Florida Senate District 16
State Senate District 16
Covers parts of Hillsborough County and Pinellas County.
Who Holds This Seat
Running in 2026
Decided: Fentrice Driskell (Democrat), Won the primary outright
Aug 18, 2026. This seat is up in 2026 but is not on the Nov 3 ballot. Official source
The District
Includes St. Petersburg (part), Tampa (part), Apollo Beach, East Lake-Orient Park, Gibsonton, Ruskin (part), Palm River-Clair Mel, Riverview (part), Temple Terrace, Brandon (part), University (part) and Progress Village.
185 precincts · District lines: State legislative lines: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 (SLDU/SLDL) · Precinct lines: Alachua County Supervisor of Elections, Voting Precincts layer; Broward County Supervisor of Elections, VoterPrecincts2026 layer; Volusia County Supervisor of Elections, Precincts layer (Election_Voter MapServer/1); Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections, Hillsborough County Precincts layer; Palm Beach County, Voting Precincts (maps.co.palm-beach.fl.us OpenData); Pinellas County GIS,; Miami-Dade County, Precinct layer (MDPublisher Precinct_gdb) — official county layers; Census 2020 VTDs kept elsewhere in the state; Pinellas County voting precincts 2016 for the 2020 general
Results in This District
| Contest | First | Second | Margin | Votes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 President185 precinctsFlorida Department of State, Division of ElectionsOfficial results | Harris / Walz (D)135,510 · 61.9% | Trump / Vance (R)79,248 · 36.2% | D+25.7 | 218,758 | Florida Department of State, Division of ElectionsOfficial results |
| 2024 U.S. Senate185 precinctsFlorida Department of State, Division of ElectionsOfficial results | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D)133,119 · 61.7% | Rick Scott (R)78,041 · 36.2% | D+25.5 | 215,821 | Florida Department of State, Division of ElectionsOfficial results |
| 2022 U.S. Senate185 precinctsFlorida Department of State, Division of ElectionsOfficial results | Val Demings (D)94,080 · 62.9% | Marco Rubio (R)53,286 · 35.6% | D+27.3 | 149,667 | Florida Department of State, Division of ElectionsOfficial results |
| 2022 Governor185 precinctsFlorida Department of State, Division of ElectionsOfficial results | Crist / Hernandez (D)92,346 · 61.6% | DeSantis / Nuñez (R)56,001 · 37.3% | D+24.2 | 149,959 | Florida Department of State, Division of ElectionsOfficial results |
| 2020 President146 precinctsFlorida Department of State, Division of ElectionsOfficial results | Biden / Harris (D)148,496 · 69.2% | Trump / Pence (R)62,663 · 29.2% | D+40.0 | 214,539 | Florida Department of State, Division of ElectionsOfficial results |
Totals add up the certified precinct results for the precincts inside today's district lines. A precinct split by the district line counts in full, or only in the district holding most of its voters where the linkage assigns it to one, and votes a county reported only countywide (some counties' absentee and early votes) are left out, so totals can differ from an official canvass.
Past Results
State Senator District 16
2022 General Election · Nov 8, 2022| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Ervin RousonDemocrat | Democrat | 93,839 | 63.9% |
| Christina B. PaylanRepublican | Republican | 52,927 | 36.1% |
Official results (Florida Division of Elections precinct-level file, compiled from county SOE submissions) · Florida Department of State, Division of Elections — Precinct-Level Election…