Florida Senate

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The Seal of The Florida Senate. It shows the Five Flags that have flown over Florida. In order from left to right; Spain, Confederate States of America, United States of America, France, and Great Britain.
The Seal of The Florida Senate. It shows the Five Flags that have flown over Florida. In order from left to right; Spain, Confederate States of America, United States of America, France, and Great Britain.

The Florida Senate is part of the legislative branch of government for the state of Florida. There are 40 members in the senate. Generally, Senators in odd-numbered districts are elected in years divisible by four (in tandem with U.S. Presidential elections), and Senators in even-numbered districts are elected alongside elections for Florida's statewide offices. In years ending in the digit 2, all Senators are up for re-election. Thus, odd-number district Senators were elected to two-year terms in 2002, and even-number district Senators will be elected to two-year terms in 2012.

Florida Senate and Florida House districts are both organized by population over geographic areas. Although there are exactly three times as many members of the House (120) as in the Senate (40), the Senate districts do not consist of three Representative districts; the boundaries are independent.

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 26
  Democratic Party 14
 Total
 40
 Majority
 12


[edit] Current Members of the Florida Senate

District Representative Party Term Exp.
1 Anthony C. Hill Democrat 2008
2 Durell Peaden Republican 2010
3 Charles S. Dean, Sr. Republican 2008
4 Don Gaetz Republican 2010
5 Stephen R. Wise Republican 2008
6 Alfred Lawson, Jr. Democrat 2010
7 Evelyn J. Lynn Republican 2008
8 James E. King Republican 2010
9 Daniel Webster, Majority Leader Republican 2008
10 Ronda Storms Republican 2010
11 Mike Fasano Republican 2008
12 Victor Crist Republican 2010
13 Dennis L. Jones Republican 2008
14 Steve Oelrich
 Republican 2010
15 Paula Dockery Republican 2008
16 Charlie Justice Democrat 2010
17 J.D. Alexander Republican 2008
18 Arthenia Joyner Democrat 2010
19 Gary Siplin Democrat 2008
20 Carey Baker Republican 2010
21 Michael S. Bennett Republican 2008
22 Lee Constantine Republican 2010
23 Lisa Carlton, Pro Tempore Republican 2008
24 Bill Posey Republican 2010
25 Jeffrey Atwater Republican 2008
26 Mike Haridopolos Republican 2010
27 Dave Aronberg Democrat 2008
28 Ken Pruitt, President Republican 2010
29 M. Mandy Dawson Democrat 2008
30 Ted Deutch Democrat 2010
31 Steven Geller, Minority Leader Democrat 2008
32 Jeremy Ring Democrat 2010
33 Frederica Wilson Democrat 2008
34 Nan Rich Democrat 2010
35 Gwen Margolis Democrat 2008
36 Alex Diaz de la Portilla Republican 2010
37 Burt Saunders Republican 2008
38 J. Alex Villalobos Republican 2010
39 Larcenia Bullard Democrat 2008
40 Rudy Garcia Republican 2010


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