# 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.

## 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 |
| 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 | | Consisted of parts of Bay, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton counties President Pro Tempore (2004–2006) |
| 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 | Consisted of Nassau county and part of Duval county President Pro Tempore (2020–2022) |
| Clay Yarborough | Republican | 2022–Present | Mobile, Alabama | Consists of Nassau county and part of Duval 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 | Pat Thomas | 68,599 | 85.7% |
| | Democratic | Lenora Walsh | 11,417 | 14.3% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 80,016 | 100% |

### 1982

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

### 1986

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

### 1990

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

### 1992

Democratic Primary (1992) :
| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 73,332 | 100% |
Democratic Primary Runoff (1992) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Don Tucker | 26,353 | 45.7% |
| | Democratic | Charles Williams | 31,340 | 54.3% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 57,693 | 100% |

### 1994

Democratic Primary (1994) :
| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 50,252 | 100% |
General Election (1994) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Charles Williams | 67,800 | 60.7% |
| | Republican | George Onett | 43,988 | 39.3% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 111,788 | 100% |

### 1998

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

### 2002

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

### 2012

Republican Primary (2012) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Aaron Bean | 31,269 | 64.2% |
| | Republican | Mike Weinstein | 17,451 | 35.8% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 48,720 | 100% |
General Election (2012) :
| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 232,118 | 100% |

### 2018

Republican Primary (2018) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Aaron Bean | 50,275 | 87.4% |
| | Republican | Carlos E. Slay | 7,274 | 12.6% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 57,549 | 100% |
General Election (2018) :
| Party | 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 | Total votes | Total votes | 235,459 | 100% |

### 2022

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