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.

Florida's 6th State Senate district
Senator	Jennifer Bradley R
Demographics	39.2%% White 43.4%% Black 11.3%% Hispanic 3.8%% Asian 0.4%% Native American 0.1%% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Population (2020)	526,802
Notes	Statistics gathered in 2020

List of senators

NOTE: The following information was gathered from the Florida Senate website. Only records of senators from 1998-present are kept.

Portrait	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) ^[1]

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

1980

Democratic Primary (1980) ^[2]

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			91,932	100%

Democratic Primary Runoff (1980) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kirkpatrick	44,777	52.7%
	Democratic	Perry C. McGriff, Jr.	40,208	47.3%
Total votes			84,985	100%

1982

Democratic Primary (1982) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Margaret C. Eppes	15,800	41.3%
	Democratic	George Kirkpatrick	22,421	58.7%
Total votes			38,221	100%

1986

Democratic Primary (1982) ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Kirkpatrick	25,529	55.4%
	Democratic	Jo Ann Doke Smith	20,569	44.6%
Total votes			46,098	100%

1990

General Election (1990) ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Campe	27,694	33.9%
	Democratic	George Kirkpatrick	53,952	66.1%
Total votes			81,646	100%

1992

General Election (1992) ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sylvia Simmons	31,667	25.9%
	Republican	Ander Crenshaw	90,498	74.1%
Total votes			122,165	100%

1994

Republican Primary (1994) ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Horne	14,867	60.3%
	Republican	Ginny Myrick	9,793	39.7%
Total votes			24,660	100%

General Election (1994) ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matthew F. (Matt) Carlucci	44,069	43.5%
	Republican	Jim Horne	57,244	56.5%
Total votes			101,313	100%

2010

Democratic Primary (2010) ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Montford	32,264	55.2%
	Democratic	Curtis Richardson	26,236	44.8%
Total votes			58,500	100%

General Election (2010) ^[11]

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			149,031	100%

2012

General Election (2012) ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Thrasher	139,941	58.7%
	Democratic	Kathleen Trued	98,280	41.3%
Total votes			238,221	100%

2014

Republican Primary (2014) ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Derek Hankerson	10,126	29.8%
	Republican	John Thrasher	23,899	70.2%
Total votes			34,025	100%

General Election (2014) ^[14]

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			182,075	100%