Florida's 25th Senate district

Florida's 25th State Senate district
Senator	Kristen Arrington D – Kissimmee
Demographics	27%  White 10%  Black 55%  Hispanic 4%  Asian 3%  Multiracial
Population (2023)	538,601
Notes	[1] [2] [3]

Florida's 25th Senate district elects one member of the Florida Senate. The district consists of all of Osceola County and part of southern Orange County, in the U.S. state of Florida. The current senator is Democrat Kristen Arrington.

List of senators

Full list of senators from the 25th district (1845–2006). ^[4]

Portrait	Name	Party	Years of service	Home city/state	Notes
	George G. Tapper	Democratic	1953–1956	Port St. Joe, Florida	Consisted of Gulf County [5]
	Bart Knight	Democratic	1957–1959	Blountstown, Florida	Redistricted Consisted of Calhoun County [6]
	Dempsey J. Barron	Democratic	1960–1966	Andalusia, Alabama	Redistricted Consisted of Bay County [7]
	T. Truett Ott	Democratic	1966–1972	Osyka, Mississippi
	Warren Henderson	Republican	1972–1984	Exeter, New Hampshire	Redistricted Consisted of part of Sarasota County [6]
	Robert M. Johnson	Republican	1984–1992	Sarasota, Florida	Consisted of part of Sarasota County [8]
	Fred Dudley	Republican	1992–2000	Fort Myers, Florida	Redistricted from the 38th district Consisted of Lee and Collier counties [9]
	Burt Saunders	Republican	2000–2002	Hampton, Virginia	Consisted of Collier and Lee counties [10]
	Jeff Atwater	Republican	2002–2010	St. Louis, Missouri	Redistricted Consisted of Palm Beach and Broward counties
	Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff	Republican	2010–2012	North Miami, Florida	Consisted of parts of Palm Beach and Broward counties
	Joseph Abruzzo	Democratic	2012–2016	Brooksville, Florida	Redistricted Consisted of most of Palm Beach County [11]
	Joe Negron	Republican	2016–2018	West Palm Beach, Florida	Redistricted from the 32nd district Consisted of all of St. Lucie and Martin counties and the northwestern part of Palm Beach County
	Gayle Harrell	Republican	2018–2022	Nashville, Tennessee	Consisted of all of St. Lucie and Martin counties and the northwestern part of Palm Beach County
	Victor M. Torres Jr.	Democratic	2022–2024	New York City, New York	Redistricted from the 15th district Consisted all of Osceola County and part of southern Orange County
	Kristen Arrington	Democratic	2024–present	Holiday, Florida	Consists all of Osceola County and part of southern Orange County

Elections

2020

Main article: 2020 Florida Senate election

2020 Florida's 25th senate district election ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gayle Harrell	168,063	58.7
	Democratic	Corinna Robinson	118,211	41.3
Total votes			286,274	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

Main article: 2022 Florida Senate election

2022 Florida's 25th senate district election ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Victor Torres (incumbent)	70,120	52.56
	Republican	Peter Vivaldi	63,288	47.44
Total votes			133,408	100%
	Democratic hold

2024

Main article: 2024 Florida Senate election

2024 Florida's 25th senate district election ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kristen Arrington	113,095	51.48
	Republican	Jose Martinez	106,596	48.52
Total votes			219,691	100.00
	Democratic hold

References

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2. "Florida State Senate District 25". Ballotpedia . Retrieved July 9, 2025.
3. "State Senate District 25, FL". censusreporter.org. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
4. "Florida Senators". January 13, 2018. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018.
5. "Gulf County Senator George Tapper, Jr. is among the speakers at the dedication of the Port St. Joe Constitution Museum". floridamemory.com. January 1956. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
6. "The People of Lawmaking Florida 1822 – 2019" (PDF). Florida Legislature . February 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
7. "Dempsey Barron dead at 79 , barron, senate, years - News". The News Herald . Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
8. Ward, Robert (August 3, 2011). "Membership of the Florida House of Representatives by County 1845-2012" (PDF). Florida House of Representatives . Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2022. Retrieved July 9, 2025– via Wayback Machine.
9. "The Florida Senate 1994-1996" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 29, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
10. "Former Florida Senator Burt L. Saunders (B) (R) | LobbyTools".
11. Solomon, Lois K. (October 25, 2012). "Revised state Senate Dist. 25 mostly covers areas west of turnpike, other parts of Palm Beach County". Sun-Sentinel . Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2025.
12. "2020 Florida State Senate Election Results". results.elections.myflorida.com.
13. "Victor Torres (Florida)". Ballotpedia . Retrieved July 9, 2025.
14. "November 5, 2024 General Election Official Results". Florida Department of State . Retrieved April 15, 2025.