The 1982 United States Senate elections were held on November 2,1982. They were elections for the United States Senate following Republican gains in 1980. A total of four seats changed hands between parties,and the lone independent,Senator Harry Byrd Jr.,retired. Democrats made a net gain of one seat in the elections. A special election was held in Washington state in 1983.
The 2006 United States House of Representatives Elections in Florida took place on November 7,2006. Elections were held in Florida's 1st through 25th congressional districts.
Audrey Gibson is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Florida Senate,representing the 6th district,which includes sections of downtown Jacksonville in Duval County,since 2016. She previously represented the 9th district from 2012 to 2016 and the 1st district from 2011 to 2012. Gibson also served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 15th district in downtown Jacksonville from 2002 to 2010.
Seth McKeel was a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014,representing the 63rd District from 2006 to 2012 and the 40th District,which included most of metropolitan Lakeland in Polk County,from 2012 to 2014.
Terry L. Fields is a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008,representing the 14th District,which included parts of downtown Jacksonville in western Duval County. He is currently a candidate for the Florida House in 2016.
Matt Hudson is an American politician and businessman who served as a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2008 to 2012 and again from 2012 to 2016.
Lake Ray is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 12th District,which includes parts of downtown Jacksonville in Duval County,since 2012,and previously representing the 17th District from 2008 to 2012.
John G. Wood Jr. is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 41st district,which includes Winter Haven and Haines City in northern Polk County,from 2012 to 2016,and previously represented the 65th district from 2008 to 2012.
Dwayne L. Taylor is a Democratic politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 27th District from 2008 to 2012 and the 26th District,which stretches from Daytona Beach to DeLand in northern Volusia County,since 2012.
Daniel Mark "Doc" Severson is an American Republican politician. He is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives who represented District 14A,which includes portions of Benton and Stearns counties in the north central part of the state. He is a retired U.S. Navy fighter pilot,business owner,and substitute teacher.
Andy Gardiner is a Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida Senate,representing the 9th District from 2008 to 2012,and the 13th District,which stretches from Orlando to Titusville,from 2012 to 2016. From 2014 to 2016,Gardiner served as the President of the Florida Senate. Prior to Gardiner's election to the Senate,he served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 40th District from 2000 to 2008.
John E. Thrasher is a former state legislator,businessman,lawyer and lobbyist who served as the 15th President of Florida State University. He was approved by the Florida Board of Governors on November 6,2014 and took office on November 10,2014. On September 11,2020,Thrasher and the university Board of Trustees announced his retirement in a joint statement. In May 2021,Richard McCullough was chosen by Florida State University’s Board of Trustees to succeed Thrasher.
David H. Simmons is a Republican politician from Florida. He represented parts of Greater Orlando in the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2020,and in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008.
Aaron Bean is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Florida Senate,representing the 4th District,which includes all of Nassau County and parts of Duval County,since 2012. He previous served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 12th District from 2000 to 2008.
Douglas Vaughn Broxson is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Florida Senate,representing the 1st district,which includes Escambia,Santa Rosa,and part of Okaloosa Counties in the Florida Panhandle,since 2016. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing northern Okaloosa County and Santa Rosa County from 2010 to 2016. On March 3,2018,Broxson rejected a two-year moratorium on the sale of AR-15s.
Clay Ingram is a Republican politician from Florida. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018,representing parts of Escambia County.
Travis Hutson is a Republican member of the Florida Senate,representing the 7th district,which includes Flagler,St. Johns,and northern Volusia County,since 2016. He previously represented the 6th district from 2015 to 2016. Hutson also served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2012 until he was elected to the Senate.
Cynthia "Cyndi" Ward Stevenson is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 17th District,which includes all of northern and central St. Johns County and extends south to St. Augustine and St. Augustine Beach.
Paul Marvin Renner is a Republican politician who currently serves as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 24th District,which includes Flagler County,St. Johns County,Putnam County and northern Volusia County,since 2015.
Richard H. Kravitz is a Republican politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 19th District,from 2000 to 2008. Kravitz most recently ran for office in 2016,when he lost to Jason Fischer in the Republican primary for Florida State House District 16.
