Florida voters retain Supreme Court justices and 23 appellate judges in November 5 election
Three circuit and eight county court judicial races also decided
Justice Renatha Francis
Voters retained Supreme Court Justices Renatha Francis and Meredith Sasso and 23 district court of appeal judges up for retention on the November 5 general election ballot and they also settled contests in three circuit and eight county court judicial races.
Justice Meredith L. Sasso
Voting in the district court of appeal retention races followed the pattern of recent elections. All the judges were retained by comfortable margins.
All results are based on unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s website for the circuit court races and from individual supervisor of elections’ websites for county court contests.
SUPREME COURT
- Justice Renatha Francis: Yes 63.17%
- Justice Meredith Sasso: Yes 62.35%
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
- Stephanie Ray: Yes 66.43%
- Brad Thomas: Yes 64.4%
- Kemmerly Thomas: 64.98%
Second DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
- Anthony K. Black: Yes 68.6%
- Edward C. LaRose: Yes 69.7%
- Susan H. Rothstein-Youakim: Yes 68.66%
Third DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
- Kevin Emas: Yes 73.69%
- Ivan F. Fernandez: Yes 70.29%
- Norma Shepard Lindsey: Yes 68.33%
Fourth DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
- Burton C. Conner: Yes 65.34%
- Jeffrey T. Kuntz: Yes 62.99%
Fifth DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
- Joe Boatwright: Yes 65.32%
- Eric Eisnaugle: Yes 63.77%
- Harvey Jay: Yes 66.15%
- Paige Kilbane: Yes 65.16%
- John MacIver: Yes 64.25%
- Jordan Pratt: Yes 65.2%
- Adrian G. Soud: Yes 65.22%
Sixth DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
- Paetra Brownlee: Yes 64.01%
- Roger Gannam: Yes 62.78%
- Joshua Mize: Yes 63.03%
- Jared Smith: Yes 63.8%
- Keith White: Yes 63.81%
Here are the circuit results:
Sixth Circuit
Group 14
- Jenn Dubbeld, 50.07%
- Nick Fiorentino, 49.93%
Ninth Circuit
Group 15
- Alicia L. Peyton, 62.6%
- Judge Jeffrey Ashton, 37.4%
17th Circuit
- Jessica Maureen Marra, 100%
- Andres Chaves Sanz (write-in candidate), 0%
Here are the county results:
Brevard County
Group 6
- Clarissa Harrell, 51.63%
- Margaret Wagner, 48.37%
Broward County
Group 10
- Woody Clermont, 54.41%
- Samuel Ford Stark, 45.59%
Charlotte County
Group 1
- Sean M. Lux, 54.40%
- Kathryn Wallace, 45.60%
Duval County
Group 9
- Shayla E. Lee, 57.18%
- Matthew Lufrano, 42.82%
Leon County
Group 4
- LaShawn Riggins, 50.48%
- Robert Churchill 49.52%
Miami-Dade County
Group 29
- Christopher Benjamin, 51.90%
- Alina Salcines Restrepo, 48.10%
Palm Beach County
Group 2
- Lourdes Casanova, 56.32%
- Jean Marie Middleton, 43.68%
Putnam County
Group 1
- Judge Anne Marie Gennusa, 50.35%
- Alex Sharp, 49.65%
