Political party strength in Florida

Voter registration by county

Legend:

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   60–70%

Partisan identification in the electorate

On June 30, 2025, the Florida Department of State reported that there were 5,509,500 (40.6%) registered Republicans, 4,192,786 (30.9%) registered Democrats, 3,438,211 (25.3%) registered unaffiliated and 430,587 (3.2%) registered with minor parties. ^[1]

Partisan affiliation of elected officials

The following tables indicate party affiliation in the U.S. state of Florida for the individual elected offices of:

• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
• Attorney General
• Chief Financial Officer
• Commissioner of Agriculture

As well as the following historical offices that were elected from 1889 to 2005:

• Secretary of State
• Comptroller
• Treasurer/Insurance Commissioner/Fire Marshal
• Commissioner of Education (called the Superintendent of Public Instruction before 1969)

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
• State House of Representatives
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate (individually)
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes. For the Civil War years, the table indicates the state's delegation to the Confederate Congress, in lieu of the U.S. Congress.

1845–1888

Year	Executive offices		State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral votes
	Governor	Lt. Governor	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1845	William Dunn Moseley (D)	no such office	11D, 6W	30D, 10W, 1?	David Levy Yulee (D)	James Westcott (D)	Edward C. Cabell (W)
1846							William H. Brockenbrough (D) [a]
1847			12D, 7W	22D, 17W			Edward C. Cabell (W)
1848			12W, 7D	21W, 11D, 7?				Zachary Taylor/ Millard Fillmore (W)Y
1849	Thomas Brown (W)			24W, 16D		Jackson Morton (W)
1850
1851			10D, 9W	21D, 19W	Stephen Mallory (D)
1852								Franklin Pierce/ William R. King (D)Y
1853	James E. Broome (D)		12D, 6W, 1I	26D, 13W, 1 vac.			Augustus Maxwell (D)
1854
1855			11D, 7W, 1 vac.	23D, 17W, 1?		David Levy Yulee (D)
1856								James Buchanan/ John C. Breckinridge (D)Y
1857	Madison S. Perry (D)		13D, 7KN, 1?	29D, 16KN			George Sydney Hawkins (D)
1858
1859			15D, 6O	35D, 10O
1860								John C. Breckinridge/ Joseph Lane (SD)N
1861	John Milton (D) [b]		13D, 8O	37D, 10O	vacant during Civil War
1862					James McNair Baker (Fmr. W/KN) [c]	Augustus Maxwell (Fmr. D) [c]	2 Fmr. D [c]
1863
1864								Civil War
1865	Abraham K. Allison (D) [d] [e]
	vacant				vacant during Reconstruction
	William Marvin (D) [f]
	vacant
1866	David S. Walker (IR) [g]	William W. J. Kelly (R)	21NP	47NP	William Marvin (D) [h]	Wilkinson Call (D) [h]	Frederick McLeod (D) [h]
1867					vacant during Reconstruction
1868
	Harrison Reed (R) [i]	William Henry Gleason (R)	16R, 8D	37R, 15D	Adonijah Welch (R)	Thomas W. Osborn (R)	Charles Memorial Hamilton (R)	Ulysses S. Grant/ Schuyler Colfax (R)Y
1869		vacant			Abijah Gilbert (R)
1870		Edmund C. Weeks (R)
1871		Samuel T. Day (R)	11R, 10D [j]	23R, 20D [k]			Josiah T. Walls (R)
1872							Silas L. Niblack (D) [a]	Ulysses S. Grant/ Henry Wilson (R)Y
1873	Ossian B. Hart (R) [b]	Marcellus Stearns (R)	13R, 11D	29R, 23D		Simon B. Conover (R)	2R
1874	Marcellus Sterns (R) [l]	vacant
1875			12D, 12R	28D, 24R	Charles W. Jones (D)		2R
1876							1D, 1R [m]	Rutherford B. Hayes/ William A. Wheeler (R)Y
1877	George Franklin Drew (D)	Noble A. Hull (D)	15D, 9R	31D, 21R			1D, 1R
1878							2D [m]
1879			25D, 7R	46D, 28R, 1I, 1 tied		Wilkinson Call (D)	2D
1880							1D, 1R [n]	Winfield Scott Hancock/ William Hayden English (D)N
1881	William D. Bloxham (D)	Livingston W. Bethel (D)	27D, 5R	58D, 18R			2D
1882							1D, 1R [n]
1883			17D, 9I, 6R	34D, 27R, 15I [o]
1884								Grover Cleveland/ Thomas A. Hendricks (D)Y
1885	Edward A. Perry (D)	Milton H. Mabry (D)	17D, 8I, 7R	48D, 25R, 3I			2D
1886
1887			24D, 5R, 3I	55D, 13R, 8I	Samuel Pasco (D)
1888								Grover Cleveland/ Allen G. Thurman (D)N

1889–1960

Year	Executive offices							State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral votes
	Governor	Sec. of State	Attorney General [4]	Comptroller	Treasurer	Comm. of Ed.	Comm. of Ag.	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1889	Francis P. Fleming (D)	John L. Crawford (D)	William Bailey Lamar (D)	William D. Barnes (D)	Francis J. Pons (D)	Albert J. Russell (D)	Lucius B. Wombwell (D)	27D, 5R	58D, 9R, 9I	Samuel Pasco (D)	Wilkinson Call (D)	2D	Cleveland/ Thurman (D)N
1890				William D. Bloxham (D)
1891					E. J. Triay (D)			31D, 1R	76D
1892													Cleveland/ Stevenson (D)Y
1893	Henry L. Mitchell (D)				Clarence B. Collins (D)	William N. Sheats (D)
1894
1895								31D, 1P	74D, 1R, 1I
1896													Bryan/ Sewall (D)N
1897	William D. Bloxham (D)			William H. Reynolds (D)	James B. Whitfield (D)				63D, 3R, 2I		Stephen Mallory II (D) [b]
1898
1899								32D	68D	James Taliaferro (D)
1900													Bryan/ Stevenson (D)N
1901	William Sherman Jennings (D)			A. C. Croom (D)			Benjamin E. McLin (D)
1902		Henry Clay Crawford (D) [p]
1903			James B. Whitfield (D)		William V. Knott (D)				67D, 1R			3D
1904			W. H. Ellis (D)										Parker/ Davis (D)N
1905	Napoleon B. Broward (D)					William N. Holloway (D)			68D
1906
1907									67D, 1Soc		William James Bryan (D) [b]
1908											William Hall Milton (D)		Bryan/ Kern (D)N
1909	Albert W. Gilchrist (D)		Park Trammell (D)								Duncan U. Fletcher (D) [b]
1910
1911									68D	Nathan P. Bryan (D)
1912				William V. Knott (D)	J. C. Luning (D)		J. C. Luning (D)						Wilson/ Marshall (D)Y
1913	Park Trammell (D)		Thomas F. West (D)			William N. Sheats (D)	William Allen McRae (D)		71D			4D
1914
1915									73D
1916
1917	Sidney Johnston Catts (Proh)		Van C. Swearingen (D)	Ernest Amos (D)					74D, 1R	Park Trammell (D)
1918
1919									77D
1920													Cox/ Roosevelt (D)N
1921	Cary A. Hardee (D)		Rivers H. Buford (D)
1922						William S. Cawthon (D)
1923							Nathan Mayo (D)
1924													Davis/ Bryan (D)N
1925	John W. Martin (D)		J. B. Johnson (D)						84D
1926									87D [q]
1927			Fred Henry Davis (D)						95D
1928					William V. Knott (D)								Hoover/ Curtis (R)Y
1929	Doyle E. Carlton (D)	William Monroe Igou (D)						37D, 1R	93D, 2R
1930		Robert Andrew Gray (D)
1931			Cary D. Landis (D)					38D	95D
1932													Roosevelt/ Garner (D)Y
1933	David Sholtz (D)			James Martin Lee (D)					94D, 1R			5D
1934
1935									95D
1936										Scott Loftin (D)	William Luther Hill (D)
1937	Fred P. Cone (D)					Colin English (D)				Charles O. Andrews (D)	Claude Pepper (D)
1938			George Couper Gibbs (D)
1939
1940													Roosevelt/ Wallace (D)Y
1941	Spessard Holland (D)		J. Thomas Watson (D)		J. Edwin Larson (D)
1942
1943												6D
1944													Roosevelt/ Truman (D)Y
1945	Millard Caldwell (D)
1946				Clarence M. Gay (D)						Spessard Holland (D)
1947									94D, 1R
1948													Truman/ Barkley (D)Y
1949	Fuller Warren (D)		Richard Ervin (D)			Thomas D. Bailey (D)			95D
1950
1951									92D, 3R		George Smathers (D)
1952													Eisenhower/ Nixon (R)Y
1953	Daniel T. McCarty (D) [b]							37D, 1R	90D, 5R			8D
	Charley Eugene Johns (D) [d]
1954
1955	LeRoy Collins (D)			Ray E. Green (D)					89D, 6R			7D, 1R
1956
1957
1958
1959									92D, 3R
1960							Lee Thompson (D)						Nixon/ Lodge (R)N

1961–2002

Year	Executive offices								State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral votes
	Governor [5]	Lt. Governor	Sec. of State	Attorney General [6]	Comptroller	Treasurer	Comm. of Ed.	Comm. of Ag.	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1961	C. Farris Bryant (D)	no such office	Thomas Burton Adams Jr. (D)	Richard Ervin (D) [r]	Ray E. Green (D)	J. Edwin Larson (D)	Thomas D. Bailey (D)	Doyle Conner (D)	37D, 1R	88D, 7R	Spessard Holland (D)	George Smathers (D)	7D, 1R	Nixon/ Lodge (R)N
1962
1963									41D, 2R [s]	109D, 16R [s]			10D, 2R
1964				James W. Kynes (D) [t]										Johnson/ Humphrey (D)Y
1965	W. Haydon Burns (D)			Earl Faircloth (D)	Fred O. Dickinson (D)	Broward Williams (D)	Floyd T. Christian (D)			102D, 10R
1966
1967	Claude R. Kirk Jr. (R)								28D, 20R [u]	80D, 39R [u]			9D, 3R
1968														Nixon/ Agnew (R)Y
1969		Ray C. Osborne (R) [v]							32D, 16R	77D, 42R		Edward Gurney (R)
1970
1971	Reubin Askew (D)	Thomas Burton Adams Jr. (D)	Richard Stone (D)	Robert L. Shevin (D)		Thomas D. O'Malley (D)			33D, 15R	81D, 38R	Lawton Chiles (D)
1972
1973									25D, 14R, 1I	77D, 43R			11D, 4R
1974			Dorothy Glisson (D)
1975		Jim Williams (D)	Bruce Smathers (D) [w]		Gerald A. Lewis (D)	Phil Ashler (D)	Ralph Turlington (D)		27D, 12R, 1I	86D, 34R		Richard Stone (D)	10D, 5R
1976						Bill Gunter (D)								Carter/ Mondale (D)Y
1977									30D, 9R, 1I	92D, 28R
1978			Jesse J. McCrary Jr. (D) [t]
1979	Bob Graham (D) [x]	Wayne Mixson (D)	George Firestone (D)	James C. Smith (D)					29D, 11R	89D, 31R			12D, 3R
1980														Reagan/ Bush (R)Y
1981									27D, 13R	81D, 39R		Paula Hawkins (R)	11D, 4R
1982
1983									32D, 8R	84D, 36R			13D, 6R
1984
1985									31D, 9R	77D, 43R			12D, 7R
1986									30D, 10R [y]
1987	Wayne Mixson (D) [l]	vacant	James C. Smith (R)	Bob Butterworth (D)			Betty Castor (D)		25D, 15R	73D, 47R		Bob Graham (D)
	Bob Martinez (R)	Bobby Brantley (R)
1988														Bush/ Quayle (R)Y
1989						Tom Gallagher (R)			23D, 17R	70D, 50R	Connie Mack III (R)		11R, 8D
1990
1991	Lawton Chiles (D) [b]	Buddy MacKay (D)						Bob Crawford (D)		74D, 46R			10R, 9D
1992									22D, 18R [z]					Bush/ Quayle (R)N
1993									20D, 20R [aa]	71D, 49R			13R, 10D
1994							Doug Jamerson (D)
1995			Sandra Mortham (R)		Robert F. Milligan (R)	Bill Nelson (D)	Frank Brogan (R)		21R, 19D	63D, 57R			15R, 8D
1996									22R, 18D [z]					Clinton/ Gore (D)Y
1997									23R, 17D	61R, 59D
1998									25R, 15D [ab]	66R, 54D [ac]
1999	Buddy MacKay (D) [l]	vacant	Katherine Harris (R)				Tom Gallagher (R)			73R, 47D
	Jeb Bush (R)	Frank Brogan (R)
2000										75R, 45D [ad]				Bush/ Cheney (R)Y
2001						Tom Gallagher (R)	Charlie Crist (R)	Charles H. Bronson (R)		77R, 43D	Bill Nelson (D)
2002				Richard E. Doran (R)

2003–present

Year	Executive offices					State Legislature		United States Congress			Electoral votes
	Governor [7]	Lt. Governor	Attorney General [8]	CFO	Commissioner of Agriculture	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
2003	Jeb Bush (R)	Toni Jennings (R)	Charlie Crist (R)	Tom Gallagher (R)	Charles H. Bronson (R)	26R, 14D	81R, 39D	Bill Nelson (D)	Bob Graham (D)	18R, 7D	Bush/ Cheney (R)Y
2004
2005							84R, 36D		Mel Martínez (R)
2006							85R, 35D [z]
2007	Charlie Crist (R)	Jeff Kottkamp (R)	Bill McCollum (R)	Alex Sink (D)			78R, 42D			16R, 9D
2008							77R, 43D [ae]				Obama/ Biden (D)Y
2009							76R, 44D			15R, 10D
2010	Charlie Crist (I) [af]								George LeMieux (R) [t]
2011	Rick Scott (R)	Jennifer Carroll (R)	Pam Bondi (R)	Jeff Atwater (R) [ag]	Adam Putnam (R)	28R, 12D	81R, 39D		Marco Rubio (R) [ah]	19R, 6D
2012
2013		Vacant				26R, 14D	76R, 44D			17R, 10D
2014		Carlos Lopez-Cantera (R)					75R, 45D [ai]
2015							81R, 39D
2016											Trump/ Pence (R)Y
2017				Jimmy Patronis (R) [t]		25R, 15D	79R, 41D			16R, 11D
2018						24R, 16D [aj]	78R, 42D [ak]
2019	Ron DeSantis (R)	Jeanette Nuñez (R) [al]	Ashley Moody (R)		Nikki Fried (D)	23R, 17D	73R, 47D	Rick Scott (R)		14R, 13D
2020											Trump/ Pence (R)N
2021						24R, 16D	78R, 42D			16R, 11D
2022
2023					Wilton Simpson (R)	28R, 12D	85R, 35D			20R, 8D
2024							84R, 36D [am]				Trump/ Vance (R)Y
2025		Vacant	James Uthmeier (R) [t]				87R, 33D [an]		Ashley Moody (R) [t]

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials

Alaskan Independence (AKIP) Know Nothing (KN) American Labor (AL) Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J) National Republican (NR) Anti-Administration (AA) Anti-Masonic (Anti-M) Conservative (Con) Covenant (Cov)

Democratic (D) Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Democratic–NPL (D-NPL) Dixiecrat (Dix), States' Rights (SR) Democratic-Republican (DR) Farmer–Labor (FL) Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA)

Free Soil (FS) Fusion (Fus) Greenback (GB) Independence (IPM) Independent Democrat (ID) Independent Republican (IR) Jacksonian (J) Liberal (Lib)

Libertarian (L) National Union (NU) Nonpartisan League (NPL) Nullifier (N) Opposition Northern (O) Opposition Southern (O) Populist (Pop) Progressive (Prog)

Prohibition (Proh) Readjuster (Rea) Republican (R) Silver (Sv) Silver Republican (SvR) Socialist (Soc) Union (U) Unconditional Union (UU)

Vermont Progressive (VP) Whig (W) Independent (I) Nonpartisan (NP)

1. The election was successfully contested in the U.S. House by the Democrat who initially lost.
2. Died in office.
3. Served in the Congress of the Confederate States.
4. As president of state Senate, filled unexpired term.
5. Resigned from office to go into hiding from approaching Union troops.
6. Appointed Provisional Governor by President Andrew Johnson following the Civil War.
7. Most sources state Walker was a Democrat; the state archives say he was "Conservative". He was formerly a Whig, Know Nothing, and Constitutional Unionist, and he ran in the 1868 election as an "Independent Republican." ^{[2] [3]}
8. Elected in 1865, but his credentials were not accepted by the Congress.
9. Was popularly elected; assumed office on June 8, 1868. It was not until July 4, 1868, however, that the military commander of Florida, still under Reconstruction, recognized the validity of the state constitution and the election.
10. The Legislature rejected the returns from three Senate districts; had they been admitted, the Senate would have been tied 12-12.
11. The Legislature rejected the returns from nine House districts; had they been admitted, the House would have had a 28-23 Democratic majority with 1 Independent.
12. As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
13. The election for the 2nd District was successfully contested in the U.S. House by the Democrat who initially lost.
14. The election for the 2nd District was successfully contested in the U.S. House by the Republican who initially lost.
15. Though not winning enough seats to form an outright majority, the Democrats received enough votes to claim the Speakership and organize the House.
16. Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
17. Three counties were added to the state in 1925 after the Legislature started, adding three seats to the House mid-term.
18. Resigned in order to accept appointment to the Florida Supreme Court.
19. Due to the effects of Baker vs. Carr, the 1962 midterms were thrown out by a court, and a redistricting was conducted with new elections thereafter. The original results for the Senate yielded a 37-1 Democratic majority, and the original results for the House yielded a 90-5 Democratic majority.
20. Appointed by governor to fill vacancy.
21. Due to additional efforts to satisfy "one man, one vote"-style redistricting failing, the 1966 midterms were thrown out by a court, and a redistricting by the judiciary was conducted with new elections thereafter. The original results for the Senate yielded a 37-11 Democratic majority, and the original results for the House yielded a 91-26 Democratic majority.
22. First lieutenant governor under the state constitution of 1968 and the state's first lieutenant governor since 1889. Appointed by Governor Claude R. Kirk Jr.
23. Resigned in order to run for governor.
24. Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
25. Republican Ander Crenshaw won a special election to a vacant seat, flipping the seat from the Democrats to the Republicans.
26. One Democrat changed party affiliation to Republican.
27. Due to the split chamber, the Senate worked out a power-sharing agreement where a Republican served as Senate President in 1993, and a Democrat served in 1994.
28. Republicans gained one seat in a March 1998 special election. One senator changed party affiliation from Democratic to Republican in July 1998.
29. Four members changed party affiliation from Democratic to Republican between May 1997 and April 1998. Republicans gained a seat in an October 1997 special election.
30. Democrats gained a seat in a March 1999 special election. Three representatives changed party affiliation from Democratic to Republican between May and December 1999.
31. One representative changed party affiliation from Democratic to Republican in November 2006. Democrats gained two seats in special elections in April 2007 and February 2008.
32. Crist changed his affiliation from Republican to Independent while in office during 2010.
33. Resigned to take a job in the administration at Florida Atlantic University.
34. Resigned after being confirmed as United States Secretary of State.
35. Democrats gained a seat in an October 2013 special election.
36. Democrats gained a seat in a September 2017 special election.
37. Democrats gained a seat in a February 2018 special election.
38. Resigned February 2025 to become president of the Florida International University.
39. In district 35, Democrat Tom Keen won a special election on January 16 to replace Republican Fred Hawkins, who had resigned.
40. Republicans gained one seat in the 2024 elections, and subsequently two Democratic representatives switched parties to Republican.

See also

• Elections in Florida
• Government of Florida
• Politics of Florida
• Parties:
  • Republican Party of Florida
  • Florida Democratic Party

References

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2. "David Shelby Walker". State Library and Archives of Florida. Archived from the original on January 23, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
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