Florida's 39th Senate district

Florida's 39th State Senate district
Senator	Bryan Avila R – Hialeah
Demographics	5%  White 3%  Black 90%  Hispanic 1%  Asian 0% Other 1%  Multiracial
Population (2023)	529,582
Notes	[1] [2] [3]

Florida's 39th Senate district elects one member of the Florida Senate. The district consists of part of Miami-Dade County, in the U.S. state of Florida. The current senator is Republican Bryan Avila.

List of senators

Full list of senators from the 39th district (1845–2006). ^[4]

Portrait	Name	Party	Years of service	Home city/state	Notes
	Ferrin C. Campbell	Democratic	1962–1964	Crestview, Florida	Consisted of Okaloosa County
	Maurice McLaughlin	Democratic	1964–1966	Fort Walton Beach, Florida	Consisted of part of Okaloosa County
	Richard A. Pettigrew	Democratic	1972–1974	Charleston, West Virginia
	Vernon Holloway	Democratic	1974–1980	Richmond, Virginia
	Dick Renick	Republican	1980–1982	Yonkers, New York	Consisted of part of Miami-Dade County
	Lawrence H. Plummer	Democratic	1982–1992
	Roberto Casas	Republican	1992–2000	Havana, Cuba	Consisted of part of Miami-Dade County
	Rudy García	Republican	2000–2002	Miami, Florida	Consisted of part of Miami-Dade County
	Larcenia Bullard	Democratic	2002–2012	Allendale, South Carolina	Consisted of parts of Hendry, Monroe, Miami-Dade, Collier, and Palm Beach counties
	Dwight M. Bullard	Democratic	2012–2016	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Redistricted Consisted of all of Hendry and Monroe counties, as well part of Miami-Dade and Collier counties
	Anitere Flores	Republican	2016–2020	Miami, Florida	Redistricted from the 38th district Consisted of all of Monroe County and most of Miami-Dade County
	Ana María Rodríguez	Republican	2020–2022	Miami, Florida	Consisted of all of Monroe County and most of Miami-Dade County
	Bryan Avila	Republican	2022–present	Hialeah, Florida	Redistricted from the 36th district Consists of part of Miami-Dade County

Elections

2018

Main article: 2018 Florida Senate election

2018 Florida's 39th senate district election ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ana María Rodríguez	123,556	55.6%
	Democratic	Javier E. Fernandez	95,135	42.8%
	Independent	Celso D. Alfonso	3,639	1.6%
Total votes			222,330	100%
	Republican hold

2022

Main article: 2022 Florida Senate election

2022 Florida's 39th senate district election ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryan Avila	Unopposed
Total votes			—	—
	Republican hold

2026

Main article: 2026 Florida Senate election

Incumbent senator Bryan Avila is eligible to run for re-election in 2026

References

1. "Senator Avila - The Florida Senate". flsenate.gov. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
2. "Florida State Senate District 39". Ballotpedia . Retrieved July 16, 2025.
3. "State Senate District 39, FL". censusreporter.org. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
4. "Florida Senators". January 13, 2018. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018.
5. "Ana Maria Rodriguez". Ballotpedia . Retrieved July 16, 2025.
6. "Bryan Avila". Ballotpedia . Retrieved July 16, 2025.