AskBiography Logo   Latest News  Follow Us on Twitter  Follow Us on Google Buzz  Became Fan - Facebook  Subscribe to RSSRSS   Bookmark and Share

Florida Senate

NameFlorida Senate
LegislatureFlorida State Legislature
Coa PicFlorida Senate seal.png
Session RoomFlorida Senate Chamber.jpg
House TypeUpper house
Term Limits2 terms (8 years)
New SessionMarch 8, 2011
House TypeUpper House
Leader1 TypePresident of the Senate
Leader1Mike Haridopolos
Party1(R)
Election1November 16, 2010
Leader2 TypePresident pro tempore
Leader2Mike Bennett
Party2(R)
Election2November 16, 2010
Leader3 TypeMajority Leader
Leader3Andy Gardiner
Party3(R)
Election3November 16, 2010
Leader4 TypeMinority Leader
Leader4Nan Rich
Party4(D)
Election4November 16, 2010
Term Length4 years
AuthorityArticle I, Section 1, Florida Constitution
Salary$29,697/year + per diem
Members40
Last Election1November 2, 2010
(24 seats)
Next Election1November 6, 2012
(40 seats)
RedistrictingLegislative Control
Political Groups1Republican Party (28)
Democratic Party (12)
Meeting PlaceState Senate Chamber
Florida Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida
MottoIn God We Trust

     Home | Legislature | Florida Senate



The Florida Senate is the upper house of the Florida Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Senate is composed of 40 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 470,032.

The Senate convenes at the State Capitol in Tallahassee. Senators serve four-year terms, and are restricted by term limits, confining them to two four-year terms (eight years).


Warning: simplexml_load_file(http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/-/Florida/Senate?orderby=viewCount&max-results=10) [function.simplexml-load-file]: failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.0 410 Gone in /home/askbio/public_html/index_bio.php on line 257

Warning: simplexml_load_file() [function.simplexml-load-file]: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/-/Florida/Senate?orderby=viewCount&max-results=10" in /home/askbio/public_html/index_bio.php on line 257

Fatal error: Call to a member function children() on a non-object in /home/askbio/public_html/index_bio.php on line 260