Florida's 7th Senate district

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Florida's 7th
State Senate district
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  Tom Leek
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Florida's 7th Senate district elects one member to the Florida Senate. The district consists of Flagler, St. Johns counties and part of Volusia county, in the U.S. state of Florida. The current senator is Republican Tom Leek.

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List of senators

NOTE: The following information was gathered from the Florida Senate website. Only records of senators from 1998–present are kept.

PortraitNamePartyYears of serviceHome city/stateNotes
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Charlie Clary
Republican
1996–2002
Evelyn J. Lynn s007.jpg Republican
2002–2012
Consisted of Clay, Marion, Putnam, Volusia counties
Rob Bradley.jpg Republican
2012–2016
Consisted of Alachua, Bradford, Clay counties
Travis Hutson.jpg Republican
2016–2024
Consisted of Flagler, St. Johns counties and part of Volusia county
Rep Tom Leek.jpg Republican
2024–present
Consists of Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns counties and part of Volusia County

Elections

NOTE: The following results were gathered from the Florida Department of State. Uncontested election results are not provided.

1980

Democratic Primary (1980) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Jenkins 39,444 69.9%
Democratic Dan Scarborough16,94530.1%
Total votes56,389 100%
Republican Primary (1980) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Burnsed3,09539.9%
Republican C. Lee Daniel 4,668 60.1%
Total votes7,763 100%
General Election (1980) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Jenkins 84,440 55.6%
Republican C. Lee Daniel67,55944.4%
Total votes151,999 100%

1982

Democratic Primary (1982) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Arnett E. Girardeau15,34544.6%
Democratic Andrew E. (Andy) Johnson11,80034.3%
Democratic George Thomas Sessions2,8718.3%
Democratic Eddie Mae Steward4,42512.8%
Total votes34,441 100%
Democratic Primary Runoff (1982) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Arnett E. Girardeau 16,594 59.9%
Democratic Andrew E. (Andy) Johnson11,08640.1%
Total votes27,680 100%
General Election (1982) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Arnett E. Girardeau 29,086 66.6%
Republican Kurt W. Becker14,56133.4%
Total votes43,647 100%

1982

Democratic Primary (1982) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Margaret C. Eppes15,80041.3%
Democratic George Kirkpatrick 22,421 58.7%
Total votes38,221 100%

1988

Democratic Primary (1988) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Arnett E. Girardeau 15,838 72.7%
Democratic Anthony Gomes5,95727.3%
Total votes21,795 100%
General Election (1988) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Warren H. Folks16,30525.9%
Democratic Arnett E. Girardeau 46,736 74.1%
Total votes63,041 100%

1992

Republican Primary (1992) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Bass7,79926.7%
Republican Allan G. Bense8,35628.6%
Republican John Phillip Halstead1,7215.9%
Republican Robert Harde11,30638.7%
Total votes29,182 100%
Republican Primary Runoff (1992) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Allan G. Bense7,33143.0%
Republican Robert Harden 9,732 57.0%
Total votes17,063 100%
General Election (1992) [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Chesser53,30442.1%
Republican Robert Harden 73,363 57.9%
Total votes126,667 100%

1996

Republican Primary (1996) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lois Benson12,08233.6%
Republican Charlie Clary10,77430.0%
Republican Francis N. (Mac) McMillan1,2253.4%
Republican Rick Seltzer9,48226.4%
Republican Joe Webb2,3566.6%
Total votes35,919 100%
Republican Primary Runoff (1996) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lois Benson15,73549.0%
Republican Charlie Clary 16,398 51.0%
Total votes32,133 100%
General Election (1996) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard "Beef" Haddad57,41340.2%
Republican Charlie Clary 85,262 59.8%
Total votes142,675 100%

2002

Republican Primary (2002) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican George Albright9,39535.2%
Republican Jon Marc Creighton3,33912.5%
Republican Evelyn Lynn 13,990 52.3%
Total votes26,724 100%
General Election (2002) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Evelyn Lynn 80,873 57.3%
Democratic Jim Ward60,31242.7%
Total votes141,185 100%

2008

General Election (2008) [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Evelyn Lynn 140,910 73.5%
UnaffiliatedRichard Paul Dembinsky50,79726.5%
Total votes191,707 100%

2012

General Election (2012) [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rob Bradley 123,261 57.7%
Democratic William Mazzota90,28542.3%
Total votes213,546 100%

2016

General Election (2016) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Travis Hutson 174,320 63.9%
Democratic Curtis Ceballos98,37836.1%
Total votes272,698 100%

2020

General Election (2020) [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Travis J. Hutson 212,577 61.7%
Democratic Heather Hunter131,76338.3%
Write-In Richard Dembinsky130.0%
Total votes344,353 100%

2022

Republican Primary (2022) [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Travis Hutson 40,263 56.1%
Republican Gerry James31,48643.9%
Total votes71,749 100%

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