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FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION 2016 FLORIDA SENATE ELECTIONS (As of 8/30/16) FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION 2016 FLORIDA SENATE ELECTIONS (As of 8/30/16) FLORIDA SENATE DISTRICT CANDIDATES PARTY QUALIFYING PRIMARY GENERAL NOTES RESULTS RESULTS RESULTS 1 Doug Broxson REP Advances to Primary Advances to General ELECTED Aaron Matthew Erskine WRI Advances to General Advances to General Lost Mike Hill REP Advances to Primary Lost Miriam Woods WRI Advances to General Advances to General Lost 2 George Gainer REP Unopposed N/A ELECTED 3 Nancy Miller REP Advances to General Advances to General Lost Montford was S-3 incumbent; listed as incumbent here Bill Montford (I) DEM Advances to General Advances to General RE-ELECTED 4 Aaron Bean (I) REP Unopposed N/A RE-ELECTED Bean was S-4 incumbent; listed as incumbent here 5 Rob Bradley (I) REP Unopposed N/A RE-ELECTED Bradley was S-7 incumbent; listed as incumbent here 6 Audrey Gibson (I) DEM Unopposed N/A RE-ELECTED Gibson was S-9 incumbent; listed as incumbent here 7 Curtis Ceballos DEM Advances to General Advances to General Lost Hutson was S-6 incumbent; listed as incumbent here Travis Hutson (I) REP Advances to General Advances to General RE-ELECTED 8 Keith Perry REP Advances to General Advances to General ELECTED Rod Smith DEM Advances to General Advances to General Lost 1 DISTRICT CANDIDATES PARTY QUALIFYING PRIMARY GENERAL NOTES RESULTS RESULTS RESULTS 9 David Simmons (I) REP Unopposed N/A RE-ELECTED Simmons was S-10 incumbent; listed as incumbent here 10 Wilton Simpson (I) REP Unopposed N/A RE-ELECTED Simpson was S-18 incumbent; listed as incumbent here 11 Randolph Bracy DEM Advances to Primary Advances to General ELECTED Joseph Harris WRI Advances to General Advances to General Lost Chuck O’Neal DEM Advances to Primary Lost Miranda Sherelle Ratcliffe WRI Advances to General Advances to General Lost Bob Sindler DEM Advances to Primary Lost Gary Siplin DEM Advances to Primary Lost 12 Dennis Baxley REP Advances to Primary Advances to General ELECTED David Gee REP Advances to Primary Lost Elizabeth Kathryn McNutt WRI Advances to General Advances to General Lost Marlene O’Toole REP Advances to Primary Lost 13 Dean Asher REP Advances to General Advances to General Lost Mike Clelland DEM Advances to Primary Lost Judge “Rick” Roach DEM Advances to Primary Lost Linda Stewart DEM Advances to Primary Advances to General ELECTED 14 Richard Paul Dembinsky NPA Advances to General Advances to General Lost Hukill was S-8 incumbent; listed as incumbent here Dorothy Hukill (I) REP Advances to General Advances to General RE-ELECTED 15 Bob Healy, Jr. DEM Advances to Primary Lost Victor Torres, Jr. DEM Advances to Primary Advances to General ELECTED Peter Vavaldi REP Advances to General Advances to General Lost 2 DISTRICT CANDIDATES PARTY QUALIFYING PRIMARY GENERAL NOTES RESULTS RESULTS RESULTS 16 Jack Latvala (I) REP Advances to General Advances to General RE-ELECTED Latvala was S-20 incumbent; listed as incumbent here Katherine Perkins WRI Advances to General Advances to General Lost 17 Debbie Mayfield REP Advances to Primary Advances to General ELECTED Mike Thomas REP Advances to Primary Lost Ronald Julian Thomas WRI Advances to General Advances to General Lost Amy Tidd DEM Advances to General Advances to General Lost Ritch Workman REP Advances to Primary Lost 18 Bob Buesing DEM Advances to General Advances to General Lost Joe Redner NPA Advances to General Advances to General Lost Sheldon Upthegrove NPA Advances to General Advances to General Lost Dana Young REP Advances to General Advances to General ELECTED 19 John Houman REP Advances to General Advances to General Lost Ed Narain DEM Advances to Primary Lost Betty Reed DEM Advances to Primary Lost Augie Ribeiro DEM Advances to Primary Lost Darryl Rouson DEM Advances to Primary Advances to General ELECTED 20 Tom Lee (I) REP Unopposed N/A RE-ELECTED Lee was S-24 incumbent; listed as incumbent here 21 Bill Galvano (I) REP Unopposed N/A RE-ELECTED Galvano was S-15 incumbent; listed as incumbent here 22 Kelli Stargel (I) REP Advances to General Advances to General RE-ELECTED Stargel was S-15 incumbent; listed as incumbent here Debra Wright DEM Advances to General Advances to General Lost 3 DISTRICT CANDIDATES PARTY QUALIFYING PRIMARY GENERAL NOTES RESULTS RESULTS RESULTS 23 Frank Alcock, III DEM Advances to Primary Advances to General Lost Frank Cirillo DEM Advances to Primary Lost Doug Holder REP Advances to Primary Lost Rick Levine REP Advances to Primary Lost Nora Patterson REP Advances to Primary Lost Ray Pilon REP Advances to Primary Lost Greg Steube REP Advances to Primary Advances to General ELECTED 24 Jeff Brandes (I) REP Advances to General Advances to General RE-ELECTED Brandes was S-22 incumbent; listed as incumbent here Alexander Johnson WRI Advances to General Advances to General Withdrew 25 Bruno Moore DEM Advances to General Advances to General Lost Negron was S-32 incumbent; listed as incumbent here Joe Negron (I) REP Advances to General Advances to General RE-ELECTED 26 Denise Grimsley (I) REP Unopposed N/A RE-ELECTED Grimsley was S-21 incumbent; listed as incumbent here 27 Lizbeth Benacquisto (I) REP Advances to Primary Advances to General RE-ELECTED Benacquisto was S-30 incumbent; listed as incumbent Dakota Austin Eads WRI Advances to General Advances to General Lost here Jason Maughan REP Advances to Primary Lost 28 Matt Hudson REP Advances to Primary Lost MaryKathryn Johnson WRI Advances to General Advances to General Withdrew Raymond Mazzie WRI Advances to General Advances to General Lost Kathleen Passidomo REP Advances to Primary Advances to General ELECTED 29 Mindy Koch DEM Advances to Primary Lost Kevin Rader DEM Advances to Primary ELECTED 4 DISTRICT CANDIDATES PARTY QUALIFYING PRIMARY GENERAL NOTES RESULTS RESULTS RESULTS 30 Steve Austin WRI Advances to General Advances to General Withdrew Ron Berman REP Advances to General Advances to General Lost Bobby Powell DEM Advances to Primary Advances to General ELECTED Michael Steinger DEM Advances to Primary Lost 31 Jeff Clemens (I) DEM Advances to Primary Advances to General RE-ELECTED Clemens was S-27 incumbent; listed as incumbent here Emmanuel Morrel DEM Advances to Primary Lost Irv Slosberg DEM Advances to Primary Lost Jason Swaby WRI Advances to General Advances to General Withdrew 32 Lauren Book DEM UNOPPOSED N/A ELECTED 33 Perry Thurston, Jr. DEM UNOPPOSED N/A ELECTED 34 Gwyn Clarke-Reed DEM Advances to Primary Lost Gary Farmer DEM Advances to Primary Advances to General ELECTED Antoanet Iotova REP Advances to General Advances to General Lost Valerie Saffran WRI Advances to General Advances to General Lost Jim Waldman DEM Advances to Primary Lost 35 Oscar Braynon, II (I) DEM UNOPPOSED N/A RE-ELECTED Braynon was S-36 incumbent; listed as incumbent here 36 Rene Garcia (I) REP Advances to General Advances to General RE-ELECTED Garcia was S-38 incumbent; listed as incumbent here Anabella Peralta DEM Advances to General Advances to General Lost 37 Mercedes Christian NPA Advances to General Advances to General Lost Diaz de la Portilla was S-40 incumbent; listed as incumbent Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (I) REP Advances to General Advances to General Lost here José Javier Rodriguez DEM Advances to General Advances to General ELECTED 5 DISTRICT CANDIDATES PARTY QUALIFYING PRIMARY GENERAL NOTES RESULTS RESULTS RESULTS 38 Anis Blemur DEM Advances to Primary Lost Phillip Brutus NPA Advances to General Advances to General Lost Kevin Burns DEM Advances to Primary Lost Daphne Campbell DEM Advances to Primary Advances to General ELECTED Don Festge DEM Advances to Primary Lost Michael Gongora DEM Advances to Primary Lost Jason Pizzo DEM Advances to Primary Lost 39 Anitere Flores (I) REP Advances to General Advances to General RE-ELECTED Flores was S-37 incumbent; listed as incumbent here Debbie Mucarset-Powell DEM Advances to General Advances to General Lost 40 Frank Artiles REP Advances to General Advances to General ELECTED Bullard was S-39 incumbent; listed as incumbent here Dwight Bullard (I) DEM Advances to Primary Advances to General Lost Mario Jimenez NPA Advances to General Advances to General Lost Andrew Korge DEM Advances to Primary Lost Ana Rivas Logan DEM Advances to Primary Lost Missalys Perez DEM Advances to Primary Lost NOTES: • Due to redistricting, several current Senators sought election in a different district; former district numbers are noted and current Senators in these races are designated as incumbents • 20 incumbent Senators were re-elected during the 2016 election cycle • 20 new Senators were elected during the 2016 election cycle • 8 incumbent Senators did not seek re-election due to term limits • 10 incumbent Senators did not seek re-election due to seeking a different office or retirement • 2 incumbent Senators were defeated during the 2016 election cycle • The current composition of the Senate of 26 Republicans and 14 Democrats is retained as a result of the 2016 election cycle 6.
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