District 9 includes the southern half of Alachua County (everything south of State Roads 26 and 24) as well as all of Marion and Levy counties. Incumbent Republican state senator Keith Perry can’t run again due to term limits. With only one Republican and one Democrat competing for this open seat, this race only appears on the November ballot.

Incumbent Democrat Tracie Davis is seeking re-election in District 5.

District 9 now includes the southern half of Alachua County (everything south of State Roads 26 and 24) as well as all of Marion and Levy counties.

District 4 now includes all of Duval County outside Interstate 295 except for an area south of Baymeadows Road to the county line. It does include part of the Westside west of I-295 south of Interstate 10 and east of State Road 23 (Cecil Commerce Parkway).

Democrat Tracie Davis, who has served six years in the Florida House, easily defeated Tony Hill, a Jacksonville city councilman, in the August primary for this open seat in the Florida Senate. Davis will face Republican Binod Kumar and a write-in candidate in November.