Florida's 27th Senate district

Florida's 27th State Senate district
Senator	Ben Albritton [1] R – Wauchula
Demographics	82.9%  White 8.6%  Black 16.3%  Hispanic 1.5%  Asian .3%  Native American .1%  Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 4.6% Other
Population (2010)  • Voting age	474,201 381,954
Notes	[2] [3] [4]

Florida's 27th Senate district elects one member of the Florida Senate. The district comprises portions of Lee County. Its current senator is Republican Ben Albritton.

Senators

• W. J. Turner, 1865-1866
• F. B. Hogan, 1879
• A. A. Robinson, 1881
• M. G. Fortner, 1883
• J. W. Whiddon, 1885-1887, 1893-1895, 1901–1903
• Ziba King, 1889-1891
• W. H. Fuller, 1897-1899
• Joseph H. Humphries, 1905-1912
• Frank M. Cooper, 1913-1915, 1921
• A. M. Wilson, 1917
• A. W. Wilson, 1918-1919
• E. J. Etheredge, 1923-1927
• W. D. Bell, 1929-1931
• H. G. Murphy, 1933-1939
• William Cliett, 1941-1943
• Wilbur C. King, 1945
• Jeff Flake, 1947
• (Not represented, 1948 ex)
• James W. Moore, 1949-1951
• Doyle E. Carlton Jr., 1953-1959, 1965
• G. W. (Dick) Williams, 1961-1963
• Ben Hill Griffin Jr., 1967 (D)
• Alan Trask, 1969-1971 (D)
• Philip D. Lewis, 1973-1981 (D)
• Tom Lewis, 1982 (R)
• William G. "Doc" Myers, 1983-2000 (R)
• Ken Pruitt, 2001-2002 (R)
• Dave Aronberg, 2003-2010 (D)
• Lizbeth Benacquisto, 2011-2012 (R)
• Jeff Clemens, 2013-2016 (D)
• Lizbeth Benacquisto, 2017-2020 (R) ^[5]
• Ray Rodrigues, 2020–2022 (R) ^[6]
• Ben Albritton, 2022-present(R) ^[7]

References

1. "Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
2. "District 27 Demographic Profile (SENATE)" (PDF).
3. https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/FileStores/Web/HouseContent/Approved/Announcements/Uploads/Documents/People_of_Lawmaking_in_Florida.pdf.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "Florida Senators". January 13, 2018. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018.
5. "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Lizbeth Benacquisto". www.ourcampaigns.com.
6. "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Raymond Rodrigues".
7. "Ballotpedia". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 23, 2024.