Florida's 16th Senate district

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Florida's 16th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Darryl Rouson
D
Demographics36.3%  White
36.3%  Black
23.7%  Hispanic
4.3%  Asian
1.8%  Native American
0.3%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)535,448
Notes [1]

Florida's 16th Senate district elects one member of the Florida Senate. The district consists of parts of Hillsborough, Pinellas counties, in the U.S. state of Florida. The current senator is Democrat Darryl Ervin Rouson.

Contents

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
Senator Locke Burt.jpg
Locke Burt
Republican
1991–2002 [2]
Consisted of Part of Volusia county
Senator Jim Sebesta.jpg Republican
2002–2006
Consisted of parts of Hillsborough, Pinellas counties
Senator Charlie Justice.jpg Democratic
2006–2010
Consisted of parts of Hillsborough, Pinellas counties
Senator Jack Latvala.jpg Republican
2010–2012
Thad Altman.jpeg Republican
2012–2016
Consisted of parts of Brevard, Indian River counties
Senator Jack Latvala.jpg Republican
2016–2018
  • Redistricted from the 20th District
  • Consisted of parts of Pasco, Pinellas counties
  • Resigned 1/5/2018
Ed Hooper Portrait.jpg Republican
2018–2022
  • Consisted of parts of Pasco, Pinellas counties
  • Redistricted to the 21st District
Darryl Rouson Portrait.jpg Democratic
2022–present

Elections

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

Democratic Primary (1978) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Beck12,35133.7%
Democratic Woodrow Wilson Storey9,41325.7%
Democratic Glenn Turner9,49025.9%
Democratic Nathan Z. Van Meter5,41414.8%
Total votes36,668 100%
Democratic Primary Runoff (1978) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Beck 19,412 62.0%
Democratic George Stuart, Jr.15,86452.1%
Total votes35,276 100%
General Election (1978) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Beck50,92843.2%
Republican Clark Maxwell, Jr. 67,051 56.8%
Total votes117,979 100%

1990

General Election (1990) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tim Deratany54,44448.0%
Democratic Patsy Ann Kurth 59,030 52.0%
Total votes113,474 100%

1992

General Election (1992) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Clay Henderson60,76647.4%
Republican Locke Burt 67,505 52.6%
Total votes128,271 100%

1994

General Election (1994) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Webster47,29044.5%
Republican Locke Burt 58,915 55.5%
Total votes106,205 100%

2002

General Election (2002) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Sebesta 87,204 64.2%
Democratic Allison McInnis-Gimbert48,67035.8%
Total votes135,874 100%

2006

Republican Primary (2006) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kimberly "Kim" Berfield 16,092 58.8%
Republican Frank Farkas11,26941.2%
Total votes40,917 100%
General Election (2006) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kimberly "Kim" Berfield60,97848.8%
Democratic Charlie Justice 64,013 51.2%
Total votes124,991 100%

2010

General Election (2010) [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jack Latvala 83,396 64.0%
Democratic Nina Hayden46,94236.0%
Total votes130,338 100%

2012

General Election (2012) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thad Altman 143,459 62.8%
Democratic Dominic A Fallo84,82437.2%
Total votes228,283 100%

2014

Republican Primary (2014) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thad Altman 25,581 65.2%
Republican Monique Miller13,65734.8%
Total votes39,238 100%

2016

Republican Primary (2016) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jack Latvala 189,514 99.8%
Write-in Candidate Katherine Perkins4520.2%
Total votes189,966 100%

2018

Republican Primary (2018) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ed Hooper 35,303 79.4%
Republican Leo Karruli9,14120.6%
Total votes44,444 100%
General Election (2018) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ed Hooper 111,997 52.2%
Democratic Amanda Murphy102,40747.8%
Total votes214,404 100%

2022

General Election (2018) [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Christina B. Paylan52,92736.1%
Democratic Darryl Ervin Rouson 93,839 63.9%
Total votes146,766 100%

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