Florida's 27th Senate district
Florida's 27th Senate District elects one member of the Florida Senate. The district is comprised of portions of Lee County. Its current Senator is Republican Lizbeth Benacquisto.
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| Current senator | Lizbeth Benacquisto[1] (R–Fort Myers) |
| Demographics | 82.9% White 8.6% Black 16.3% Hispanic 1.5% Asian .3% Native American .1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 4.6% Other 2.1% Remainder of multiracial |
| Population (2010) • Voting age | 474,201 381,954 |
| Notes | [2][3][4] |
Senators
- W. J. Turner, 1865-1866
- F. B. Hogan, 1879
- A. A. Robinson, 1881
- M. G. Fortner, 1883
- J. W. Whiddon, 1885-1887, 1893-1895, 1901-1903
- Ziba King, 1889-1891
- W. H. Fuller, 1897-1899
- Joseph H. Humphries, 1905-1912
- Frank M. Cooper, 1913-1915, 1921
- A. M. Wilson, 1917
- A. W. Wilson, 1918-1919
- E. J. Etheredge, 1923-1927
- W. D. Bell, 1929-1931
- H. G. Murphy, 1933-1939
- William Cliett, 1941-1943
- Wilbur C. King, 1945
- Jeff Flake, 1947
- (Not represented, 1948 ex)
- James W. Moore, 1949-1951
- Doyle E. Carlton Jr., 1953-1959, 1965
- G. W. (Dick) Williams, 1961-1963
- Ben Hill Griffin Jr., 1967 (D)
- Alan Trask, 1969-1971 (D)
- Philip D. Lewis, 1973-1981 (D)
- Tom Lewis, 1982 (R)
- William G. "Doc" Myers, 1983-2000 (R)
- Ken Pruitt, 2001-2002 (R)
- Dave Aronberg, 2003-2010 (D)
- Lizbeth Benacquisto, 2011-2012 (R)
- Jeff Clemens, 2013-2016 (D)
- Lizbeth Benacquisto, 2017-present (R)[5]
References
- "Senator Benacquisto - The Florida Senate".
- "District 27 Demographic Profile (SENATE)" (PDF).
- "Request Rejected" (PDF).
- "Florida Senators". web.archive.org. January 13, 2018.
- "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Lizbeth Benacquisto". www.ourcampaigns.com.
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