Florida Senate

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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 Tempore	Republican	2008
24	Bill Posey	Republican	2010
25	Jeffrey Atwater	Republican	2008
26	Mike Haridopolos	Republican	2010
27	Dave Aronberg	Democratic	2008
28	Ken Pruitt, President	Republican	2010
29	M. Mandy Dawson	Democratic	2008
30	Ted Deutch	Democratic	2010
31	Steven Geller, Minority Leader	Democratic	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

*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]