Florida's 16th Senate district

Florida's 16th Senate district elects one member of the Florida Senate. The district consists of parts of Hillsborough, Pinellas counties, in the U.S. state of Florida. The current senator is Democrat Darryl Ervin Rouson.

Florida's 16th State Senate district
Senator	Darryl Ervin Rouson D
Demographics	77.8%% White 5.3%% Black 13%% Hispanic 2.4%% Asian 0.5%% Native American 0.1%% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)	507,043
Notes	^[1]

List of senators

NOTE: The following information was gathered from the Florida Senate website. Only records of senators from 1998-present are kept.

Portrait	Name	Party	Years of service	Home city/state	Notes
	Locke Burt	Republican	1991–2002^[2]	Des Moines, Iowa	Consisted of Part of Volusia county
	Jim Sebesta	Republican	2002–2006	Pontiac, Illinois	Consisted of parts of Hillsborough, Pinellas counties
	Charlie Justice	Democratic	2006–2010	Saint Petersburg, Florida	Consisted of parts of Hillsborough, Pinellas counties
	Jack Latvala	Republican	2010–2012	Oxford, Mississippi	Consisted of parts of Hillsborough, Pinellas counties Redistricted to the 20th District
	Thad Altman	Republican	2012–2016	Macon, Georgia	Consisted of parts of Brevard, Indian River counties
	Jack Latvala	Republican	2016–2018	Oxford, Mississippi	Redistricted from the 20th District Consisted of parts of Pasco, Pinellas counties Resigned 1/5/2018
	Ed Hooper	Republican	2018–2022	Statesville, North Carolina	Consisted of parts of Pasco, Pinellas counties Redistricted to the 21st District
	Darryl Ervin Rouson	Democratic	2022–present	New Orleans, Louisiana	Redistricted from the 19th District Consists of parts of Hillsborough, Pinellas counties

Elections

NOTE: The following results were gathered from the Florida Department of State. Uncontested election results are not provided.

Democratic Primary (1978) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Beck	12,351	33.7%
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson Storey	9,413	25.7%
	Democratic	Glenn Turner	9,490	25.9%
	Democratic	Nathan Z. Van Meter	5,414	14.8%
Total votes			36,668	100%

Democratic Primary Runoff (1978) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Beck	19,412	62.0%
	Democratic	George Stuart, Jr.	15,864	52.1%
Total votes			35,276	100%

General Election (1978) ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Beck	50,928	43.2%
	Republican	Clark Maxwell, Jr.	67,051	56.8%
Total votes			117,979	100%

1990

General Election (1990) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Deratany	54,444	48.0%
	Democratic	Patsy Ann Kurth	59,030	52.0%
Total votes			113,474	100%

1992

General Election (1992) ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Clay Henderson	60,766	47.4%
	Republican	Locke Burt	67,505	52.6%
Total votes			128,271	100%

1994

General Election (1994) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Webster	47,290	44.5%
	Republican	Locke Burt	58,915	55.5%
Total votes			106,205	100%

2002

General Election (2002) ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Sebesta	87,204	64.2%
	Democratic	Allison McInnis-Gimbert	48,670	35.8%
Total votes			135,874	100%

2006

Republican Primary (2006) ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kimberly "Kim" Berfield	16,092	58.8%
	Republican	Frank Farkas	11,269	41.2%
Total votes			40,917	100%

General Election (2006) ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kimberly "Kim" Berfield	60,978	48.8%
	Democratic	Charlie Justice	64,013	51.2%
Total votes			124,991	100%

2010

General Election (2010) ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Latvala	83,396	64.0%
	Democratic	Nina Hayden	46,942	36.0%
Total votes			130,338	100%

2012

General Election (2012) ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thad Altman	143,459	62.8%
	Democratic	Dominic A Fallo	84,824	37.2%
Total votes			228,283	100%

2014

Republican Primary (2014) ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thad Altman	25,581	65.2%
	Republican	Monique Miller	13,657	34.8%
Total votes			39,238	100%

2016

Republican Primary (2016) ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Latvala	189,514	99.8%
	Write-in Candidate	Katherine Perkins	452	0.2%
Total votes			189,966	100%

2018

Republican Primary (2018) ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Hooper	35,303	79.4%
	Republican	Leo Karruli	9,141	20.6%
Total votes			44,444	100%

General Election (2018) ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Hooper	111,997	52.2%
	Democratic	Amanda Murphy	102,407	47.8%
Total votes			214,404	100%

2022

General Election (2018) ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christina B. Paylan	52,927	36.1%
	Democratic	Darryl Ervin Rouson	93,839	63.9%
Total votes			146,766	100%

References

1. "Florida State Senate District 16".
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