Florida State Senate District 23

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Danny Burgess Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Danny Burgess (Republican) won by 21.1 points, 2024
Earlier results: Danny Burgess (Republican) won by 26.4 points, 2022Joe Gruters (Republican) won by 17.4 points, 2020, older linesAll 16 elections

Past results

Votes for listed candidates: 278,919
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Same as today

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDanny BurgessWon	Republican	163,85958.8%	58.8%
DemocraticBen Braver	Democratic	105,03837.7%	37.7%
IndependentJohn Houman	Independent	10,0223.6%	3.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 195,003
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Same as today

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDanny BurgessWon(incumbent)	Republican	123,21763.2%	63.2%
DemocraticMike Harvey	Democratic	71,78636.8%	36.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 326,313
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2016 to 2021)

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJoe GrutersWon(incumbent)	Republican	188,12657.6%	57.6%
DemocraticKatherine Norman	Democratic	131,49140.3%	40.3%
OtherRobert Kaplan	Other	6,6962.0%	2.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 253,933
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2016 to 2021)

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJoe GrutersWon	Republican	143,34656.5%	56.5%
DemocraticFaith Olivia Babis	Democratic	110,58743.5%	43.5%

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.

All elections (16 for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 278,919
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Same as today

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDanny BurgessWon	Republican	163,85958.8%	58.8%
DemocraticBen Braver	Democratic	105,03837.7%	37.7%
IndependentJohn Houman	Independent	10,0223.6%	3.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 195,003
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Same as today

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDanny BurgessWon(incumbent)	Republican	123,21763.2%	63.2%
DemocraticMike Harvey	Democratic	71,78636.8%	36.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 326,313
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2016 to 2021)

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJoe GrutersWon(incumbent)	Republican	188,12657.6%	57.6%
DemocraticKatherine Norman	Democratic	131,49140.3%	40.3%
OtherRobert Kaplan	Other	6,6962.0%	2.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 253,933
Election day: November 6, 2018
District map: Older district map (2016 to 2021)

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJoe GrutersWon	Republican	143,34656.5%	56.5%
DemocraticFaith Olivia Babis	Democratic	110,58743.5%	43.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 268,847
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2016 to 2021)

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGreg SteubeWon	Republican	157,91058.7%	58.7%
DemocraticFrank R. Alcock	Democratic	110,93741.3%	41.3%

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGarrett RichterWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 234,371
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanNancy C. DetertWon	Republican	136,70358.3%	58.3%
DemocraticMorgan R. Bentley	Democratic	97,66841.7%	41.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 207,919
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLisa CarltonWon(incumbent)	Republican	162,08778.0%	78.0%
LibertarianCharles Manhart	Libertarian	45,83222.0%	22.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 162,354
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanLisa CarltonWon(incumbent)	Republican	109,20967.3%	67.3%
DemocraticLawrence P. Milford	Democratic	53,14532.7%	32.7%

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanTom LeeWon(incumbent)	Republican	——	—

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanTom LeeWon	Republican	73,04661.1%	61.1%
DemocraticJohn Dicks	Democratic	46,47938.9%	38.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 115,138
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanMalcolm E. BeardWon(incumbent)	Republican	65,57157.0%	57.0%
DemocraticFran Davin	Democratic	49,56743.0%	43.0%

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticHelen Gordon DavisWon	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 74,219
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPat FrankWon(incumbent)	Democratic	55,14574.3%	74.3%
RepublicanJean Putney	Republican	19,07425.7%	25.7%

No results on file 1969 to 1981

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPat FrankWon(incumbent)	Democratic	——	—

Votes for listed candidates: 386,068
Election day: November 5, 1968
Seats: 4
District map: Older district map (1967 to 1971)

Florida Senate District 23, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticT. Truett OttWon(incumbent)	Democratic	69,61163.9%	63.9%
DemocraticRay C. KnopkeWon(incumbent)	Democratic	69,46762.4%	62.4%
RepublicanJoseph A. McClain Jr.Won	Republican	62,80257.6%	57.6%
DemocraticLouis A. DelaparteWon(incumbent)	Democratic	56,868100.0%	100.0%
DemocraticAl Lombardi	Democratic	46,19842.4%	42.4%
RepublicanWilliam M. Crosby	Republican	41,83637.6%	37.6%
RepublicanRanald Stewart Jr.	Republican	39,28636.1%	36.1%

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

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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.

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