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By George Miller
8-23-22- we will update this article periodically
FL Governor- Crist 60% easily beat Fried 35% in the Dem race and will face incumbent Governor DeSantis, who was unopposed in the primary, in the general election
Congressional District 4 (Rep), Aaron Bean was way ahead with 68% of the vote last time I checked, with Erick Aguilar at 26%, the rest for Jon Chubo.
Congressional District 4 Dems– Holloway and Hill are almost in dead heat, with the former slightly ahead.
Congressional District 5 (Rep) Rutherford, with 66%, Macie 18%
District 15 State House (Rep)– Dean Black with 64%, Emily Nunez 36%
State Senate- Smith (Dem) and Clay Yarborough (Rep) were both uncontested and will face off in November.
For U.S. Senate, Deming (Dem) 84% vs Rush 6% . Rubio (Rep) incumbent uncontested
Attorney-General – Ayala (Dem) 45%, Ulfelder 28%. Rep. Moody uncontested
Nassau County
Board of Commissioners
District 2 Hupp Huppman won big with 63% vs Aaron Bell 37%
District 4- Alyson McCullough 47%, George Spicer 28%, Thomas Ford 24%
Ocean, Highway & Port Authority
District 3- Justin Taylor 61%, Scott Hanna 39%
District 4- Ray Nelson 51%, Nate Bell 26%, Kyle Caswell 23%
School Board
District 1- Shannon Hogue 47%, Jamie Deonis 34%, Rick Pavelock 20%
District 3- Curtis Gaus 38%, Albert Wagner 35%, David Dew 27%
Fernandina Beach City Commission- Note that the vote won’t happen until November
County Voting Stats
Registered Voters:
74,467
Ballots Counted:
22,872
Voter Turnout:
30.71%
Latest numbers: https://enr.electionsfl.org/NAS/3204/Summary/Scrolling/Banner/
Note that the Elections officer reports that ALL votes were counted by tonight, 8-23-22, except for provisional ballots, which require some research. Sure is a lot better than some of the troubled “swing states” of 2020
George Miller is Publisher and Co-Founder of Citizens Journal Florida, based in Fernandina Beach. He is a “retired” operations management consultant, software and publishing executive and manufacturing management professional.