Florida's 27th Senate district

Florida's 27th Senate District elects one member of the Florida Senate. The district comprises portions of Lee County. Its current Senator is Republican Lizbeth Benacquisto.

Florida's 27th State Senate District
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

1. "Senator Benacquisto - The Florida Senate".
2. "District 27 Demographic Profile (SENATE)" (PDF).
3. "Request Rejected" (PDF).
4. "Florida Senators". web.archive.org. January 13, 2018.
5. "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Lizbeth Benacquisto". www.ourcampaigns.com.