Florida's 19th Senate district

Florida's 19th State Senate district
Senator	Debbie Mayfield R – Melbourne
Demographics	71%  White 9%  Black 12%  Hispanic 2%  Asian 5%  Multiracial
Population (2023)	551,710
Notes	[1] [2] [3]

Florida's 19th Senate district elects one member of the Florida Senate. The district consists of most of Brevard County south of Titusville, in the U.S. state of Florida. The current senator is Republican Debbie Mayfield.

From 1962 to 1966, the district was represented by Beth Johnson, the first female state senator in Florida history.

The district contains the Kennedy Space Center; NASA's primary launch center.

List of senators

Full list of senators from the 19th district (1845–2006). ^[4]

Portrait	Name	Party	Years of service	Home city/state	Notes
	Walter W. Rose	Democratic	1932–1948	Orlando, Florida
	J. B. Rodgers Jr.	Democratic	1948–1957	Milton, Florida
	John A. Sutton		1958–1961	Orlando, Florida
	Beth Johnson	Democratic	1962–1966	Butler, Pennsylvania	Consisted of Orange County
	Bill Young	Republican	1966–1970	Harmarville, Pennsylvania	Consisted of Pinellas County
	John T. Ware	Republican	1970–1972	Chattanooga, Tennessee
	Richard Deeb	Republican	1972–1976	Tallahassee, Florida	Consisted of Pinellas County
	Don Chamberlin	Republican	1976–1980
	Jerry Rehm	Republican	1980–1984	West Palm Beach, Florida	Consisted of Pinellas County
	Curtis Kiser	Republican	1984–1994	Oskaloosa, Iowa
	Jack Latvala	Republican	1994–2002	Oxford, Mississippi	Consisted of northern Pinellas and western Pasco counties
	Gary Siplin	Democratic	2002–2012	Orlando, Florida	Redistricted Consisted of parts of Orange and Osceola counties [5]
	Arthenia Joyner	Democratic	2012–2016	Lakeland, Florida	Redistricted from the 18th district Consisted of parts of Hillsborough County and Pinellas counties
	Darryl Rouson	Democratic	2016–2022	New Orleans, Louisiana	Consisted of parts of Hillsborough County and Pinellas counties
	Debbie Mayfield	Republican	2022–2024	Pensacola, Florida	Redistricted from the 17th district Consisted of most of Brevard County
	Randy Fine	Republican	2024–2025	Tucson, Arizona	Consisted of most of Brevard County
	Debbie Mayfield	Republican	2025–present	Pensacola, Florida	Consists of most of Brevard County

Elections

2020

Main article: 2020 Florida Senate election

2020 Florida's 19th senate district election ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darryl Rouson (incumbent)	174,343	68.7%
	Independent	Christina Paylan	79,463	31.3%
Total votes			253,806	100%
	Democratic hold

2022

Main article: 2022 Florida Senate election

2022 Florida's 19th senate district election ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Debbie Mayfield (incumbent)	Unopposed
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

2024

Main article: 2024 Florida Senate election

2024 Florida's 19th senate district election ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Fine	184,731	59.36
	Democratic	Vance Ahrens	126,487	40.64
Total votes			311,218	100.00
	Republican hold

2025 special

Main article: 2025 Florida state legislative special elections

2025 Florida's 19th senate district special election ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Debbie Mayfield	37,546	54.44%
	Democratic	Vance Ahrens	31,419	45.56%
Total votes			68,965	100%
Registered electors			401,336

References

1. "Senator Mayfield - The Florida Senate". flsenate.gov. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
2. "Florida State Senate District 19". Ballotpedia . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
3. "State Senate District 19, FL". censusreporter.org. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
4. "Florida Senators". January 13, 2018. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018.
5. "Florida State Legislature - Senator Gary Siplin" . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
6. "2020 Florida State Senate Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com.
7. "Debbie Mayfield". Ballotpedia . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
8. "November 5, 2024 General Election Official Results". Florida Department of State . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
9. "2025 Special General Election". June 10, 2025. Retrieved July 10, 2025.