# Florida's 6th Senate district

Florida's 6th Senate district elects one member to the Florida Senate. The district consists of Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Union counties, and part of Alachua county, in the U.S. state of Florida. The current senator is Republican Jennifer Bradley.

## List of senators

NOTE: The following information was gathered from the Florida Senate website. Only records of senators from 1998-present are kept.
| Name | Party | Years of service | Home city/state | Notes |
| Jim Horne | Republican | 1994-2001 | | Consisted of Parts of Clay, Duval and St. Johns county Resigned 6/30/2001 |
| Alfred "Al" Lawson, Jr. | Democratic | 2002-2010 | Midway, Florida | Consisted of Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty, Wakulla counties and parts of Bay, Jefferson, Leon, Madison counties Minority (Democratic) Leader 2008-2010 |
| Bill Montford | Democratic | 2010-2012 | Marianna, Florida | Consisted of Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty, Wakulla counties and parts of Bay, Jefferson, Leon, Madison counties |
| John E. Thrasher | Republican | 2012-2014 | Columbia, South Carolina | Consisted of Flagler, Putnam, St. Johns counties and part of Volusia county Resigned 11/9/2014 |
| Audrey Gibson | Democratic | 2014-2022 | Jacksonville, Florida | Consisted of part of Duval county Minority (Democratic) Leader 2018-2020 |
| Jennifer Bradley | Republican | 2022-Present | Tokyo, Japan | Consists of Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Union counties and part of Alachua county |

## Elections

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

### 1978

Democratic Primary (1978) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | K. H. "Buddy" MacKay | 43,396 | 62.5% |
| | Democratic | G. B. "Cap" Wilson | 25,998 | 37.5% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 69,394 | 100% |

### 1980

Democratic Primary (1980) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Gene Keith | 23,314 | 25.4% |
| | Democratic | George Kirkpatrick | 31,656 | 34.4% |
| | Democratic | Perry C. McGriff, Jr. | 36,962 | 40.2% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 91,932 | 100% |
Democratic Primary Runoff (1980) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | George Kirkpatrick | 44,777 | 52.7% |
| | Democratic | Perry C. McGriff, Jr. | 40,208 | 47.3% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 84,985 | 100% |

### 1982

Democratic Primary (1982) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Margaret C. Eppes | 15,800 | 41.3% |
| | Democratic | George Kirkpatrick | 22,421 | 58.7% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 38,221 | 100% |

### 1986

Democratic Primary (1982) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | George Kirkpatrick | 25,529 | 55.4% |
| | Democratic | Jo Ann Doke Smith | 20,569 | 44.6% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 46,098 | 100% |

### 1990

General Election (1990) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Ben Campe | 27,694 | 33.9% |
| | Democratic | George Kirkpatrick | 53,952 | 66.1% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 81,646 | 100% |

### 1992

General Election (1992) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Sylvia Simmons | 31,667 | 25.9% |
| | Republican | Ander Crenshaw | 90,498 | 74.1% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 122,165 | 100% |

### 1994

Republican Primary (1994) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Jim Horne | 14,867 | 60.3% |
| | Republican | Ginny Myrick | 9,793 | 39.7% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 24,660 | 100% |
General Election (1994) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Matthew F. (Matt) Carlucci | 44,069 | 43.5% |
| | Republican | Jim Horne | 57,244 | 56.5% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 101,313 | 100% |

### 2010

Democratic Primary (2010) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Bill Montford | 32,264 | 55.2% |
| | Democratic | Curtis Richardson | 26,236 | 44.8% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 58,500 | 100% |
General Election (2010) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John Shaw | 44,510 | 29.9% |
| | Democratic | Bill Montford | 99,825 | 67.0% |
| | Unaffiliated | David H. Abrams | 4,686 | 3.1% |
| | Write-In | Harrison Arencibian | 10 | 0.0% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 149,031 | 100% |

### 2012

General Election (2012) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John Thrasher | 139,941 | 58.7% |
| | Democratic | Kathleen Trued | 98,280 | 41.3% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 238,221 | 100% |

### 2014

Republican Primary (2014) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Derek Hankerson | 10,126 | 29.8% |
| | Republican | John Thrasher | 23,899 | 70.2% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 34,025 | 100% |
General Election (2014) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John Thrasher | 105,901 | 58.2% |
| | Democratic | Kathleen Trued | 66,786 | 36.7% |
| | Unaffiliated | Greg Feldman | 9,388 | 5.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 182,075 | 100% |