All appellate jurists retained and voters decide 20 runoffs
All appellate jurists retained and voters decide 20 runoffs
Voters retained all three Florida Supreme Court justices as well as all 28 district court of appeal judges up for retention on the November 8 general election ballot and they also settled runoffs in nine circuit and 11 county court judicial races.
At the Supreme Court, Justice Charles Canady received a 68.01 percent yes vote, Chief Justice Jorge Labarga tallied 66.01 percent, and Justice Ricky L. Polson got 67.8 percent. Each polled more than 5 million “yes” votes, more than the about 4.6 million votes President-elect Donald Trump got in carrying the state in the presidential contest.
The Supreme Court retention vote may have an effect on Trump’s presidency as he has identified Justice Canady on a list of people he would consider appointing to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Voting in the district court of appeal retention races followed the pattern of recent elections. All the judges were retained by comfortable margins, but judges in the First DCA got the lowest retention percentages while those in the Third and Fourth DCAs got the highest.
First DCA
• Judge Ross Bilbrey, 63.23 percent.
• Judge Susan Kelsey, 64.91 percent.
& #x2022; Judge Lori S. Rowe, 63.51 percent.• Judge Kent Wetherell, 62.2 percent.
• Judge Bo Winokur 61.5 percent.
• Judge Jim Wolf, 62.51 percent.
Second DCA
• Judge John Badalamenti, 69.34 percent.
• Judge Marva L. Crenshaw, 68.81 percent.
• Judge Patricia J. Kelly, 72.23 percent.
• Judge Nelly N. Khouzam, 67.37.
• Judge Matt Lucas, 70.76 percent.
• Judge Robert Morris, 69.38 percent.
• Judge Stevan Travis Northcutt, 67.49 percent.
• Judge Samuel Salario, Jr., 69.81 percent.
• Judge Craig C. Villanti, 69.74 percent.
• Judge Douglas Alan Wallace, 69.92 percent.
Third DCA
• Judge Edwin A. Scales, 71.77 percent.
• Judge Linda Ann Wells, 74.73 percent.
Fourth DCA
• Judge Cory J. Ciklin, 73.79 percent.
• Judge Dorian K. Damoorgian, 72.74 percent.
• Judge Jonathan D. Gerber, 74.68 percent.
• Judge Robert M. Gross, 72.72 percent.
• Judge Spencer D. Levine, 73.01.
• Judge Melanie G. May, 76.11 percent.
Fifth DCA
• Judge Jay Cohen, 67.95 percent.
• Judge James A. Edwards, 69.43 percent.
• Judge Brian Lambert, 68.85 percent.
• Judge Vincent G. Torpy, Jr., 68.33 percent.
Here are the circuit court results:
Ninth Circuit
• Luis Calderón, 58.76 percent.
• Joseph Haynes Davis, 41.24 percent.
11th Circuit , Group 34
• Mark Blumstein, 51.16 percent.
• Luis Perez-Medina, 48.84 percent.
11th Circuit , Group 52
• Oscar Rodriguez-Fonts, 50.27 percent.
• Carol “Jodie” Breece, 49.73 percent.
13th Circuit
• Melissa Polo, 60.28 percent.
• Gary Dolgin, 39.72 percent.
15th Circuit
• “Lou” Luis Delgado, 53.85 percent.
• Gregory Tendrich, 46.15 percent.
17th Circuit , Group 9
• Andrea Ruth Gundersen, 56.64 percent.
• Lea P. Krauss, 43.36 percent.
17th Circuit , Group 15
• Barbara Roseann Duffy, 60.57 percent.
• Abbe Sheila Rifkin, 39.43 percent.
18th Circui t
• Christina Sanchez, 54.91 percent.
• Steve Henderson, 45.09 percent.
19th Circuit
• Michael J. McNicholas, 56.75 percent.
• Robert “Bob” Meadows, 43.25 percent.
In county judge races:
Bradford County
• Tatum Davis, 60.98 percent.
• Dan Sikes, 39.02 percent.
Brevard County
• Kelly McCormack Ingram, 55.9 percent.
• Rod Kernan, 44.1 percent.
Broward County , Group 3
• Florence Taylor Barner, 59.66 percent.
• Rhoda Sokoloff, 40.34 percent.
Broward County , Group 7
• Nina Weatherly Di Pietro, 51.55 percent.
• Ian Richards, 48.45 percent.
Broward County , Group 14
• Kim Theresa Mollica, 58.95 percent.
• Bradford A. Peterson, 41.05 percent.
Lake County
• Brian Welke, 51.22 percent.
• Cary Rada, 48.78 percent.
Orange County , Group 1
• Eric DuBois, 52.76 percent.
• Michael Gibson, 47.24 percent.
Orange County , Group 4
• David Johnson, 51.67 percent.
• Tom Young, 48.33 percent.
Orange County , Group 5
• Evellen Jewett, 55.39 percent.
• Frank George, 44.61 percent.
Palm Beach County
• Dana Marie Santino, 51.51 percent.
• Gregg Lerman, 48.49 percent.
Volusia County
• Shirley Green, 51.2 percent.
• Heather Caeners, 48.8 percent.
