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Florida Senate District 1
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Don Gaetz Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Don Gaetz (Republican) won by 29.2 points, 2024
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History (21 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 290,336
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDon GaetzWon Republican 187,43164.6% DemocraticLisa Newell Democratic 102,90535.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 203,879
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDoug BroxsonWon(incumbent) Republican 145,15571.2% DemocraticCharlie Nichols Democratic 58,72428.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 283,787
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2016 to 2021)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDouglas V. BroxsonWon(incumbent) Republican 185,38065.3% DemocraticKaren M. Butler Democratic 98,40734.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 200,324
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2016 to 2021)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDoug BroxsonWon Republican 199,92999.8% Miriam Woods Write-in 3490.2% Aaron Matthew Erskine Write-in 460.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 215,034
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2015)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDon GaetzWon(incumbent) Republican 160,01674.4% IndependentRichard Harrison Independent 55,01825.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 167,940
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnthony C. Hill Sr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 136,35481.2% OtherLouis J. Tart Other 31,58618.8% - Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnthony C. Hill Sr.Won(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAnthony C. Hill Sr.Won Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 144,716
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDurell Peaden Jr.Won Republican 83,98258.0% DemocraticDee Dee Ritchie Democratic 60,73442.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 129,017
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWyon D. ChildersWon(incumbent) Republican 96,57574.8% DemocraticWillie Farrow Democratic 32,44225.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 119,550
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWyon D. ChildersWon(incumbent) Democratic 71,85660.1% RepublicanJason Harvey Republican 47,69439.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 93,122
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. D. ChildersWon(incumbent) Democratic 59,19063.6% RepublicanLee McKnight Republican 33,93236.4% - Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. D. ChildersWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWyon D. ChildersWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWyon D. ChildersWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 96,436
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom TobiassenWon(incumbent) Republican 50,79152.7% DemocraticEdmond M. Fortune Democratic 45,64547.3% - Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. D. ChildersWon(incumbent) Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 73,840
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTom TobiassenWon Republican 39,13553.0% DemocraticRalph C. Chandler Democratic 34,70547.0% - Election day
- November 7, 1972
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. D. ChildersWon(incumbent) Democratic —— DemocraticJames A. JohnstonWon Democratic —— - Election day
- November 3, 1970
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- Special election
- District map
- Older district map (1967 to 1971)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticW. D. ChildersWon Democratic —— - Votes for listed candidates
- 135,806
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1967 to 1971)
Florida Senate District 1, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticReubin Od AskewWon(incumbent) Democratic 49,40474.8% DemocraticJohn BroxsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 38,97355.9% RepublicanKen Pfeiffer Republican 30,75944.1% RepublicanLou Smith Republican 16,67025.2%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Florida Senate District 1, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/fl/senate/1. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:fl/sldu:1
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026