State Senator District 8
Tommy Wright
● RepublicanIn office since 2024
Quick facts 4 on file
Party● Republican
OfficeState Senator District 8
District8
In office since2024
Office & contact
Florida Senate Building, The Capitol
Room 412, Senate Building 404 S. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32399
850-487-5008wright.tom.web@flsenate.govDirections ↗Data sources 3 on file
- State legislature roll calls
- Published advocacy scorecards
- News coverage, outlet lean labeled
Every claim links to its primary source.
- Votes with the Republican majority 98% of the time; Wright’s 2 recent breaks lean one way - voting yes where most Republicans voted no. official roll calls
- Advocacy groups split on the record - Americans for Prosperity - Florida scores it 100, Florida Chamber of Commerce 94% (2 published scorecards). published scorecards
- Sponsored 28 bills and co-sponsored 9 on record; most recently SB 1602 “Housing for Veterans” (Jun 12, 2026). bill records
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What we don’t cover yet
Campaign finance filings for this office aren’t wired in yet - when they’re sourced, they’ll appear here.
The record
official roll calls · every vote links to the bill
98%
Votes with the Republican majority.
Where both parties recorded a position on the same roll call, Wright’s vote matched the Republican position 98% of the time. That makes the 2 recent breaks the clearest signal of where Wright actually stands - they’re first, below. official roll calls · Jun 2, 2026
2,270 votes · 2,211 yes · 29 no · 14 absent · 11 excused · 4 other · 1 not voting
Where Wright broke from the party - the high-signal votes
VOTED YESroll call
Land Use and Development Regulations
Republicans voted no, 5–19; Wright was one of the 5 in favor · HB 399 · Mar 13, 2026
VOTED YESroll call
Land Use and Development Regulations
Republicans voted no, 6–20; Wright was one of the 6 in favor · HB 399 · Mar 13, 2026
Pattern: the breaks lean one way - voting yes where most Republicans voted no.
Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters
Criminal Justice24 votes · yes on 22, no on 0, 2 other
State Government24 votes · yes on 24, no on 0
Public Safety24 votes · yes on 23, no on 0, 1 other
Transportation22 votes · yes on 21, no on 0, 1 other
Law Enforcement20 votes · yes on 19, no on 0, 1 other
One vote can touch several topics.
LATEST: YESProperty Tax AdministrationSB 4F · Jun 2, 2026
Personal finances
official financial-disclosure filings - originals one click away
Official personal financial-disclosure records are available in the comparison experience, with each figure linked to its filing.
Standing
how advocacy groups rate them - never our verdict
2 ratings from advocacy groups, across 2 issue areas. Scores are shown on a shared 0–100 scale so groups can be read side by side, with each group’s own published score kept next to it. Every score is the group’s opinion, never our verdict, and every row links to the scorecard.
Coverage
reporting about them · outlet lean labeled · we don’t pick sides
All from center-rated outlets so far - we show the left/right spread only when there’s a spread to show.
Showing 1 of 3 stories on file - 2 duplicate listings of a story already shown were folded in.
Connections
people, money, orgs as one graph - every chip is a portal
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