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style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Florida" title="Constitution of Florida">Constitution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Law_of_Florida" title="Law of Florida">law</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">United States Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Florida" title="Constitution of Florida">Florida Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Florida" title="Law of Florida">Florida law</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Florida" title="Government of Florida">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Florida" title="List of governors of Florida">Governor</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ron_DeSantis" title="Ron DeSantis">Ron DeSantis</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Florida" title="Lieutenant Governor of Florida">Lieutenant Governor</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jeanette_N%C3%BA%C3%B1ez" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeanette Núñez">Jeanette Núñez</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Cabinet" title="Florida Cabinet">Cabinet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Attorney_General" title="Florida Attorney General">Attorney General</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Moody" title="Ashley Moody">Ashley Moody</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Financial_Officer_of_Florida" title="Chief Financial Officer of Florida">Chief Financial Officer</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Patronis" title="Jimmy Patronis">Jimmy Patronis</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Commissioner_of_Agriculture" title="Florida Commissioner of Agriculture">Commissioner of Agriculture</a>: <a href="/wiki/Wilton_Simpson" title="Wilton Simpson">Wilton Simpson</a> (R)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Florida_state_agencies" title="List of Florida state agencies">State agencies</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Legislature" title="Florida Legislature">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Senate" title="Florida Senate">Senate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Florida_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Florida Senate">President</a>: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Albritton" title="Ben Albritton">Ben Albritton</a> (R)</li> <li>President pro Tempore: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Brodeur" title="Jason Brodeur">Jason Brodeur</a> (R)</li> <li>Majority Leader: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Boyd_(politician)" title="Jim Boyd (politician)">Jim Boyd</a> (R)</li> <li>Minority Leader: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Pizzo" title="Jason Pizzo">Jason Pizzo</a> (D)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_House_of_Representatives" title="Florida House of Representatives">House</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Florida_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives">Speaker</a>: <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Perez_(politician)" title="Daniel Perez (politician)">Daniel Perez</a> (R)</li> <li>Speaker pro Tempore: <a href="/wiki/Wyman_Duggan" title="Wyman Duggan">Wyman Duggan</a> (R)</li> <li>Majority Leader: <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Sirois" title="Tyler Sirois">Tyler Sirois</a> (R)</li> <li>Minority Leader: <a href="/wiki/Fentrice_Driskell" title="Fentrice Driskell">Fentrice Driskell</a> (D)</li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Judiciary of Florida">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Florida" title="Supreme Court of Florida">Supreme Court</a> <ul><li>Chief Justice: <a href="/wiki/Carlos_G._Mu%C3%B1iz" title="Carlos G. Muñiz">Carlos G. Muñiz</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_court_of_appeal_(Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="District court of appeal (Florida)">District courts of appeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circuit_court_(Florida)" title="Circuit court (Florida)">Circuit courts</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Florida" title="Elections in Florida">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_the_United_States" title="List of political parties in the United States">Political parties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Democratic_Party" title="Florida Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Florida" title="Republican Party of Florida">Republican Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_Party_of_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution Party of Florida">Constitution Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecology_Party_of_Florida" title="Ecology Party of Florida">Ecology Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Florida" title="Green Party of Florida">Green Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Party_of_Florida" title="Independent Party of Florida">Independent Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Florida" title="Libertarian Party of Florida">Libertarian Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Party_for_Socialism_and_Liberation" title="Party for Socialism and Liberation">Party for Socialism and Liberation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">National minor parties</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Florida" title="Political party strength in Florida">Political party strength</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Florida" title="Administrative divisions of Florida">Administrative divisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Florida" title="List of counties in Florida">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Florida">Municipalities</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Florida" title="United States congressional delegations from Florida">Congressional delegation</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">Rick Scott</a> (R)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Florida's 1st congressional district">1</a>: vacant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 2nd congressional district">2</a>: <a href="/wiki/Neal_Dunn" title="Neal Dunn">Neal Dunn</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 3rd congressional district">3</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kat_Cammack" title="Kat Cammack">Kat Cammack</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 4th congressional district">4</a>: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Bean" title="Aaron Bean">Aaron Bean</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 5th congressional district">5</a>: <a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">John Rutherford</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 6th congressional district">6</a>: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltz" title="Michael Waltz">Michael Waltz</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 7th congressional district">7</a>: <a href="/wiki/Cory_Mills" title="Cory Mills">Cory Mills</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 8th congressional district">8</a>: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">Bill Posey</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 9th congressional district">9</a>: <a href="/wiki/Darren_Soto" title="Darren Soto">Darren Soto</a> (D)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 10th congressional district">10</a>: <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Frost" title="Maxwell Frost">Maxwell Frost</a> (D)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 11th congressional district">11</a>: <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">Daniel Webster</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 12th congressional district">12</a>: <a href="/wiki/Gus_Bilirakis" title="Gus Bilirakis">Gus Bilirakis</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_13th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 13th congressional district">13</a>: <a href="/wiki/Anna_Paulina_Luna" title="Anna Paulina Luna">Anna Paulina Luna</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_14th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 14th congressional district">14</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">Kathy Castor</a> (D)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 15th congressional district">15</a>: <a href="/wiki/Laurel_Lee" title="Laurel Lee">Laurel Lee</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_16th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 16th congressional district">16</a>: <a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Vern Buchanan</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_17th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 17th congressional district">17</a>: <a href="/wiki/Greg_Steube" title="Greg Steube">Greg Steube</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 18th congressional district">18</a>: <a href="/wiki/Scott_Franklin_(politician)" title="Scott Franklin (politician)">Scott Franklin</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_19th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 19th congressional district">19</a>: <a href="/wiki/Byron_Donalds" title="Byron Donalds">Byron Donalds</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_20th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 20th congressional district">20</a>: <a href="/wiki/Sheila_Cherfilus-McCormick" title="Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick">Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick</a> (D)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_21st_congressional_district" title="Florida's 21st congressional district">21</a>: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">Brian Mast</a> (R)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_22nd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 22nd congressional district">22</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">Lois Frankel</a> (D)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_23rd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 23rd congressional district">23</a>: <a href="/wiki/Jared_Moskowitz" title="Jared Moskowitz">Jared Moskowitz</a> (D)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_24th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 24th congressional 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Giménez</a> (R)</li></ul></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States" title="Politics of the United States">Politics of the United States</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_coloured_voting_box.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/16px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/24px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/32px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></a></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Politics" title="Portal:Politics">Politics portal</a> <span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/16px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/24px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/32px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portal:Florida" title="Portal:Florida">Florida portal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Politics_of_Florida" title="Template:Politics of Florida"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Politics_of_Florida" title="Template talk:Politics of Florida"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Politics_of_Florida" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Politics of Florida"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Florida </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> / <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whig</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2024 United States presidential election in Florida">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,110,125 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.87%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,683,038 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.82% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">142,302 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2020 United States presidential election in Florida">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">5,668,731 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.11%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">5,297,045 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.76% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">125,982 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2016 United States presidential election in Florida">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,617,886 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48.60%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,504,975 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.41% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">379,886 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2012 United States presidential election in Florida">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,163,447 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">49.03% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,237,756 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.90%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">90,972 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.07% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2008 United States presidential election in Florida">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,046,219 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.10% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,282,367 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.91%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">83,662 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.99% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2004 United States presidential election in Florida">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">3,964,522 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>52.10%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,583,544 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">47.09% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">61,744 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="2000 United States presidential election in Florida">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,912,790 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48.85%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,912,253 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.84% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">138,067 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1996 United States presidential election in Florida">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,244,536 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">42.32% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,546,870 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>48.02%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">512,388 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9.66% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1992 United States presidential election in Florida">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,173,310 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>40.89%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,072,698 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39.00% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,068,384 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">20.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1988 United States presidential election in Florida">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,618,885 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.87%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,656,701 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.51% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">26,727 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1984 United States presidential election in Florida">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,730,350 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>65.32%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,448,816 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">34.66% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">885 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1980 United States presidential election in Florida">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">2,046,951 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>55.52%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,419,475 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.50% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">220,600 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1976 United States presidential election in Florida">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,469,531 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.64% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1,636,000 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.93%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">45,100 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.43% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1972 United States presidential election in Florida">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">1,857,759 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>71.91%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">718,117 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.80% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7,407 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1968 United States presidential election in Florida">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">886,804 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>40.53%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">676,794 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30.93% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">624,207 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">28.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1964 United States presidential election in Florida">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">905,941 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.85% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">948,540 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.15%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1960 United States presidential election in Florida">1960</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">795,476 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>51.51%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">748,700 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">48.49% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1956_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1956 United States presidential election in Florida">1956</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">643,849 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.27%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">480,371 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.73% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1952 United States presidential election in Florida">1952</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">544,036 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>54.99%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">444,950 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">44.97% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">351 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1948 United States presidential election in Florida">1948</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">194,280 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33.63% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">281,988 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>48.82%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">101,375 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">17.55% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1944 United States presidential election in Florida">1944</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">143,215 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29.68% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">339,377 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>70.32%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1940 United States presidential election in Florida">1940</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">126,158 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.99% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">359,334 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.01%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1936_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1936 United States presidential election in Florida">1936</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">78,248 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23.90% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">249,117 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>76.08%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">67 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1932_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1932 United States presidential election in Florida">1932</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">69,170 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.04% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">206,307 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>74.68%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">775 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.28% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1928_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1928 United States presidential election in Florida">1928</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">144,168 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>56.83%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">101,764 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">40.12% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7,742 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1924 United States presidential election in Florida">1924</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30,633 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28.06% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">62,083 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.88%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">16,438 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1920 United States presidential election in Florida">1920</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44,853 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30.79% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">90,515 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>62.13%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10,313 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1916_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1916 United States presidential election in Florida">1916</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">14,611 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18.10% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">55,984 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.34%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10,139 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">12.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1912_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1912 United States presidential election in Florida">1912</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">4,279 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8.42% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">35,343 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>69.52%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11,215 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">22.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1908_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1908 United States presidential election in Florida">1908</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">10,654 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21.58% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31,104 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>63.01%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7,602 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1904 United States presidential election in Florida">1904</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">8,314 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">21.15% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27,046 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>68.80%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">3,949 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1900 United States presidential election in Florida">1900</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">7,355 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">18.55% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">28,273 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>71.31%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,021 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">10.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1896_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1896 United States presidential election in Florida">1896</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">11,298 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">24.30% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">32,756 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>70.46%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,434 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.24% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1892_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1892 United States presidential election in Florida">1892</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">0 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">0.00% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">30,153 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>85.01%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5,318 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">14.99% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1888_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1888 United States presidential election in Florida">1888</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">26,529 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.89% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">39,557 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>59.48%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">414 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.62% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1884_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1884 United States presidential election in Florida">1884</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28,031 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46.73% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">31,769 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.96%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">190 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1880 United States presidential election in Florida">1880</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23,654 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.83% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27,964 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.17%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1876_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1876 United States presidential election in Florida">1876</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">23,849 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>50.99%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">22,927 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">49.01% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1872_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1872 United States presidential election in Florida">1872</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">17,763 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.52%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">15,427 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.48% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#4F990C"><b><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1860 United States presidential election in Florida">1860</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">0 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">0.00% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">223 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">1.68% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">13,078 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>98.32%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1856_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1856 United States presidential election in Florida">1856</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">0 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">0.00% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,358 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>56.81%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,833 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">43.19% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1852_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1852 United States presidential election in Florida">1852</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">2,875 </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">39.97% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,318 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>60.03%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#F0C862"><b><a href="/wiki/1848_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida" title="1848 United States presidential election in Florida">1848</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862">4,120 </td> <td style="background-color:#F0C862"><b>57.20%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">3,083 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.80% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.00% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Politics of Florida</b> reflect a state that has experienced conflict between its liberal southern region and its traditionally conservative northern region. Politics often revolve around budgeting and how money for budgets should be raised. </p><p>Florida was originally part of the <a href="/wiki/Solid_South" title="Solid South">Solid South</a>, as Democrats overwhelmingly won state and federal elections during the hundred years following the Civil War.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in 1937, the requirement to pay a <a href="/wiki/Poll_tax_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Poll tax (United States)">poll tax</a> was repealed by the state legislature, allowing poorer Floridians to vote. This coupled with industrialization, urbanization, and a growing tourist industry in the mid-20th century that attracted Northern retirees, contributed to the state becaming electorally competitive earlier than the rest of the South.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1928, the state has only voted for the losing presidential candidate three times, all for losing Republicans in 1960, 1992, and 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1966, <a href="/wiki/Claude_R._Kirk,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Claude R. Kirk, Jr.">Claude Kirk</a> was elected the first <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> governor of Florida since <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction era of the United States">Reconstruction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed in 1968, with Republicans winning a Senate seat in the state for the first time since Reconstruction. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Florida_Elections_Commission" title="Florida Elections Commission">Florida Elections Commission</a> was established in 1973. In 2005, Jeb Bush signed a bill to abolish primary runoff elections,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> resulting in all primary and general elections being determined by <a href="/wiki/Plurality_(voting)" title="Plurality (voting)">plurality</a> rather than majority. </p><p>The state is dominated by Republicans on the state level, as Democrats have not held the governorship or either house of the legislature since 1999. Republicans currently have veto-proof majorities in both houses of the Florida legislature.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the state has become increasingly red since the late 2010s, as in 2018, Republicans captured both Senate seats in the state for the first time since Reconstruction.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, Florida voted 7.8 points right of the nation as a whole, the furthest it has voted from the nation since 1988, and it was the first election since 1992 that Florida backed the losing candidate. In 2022, Republicans won their largest statewide victories since Reconstruction and neared 60% of the vote. In 2021, registered Republicans surpassed Democrats for the first time in state history.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Florida approved its <a href="/wiki/Florida_Lottery" title="Florida Lottery">lottery</a> by amending the constitution in 1984. It approved slot machines in Broward and <a href="/wiki/Miami-Dade_County,_Florida" title="Miami-Dade County, Florida">Miami-Dade County</a> in 2004. It has disapproved casinos (outside of sovereign <a href="/wiki/Seminole" title="Seminole">Seminole</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miccosukee" title="Miccosukee">Miccosukee</a> tribal areas) three times: 1978, 1986, and 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-ft140311_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft140311-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_representation">Federal representation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Florida&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Federal representation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_congressional_districts" title="Florida's congressional districts">Florida's congressional districts</a></div> <p>Florida currently has 28 <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_congressional_districts" title="Florida's congressional districts">House districts</a>. In the 118th Congress, eight of Florida's seats are held by Democrats and 19 are held by Republicans, with one seat vacant: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Florida's 1st congressional district">1st district</a>, vacant<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Neal_Dunn" title="Neal Dunn">Neal Dunn</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Kat_Cammack" title="Kat Cammack">Kat Cammack</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 4th congressional district">4th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Bean" title="Aaron Bean">Aaron Bean</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 5th congressional district">5th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">John Rutherford</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 6th congressional district">6th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltz" title="Michael Waltz">Michael Waltz</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 7th congressional district">7th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Cory_Mills" title="Cory Mills">Cory Mills</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 8th congressional district">8th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">Bill Posey</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 9th congressional district">9th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Darren_Soto" title="Darren Soto">Darren Soto</a> (D)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 10th congressional district">10th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Frost" title="Maxwell Frost">Maxwell Frost</a> (D)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 11th congressional district">11th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">Daniel Webster</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 12th congressional district">12th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Gus_Bilirakis" title="Gus Bilirakis">Gus Bilirakis</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_13th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 13th congressional district">13th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Anna_Paulina_Luna" title="Anna Paulina Luna">Anna Paulina Luna</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_14th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 14th congressional district">14th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">Kathy Castor</a> (D)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 15th congressional district">15th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Laurel_Lee" title="Laurel Lee">Laurel Lee</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_16th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 16th congressional district">16th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Vern Buchanan</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_17th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 17th congressional district">17th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Greg_Steube" title="Greg Steube">Greg Steube</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 18th congressional district">18th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Scott_Franklin_(politician)" title="Scott Franklin (politician)">Scott Franklin</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_19th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 19th congressional district">19th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Byron_Donalds" title="Byron Donalds">Byron Donalds</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_20th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 20th congressional district">20th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Sheila_Cherfilus-McCormick" title="Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick">Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick</a> (D)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_21st_congressional_district" title="Florida's 21st congressional district">21st district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">Brian Mast</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_22nd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 22nd congressional district">22nd district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">Lois Frankel</a> (D)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_23rd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 23rd congressional district">23rd district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Jared_Moskowitz" title="Jared Moskowitz">Jared Moskowitz</a> (D)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_24th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 24th congressional district">24th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Frederica_Wilson" title="Frederica Wilson">Frederica Wilson</a> (D)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_25th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 25th congressional district">25th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz">Debbie Wasserman Schultz</a> (D)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_26th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 26th congressional district">26th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Mario_Diaz-Balart" class="mw-redirect" title="Mario Diaz-Balart">Mario Diaz-Balart</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_27th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 27th congressional district">27th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Maria_Elvira_Salazar" class="mw-redirect" title="Maria Elvira Salazar">Maria Elvira Salazar</a> (R)</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_28th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 28th congressional district">28th district</a>, represented by <a href="/wiki/Carlos_A._Gim%C3%A9nez" title="Carlos A. Giménez">Carlos A. Giménez</a> (R)</li></ul> <p>Florida's two United States senators are Republicans <a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">Rick Scott</a>, serving since 2010 and 2019, respectively. </p><p>Florida is part of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Florida" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida">United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Middle_District_of_Florida" title="United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida">United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_Florida" title="United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida">United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida</a> in the federal judiciary. The district's cases are appealed to the Atlanta-based <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Eleventh_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Issues">Issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Florida&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Budget">Budget</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Florida&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Budget"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Florida is one of the nine states that do not impose a personal <a href="/wiki/Income_tax" title="Income tax">income tax</a> <i>(<a href="/wiki/State_income_tax" title="State income tax">list of others</a>)</i>. The state had imposed a tax on "intangible personal property" (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, money market funds, etc.), but this tax was abolished after 2006. The state <a href="/wiki/Sales_tax" title="Sales tax">sales tax</a> rate is 6%.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local governments may levy an additional local option sales tax of up to 1.5%. A locale's <a href="/wiki/Use_tax" title="Use tax">use tax</a> rate is the same as its sales tax rate, including local options, if any. Use taxes are payable for purchases made out of state and brought into Florida within six months of the purchase date. <a href="/wiki/Revenue_stamp" title="Revenue stamp">Documentary stamps</a> are required on deed transfers and mortgages. Other taxes include corporate income, communication services, unemployment, solid waste, insurance premium, pollutants, and various fuel taxes. </p><p>Florida has a <a href="/wiki/Balanced_Budget_Amendment" class="mw-redirect" title="Balanced Budget Amendment">balanced budget provision</a>, requiring the state not to have a <a href="/wiki/Budget_deficit" class="mw-redirect" title="Budget deficit">budget deficit</a>. The requirement for a balanced budget does not appear as such in the Florida Constitution. Article VII, Section 1(d), Florida Constitution, provides: "Provision shall be made by law for raising sufficient revenue to defray the expenses of the state for each fiscal period." Article III, Section 19(a), Florida Constitution, provides for "Annual Budgeting." These two provisions, when read together, form the basis for the balanced annual budget requirement. </p><p>Florida's state budget is funded one-third from General Revenue and two-thirds from hundreds of <a href="/wiki/Trust_funds" class="mw-redirect" title="Trust funds">trust funds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11-12GAAsum_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11-12GAAsum-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The General Revenue portion of Florida's state budget is funded primarily by <a href="/wiki/Sales_tax" title="Sales tax">sales tax</a>, while local governments also have their own respective budgets funded primarily by property taxes. The annual state budget is constructed by the legislature and signed into law by the governor who administers it. The state budget for 2008-9 was $66 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, the state was one of four that had fully funded pension systems for government employees, including teachers.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are five classes of state employees for pension investment: Regular and Special Risk Administrative employees accrue retirement benefits at 1.6–1.68% per year; Senior Management, 2%; Special Risk employees, such as police and firefighters, 3%; and elected officers, including judges and legislative at 3% to 3.3%. The higher rate for the latter is to encourage early retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010 there were 304,000 state retirees and 655,000 active employees. The average teacher's retirement check is $1,868 monthly. The average regular-class retiree gets $970 per month.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011 to 2012 fiscal year, the state collected over $2.2 billion from the tax on gasoline.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> costs were 20% of the budget. These are mandated by the federal government. While the state administers the program, it has no actual control over expenses.<sup id="cite_ref-ft110123_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft110123-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2000 to 2010, Medicaid costs rose from $8 billion to $18 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Education costs were 30% of the budget.<sup id="cite_ref-ft110123_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ft110123-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The $70 billion budget for 2010–11 contained the following allocations:<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Health and Social Services $30 billion</li> <li>Education $21.2 billion</li> <li>Transportation $7.9 billion</li> <li>Criminal Justice and Corrections $4.5 billion</li> <li>General government $4 billion</li> <li>Natural Resources and Environment $3 billion</li> <li>Reserves $2.28 billion</li> <li>Courts $459 million</li></ul> <p>In 2011, undocumented immigrants were estimated to cost the Florida government $700 million. This included $548 million for children (excluding American-born children of undocumented aliens). Average student cost is $9,035. There are an estimated 60,750 undocumented immigrant children of school age. There are 5,641 undocumented in Florida prisons at an average cost of $18,980 annually, for a total of $107 million. A 2003 study indicated unpaid hospital costs of $40 million annually.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>High-level state officers use one of two airplanes to get around Florida. Flights take 90 minutes to get from the capital at Tallahassee to Miami.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2011, Governor Scott directed the sale of both airplanes.<sup id="cite_ref-Scott_website_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Scott_website-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Employees">Employees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Florida&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Employees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011, as a result of Governor Rick Scott's executive order, the department required that all workers be verified as U.S. citizens with <a href="/wiki/E-verify" class="mw-redirect" title="E-verify">e-verify</a>. This applied to contracts and funds otherwise under the jurisdiction of local government.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statutes">Statutes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Florida&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Statutes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Real_estate">Real estate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Florida&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Real estate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Florida is one of several states where the courts are <a href="/wiki/Foreclosure#Strict_foreclosure/judicial_foreclosure" title="Foreclosure">required to be involved in every step of the foreclosure process</a>. By 2012, it took three years to complete the process. In nonjudicial states, it takes an average of 100 days. As a result of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_housing_bubble" class="mw-redirect" title="United States housing bubble">United States housing bubble</a>, there is a large backlog of housing that is in the foreclosure process but unavailable to the market. This overhang has had a detrimental effect on the housing market.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gun_laws">Gun laws</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Florida&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gun laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Florida" title="Gun laws in Florida">Gun laws in Florida</a></div> <p>Florida is considered "accommodating" to guns, by national standards. There are 56 laws relating to owning, transporting, and using guns. <a href="/wiki/Open_carry_in_the_United_States" title="Open carry in the United States">Open carrying</a> of firearms is nearly always illegal. Convicted felons have few rights to gun possession.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merchandising_alcohol_in_bulk">Merchandising alcohol in bulk</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Florida&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Merchandising alcohol in bulk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Florida has a 3-tier system requiring a producer, a wholesaler and a retailer. A franchise law designates who can market what alcoholic beverages where.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_Florida_political_figures">Notable Florida political figures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Florida&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable Florida political figures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ron_DeSantis" title="Ron DeSantis">Ron DeSantis</a>, 46th Governor of Florida (2019–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">Marco Rubio</a>, Senator from Florida (2011–present)</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ron_DeSantis_official_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Ron DeSantis"><img alt="Ron DeSantis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ron_DeSantis_official_photo.jpg/96px-Ron_DeSantis_official_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ron_DeSantis_official_photo.jpg/144px-Ron_DeSantis_official_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ron_DeSantis_official_photo.jpg/192px-Ron_DeSantis_official_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3809" data-file-height="4758" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ron DeSantis </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Senator_Rubio_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Senator Rubio"><img alt="Senator Rubio" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Senator_Rubio_official_portrait.jpg/96px-Senator_Rubio_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Senator_Rubio_official_portrait.jpg/144px-Senator_Rubio_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Senator_Rubio_official_portrait.jpg/192px-Senator_Rubio_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3048" data-file-height="3809" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Senator Rubio </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Florida&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Florida" title="Elections in Florida">Elections in Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Democratic_Party" title="Florida Democratic Party">Florida Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Student_Association" title="Florida Student Association">Florida Student Association</a> exercises constitutional and statutory powers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Florida" title="Government of Florida">Government of Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_Florida" title="Political party strength in Florida">Political party strength in Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Florida" title="Republican Party of Florida">Republican Party of Florida</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Florida&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Florida">Bays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_caves_in_the_United_States#Florida" title="List of caves in the United States">Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Florida" title="List of counties in Florida">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everglades" title="Everglades">Everglades</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Keys" title="Florida Keys">Keys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lakes_of_Florida" title="Category:Lakes of Florida">Lakes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Okeechobee" title="Lake Okeechobee">Lake Okeechobee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_of_Florida" title="List of metropolitan areas of Florida">Metro areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Florida" title="List of municipalities in Florida">Municipalities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Florida" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Florida" title="List of rivers of Florida">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinkhole" title="Sinkhole">Sinkholes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_major_springs_in_Florida" title="List of major springs in Florida">Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_state_forests" title="Florida state forests">State forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Florida_state_parks" title="List of Florida state parks">State parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Straits_of_Florida" title="Straits of Florida">Straits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_swamps" title="Florida swamps">Swamps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FF9C1A; color:#000033; padding:0.2em 0.5em;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Florida_hurricanes" title="List of Florida hurricanes">Major<br /> hurricanes</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1919_Florida_Keys_hurricane" title="1919 Florida Keys hurricane">Florida Keys (1919)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Tampa_Bay_hurricane" title="1921 Tampa Bay hurricane">Tampa Bay (1921)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1926_Miami_hurricane" title="1926 Miami hurricane">Miami (1926)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1928_Okeechobee_hurricane" title="1928 Okeechobee hurricane">Okeechobee (1928)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1929_Bahamas_hurricane" title="1929 Bahamas hurricane">Florida Keys (1929)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_Treasure_Coast_hurricane" title="1933 Treasure Coast hurricane">Treasure Coast (1933)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_Labor_Day_hurricane" title="1935 Labor Day hurricane">Labor Day (1935)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1944_Cuba%E2%80%93Florida_hurricane" title="1944 Cuba–Florida hurricane">Dry Tortugas (1944)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1945_Homestead_hurricane" title="1945 Homestead hurricane">Homestead (1945)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Fort_Lauderdale_hurricane" title="1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane">Fort Lauderdale (1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_1948_Florida_hurricane" title="September 1948 Florida hurricane">South Florida (1948)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Florida_hurricane" title="1949 Florida hurricane">1949 Florida hurricane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Easy_(1950)" title="Hurricane Easy (1950)">Easy (1950)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_King" title="Hurricane King">King (1950)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Donna" title="Hurricane Donna">Donna (1960)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Betsy" title="Hurricane Betsy">Betsy (1965)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Eloise" title="Hurricane Eloise">Eloise (1975)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Elena" title="Hurricane Elena">Elena (1985)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew" title="Hurricane Andrew">Andrew (1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Opal" title="Hurricane Opal">Opal (1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Charley" title="Hurricane Charley">Charley (2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Frances" title="Hurricane Frances">Frances (2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Ivan" title="Hurricane Ivan">Ivan (2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Jeanne" title="Hurricane Jeanne">Jeanne (2004)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Dennis" title="Hurricane Dennis">Dennis (2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Wilma" title="Hurricane Wilma">Wilma (2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Matthew" title="Hurricane Matthew">Matthew (2016)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Irma" title="Hurricane Irma">Irma (2017)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Michael" title="Hurricane Michael">Michael (2018)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Dorian" title="Hurricane Dorian">Dorian (2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Ian" title="Hurricane Ian">Ian (2022)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Idalia" title="Hurricane Idalia">Idalia (2023)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Helene" title="Hurricane Helene">Helene (2024)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Milton" title="Hurricane Milton">Milton (2024)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FF9C1A; color:#000033; padding:0.2em 0.5em;;width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:African-American_history_of_Florida" title="Category:African-American history of Florida">African-American</a></li> <li>Brazilian-American culture <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Americans#Brazilian_American_communities" title="Brazilian Americans">Miami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida#Demographics" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Florida" title="Crime in Florida">Crime</a></li> <li>Cuban-American culture <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cuban_migration_to_Miami" title="Cuban migration to Miami">Miami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Cuban-American_culture_in_Tampa,_Florida" title="Category:Cuban-American culture in Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Florida" title="Culture of Florida">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Florida" title="Demographics of Florida">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Florida" title="Economy of Florida">Economy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Florida" title="Agriculture in Florida">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_tourism_industry" title="Florida tourism industry">Tourism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Florida" title="Education in Florida">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_cracker" title="Florida cracker">Florida cracker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Florida" title="List of people from Florida">Floridians</a></li> <li><a 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title="List of Florida ballot measures">Ballot measures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Florida" title="United States congressional delegations from Florida">Congressional delegations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_congressional_districts" title="Florida's congressional districts">Congressional districts</a></li></ul></li> <li>Puerto Rican culture <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stateside_Puerto_Ricans#Orlando" title="Stateside Puerto Ricans">Orlando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kissimmee,_Florida#Demographics" title="Kissimmee, Florida">Kissimmee</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Florida" title="Sports in Florida">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seminole" title="Seminole">Seminole</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Seminoles" title="Black Seminoles">Black Seminoles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_Florida" title="Sports in Florida">Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#FF9C1A; color:#000033; padding:0.2em 0.5em;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Florida" title="Culture of Florida">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_casinos_in_Florida" title="List of casinos in Florida">Casinos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Film_industry_in_Florida" title="Film industry in Florida">Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Man" title="Florida Man">Florida Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Heritage_Trails" title="Florida Heritage Trails">Florida Heritage Trails</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floridiana" title="Floridiana">Floridiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floribbean_cuisine" title="Floribbean cuisine">Floribbean cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_literature" title="Florida literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_accent" 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