FLORIDA PRIMARY RESOLVES MOST JUDICIAL RACES; SEVEN HEAD TO NOVEMBER RUNOFFS
Four circuit races, one each in the Ninth and 17th circuits and two in the 11th, went to a runoff, as did three county court races in Duval, Liberty, and Seminole counties
Only a handful of circuit and county court judicial races remain to be resolved after voters cast ballots in the August 18 primary election.
Four circuit races, one each in the Ninth and 17th circuits and two in the 11th, went to a runoff, as did three county court races in Duval, Liberty, and Seminole counties.
Overall, ballots were cast in 23 circuit court races and 16 county court races.
The runoff contests will be on the November 3 general election ballot, along with the merit retention referendums on Supreme Court Justice Carlos G. Muñiz and 22 district court of appeal judges.
Circuit court election results were taken from unofficial tallies posted on the Secretary of State Division of Elections’ website. To win, candidates needed to garner more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate received a majority of the votes cast, the top two vote-getters will face each other in the November general election.
Here are the circuit results:
Second Circuit
Group 7
- Judge Jason Jones, 51.51%
- Stephanie A. Cager, 48.9%
Group 13
- Judge J. Lee Marsh, 51.29%
- Rashad Green, 48.71%
Fifth Circuit
Group 27
- Nicole M. Morris, 52.23%
- Lisa Yeager, 47.77%
Sixth Circuit
Group 39
- Elizabeth "Liz" Constantine, 72.75%
- Stefen Diskey, 27.25%
Group 44
- Oxalis B. Garcia, 27.86%
- Elizabeth "Liz" Jack, 72.14%
Seventh Circuit
Group 26
- Carleen Leffler, 39.25%
- Jeanne Stratis, 60.75%
Ninth Circuit
Group 1
- Judge Mikaela Nix, 27.47%
- Temika Hampton-Johnson, 44.09%
- Charles Hart, 28.44%
Group 2
- Christina Arguelles, 65.24%
- Christie Lou Mitchell, 34.76%
Group 31
- Steve Kerestes, 40.98%
- Kamilah Perry, 59.02%
10th Circuit
Group 23
- Lakeisha Latoya Babers, 34.83%
- Chris P. Spath, 65.17%
Group 24
- Andrea DeMichael, 55.67%
- Candice Dixon, 44.33%
11th Circuit
Group 5
- Alex Annunziato, 21.6%
- Arthur LeMar "Marty" McNeil, 42.48%
- Monica Segura, 35.92%
Group 35
- Renee Gordon, 63.11%
- Cristobal David Padron, 36.89%
Group 67
- Judge Mavel Ruiz, 49.54%
- Destiny Alvarez, 50.46%
Group 69
- Rita Maria Baez, 37.13%
- Yaneth Del Carmen Baez, 27.9%
- Bonita Jones-Peabody, 34.97%
Group 76
- Judge Spencer Eig, 56.42%
- Yenly Dominguez, 43.58%
13th Circuit
Group 7
- Luis "Louie" Aguila, 41.09%
- Sara Peacock, 58.91%
Group 13
- Nina McGucken Alvarez, 63.04%
- Jim Wimsatt, 36.96%
17th Circuit
Group 52
- David Andrew Fry, 33.78%
- Tamar Hamilton, 41.28%
- Kathleen O'Brien "Katie" Hinkle, 24.94%
18th Circuit
Group 4
- Judge Robert Alan Segal, 57.93%
- Larry Freeman, 42.07%
Group 13
- Andrea Fant, 56.27%
- George Cole Gaspard, 43.73%
20th Circuit
Group 19
- Judge James Stewart, 59.95%
- Vera Bergermann, 40.05%
Group 27
- Judge Amanda Levy-Reis, 62.63%
- Ryan Kuhl, 37.37%
Results in county court judicial races were compiled from unofficial results from individual supervisor of elections websites. If any results have been omitted or are wrong, please contact [email protected].
To win, candidates needed to garner more than 50% of the vote. If no candidate received a majority of the votes cast, the top two vote-getters will face each other in the November general election.
Here are the county results:
Alachua County
Group 5
- Eric Atria, 61.49%
- Martin AuBroncee, 38.51%
Brevard County
Group 3
- Rodney Antonio Edwards, 31.72%
- Timi DeAnn Tucker, 68.28%
Broward County
Group 11
- Debi Gheorge Alten, 29.98%
- Veronica N. Walker, 70.02%
Duval County
Group 1
- Matt Lufrano, 56.63%
- Latoya Williams Shelton, 43.37%
Group 13
- Melina Buncome, 33.02%
- Marquita H. Green, 29.76%
- Octavius A. Holliday, Jr., 37.22%
Hendry County
- Jill E. Cabai, 28.79%
- Robert Ostrov, 55.66%
- Antoinette Peck, 15.55%
Lee County
Group 5
- Michael Colombo, 56.56%
- Judge Javier Pacheco, 43.44%
Liberty County
Group 1
- Judge Christopher Bufano, 41.13%
- Elijah Lane Bentley, 25.86%
- Laura Wahlquist Parish, 33.01%
Miami-Dade County
Group 25
- Maribel Diaz, 50.13%
- Luis Perez-Medina, 49.87%
Monroe County
Group 2
- Kevin McCarthy, 65.84%
- David Van Loon, 34.16%
Orange County
Group 5
- Asima Azam, 52.11%
- Kafi D. Kennedy, 47.89%
Group 17
- Cherish Adams, 53.64%
- Joy Goodyear, 46.36%
Palm Beach County
Group 12
- Jacob M. Noble, 55.83%
- Schnelle Tonge, 44.17
Pinellas County
Group 10
- Nick Fiorentino, 63.58%
- Zachariah Wade, 36.42%
Seminole County
Group 3
- Sylvia Grunor, 60.06%
- Nathan A. Skop, 39.94%
Group 6
- Alena Chaban, 42.86%
- Wayne Culver, 30.20%
- Erik Swenk, 26.94%
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