Staggered Senate
Senators serve four-year terms; half the seats (the even-numbered districts in 2026) are on the ballot each election.
Florida › Florida State Senate · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Florida State Senate District 16
Fentrice Driskell has no major-party opponent.
Fentrice Driskell has no major-party opponent.
How this race is decided
Unopposed races skip the ballot
A candidate with no opponent is declared elected and the race does not appear on the ballot, so some seats have no vote totals.
The candidates
Democratic
Fentrice Driskell
The district
Lean D+28: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.
Presidential vote
Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.
Who lives here
- Population
- 544,486
- People per km²
- 603
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 33%
- White, no degree
- 22%of adults
- White 37%
- Hispanic 24%
- Black 31%
- Asian 3%
- Other / multiracial 5%
American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.
Past results
Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.
2024 President Vote in this district
214,698 two-party votes · D+26.2 · D+27.7 vs. the nation✓ Kamala Harris (D)63.1%
Donald Trump (R)36.9%
2022
146,766 votes · D+27.9✓ Darryl Ervin Rouson (D)63.9%
Christina B Paylan (R)36.1%
2020 President Vote in this district
321,537 two-party votes · D+34.7 · D+30.1 vs. the nation✓ Joe Biden (D)67.3%
Donald Trump (R)32.7%
2018 Earlier district lines
214,404 votes · R+4.5✓ Ed Hooper (R)52.2%
Amanda Murphy (D)47.8%
2016 Earlier district lines
198,010 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Jack Latvala (R)95.7%
Write-In (—)4.3%
2016 President Vote in this district
257,937 two-party votes · D+37.2 · D+34.9 vs. the nation✓ Hillary Clinton (D)68.6%
Donald Trump (R)31.4%