State Rep. Clay Yarborough, R-Jacksonville, has taken the first step in running for a Northeast Florida Senate seat in 2022, as Sen. Aaron Bean, R-Fernandina Beach, faces term limits.
Yarborough, who has served in the House since 2016, opened a campaign account this week to run in what is now Senate District 4, according to the state Division of Elections website.
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The district is made up of Nassau County and part of Duval County, though the boundaries — and potentially the district number — will change during the upcoming reapportionment process. Yarborough is the first candidate to open a campaign account for the 2022 race.
Also, this week Largo Republican Timothy Lewis opened an account to try to succeed term-limited Sen. Jeff Brandes, R-St. Petersburg, according to the Division of Elections website.
Brandes represents Pinellas County’s Senate District 24.