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Spain ,Confederate States of America ,United States of America ,France , andGreat Britain .]The Florida Senate is part of the legislative branch of government for the state of
Florida . There are 40 members in the senate. Generally, Senators in odd-numbered districts are elected in years divisible by four (in tandem with U.S. Presidential elections), and Senators in even-numbered districts are elected alongside elections for Florida's statewide offices. In years ending in the digit 2, all Senators are up for re-election. Thus, odd-number district Senators were elected to two-year terms in 2002, and even-number district Senators will be elected to two-year terms in 2012.Florida Senate and Florida House districts are both organized by population over geographic areas. Although there are exactly three times as many members of the House (120) as in the Senate (40), the Senate districts do not consist of three Representative districts; the boundaries are independent.
Current Members of the Florida Senate
District Representative Party Term Exp. 1 Anthony C. Hill Democratic 2008 2 Durell Peaden Republican 2010 3 Charles S. Dean, Sr. Republican 2008 4 Don Gaetz Republican 2010 5 Stephen R. Wise Republican 2008 6 Alfred Lawson, Jr. Democratic 2010 7 Evelyn J. Lynn Republican 2008 8 James E. King Republican 2010 9 Daniel Webster, Majority Leader Republican 2008 10 Ronda Storms Republican 2010 11 Mike Fasano Republican 2008 12 Victor Crist Republican 2010 13 Dennis L. Jones Republican 2008 14 Steve Oelrich Republican 2010 15 Paula Dockery Republican 2008 16 Charlie Justice Democratic 2010 17 J.D. Alexander Republican 2008 18 Arthenia Joyner Democratic 2010 19 Gary Siplin Democratic 2008 20 Carey Baker Republican 2010 21 Michael S. Bennett Republican 2008 22 Lee Constantine Republican 2010 23 Lisa Carlton , Pro TemporeRepublican 2008 24 Bill Posey Republican 2010 25 Jeffrey Atwater Republican 2008 26 Mike Haridopolos Republican 2010 27 Dave Aronberg Democratic 2008 28 Ken Pruitt , PresidentRepublican 2010 29 M. Mandy Dawson Democratic 2008 30 Ted Deutch Democratic 2010 31 Steven Geller , Minority LeaderDemocratic 2008 32 Jeremy Ring Democratic 2010 33 Frederica Wilson Democratic 2008 34 Nan Rich Democratic 2010 35 Gwen Margolis Democratic 2008 36 Alex Diaz de la Portilla Republican 2010 37 Burt Saunders Republican 2008 38 J. Alex Villalobos Republican 2010 39 Larcenia Bullard Democratic 2008 40 Rudy Garcia Republican 2010 ee also
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Florida Legislature
*Florida House of Representatives
*Government of Florida
*The Florida Channel
*List of Presidents of the Florida Senate External links
* [http://www.flsenate.gov/ The Florida Senate] official government website
* [http://www.vote-smart.org/official_state_legislator.php?type=office&state_id=FL&criteria=upper Project Vote Smart - State Senate of Florida]
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