REPUBLICAN TRIFECTA There are 120 seats in the House (65% R) and 40 in the Senate (60% R). House members serve 2-year terms, limited to 4 terms and Senate members serve one 2-year term and two 4-year terms each decade, limited to 2 terms. Elections occur in even years with all of the House and generally 1/2 of Senate seats up every 2 years but all Senate seats are up in 2022.

January 11, 2022 - March 11, 2022. Session limited to 60 calendar days.

The Governor (R) and AG (R) are elected to 4-year terms in midterm elections and are limited to 2 consecutive terms. The SOS (R) is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the state senate to serve at the governors pleasure. The next election is in 2022.

There are 7 judges, each appointed by the governor from a list of 3 to 6 nominees submitted by a judicial nominating commission consisting of nine members who are appointed by the governor to four-year terms. Newly appointed judges serve for at least one year, after which they appear in a yes-no retention election held during the next general election. If retained, judges serve 6-year terms. A judge must retire at age 75; however, a judge who reaches 75 after serving at least half of his or her term may complete that term. All 7 judges were appointed by Republican governors. Vacancies are filled as it normally would be at the end of a judges term.

Senate seats (R) are up in 2022 and 2024. House seats (16R, 10D, 1V) are up in even years. Florida was apportioned a 28th seat in the US house after the 2020 census.

Both congressional and state legislative district lines are drawn by the state legislature. Congressional lines are adopted as regular legislation and are subject to veto by the governor. State legislative lines are passed via joint resolution and cannot be vetoed. State legislative district maps are automatically submitted to the Florida Supreme Court for approval. Should the court reject the lines, the legislature is given a second chance to draft a plan. If the legislature cannot approve a state legislative redistricting plan, the state attorney general must ask the state supreme court to draft a plan. There are 27 congressional (28 after redistricting), 40 state senate and 120 state house districts.