the district they intend to serve.[8]

Salaries and per diem

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[9]
SalaryPer diem
$29,697/year$175/day for a maximum of 60 days. Members can also receive per diem outside of the session.

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Florida legislators assume office on the day they are elected in the general election.[10]

Florida political history

Trifectas

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

Florida Party Control: 1992-2024
One year of a Democratic trifecta  •  Twenty-six years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Governor D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R I R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D S S R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

Presidential politics in Florida

2024

See also: Presidential election, 2024


Presidential election in Florida, 2024
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
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Donald Trump/J.D. Vance (R)
 
56.1
 
6,110,125 30
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Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D)
 
43.0
 
4,683,038 0
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Jill Stein/Butch Ware (G)
 
0.4
 
43,155 0
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Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (L)
 
0.3
 
31,972 0
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Claudia De La Cruz/Karina Garcia (Party for Socialism and Liberation)
 
0.1
 
11,969 0
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Peter Sonski/Lauren Onak (American Solidarity Party)
 
0.1
 
7,454 0
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Randall Terry/Stephen E. Broden (Constitution Party)
 
0.1
 
5,834 0
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Shiva Ayyadurai/Crystal Ellis (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
199 0
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Cherunda Lynn Fox/Harlan McVay Jr. (No Party Affiliation) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
6 0

There were no incumbents in this race The results have been certified.

Total votes: 10,893,752


2020

See also: Presidential election, 2020


Presidential election in Florida, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
51.2
 
5,668,731 29
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Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
47.9
 
5,297,045 0
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Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)
 
0.6
 
70,324 0
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Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)
 
0.1
 
14,721 0
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Roque De La Fuente/Darcy Richardson (Reform Party)
 
0.1
 
5,966 0
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Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman (Party for Socialism and Liberation)
 
0.1
 
5,712 0
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Don Blankenship/William Mohr (Constitution Party)
 
0.0
 
3,902 0
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Brian T. Carroll/Amar Patel (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
854 0
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Jade Simmons/Melissa Nixon (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
181 0
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Shawn W. Howard/Alyssa Howard (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
9 0
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Kasey Wells/Rachel Wells (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
8 0
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Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser/Charles Tolbert (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
2 0
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Michael Laboch/Raechelle Pope (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
1 0

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 11,067,456


2016

See also: Presidential election, 2016
U.S. presidential election, Florida, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
     Democratic Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 47.8% 4,504,975 0
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump/Mike Pence 49% 4,617,886 29
     Libertarian Gary Johnson/Bill Weld 2.2% 207,043 0
     Green Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka 0.7% 64,399 0
     Constitution Darrell Lane Castle/Scott Bradley 0.2% 16,475 0
     Reform Rocky De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg 0.1% 9,108 0
     - Other/Write-in 0% 153 0
Total Votes 9,420,039 29
Election results via: Florida Division of Elections


Florida presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 17 Democratic wins
  • 15 Republican wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winning Party D D D D D D D R D D D D D R R R D R R D R R R R D R R D D R R R


Redistricting following the 2020 census

On March 3, 2022, the Florida Supreme Court approved new legislative maps drawn by the Florida State Legislature. These maps took effect for Florida's 2022 legislative elections.


See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 97, Section 012," accessed March 10, 2014
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 061," accessed December 2, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 021," accessed March 10, 2014
  4. ↑ Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 092," accessed March 10, 2014
  5. ↑ Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 095," accessed March 10, 2014
  6. ↑ Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 061," accessed March 10, 2014
  7. ↑ Florida Statutes, "Title IX, Chapter 99, Section 0615," accessed March 10, 2014
  8. ↑ Florida Division of Elections, "Candidate Qualifying Information," accessed December 16, 2103
  9. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  10. ↑ Florida Constitution, "Article III, Section 15(d)," accessed November 22, 2016


Current members of the Florida State Senate
Leadership
Senate President:Kathleen Passidomo
Majority Leader:Ben Albritton
Senators
District 1
Don Gaetz (R)
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
Tom Leek (R)
District 8
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 13
District 14
District 15
Vacant
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
Jim Boyd (R)
District 21
Ed Hooper (R)
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34
District 35
District 36
District 37
District 38
District 39
District 40
Republican Party (28)
Democratic Party (11)
Vacancies (1)


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