In the elections to the Florida State Senate that were held on November 6, 2018, 20 of the 40 seats were contested in regular elections and two seats in special elections. The winners of the 20 regular elections would serve four-year terms from November 6, 2018, to November 6, 2022, and the winners of the two special elections would serve two-year terms from November 6, 2018, to November 6, 2020.
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Results summary
Statewide
VacantTotal Republican DemocraticLast election (2016) 25 15 0 40Before these elections 22 16 0 40 Not up 8 10 0 18 8 10 0 18Up 14 6 2 22 14 6 0 20 0 0 2 2 Result23 17 0 40
Retiring incumbents There were no Democrats term-limited from their seats.
Dorothy Hukill, District 14 (retiring, later deceased) Jack Latvala, District 16 (term-limited, resigned due to sexual harassment allegations) Greg Steube, District 23 (retiring, ran for CD-17) Joe Negron, District 25 (term-limited) Denise Grimsley, District 26 (retiring, ran for Agricultural Commissioner) Rene Garcia, District 36 (term-limited)
Districts
District Republican Democratic Others Total Margin Result Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % District 2 149,157 75.3 48,979 24.7 - - 198,136 100,178 50.6 Republican hold District 4 149,347 63.4 80,598 34.2 5,514 2.3 235,459 68,749 29.2 Republican hold District 6 - - - - - - - - - Democratic hold District 8 100,690 49.4 98,692 48.4 4,319 2.1 203,701 1,998 1.0 Republican hold District 10 147,601 65.0 79,349 35.0 - - 226,950 68,252 30.1 Republican hold District 12 172,776 65.3 91,765 34.7 21 0.0 264,562 81,011 30.6 Republican hold District 14 124,055 56.3 96,161 43.7 - - 220,216 27,894 12.7 Republican hold District 16 111,997 52.2 102,407 47.8 - - 214,404 9,590 4.5 Republican hold District 18 103,667 49.9 104,078 50.1 - - 207,745 411 0.2 Democratic gain District 20 101,021 53.5 87,863 46.5 - - 188,884 13,158 7.0 Republican hold District 22 105,575 52.8 94,295 47.2 - - 199,870 11,280 5.6 Republican hold District 23 143,346 56.5 110,587 43.4 - - 253,933 32,759 12.9 Republican gain District 24 116,415 54.3 98,104 45.7 - - 214,519 18,311 8.5 Republican hold District 25 117,056 54.3 98,417 45.7 - - 215,473 18,639 8.7 Republican gain District 26 117,979 65.1 63,253 34.9 - - 181,232 54,726 30.2 Republican hold District 28 138,293 64.5 73,000 34.5 - - 211,293 65,293 30.9 Republican hold District 30 - - 132,241 99.7 385 0.3 132,626 131,858 99.4 Democratic hold District 32 - - - - - - - - - Democratic hold District 34 - - 124,578 100.0 0 0.0 124,578 124,578 100.0 Democratic hold District 36 66,361 54.1 56,395 45.9 - - 122,756 9,966 8.1 Republican hold District 38 - - - - - - - - - Democratic hold District 40 79,068 46.5 90,924 53.5 - - 169,992 11,856 7.0 Democratic hold
Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: gain
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Governing | October 8, 2018
District 2
District 2 consists of Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, and Washington counties, and part of Okaloosa County. Incumbent George Gainer was re-elected by a margin of 51 percent.
Republican primary
Incumbent George Gainer won the primary unopposed.
Democratic primary
Attorney Gigi Gibson won the primary unopposed.
General election
Predictions
MCI Maps gave the second district a rating of "Safe GOP".
Results
District 4
District 4 consists of Nassau County and part of Duval County counties. Incumbent Aaron Bean was re-elected by a margin of 29 percent.
Republican primary Incumbent Republican Aaron Bean defeated challenger Carlos E. Slay in the Republican primary by a margin of 75 percent.
Candidates
Aaron Bean, incumbent Florida senator since 2012 Carlos E. Slay, former Nassau County tax collector candidate
Primary results
General election
Results
District 6
District 6 consists of part of Duval County. Incumbent Audrey Gibson was re-elected unopposed.
District 8
District 8 consists of Alachua and Putnam counties, and part of Marion County. Incumbent Keith Perry was re-elected by a margin of one percent.
General election
Results
District 10
District 10 consists of Citrus and Hernando counties, and part of Pasco County. Incumbent Wilton Simpson was re-elected by a margin of 30 percent.
General election
Results
District 12
District 12 consists of Sumter County, and parts of Lake, and Marion counties. Incumbent Dennis Baxley was re-elected by a margin of 31 percent.
General election
Results
District 14
District 14 consists of parts of Brevard and Volusia counties. Incumbent state senator Dorothy Hukill, Republican, died in October 2018 from cervical cancer. As her name was already printed on ballots, votes cast for her were counted for Tom Wright, the Republican nominee, who won the election by a margin of 13 percent.
General election
Results
District 16
District 16 consists of parts of Pasco and Pinellas counties.
Republican primary
Candidates
Ed Hooper, former Florida representative and Deputy Whip from 2006 to 2014 Leo Karruli, entrepreneur
Results
General election
Results
District 18
District 18 consists of part of Hillsborough County.
General election
Results
District 20
District 20 consists of parts of Hillsborough, Pasco, and Polk counties.
Republican primary
Candidates
Tom Lee, incumbent senator since 2012 and from 1996 to 2006, former senate president from 2004 to 2006 John Manners Houman, Republican nominee for Florida Senate in 2016
Results
General election
Results
District 22
District 22 consists of parts of Lake and Polk counties.
General election
Results
District 23
District 23 consists of Sarasota County and part of Charlotte County. An election for this district was not scheduled to occur until the 2020 general elections, but a special election was scheduled concurrent with the 2018 general elections due to a vacancy that occurred as a result of the resignation of then-state senator Greg Steube to run for the United States House of Representatives.
General election
Results
District 24
District 24 consists of part of Pinellas County.
General election
Results
District 25
District 25 consists of Martin and St. Lucie counties, and part of Palm Beach County. An election for this district was not scheduled to occur until the 2020 general elections, but a special election was scheduled concurrent with the 2018 general elections due to a vacancy that occurred as a result of the resignation of former Senate President Joe Negron.
Republican primary
Candidates
Gayle Harrell, Florida representative since 2012 Belinda Keiser, former member of Florida Constitution Revision Commission, delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention
General election
Results
District 26
District 26 consists of DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, and Okeechobee counties, and parts of Charlotte, Lee, and Polk counties.
General election
Results
District 28
District 28 consists of Collier and Hendry counties, and part of Lee County.
General election
Results
District 30
District 30 consists of part of Palm Beach County.
General election
Results
District 32
District 32 consists of part of Broward County. Incumbent Lauren Book was elected unposed both in the primary and general election.
District 34
District 34 consists of part of Broward County.
General election
Results
District 36
District 36 consists of part of Miami-Dade County.
General election
Results
District 38
District 38 consists of part of Miami-Dade County. Democrat Jason Pizzo beat incumbent Daphne Campbell in the Democratic primary, 54%-46%. The general election was cancelled, meaning Pizzo was the victor of the race.
District 40
District 40 consists of part of Miami-Dade County.
General election
Results
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