2020 Florida Senate election

2020 Florida Senate election
	November 3, 2020
	November 3, 2020
20 of the 40 seats in the Florida Senate; (and 1 special election); 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	38.62%
Majority Leader before election; Kathleen Passidomo; Republican	Elected Majority Leader ; Kathleen Passidomo; Republican

The 2020 elections for the Florida Senate took take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 to elect state senators from 21 of 40 districts. The Republican Party has held a Senate majority since 1995. The result was a one seat gain for the Republicans, thus maintaining their majority.[1]

The elections for U.S. President, U.S. House of Representatives, and the Florida House of Representatives were also held on this date.[2]

Competitive races

The most competitive races are expected to be the Democratic-held open Senate District 3 in North Florida, the Republican-held open District 9 to the northeast of Orlando, the special election in the Tampa area's open Republican-held District 20, the Democratic-held Senate District 37 in South Florida, and the Republican-held open District 39 in South Florida.[3][4]

2016 Presidential Results[5] and 2020 Candidates in Competitive Races:

Senate District	Clinton 2016 Vote Share	Trump 2016 Vote Share	2020 Democratic Nominee	2020 Republican Nominee
District 3	52.60% Clinton	43.95% Trump	Loranne Ausley	Marva Harris Preston
District 9	45.98% Clinton	49.87% Trump	Patricia Sigman	Jason Brodeur
District 20	43.99% Clinton	52.28% Trump	Kathy Lewis	Danny Burgess
District 37	59.55% Clinton	37.89% Trump	José Javier Rodríguez	Ileana Garcia
District 39	53.74% Clinton	43.49% Trump	Javier Fernandez	Ana Maria Rodriguez

Overview

Party		Votes		Seats

Party		No.	%	No.	+/−	%
	Republican Party of Florida	2,663,076	49.03	24	+1	60.00
	Florida Democratic Party	2,642,318	48.65	16	-1	40.00
	Independent	125,497	2.31	0	0	0.00
	Write-in	603	0.01	0	0	0.00
Total		5,431,494	100.00	40	±0	100.00

Registered voters (as of August 2020)		14,065,627	100.00
Turnout		5,431,494	38.62
Source: Florida Division of Elections[6][7]

Popular vote

Republican			49.03%
Democratic			48.65%
Other			2.32%

House seats

Republican			60%
Democratic			40%

Primary election polling

District 27 - Republican

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Heather Fitzhagen	Ray Rodriguez	Undecided
St. Pete Polls/Florida Politics	July 28, 2020	463 (LV)	± 4.6%	18%	59%	23%
Remington Research Group/Heather Fitzhagen[upper-alpha 1]	July 20, 2020	1,229 (LV)	± 3%	22%	44%	34%
Remington Research Group/Heather Fitzhagen[upper-alpha 1]	June 18–19, 2020	460 (LV)	± 4.5%	34%	24%	42%

District 29 - Democratic

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Tina Polsky	Irving "Irv" Slosberg	Undecided
St. Pete Polls/Florida Politics	August 14, 2020	477 (LV)	± 4.5%	49%	37%	13%

District 39 - Democratic

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Javier E. Fernandez	Daniel "Dan" Horton-Diaz	Undecided
St. Pete Polls/Florida Politics	August 1–2, 2020	203 (LV)	± 6.9%	24%	16%	61%

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

Bill Montford District 3 (term limited)
Kevin Rader District 29 (retiring)
Oscar Braynon District 35 (term limited)

Republicans

Rob Bradley District 5 (term limited
David H. Simmons District 9 (term limited)
Bill Galvano District 21 (term limited)
Lizbeth Benacquisto District 27 (term limited)
Anitere Flores District 39 (term limited)

General election polling

District 3

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Loranne Ausley (D)	Marva Preston (R)	Undecided
St. Pete Polls/Florida Politics	October 17–18, 2020	948 (LV)	–	51%	44%	5%
ALG Research/Florida Senate Victory Fund/FDLCC[upper-alpha 2]	October 15, 2020	503 (V)	–	48%	40%	–

District 9

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Jason Brodeur (R)	Patricia Sigman (D)	Jestine Ianotti (I)	Undecided
St. Pete Polls/Florida Politics	October 31 – November 1, 2020	522 (LV)	± 4.3%	42%	49%	2%	7%
St. Pete Polls/Florida Politics	October 17–18, 2020	490 (LV)	± 4.4%	43%	52%	–	5%
GQR Research/Florida Senate Victory Fund/FDLCC[upper-alpha 3]	October 16, 2020	400 (V)	–	42%	42%	–	–

District 20

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Danny Burgess (R)	Kathy Lewis (D)	Undecided
St. Pete Polls/Florida Politics	October 24–25, 2020	644 (LV)	± 3.9%	45%	44%	12%

District 37

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	José Javier Rodríguez (D)	Ileana Garcia (R)
SEA Research/Florida Senate Victory Fund/FDLCC[upper-alpha 4]	October 13, 2020	400 (V)	–	42%	37%

District 39

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Ana Maria Rodriguez (R)	Javier Fernandez (D)
GQR Research/Florida Senate Victory Fund/FDLCC[upper-alpha 5]	October 9, 2020	503 (V)	–	43%	43%
Tyson Group/Let's Preserve the American Dream PAC	September 8–11, 2020	– (V)[lower-alpha 2]	–	37%	31%
Tyson Group/Let's Preserve the American Dream PAC	July, 2020	– (V)[lower-alpha 3]	–	31%	28%

Results

District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39

[8]

District 1

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Douglas V. Broxson	185,380	65.3%
	Democratic	Karen M. Butler	98,407	34.7%
Total votes			293,787	100%
	Republican hold

District 3

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loranne Ausley	137,609	53.4%
	Republican	Marva Harris Preston	120,176	46.6%
Total votes			257,785	100%
	Democratic hold

District 5

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jennifer Bradley	194,198	74.8%
	Democratic	Stacey L. Peters	65,568	25.2%
Total votes			259,766	100%
	Republican hold

District 7

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Travis J. Hutson	212,577	61.7%
	Democratic	Heather Hunter	131,763	38.3%
	Independent	Richard Dembinsky (Write in)	13	0.0%
Total votes			344,353	100%
	Republican hold

District 9

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Brodeur	141,544	50.3%
	Democratic	Patricia Sigman	133,900	47.6%
	Independent	Jestine Iannotti	5,787	2.1%
Total votes			281,231	100%
	Republican hold

District 11

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Randolph Bracy	147,244	65.0%
	Republican	Joshua Eli Adams	79,224	35.0%
Total votes			226,468	100%
	Democratic hold

District 13

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Stewart	152,769	60.6%
	Republican	Josh Anderson	99,134	39.4%
Total votes			251,903	100%
	Democratic hold

District 15

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victor M. Torres	180,185	57.1%
	Republican	Louis T. Minnis	123,153	39.0%
	Independent	Mike James	12,207	3.9%
Total votes			315,545	100%
	Democratic hold

District 17

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Debbie Mayfield	193,560	60.6%
	Democratic	Scot Fretwell	114,515	35.9%
	Independent	Phillip Snyder	11,323	3.5%
Total votes			319,398	100%
	Republican hold

District 19

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darryl Ervin Rouson	174,343	68.7%
	Independent	Christina Paylan	79,463	31.3%
Total votes			253,806	100%
	Democratic hold

District 20

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Danny Burgess	141,607	54.8%
	Democratic	Kathy Lewis	116,685	45.2%
Total votes			258,292	100%
	Republican hold

District 21

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Boyd	191,673	61.0%
	Democratic	Anthony "Tony" Eldon	122,480	39.0%
Total votes			314,153	100%
	Republican hold

District 23

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Gruters	188,126	57.7%
	Democratic	Katherine Norman	131,491	40.3%
	Independent	Robert Kaplan	6,696	2.1%
Total votes			326,313	100%
	Republican hold

District 25

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gayle Harrell	168,063	58.7%
	Democratic	Corinna Balderramos Robinson	118,211	41.3%
Total votes			286,274	100%
	Republican hold

District 27

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ray Rodrigues	176,954	60.5%
	Democratic	Rachel Brown	115,537	39.5%
Total votes			292,491	100%
	Republican hold

District 29

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tina Polsky	156,441	55.7%
	Republican	Brian Norton	124,502	44.3%
Total votes			280,943	100%
	Republican hold

District 31

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lori Berman	156,495	62.2%
	Republican	Tami Donnally	95,019	37.8%
Total votes			251,514	100%
	Democratic hold

District 35

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Shevrin "Shev" Jones	188,942	99.7%
	Independent	Darien Hill (Write in)	590	0.3%
Total votes			189,532	100%
	Democratic hold

District 37

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Garcia	104,630	48.5%
	Democratic	Jose Javier Rodriguez (Incumbent)	104,598	48.5%
	Independent	Alex Rodriguez	6,382	3.0%
Total votes			215,610	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 39

Florida 2020 Senate Election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ana Maria Rodriguez	123,556	55.6%
	Democratic	Javier E. Fernandez	95,135	42.8%
	Independent	Celso D. Alfonso	3,639	1.6%
Total votes			222,330	100%
	Republican hold

Notes

Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
Not yet released
Not yet released

Partisan clients

Poll sponsored by Fitzhagen's campaign
The Florida Senate Victory Fund and the FDLCC supported Ausley prior to the sampling period
The Florida Senate Victory Fund and the FDLCC supported Sigman prior to the sampling period
The Florida Senate Victory Fund and the FDLCC supported Javier Rodriguez prior to the sampling period
The Florida Senate Victory Fund and the FDLCC supported Fernandez prior to the sampling period

References

"Florida State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
https://www.thegreenpapers.com/G20/FL
Call, James. "Barack Obama weighs in on Florida Senate races; endorses Ausley for North Florida seat". Tallahassee Democrat. USA Today Network. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
Wilson, Kirby. "Florida Democrat: I can lift Biden and flip state Senate. Why won't my party help?". Tampa Bay Times. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
"Florida 2016 pres-by-sd.xlsx". Google Docs (Cited in Tampa Bay Times). Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
"Election Results Data Extract Utility". results.elections.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
"Voter Registration - By County and Party - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State". dos.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
"2020 Florida State Senate Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com.

External links

Florida Elections Commission government website
"League of Women Voters of Florida". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
Florida at Ballotpedia
Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Florida", Voting & Elections Toolkits
"Florida: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
National Institute on Money in Politics; Campaign Finance Institute, "Florida 2019 & 2020 Elections", Followthemoney.org

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[key-8] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[14] Not yet released

[15] Not yet released

[Fitzhagen-9] Poll sponsored by Fitzhagen's campaign

[10] The Florida Senate Victory Fund and the FDLCC supported Ausley prior to the sampling period

[11] The Florida Senate Victory Fund and the FDLCC supported Sigman prior to the sampling period

[12] The Florida Senate Victory Fund and the FDLCC supported Javier Rodriguez prior to the sampling period

[13] The Florida Senate Victory Fund and the FDLCC supported Fernandez prior to the sampling period

[1] "Florida State Senate elections, 2020". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2020-12-03.

[2] ttps://www.thegreenpapers.com/G20/FL

[3] Call, James. "Barack Obama weighs in on Florida Senate races; endorses Ausley for North Florida seat". Tallahassee Democrat. USA Today Network. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[4] Wilson, Kirby. "Florida Democrat: I can lift Biden and flip state Senate. Why won't my party help?". Tampa Bay Times. Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[5] "Florida 2016 pres-by-sd.xlsx". Google Docs (Cited in Tampa Bay Times). Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 26 September 2020.

[6] "Election Results Data Extract Utility". results.elections.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.

[7] "Voter Registration - By County and Party - Division of Elections - Florida Department of State". dos.myflorida.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.

[16] "2020 Florida State Senate Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com.

Current members of the Florida Senate
President: Wilton Simpson (R) President Pro Tempore: Aaron Bean (R) Majority Leader: Kathleen Passidomo (R) Minority Leader: Gary Farmer (D)
Doug Broxson (R) George Gainer (R) Loranne Ausley (D) Aaron Bean (R) Jennifer Bradley (R) Audrey Gibson (D) Travis Hutson (R) Keith Perry (R) Jason Brodeur (R) Wilton Simpson (R) Randolph Bracy (D) Dennis Baxley (R) Linda Stewart (D) Tom A. Wright (R) Victor M. Torres Jr. (D) Ed Hooper (R) Debbie Mayfield (R) Janet Cruz (D) Darryl Rouson (D) Danny Burgess (R) Jim Boyd (R) Kelli Stargel (R) Joe Gruters (R) Jeff Brandes (R) Gayle Harrell (R) Ben Albritton (R) Ray Rodrigues (R) Kathleen Passidomo (R) Tina Polsky (D) Bobby Powell (D) Lori Berman (D) Lauren Book (D) Perry E. Thurston Jr. (D) Gary Farmer (D) Shevrin Jones (D) Manny Díaz Jr. (R) Ileana Garcia (R) Jason Pizzo (D) Ana Maria Rodriguez (R) Annette Taddeo (D)
Republican (24) Democratic (16) Florida Legislature Florida House of Representatives Florida Senate

(2019 ←) 2020 United States elections (→ 2021)
U.S. President	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
U.S. Senate	Alabama Alaska Arizona (special) Arkansas Colorado Delaware Georgia Georgia (special) Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina Oklahoma Oregon Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Virginia West Virginia Wyoming
U.S. House	Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California 25th sp Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia 5th sp Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland 7th sp Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York 27th sp North Carolina 11th North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia U.S. Virgin Islands Washington West Virginia Wisconsin 7th sp Wyoming
Governors	American Samoa Delaware Indiana Missouri Montana New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Puerto Rico Utah Vermont Washington West Virginia
State legislatures	Alaska House Senate Arizona House Senate Arkansas House Senate California Assembly Senate Colorado House Senate Connecticut Senate Delaware House Senate Florida House Senate Georgia House Senate Hawaii House Senate Idaho House Senate Illinois House Senate Indiana House Senate Iowa House Senate Kansas House Senate Kentucky House Senate Maine House Senate Massachusetts House Senate Michigan House Minnesota House Senate Montana House Senate Nebraska Nevada Assembly Senate New Hampshire House Senate New Mexico House Senate New York Assembly Senate North Carolina House Senate Ohio House Senate Oklahoma House Senate Oregon House Senate Pennsylvania House Senate Puerto Rico House Senate Rhode Island House Senate South Carolina House Senate South Dakota Senate Tennessee Senate Texas House Senate Utah House Senate Vermont House Senate Washington House Senate West Virginia House Senate Wisconsin Assembly Senate Wyoming House Senate
Mayors	Bakersfield, CA Baltimore, MD Baton Rouge, LA Clearwater, FL Corpus Christi, TX El Paso, TX Fresno, CA Honolulu, HI Irvine, CA Lubbock, TX Miami-Dade County, FL Milwaukee, WI Phoenix, AZ Portland, OR Richmond, VA Salt Lake County, UT San Diego, CA Stockton, CA Virginia Beach, VA Wilmington, DE Winston-Salem, NC
Local	Clearwater, FL Cook County, IL Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles County, CA Orange County, CA San Diego, CA San Diego County, CA
State-wide	Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas U.S. Virgin Islands Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Related	Gerrymandering Postal voting Russian interference Voter suppression

2020 Florida Senate election

Competitive races

Overview

Primary election polling

District 27 - Republican

District 29 - Democratic

District 39 - Democratic

Retiring incumbents

Democrats

Republicans

General election polling

District 3

District 9

District 20

District 37

District 39

Results

District 1

District 3

District 5

District 7

District 9

District 11

District 13

District 15

District 17

District 19

District 20

District 21

District 23

District 25

District 27

District 29

District 31

District 35

District 37

District 39

Notes

See also

References

External links