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| Turnout | 50.5% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2014 Florida Senate election was held on November 4, 2014, to determine which party would control theFlorida Senate for the following two years in the 2015-2016 Florida Legislature. The 20 even-numbered seats out of the 40 seats in theFlorida Senate were up for election and the primary occurred on August 26, 2014. Prior to the election, 26 seats were held byRepublicans and 14 seats were held byDemocrats. The general election saw neither party gain nor lose any seats, meaning that Republicans retained their majority in the State Senate.[1][2]
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Governing[3] | Safe R | October 20, 2014 |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Greg Evers (incumbent) | 100.0% | ||
| Total votes | 100.0% | |||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Aaron Bean (incumbent) | 100.0% | ||
| Total votes | 100.0% | |||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | John Thrasher (incumbent) | 105,901 | 58.16% | |
| Democratic | Kathleen Trued | 66,786 | 36.68% | |
| Independent | Greg Feldman | 9,388 | 5.16% | |
| Total votes | 182,075 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dorothy Hukill (incumbent) | 100.0% | ||
| Total votes | 100.0% | |||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | David H. Simmons (incumbent) | 101,241 | 69.25% | |
| Independent | Walter Osborne | 44,959 | 30.75% | |
| Total votes | 146,200 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Geraldine Thompson (incumbent) | 67,084 | 62.97% | |
| Republican | Edward DeAguilera | 39,456 | 37.03% | |
| Total votes | 106,540 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Darren Soto (incumbent) | 71,029 | 75.04% | |
| Independent | Devin Norton | 23,625 | 24.96% | |
| Total votes | 94,654 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thad Altman (incumbent) | 100.0% | ||
| Total votes | 100.0% | |||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Wilton Simpson (incumbent) | 100.0% | ||
| Total votes | 100.0% | |||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jack Latvala (incumbent) | 120,277 | 71.62% | |
| Libertarian | Tony Caso | 47,652 | 28.38% | |
| Total votes | 167,929 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jeff Brandes (incumbent) | 101,983 | 57.69% | |
| Democratic | Judithanne McLauchlan | 74,804 | 42.31% | |
| Total votes | 176,787 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Tom Lee (incumbent) | 104,925 | 99.54% | |
| Independent | Brandon R. Thebeau | 379 | 0.36% | |
| Independent | Steven P. Warren | 106 | 0.10% | |
| Total votes | 105,410 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill Galvano (incumbent) | 100.0% | ||
| Total votes | 100.0% | |||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Nancy Detert (incumbent) | 100.0% | ||
| Total votes | 100.0% | |||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Lizbeth Benacquisto (incumbent) | 100.0% | ||
| Total votes | 100.0% | |||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Joe Negron (incumbent) | 117,320 | 66.76% | |
| Democratic | Bruno Moore | 58,388 | 33.22% | |
| Independent | Matthew Joshua Loew | 41 | 0.02% | |
| Total votes | 175,749 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Maria Sachs (incumbent) | 87,340 | 52.08% | |
| Republican | Ellyn Bogdanoff | 80,353 | 47.92% | |
| Total votes | 167,693 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Oscar Braynon (incumbent) | 96,445 | 99.95% | |
| Independent | William Burton Moreland | 47 | 0.05% | |
| Total votes | 96,492 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | René García (incumbent) | 100.0% | ||
| Total votes | 100.0% | |||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Miguel Díaz de la Portilla (incumbent) | 100.0% | ||
| Total votes | 100.0% | |||
| Republicanhold | ||||