Florida's 5th Senate district

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Florida's 5th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Tracie Davis
D
Demographics39%  White
41%  Black
11%  Hispanic
4%  Asian
4%  Multiracial
Population (2023)546,988
Notes [1]

Florida's 5th Senate district elects one member of the Florida Senate. The district consists of part of Duval county, in the U.S. state of Florida. The current senator is Democrat Tracie Davis.

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
George G. Kirkpatrick, Jr..jpg Republican
1992–2000
Consisted of Parts of Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Levy, Marion, Putnan, Suwannee, and Union county
Rod Smith.jpg Democratic
2000–2002
Consisted of Parts of Alachua, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Levy, Marion, Putnan, Suwannee, and Union county
StephenRWise.jpg Republican
2002–2012
Consisted of parts of Clay, Duval, Nassau, St. Johns counties
CharlesSDeanSr.jpg Republican
2012–2016
Consisted of Baker, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee, Union counties and part of Marion county
Rob Bradley.jpg Republican
2016–2020
Consisted of Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee, Union counties and part of Marion county
Senator Jennifer Bradley-new.jpg Republican
2020–2022
Consisted of Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Lafayette, Levy, Suwannee, Union counties and part of Marion county
Tracie Davis.jpg Democratic
2022–Present
Consists of part of Duval county

Elections

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

1980

Democratic Primary (1980) [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Michael Geison9,61810.3%
Democratic Sherill "Pete" Skinner 67,277 72.1%
Democratic O. A. Winburn, Jr.16,38017.6%
Total votes93,265 100%

1982

Democratic Primary (1982) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jane Bell2,0983.8%
Democratic Doyle Conner, Jr.9,45517.0%
Democratic Jim Crews16,25529.3%
Democratic Bill Grant19,13734.5%
Democratic Jim Senterfitt1,7823.2%
Democratic Bill Sutton6,78112.2%
Total votes55,508 100%
Democratic Primary Runoff (1982) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Crews19,38939.2%
Democratic Bill Grant 30,023 60.8%
Total votes49,412 100%

1986

Democratic Primary (1986) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Eldridge Beach8,16614.2%
Democratic Wayne Hollingsworth27,57148.1%
Democratic Michael R. Moore7,54113.1%
Democratic Doug Nichols14,08424.6%
Total votes57,362 100%
Democratic Primary Runoff (1986) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Wayne Hollingsworth29,44953.2%
Democratic Doug Nichols 25,879 46.8%
Total votes55,328 100%
General Election (1986) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Wayne Hollingsworth 61,922 79.9%
Republican Pat Cook15,61220.1%
Total votes77,534 100%

1988

Democratic Primary (1988) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Wayne Hollingsworth32,21747.1%
Democratic Sherry D. Walker 36,246 52.9%
Total votes68,463 100%

1992

General Election (1992) [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic George Kirkpatrick 89,538 96.1%
Write-In Richard "Whitey" Markle3,6033.9%
Total votes94,141 100%

2000

Democratic Primary (2000) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cynthia Moore Chestnut17,55538.4%
Democratic Rod Smith 28,152 61.6%
Total votes45,707 100%
Democratic Primary (2000) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bob Casey63,08543.3%
Democratic Rod Smith 82,301 56.6%
Write-In Emily Browne1500.1%
Total votes145,536 100%

2004

Republican Primary (2004) [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Alan M. Rankin10,12719.6%
Republican Stephen Wise 41,431 80.4%
Total votes51,558 100%
General Election (2004) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Wise 181,995 99.8%
Write-In David Organes2360.1%
Write-In Samuel L. Sasser800.0%
Total votes182,311 100%

2008

General Election (2008) [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Stephen Wise 172,736 71.4%
Democratic George Anthony Lovengut69,32128.6%
Total votes242,229 100%

2020

Republican Primary (2020) [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jennifer Bradley 47,395 59.0%
Republican Jason G. Holifield32,94441.0%
Total votes80,339 100%
General Election (2020) [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jennifer Bradley 194,198 74.8%
Democratic Stacey L. Peters65,56825.2%
Total votes259,766 100%

2022

Democratic Primary (2022) [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tracie Davis 34,075 68.1%
Democratic Reggie Gaffney15,99631.9%
Total votes50,071 100%
General Election (2022) [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Binod Kumar64,02842.5%
Democratic Tracie Davis 86,784 57.5%
Write-In Patrick Lee Cooper00.0%
Total votes150,812 100%

2024

Democratic Primary (2024) [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tracie Davis 31,999 95.2%
Democratic Francky L. Jeanty1,6284.5%
Total votes33,627 100%
General Election (2024) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tracie Davis 156,112 99.6%
Write-In Vernon Lee Parker7030.4%
Total votes150,812 100%
  1. ↑ "State Senate District 5, FL". censusreporter.org. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
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