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 4
Clay Yarborough has no major-party opponent.
Clay Yarborough 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
RepublicanIncumbent
Clay Yarborough
- Experience
- State legislature
The district
Lean R+23: 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
- 566,157
- People per km²
- 157
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 42%
- White, no degree
- 39%of adults
- White 64%
- Hispanic 12%
- Black 13%
- Asian 5%
- Other / multiracial 6%
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
313,979 two-party votes · R+23.8 · R+22.3 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)61.9%
Kamala Harris (D)38.1%
2022
220,649 votes · R+35.2✓ Clay Yarborough (R)67.6%
Sharmin Smith (D)32.4%
2020 President Vote in this district
349,024 two-party votes · R+20.2 · R+24.8 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)60.1%
Joe Biden (D)39.9%
2018 Earlier district lines
235,459 votes · R+29.9✓ Aaron Bean (R)63.4%
Billee Bussard (D)34.2%
Joanna Liberty Tavares (L)2.3%
2016 President Vote in this district
278,058 two-party votes · R+27.8 · R+30.0 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)63.9%
Hillary Clinton (D)36.1%
2012 Earlier district lines
232,118 votes · R+24.4✓ Aaron Bean (R)62.2%
Nancy Soderberg (D)37.8%