August 30 Primary Elections
THE WINNERS
The following are the candidates that won the majority votes in their respective races in Tuesday’s Primary Election. Most of the winning candidates will now advance to compete for respective offices in the November 8 General Elections. However, in some instances the candidates were actually elected to the relevant office in Tuesday’s election because of having no challenger in November. Those elected are designated with an asterisk beside their name.
US CONGRESS:
US SENATE
Marco Rubio (Rep)
Patrick Murphy (Dem)
US HOUSE
District 18
Brian Mast (Rep)
Randy Perkins (Dem)
District 23
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (Dem)
Joseph “Joe” Kaufman (Rep)
District 24
Frederica Wilson (Dem) Incumbent
District 26
Joe Garcia (REP)
District 27
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (REP) Incumbent)
Scoot Fuhrman (Dem)
FLORIDA STATE SENATOR
District 29
Kevin Rader (Dem)*
District 30
Bobby Powell (Dem)
District 31
Jeff Clemens (Dem)
District 34
Gary Farmer (Dem)
District 38
Daphne Campbell (DEM)
District 40
Dwight Bullard (Dem) Incumbent
STATE REPRESENTATIVES
District 86
Matt Willhite (Dem)
District 87
David Silvers (DEM)
District 88
Al Jaquet (DEM)
District 91
Emily Slosberg (Dem)
District 92
Patricia Hawkins-Miller (Dem)*
District 93
Ken Keechi (Dem)
District 95
Barrington Russell (Dem)*
District 107
Barbara Watson (DEM) – Incumbent*
District 108
Roy Hardeman (Dem)*
District 112
Rosa Maria “Rosy” Palomino (REP)
Nicholas Duran (DEM)
District 113
David Richardson (Dem) (Incumbent)
District 114
Daisy Baez (Dem)
District 115
Dr. Jeffrey Solomon (Dem)
District 118
David Rivera (REP)…
District 120
Daniel Horton (DEM)
COUNTY COMMISSIONS
Broward County
District 1
Nan Rich (Dem)
District 5
Steven Anthony Geller (Dem)
District 9
Dale V.C Holness (Dem)
BROWARD SHERIFF
Scott Israel (Incumbent)
BROWARD SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Brenda C Snipes (Incumbent)
STATE ATTORNEY
Mike Satz (DEM)
BROWARD SCHOOL BOARD
District 2
Patricia “Patti” Good*
District 5
Rosalind Osgood*
District 9 – At Large
Robin Bartleman*
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISION
District 7
Xavier Suarez*
District 9
Dennis Moss *
District 11
Joe Martinez *
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MAYOR
Carlos Giminez (Incumbent)
Because Giminez only received 47 percent of the vote, not over 50 percent as required, He and his main opponent Raquel Regalado who received 38 percent face a run-off election on November 8.
Miami Dade School Board
District 1
Wilbert T Holloway
(Faces runoff election with Steve Gallon III)
District 6
Maria Teresa Rojas
(Faces runoff election with Modesto “Mo” Aberty)
District 7
Lubby Navarro*
CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS MAYOR
Oliver Gilbert (Incumbent)*
CITY OF MIAMI GARDEN COUNCIL
Seat 1
Lilli Odom*
Seat 2
Rodney Harris*
Seat 5
Andre Williams
(Faces runoff election with David Williams, Jr.)
PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSION
District 3
Dave Kerner*
District 7
Mark Bernard
PORT OF PALM BEACH COMMISSIONM
Group 2
Katherine Waldron
PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD
District 1
Tom Sutherfield
(Runoff election required with Barbara Mcquinn)
PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF
Rick Bradshaw (Incumbent)*
PALM BEACH SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
Susan Bucher (Incumbent)*
JUDICIAL RACES
BROWARD
Circuit Judge 17th Circuit:
Group 9
Lea P. Krauss
(Runoff election required with Andrea Ruth Gundersen)
Group 15
Barbara Roseann Duffy.
(Runoff election required with Abbe Rifkin)
Group 23
Barbara McCarthy*
Group 24
Michael Lynch*
Broward County Court
Group 2
Kal Evans (Incumbent)*
Group 3
Florence Taylor Barner
(Runoff election required with Rhoda Sokoloff)
Group 7
Ian Richards
(Runoff election required with Nina Weatherly Dipietro)
Group 8
Kathleen McCarthy*
Group 13
Betsy Benson*
Group 14
Kim Theresa Mollica
(Runoff election required with Bradford Allan Peterson)
Group 21
Debora Carpenter-Toye*
BROWARD CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
Brenda Foreman (DEM)
MIAMI-DADE
Circuit Judges 11th Judicial Circuit
Group 9
Maria Del Rey*
Group 34
Mark Blumstein
(Faces Runoff election with Luis Perez Medina)
Group 52
Carol “Jodie” Breece”
(Faces Runoff election with Oscar Rodriquez-Fonts)
Group 66
Robert J. Luck*
Group 74
George Sarduy*
Miami-Dade County Court
Group 5
Fred Seraphin (Incumbent)
(A recount is likely as Seraphin won by only a few hundred votes. If no change, he will likely face a runoff election with Milena Abreu in November.)
Group 7
Ed Newman*
Group 15
Linda Luce*
Group 35
Wendell Graham (Incumbent)*
PALM BEACH COUNTY
Circuit Judges 15th Judicial Circuit
Group 1
Diana Keever*
Group 4
Gregory Tendrich
(Runoff election required with Luis “Lou” Delgado
PALM BEACH COUNTY COURT
Group 7
Marni Bryson*
Group 11
Gregg Lerman
Group 15
Bradley Harper*
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 4
(Exemption of certain taxes for solar devices)
Approved
