The state of Florida has historically been dominated by the Democratic party, with a brief period of Republican officeholders during Reconstruction, before becoming a core state of the Solid South. A dramatic reversal began in the late 20th century, with the 21st century having been dominated by Republicans.
Party affiliation Current + Party registration as of May 23, 2026PartyNumberof votersFractionRepublican5,533,16841.4%Democratic4,027,94930.1%No Party Affiliation3,317,91824.8%Independent Party of Florida315,2252.4%Conservative Party of Florida41,3390.3%Libertarian34,5940.3%America First Party of Florida19,7770.1%Constitution18,3830.1%Boricua Party17,3110.1%Green9,5330.1%Coalition with a Purpose8,6050.1%American Solidarity Party7,9820.1%Ecology Party of Florida7,9820.1%Party for Socialism and Liberation2,2580.0%Forward Party1,9090.0% Jeffersonian1060.0%MGTOW610.0%We the People120.0%Total13,360,319100.0%
Historically +Political party registration by yearYearREPDEMIPFLPFCPFGREREFIDPOthersUnaffiliatedTotal20245,499,7174,421,790276,46735,96419,7089,089188–70,0753,616,17013,949,16820225,277,3944,971,444206,02439,4513,8937,8261,456–3,5053,992,98514,503,97820205,169,012 5,303,254163,406 39,538 2,492 7,335 1,474 –2,0723,753,286 14,441,869 20184,681,598 4,944,86758,413 32,8431,7246,9151,407 –1,2093,549,09413,278,070 20164,550,3114,877,749262,59928,2871,2656,6051,51144,1941,3233,089,92912,863,773 20144,172,2324,628,178 268,35823,6651,1425,9011,71749,1122,6812,778,54711,931,04120124,245,9914,781,978248,67119,8929745,7051,96155,0741,2992,572,90111,934,10920104,039,2594,631,068262,11617,8881,1125,8272,47357,76113,6342,186,24611,217,38420084,064,3014,722,076253,52016,8839826,0073,09363,41513,7562,103,11911,247,63420063,935,6754,219,531237,99015,5338476,6073,79039,791 9,9621,964,12310,433,84920043,892,4924,261,249212,75013,8065856,6463,87216,8387,0391,886,01310,301,29020023,599,0533,958,910179,71111,8523365,5904,6165,0183,1071,534,4339,302,36020003,420,2383,803,081146,5599,462942,7284,672–2,4521,353,4318,742,71719983,292,5893,691,742113,3617,037–9652,695–1,9101,109,960 8,220,25919963,309,1053,728,513 101,1385,509797311,5571,1481,605928,492 8,077,87719942,747,0743,245,51834,4033,58535453–474375527,6816,559,598
Partisan affiliation of elected officials The following tables indicate party affiliation in the U.S. state of Florida for the individual elected offices of: Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Chief Financial Officer Commissioner of Agriculture
As well as the following historical offices that were elected from 1889 to 2005: Secretary of State Comptroller Treasurer/Insurance Commissioner/Fire Marshal Commissioner of Education (called the Superintendent of Public Instruction before 1969) The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate State House of Representatives State delegation to the U.S. Senate (individually) State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes. For the Civil War years, the table indicates the state's delegation to the Confederate Congress, in lieu of the U.S. Congress.
1845–1888
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorLt. GovernorState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class III)U.S. House1845William Dunn Moseley no such office11D, 6W30D, 10W, 1?David Levy Yulee James Westcott Edward C. Cabell 1846William H. Brockenbrough 184712D, 7W22D, 17WEdward C. Cabell 184812W, 7D21W, 11D, 7?Zachary Taylor/Millard Fillmore 1849Thomas Brown 24W, 16DJackson Morton 1850185110D, 9W21D, 19WStephen Mallory 1852Franklin Pierce/William R. King 1853James E. Broome 12D, 6W, 1I26D, 13W, 1 vac.Augustus Maxwell 1854185511D, 7W, 1 vac.23D, 17W, 1?David Levy Yulee 1856James Buchanan/John C. Breckinridge 1857Madison S. Perry 13D, 7KN, 1?29D, 16KNGeorge Sydney Hawkins 1858185915D, 6O35D, 10O1860John C. Breckinridge/Joseph Lane 1861John Milton 13D, 8O37D, 10Ovacant during Civil War 1862James McNairBaker Augustus Maxwell 2 Fmr. D18631864Civil War1865Abraham K. Allison vacantvacant during ReconstructionWilliam Marvin vacant1866David S. Walker William W. J. Kelly 21NP47NPWilliam Marvin Wilkinson Call Frederick McLeod 1867vacant during Reconstruction1868Harrison Reed William Henry Gleason 16R, 8D37R, 15DAdonijah Welch Thomas W. Osborn Charles Memorial Hamilton Ulysses S. Grant/Schuyler Colfax 1869vacantAbijah Gilbert 1870Edmund C. Weeks 1871Samuel T. Day 11R, 10D23R, 20DJosiah T. Walls 1872Silas L. Niblack Ulysses S. Grant/Henry Wilson 1873Ossian B. Hart Marcellus Stearns 13R, 11D29R, 23DSimon B. Conover 2R1874Marcellus Sterns vacant187512D, 12R28D, 24RCharles W. Jones 2R18761D, 1RRutherford B. Hayes/William A. Wheeler 1877George Franklin Drew Noble A. Hull 15D, 9R31D, 21R1D, 1R18782D187925D, 7R46D, 28R, 1I, 1 tiedWilkinson Call 2D18801D, 1RWinfield Scott Hancock/William Hayden English 1881William D. Bloxham Livingston W. Bethel 27D, 5R58D, 18R2D18821D, 1R188317D, 9I, 6R34D, 27R, 15I1884Grover Cleveland/Thomas A. Hendricks 1885Edward A. Perry Milton H. Mabry 17D, 8I, 7R48D, 25R, 3I2D1886188724D, 5R, 3I55D, 13R, 8ISamuel Pasco 1888Grover Cleveland/Allen G. Thurman
1889–1960
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorSec. of StateAttorney GeneralComptrollerTreasurerComm. of Ed.Comm. of Ag.StateSenateStateHouseU.S. Senator(Class I)U.S. Senator(Class III)U.S.House1889Francis P. Fleming John L. Crawford William Bailey Lamar William D. Barnes Francis J. Pons Albert J. Russell Lucius B. Wombwell 27D, 5R58D, 9R, 9ISamuel Pasco Wilkinson Call 2DCleveland/Thurman 1890William D. Bloxham 1891E. J. Triay 31D, 1R76D1892Cleveland/Stevenson 1893Henry L. Mitchell Clarence B. Collins William N. Sheats 1894189531D, 1P74D, 1R, 1I1896Bryan/Sewall 1897William D. Bloxham William H. Reynolds James B. Whitfield 63D, 3R, 2IStephen Mallory II 1898189932D68DJames Taliaferro 1900Bryan/Stevenson 1901William Sherman Jennings A. C. Croom Benjamin E. McLin 1902Henry Clay Crawford 1903James B. Whitfield William V. Knott 67D, 1R3D1904W. H. Ellis Parker/Davis 1905Napoleon B. Broward William N. Holloway 68D1906190767D, 1SocWilliam James Bryan 1908William Hall Milton Bryan/Kern 1909Albert W. Gilchrist Park Trammell Duncan U. Fletcher 1910191168DNathan P. Bryan 1912William V. Knott J. C. Luning J. C. Luning Wilson/Marshall 1913Park Trammell Thomas F. West William N. Sheats William Allen McRae 71D4D1914191573D19161917Sidney Johnston Catts Van C. Swearingen Ernest Amos 74D, 1RPark Trammell 1918191977D1920Cox/Roosevelt 1921Cary A. Hardee Rivers H. Buford 1922William S. Cawthon 1923Nathan Mayo 1924Davis/Bryan 1925John W. Martin J. B. Johnson 84D192687D1927Fred Henry Davis 95D1928William V. Knott Hoover/Curtis 1929Doyle E. Carlton William Monroe Igou 37D, 1R93D, 2R1930Robert Andrew Gray 1931Cary D. Landis 38D95D1932Roosevelt/Garner 1933David Sholtz James Martin Lee 94D, 1R5D1934193595D1936Scott Loftin William Luther Hill 1937Fred P. Cone Colin English Charles O. Andrews Claude Pepper 1938George Couper Gibbs 19391940Roosevelt/Wallace 1941Spessard Holland J. Thomas Watson J. Edwin Larson 194219436D1944Roosevelt/Truman 1945Millard Caldwell 1946Clarence M. Gay Spessard Holland 194794D, 1R1948Truman/Barkley 1949Fuller Warren Richard Ervin Thomas D. Bailey 95D1950195192D, 3RGeorge Smathers 1952Eisenhower/Nixon 1953Daniel T. McCarty 37D, 1R90D, 5R8DCharley Eugene Johns 19541955LeRoy Collins Ray E. Green 89D, 6R7D, 1R195619571958195992D, 3R1960Lee Thompson Nixon/Lodge
1961–2002
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLt. GovernorSec. of StateAttorney GeneralComptrollerTreasurerComm. of Ed.Comm. of Ag.StateSenateStateHouseU.S. Senator(Class I)U.S. Senator(Class III)U.S.House1961C. Farris Bryant no such officeThomas BurtonAdams Jr. Richard Ervin Ray E. Green J. Edwin Larson Thomas D. Bailey Doyle Conner 37D, 1R88D, 7RSpessard Holland George Smathers 7D, 1RNixon/Lodge 1962196341D, 2R109D, 16R10D, 2R1964James W. Kynes Johnson/Humphrey 1965W. Haydon Burns Earl Faircloth Fred O. Dickinson Broward Williams Floyd T. Christian 102D, 10R19661967Claude R. Kirk Jr. 28D, 20R80D, 39R9D, 3R1968Nixon/Agnew 1969Ray Osborne 32D, 16R77D, 42REdward Gurney 19701971Reubin Askew Thomas BurtonAdams Jr. Richard Stone Robert Shevin Thomas D. O'Malley 33D, 15R81D, 38RLawton Chiles 1972197325D, 14R, 1I77D, 43R11D, 4R1974Dorothy Glisson 1975Jim Williams Bruce Smathers Gerald Lewis Phil Ashler Ralph Turlington 27D, 12R, 1I86D, 34RRichard Stone 10D, 5R1976Bill Gunter Carter/Mondale 197730D, 9R, 1I92D, 28R1978Jesse J. McCrary Jr. 1979Bob Graham Wayne Mixson George Firestone James C. Smith 29D, 11R89D, 31R12D, 3R1980Reagan/Bush 198127D, 13R81D, 39RPaula Hawkins 11D, 4R1982198332D, 8R84D, 36R13D, 6R1984198531D, 9R77D, 43R12D, 7R198630D, 10R1987Wayne Mixson vacantJames C. Smith Bob Butterworth Betty Castor 25D, 15R73D, 47RBob Graham Bob Martinez Bobby Brantley 1988Bush/Quayle 1989Tom Gallagher 23D, 17R70D, 50RConnie Mack III 11R, 8D19901991Lawton Chiles Buddy MacKay Bob Crawford 74D, 46R10R, 9D199222D, 18RBush/Quayle 199320D, 20R71D, 49R13R, 10D1994Doug Jamerson 1995Sandra Mortham Bob Milligan Bill Nelson Frank Brogan 21R, 19D63D, 57R15R, 8D199622R, 18DClinton/Gore 199723R, 17D61R, 59D199825R, 15D66R, 54D1999Buddy MacKay vacantKatherine Harris Tom Gallagher 73R, 47DJeb Bush Frank Brogan 200075R, 45DBush/Cheney 2001Tom Gallagher Charlie Crist Charles Bronson 77R, 43DBill Nelson 2002Richard E. Doran
2003–present
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorLt. GovernorAttorney GeneralCFOCommissionerof AgricultureState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class I)U.S. Senator (Class III)U.S. House2003Jeb Bush Toni Jennings Charlie Crist Tom Gallagher Charles Bronson 26R, 14D81R, 39DBill Nelson Bob Graham 18R, 7DBush/Cheney 2004200584R, 36DMel Martínez 200685R, 35D2007Charlie Crist Jeff Kottkamp Bill McCollum Alex Sink 78R, 42D16R, 9D200877R, 43DObama/Biden 200976R, 44D15R, 10D2010Charlie Crist George LeMieux 2011Rick Scott Jennifer Carroll Pam Bondi Jeff Atwater Adam Putnam 28R, 12D81R, 39DMarco Rubio 19R, 6D20122013Vacant26R, 14D76R, 44D17R, 10D2014Carlos Lopez-Cantera 75R, 45D201581R, 39D2016Trump/Pence 2017Jimmy Patronis 25R, 15D79R, 41D16R, 11D201824R, 16D78R, 42D2019Ron DeSantis Jeanette Nuñez Ashley Moody Nikki Fried 23R, 17D73R, 47DRick Scott 14R, 13D2020Trump/Pence 202124R, 16D78R, 42D16R, 11D20222023Wilton Simpson 28R, 12D85R, 35D20R, 8D202484R, 36DTrump/Vance 2025Jay Collins James Uthmeier Blaise Ingoglia 87R, 33DAshley Moody 202620R, 7D
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See also Elections in Florida Government of Florida Politics of Florida Parties: Republican Party of Florida Florida Democratic Party
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