Florida's 8th State Senate district
Senator	Tom A. Wright R–New Smyrna Beach
Demographics	68% White 11% Black 16% Hispanic 2% Asian 3% Multiracial
Population (2023)	556,251
Notes	[1][2][3]

Florida's 8th Senate district elects one member of theFlorida Senate. The district consists of most ofVolusia County and part of northernBrevard County, in theU.S. state ofFlorida. The current senator isRepublicanTom A. Wright.

From 1849 to 1850, the district was represented byAugustus Maxwell, a futureConfederate States senator. From 1940 to 1943, and again from 1946 to 1954, the district was represented by futureGovernor of FloridaLeRoy Collins.

Threepresidents of the Florida Senate have represented the district:Lew Brantley,Ander Crenshaw, andJim King.

Full list of senators from the 8th district (1845–2006).^[4]

Portrait	Name	Party	Years of service	Home city/state	Notes
	Augustus Maxwell	Democratic	1849–1850	Elberton, Georgia
	Medicus Long		1852–1856	Tennessee
	David P. Hogue	Whig	1862–1864	Erie, Pennsylvania
	Charles H. Pearce	Republican	1868–1874	Maryland	Consisted ofLeon County
	John Wallace	Republican	1874–1882
	John E. Proctor	Republican	1882–1884	Leon County, Florida	Consisted ofLeon County
	Patrick Houston		1886–1890	Savannah, Georgia	Consisted ofLeon County
	George P. Raney	Democratic	1902–1904	Apalachicola, Florida	Consisted ofFranklin County
	Dexter Marvin Lowry		1918–1922	Valley Head, Alabama	Consisted ofLeon County
	LeRoy Collins	Democratic	1940–1944 1946–1954	Tallahassee, Florida
	Wilson Carraway	Democratic	1954–1966	Tallahassee, Florida
	John E. Mathews	Democratic	1966–1970
	Lew Brantley	Democratic	1970–1978	McRae, Georgia	Consisted ofDuval County
	Joe Carlucci	Democratic	1978–1986	Jacksonville, Florida	Consisted ofDuval County
	Ander Crenshaw	Republican	1986–1992	Jacksonville, Florida	Consisted of all ofFlagler County and parts ofDuval,Marion,St. Johns, andVolusia counties
	William G. "Bill" Bankhead	Republican	1992–1999	Palm Coast, Florida	Consisted of all ofFlagler County and parts ofDuval,Marion,St. Johns, andVolusia counties[5]
	Jim King	Republican	1999–2009	Brooklyn,New York	Consisted of all ofFlagler County and parts ofDuval,Nassau,St. Johns,Volusia counties
	John Thrasher	Republican	2009–2012	Columbia, South Carolina	Consisted parts ofDuval,Flagler,Nassau,St. Johns andVolusia counties
	Dorothy Hukill	Republican	2012–2016	New York City,New York	Redistricted Consisted of most ofVolusia County, northernLake County, and the western-half ofMarion County
	Keith Perry	Republican	2016–2022	Tallahassee, Florida	Redistricted Consisted of all ofClay County, most ofBradford County, and the northern-half ofMarion County
	Tom A. Wright	Republican	2022–present	New Smyrna Beach, Florida	Redistricted from the 14th district Consists of most ofVolusia County and part of northernBrevard County

Incumbent senatorTom A. Wright is ineligible for re-election in 2026.

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