2016 Primary Election “Unofficial” Results

Florida had slightly more than 13.37 million registered voters for the August 30th primary – 4.69 million registered Democrats compared to 4.43 million registered Republicans. No party affiliation voters totaled about 2.91 million.  For Florida’s primary, all 40 Senate seats and all 120 House seats are up for re-election.

Only one constitutional amendment appeared on Florida’s August 30th statewide primary ballot, but it is credited with helping drive up voter participation in the
election. The passage of Amendment 4 extends a residential renewable-energy tax break to commercial and industrial properties in hopes of boosting solar
development by incentivizing solar companies and Florida businesses to take advantage of tax credit. Amendment 4 was supported by the Florida Chamber of Commerce
and an array of other organizations, including the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association, the Florida Association of Realtors, the Florida Retail Federation,
the Nature Conservancy, several Florida newspapers, including the Tampa Bay Times and the Tallahassee Democrat, and the group backing the amendment – Floridians for Solar Choice. All voters, regardless of party affiliation, were able to vote on Amendment 4 which required the support of at least 60 percent of voters to secure passage. The Florida Legislature must now pass a law to implement the new amendment in order to add it to Florida’s Constitution.  Amendment 4 appeared on the Primary ballot at the direction of the state’s utility companies that didn’t want it to be confused with a separate, utility-backed solar amendment, known as Amendment 1, which will be on Florida’s November 8th General Election ballot.

Election results will be officially certified by Florida’s Department of State, Division of Elecions on Thursday, September 8th by 9:00 am (ninth day after the primary election).

42 people have already earned their seat in the Florida Legislature when they were unopposed at the end of the qualifying period, June 24, 2016:

Senators
SD 02 – George Gainer – REP
SD 04 – Aaron Bean – REP
SD 05 – Rob Bradley – REP
SD 06 – Audrey Gibson – DEM
SD 09 – David Simmons – REP
SD 10 – Wilton Simpson – REP
SD 20 – Tom Lee – REP
SD 21 – Bill Galvano – REP
SD 26 – Denise Grimsley – REP
SD 32 – Lauren Book – DEM
SD 33 – Perry Thurston – DEM
SD 35 – Oscar Braynon – DEM

Representatives
HD 007 – Halsey Beshears – REP
HD 017 – Cyndi Stevenson – REP
HD 020 – Clovis Watson – DEM
HD 032 – Larry Metz – REP
HD 033 – Don Hahnfeldt – REP
HD 034 – Ralph Massullo – REP
HD 037 – Richard Corcoran – REP
HD 038 – Danny Burgess – REP
HD 044 – Eric Eisnaugle – REP
HD 055 – Cary Pigman – REP
HD 057 – Jake Raburn – REP
HD 062 – Janet Cruz – DEM
HD 064 – James Grant – REP
HD 071 – Jim Boyd – REP
HD 075 – Michael Grant – REP
HD 077 – Dane Eagle – REP
HD 078 – Heather Fitzenhagen – REP
HD 081 – Joseph Abruzzo – DEM
HD 084 – Larry Lee – DEM
HD 089 – Bill Hager – REP
HD 094 – Bobby DuBose – DEM
HD 096 – Kristin Jacobs – DEM
HD 097 – Jared Moskowitz – DEM
HD 098 – Katie Edwards – DEM
HD 099 – Evan Jenne – DEM
HD 100 – Joe Geller – DEM
HD 101 – Shev Jones – DEM
HD 102 – Sharon Pritchett – DEM
HD 109 – Cynthia Stafford – DEM
HD 117 – Kionne McGhee – DEM