Florida electoral ward
Florida's 4th State Senate district |
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Demographics | 68.9% White 12.3% Black 10.3% Hispanic 5.4% Asian 0.3% Native American 0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
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Population (2020) | 559,117 |
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Florida's 4th Senate district elects one member of the Florida Senate. The district consists of Nassau county and part of Duval county, in the U.S. state of Florida. The current senator is Republican Clay Yarborough.
List of senators
NOTE: The following information was gathered from the Florida Senate website. Only records of senators from 1998–present are kept.
Portrait | Name | Party | Years of service | Home city/state | Notes |
| Richard Mitchell | Democratic | 1998–2002 | | Consisted of Baker, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Nassau, Taylor and parts of Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Columbia, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Madison, Marion, Suwannee and Union county |
| Charlie Clary | Republican | 1998–2006 | | |
| | Republican | 2006–2012 | | Consisted of parts of Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton counties |
| | Republican | 2012–2022 | | |
| | Republican | 2022–Present | | Consists of Nassau county and part of Duval county |
Elections
NOTE: The following results were gathered from the Florida Department of State. Uncontested election results are not provided.
1978
Democratic Primary (1978)[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Pat Thomas | 68,599 | 85.7% |
| Democratic | Lenora Walsh | 11,417 | 14.3% |
Total votes | 80,016 | 100% |
1982
Democratic Primary (1982)[2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | C. P. "Pat" Brewer | 15,158 | 43.2% |
| Democratic | Karen Thurman | 19,935 | 56.8% |
Total votes | 35,093 | 100% |
General Election (1982)[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Karen L. Thurman | 51,983 | 54.4% |
| Republican | Thad Lowerey | 43,590 | 45.6% |
Total votes | 95,573 | 100% |
1986
General Election (1986)[4] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Karen L. Thurman | 77,029 | 61.2% |
| Republican | Lewis Dinkins | 48,820 | 38.8% |
Total votes | 125,849 | 100% |
1990
Republican Primary (1990)[5] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Merl Conine | 7,094 | 25.7% |
| Republican | Tom Hogan | 20,530 | 74.3% |
Total votes | 27,624 | 100% |
General Election (1990)[6] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Tom Hogan | 59,695 | 41.4% |
| Democratic | Karen L. Thurman | 84,661 | 58.6% |
Total votes | 114,356 | 100% |
1992
Democratic Primary (1992)[7] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Bob Boyd | 14,007 | 19.1% |
| Democratic | Will Irby | 13,676 | 18.6% |
| Democratic | Lamar "Poss" Lee | 12,569 | 17.1% |
| Democratic | Don Tucker | 15,441 | 21.1% |
| Democratic | Charles Williams | 17,639 | 24.1% |
Total votes | 73,332 | 100% |
Democratic Primary Runoff (1992)[8] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Don Tucker | 26,353 | 45.7% |
| Democratic | Charles Williams | 31,340 | 54.3% |
Total votes | 57,693 | 100% |
1994
Democratic Primary (1994)[9] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Bob Glover | 11,131 | 22.2% |
| Democratic | Glenn Jones | 8,160 | 16.2% |
| Democratic | Lamar "Poss" Lee | 5,291 | 10.5% |
| Democratic | Charles Williams | 25,670 | 51.1% |
Total votes | 50,252 | 100% |
General Election (1994)[10] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Charles Williams | 67,800 | 60.7% |
| Republican | George Onett | 43,988 | 39.3% |
Total votes | 111,788 | 100% |
1998
Democratic Primary (1998)[11] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Richard Mitchell | 23,146 | 52.7% |
| Democratic | Charles D. Williams | 20,733 | 47.3% |
Total votes | 43,879 | 100% |
2002
Republican Primary (2002)[12] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Charlie Clary | 25,135 | 54.5% |
| Republican | Jerry Melvin | 20,946 | 45.5% |
Total votes | 46,081 | 100% |
2012
Republican Primary (2012)[13] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Aaron Bean | 31,269 | 64.2% |
| Republican | Mike Weinstein | 17,451 | 35.8% |
Total votes | 48,720 | 100% |
General Election (2012)[14] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Aaron Bean | 144,352 | 62.2% |
| Democratic | Nancy Soderberg | 87,766 | 37.8% |
| Write-In | Kyle Alexander Bedran | 0 | 0.0% |
| Write-In | Patrick Dewayne Mency | 0 | 0.0% |
Total votes | 232,118 | 100% |
2018
Republican Primary (2018)[15] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Aaron Bean | 50,275 | 87.4% |
| Republican | Carlos E. Slay | 7,274 | 12.6% |
Total votes | 57,549 | 100% |
General Election (2018)[16] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Aaron Bean | 149,347 | 63.4% |
| Democratic | Billee Bussard | 80,598 | 34.2% |
| Libertarian | Joanna Liberty Tavares | 5,514 | 2.3% |
Total votes | 235,459 | 100% |
2022
General Election (2022)[17] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Clay Yarborough | 149,177 | 67.6% |
| Democratic | Sharmin Smith | 71,472 | 32.4% |
Total votes | 220,649 | 100% |
References
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".