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Florida 1st State Senate District
presidential margin
2008R+29.72012R+33.12016R+33.52020R+28.62024R+33.5
full record · 2008 → 2024
R+33.5
2024
median income$76,095U.S. $80,734 · FL $74,568
median age38.8U.S. 39.1 · FL 43.1
poverty rate12.2%U.S. 12.5% · FL 12.6%
bachelor’s+ (25+)31.1%U.S. 35.6% · FL 34.2%
non-english8.4%U.S. 22.3% · FL 30.7%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
English13.1%
German12.9%
Irish12.2%
African American†13.8%
Jamaican0.5%
African0.5%
Mexican2.3%
Puerto Rican1.1%
Honduran0.4%
Filipino0.9%
Chinese0.4%
Asian Indian0.3%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Santa Rosa County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

Florida 1st State Senate District

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Florida 1st State Senate DistrictTrumpR+33.5
2024
2024 presidential margin for Florida 1st State Senate DistrictThe boundary of Florida 1st State Senate District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (R+33.5), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Florida 1st State Senate District · R+33.5
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican66.0%192,437
Kamala HarrisDemocratic32.5%94,861
Jill SteinGreen1.5%4,253
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 3 counties it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (3 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Florida 1st State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Escambia County, FLRepublicanR+19.5
Okaloosa County, FLRepublicanR+42.5
Santa Rosa County, FLRepublicanR+51.0
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
32.5%Harris94,861
66.0%Trump192,437
1.5%Stein4,253
−33.5%
291,551
R
34.7%Biden101,781
63.3%Trump185,601
1.9%Jorgensen5,702
−28.6%
293,084
R
30.6%Clinton78,331
64.2%Trump164,114
5.2%Johnson13,341
−33.5%
255,786
R
33.5%Obama78,367
66.5%Romney155,761
0.0%
−33.1%
234,128
R
34.5%Obama83,723
64.3%McCain155,714
1.2%Nader2,891
−29.7%
242,328
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: −33.5% in 2024.−33.5%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008−29.7%
2012−33.1%
2016−33.5%
2020−28.6%
2024−33.5%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
RDon GaetzState Senate · 1

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

Anchored in Miami-Dade County, this district posted a 21-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, making it one of the most reliably left-leaning state legislative constituencies in Florida's otherwise competitive southern tier.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 33.5 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.5 points.

A population of 539,263, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,095 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 6 and State Senate District 2.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State Senate District 6
Florida
94.8twin score
population scale2008–2024 trajectory
State Senate District 2
Florida
93.7twin score
2008–2016 trajectorypopulation scale
State Senate District 52
Georgia
90.0twin score
2008–2024 trajectory≠ population scale

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Places within Florida 1st State Senate District

counties it covers3
Escambia CountyOkaloosa CountySanta Rosa County

Frequently asked questions

How did Florida 1st State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Florida 1st State Senate District voted Republican by 33.5 points (R+33.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 291,551 votes cast, 94,861 went Democratic and 192,437 went Republican.
How many people live in Florida 1st State Senate District?
Florida 1st State Senate District has a population of 539,263 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Florida 1st State Senate District?
Median household income in Florida 1st State Senate District is $76,095 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of Florida 1st State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Florida 1st State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 5 went Republican.