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Florida's 4th Senate district

Florida's 4th Senate district elects one member of the Florida Senate. The district consists of Nassau county and part of Duval county, in the U.S. state of Florida. The current senator is Republican Clay Yarborough.

Florida's 4th
State Senate district
Map of the district
Senator
  Clay Yarborough
R
Demographics68.9% White
12.3% Black
10.3% Hispanic
5.4% Asian
0.3% Native American
0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)559,117

List of senators

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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
 
Richard Mitchell
 Democratic
1998–2002
 Consisted of Baker, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Nassau, Taylor and parts of Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Columbia, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Madison, Marion, Suwannee and Union county
 
Charlie Clary
 Republican
1998–2006
 
Don Gaetz
 Republican
2006–2012
Rugby, North Dakota
 Consisted of parts of Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton counties
 
Aaron Bean
 Republican
2012–2022
Fernandina Beach, Florida
 
Clay Yarborough
 Republican
2022–Present
Mobile, Alabama
 Consists of Nassau county and part of Duval county

Elections

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

1978

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Democratic Primary (1978)[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pat Thomas 68,599 85.7%
Democratic Lenora Walsh 11,417 14.3%
Total votes 80,016 100%

1982

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Democratic Primary (1982)[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic C. P. "Pat" Brewer 15,158 43.2%
Democratic Karen Thurman 19,935 56.8%
Total votes 35,093 100%
General Election (1982)[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Karen L. Thurman 51,983 54.4%
Republican Thad Lowerey 43,590 45.6%
Total votes 95,573 100%

1986

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General Election (1986)[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Karen L. Thurman 77,029 61.2%
Republican Lewis Dinkins 48,820 38.8%
Total votes 125,849 100%

1990

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Republican Primary (1990)[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Merl Conine 7,094 25.7%
Republican Tom Hogan 20,530 74.3%
Total votes 27,624 100%
General Election (1990)[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Hogan 59,695 41.4%
Democratic Karen L. Thurman 84,661 58.6%
Total votes 114,356 100%

1992

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Democratic Primary (1992)[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Boyd 14,007 19.1%
Democratic Will Irby 13,676 18.6%
Democratic Lamar "Poss" Lee 12,569 17.1%
Democratic Don Tucker 15,441 21.1%
Democratic Charles Williams 17,639 24.1%
Total votes 73,332 100%
Democratic Primary Runoff (1992)[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Don Tucker 26,353 45.7%
Democratic Charles Williams 31,340 54.3%
Total votes 57,693 100%

1994

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Democratic Primary (1994)[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Glover 11,131 22.2%
Democratic Glenn Jones 8,160 16.2%
Democratic Lamar "Poss" Lee 5,291 10.5%
Democratic Charles Williams 25,670 51.1%
Total votes 50,252 100%
General Election (1994)[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles Williams 67,800 60.7%
Republican George Onett 43,988 39.3%
Total votes 111,788 100%

1998

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Democratic Primary (1998)[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Richard Mitchell 23,146 52.7%
Democratic Charles D. Williams 20,733 47.3%
Total votes 43,879 100%

2002

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Republican Primary (2002)[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charlie Clary 25,135 54.5%
Republican Jerry Melvin 20,946 45.5%
Total votes 46,081 100%

2012

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Republican Primary (2012)[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Aaron Bean 31,269 64.2%
Republican Mike Weinstein 17,451 35.8%
Total votes 48,720 100%
General Election (2012)[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Aaron Bean 144,352 62.2%
Democratic Nancy Soderberg 87,766 37.8%
Write-In Kyle Alexander Bedran 0 0.0%
Write-In Patrick Dewayne Mency 0 0.0%
Total votes 232,118 100%

2018

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Republican Primary (2018)[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Aaron Bean 50,275 87.4%
Republican Carlos E. Slay 7,274 12.6%
Total votes 57,549 100%
General Election (2018)[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Aaron Bean 149,347 63.4%
Democratic Billee Bussard 80,598 34.2%
Libertarian Joanna Liberty Tavares 5,514 2.3%
Total votes 235,459 100%

2022

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General Election (2022)[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clay Yarborough 149,177 67.6%
Democratic Sharmin Smith 71,472 32.4%
Total votes 220,649 100%

References

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  1. ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results".
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