2014 General Election: Unofficial Results

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1 2014 General Election: Unofficial Results 2014 Unofficial General Election Results As of 8:45am, on November 5, 2014 Takeaways from the Florida General Election: With historic levels of funding pumped into the Governor s race, Florida s 46 th Governor will be Rick Scott. Governorelect Scott and his team will begin the transition period between now and the start of the New Year. Inauguration will take place on January 6, 2015 in Tallahassee. The Senate is still controlled by the Republicans who hold 26 seats, while the Democrats hold 14 seats. The Republicans are still 1 seat shy of a supermajority. The House was successful in their attempt to achieve a supermajority; they were able to pick up 6 seats for a total of 81 seats to the Democrats 38 seats. Four former GOP lawmakers are headed back to the House of Representatives: Fred Costello (R Ormond Beach), Scott Plakon (R Longwood), Shawn Harrison (R Tampa), and Brad Drake (R DeFuniak Springs). Senate: Only half of the Senate was up for re-election, only the even-numbered district seats were up and no members were termed out. All incumbents were re-elected, so the composition of the Senate will look the same as it did in the 2014 Session. Competitive Senate Races: District 22: Senator Jeff Brandes (R St. Petersburg) defeated challenger Judithanne McLaughlin. This bell-weather district is competitive, but the incumbent was able to pull off a win. District 34: A re-match of the 2012 race, and the results were the same. Incumbent Maria Sachs (D Delray Beach) won by a margin of approximately 5% against former Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff (R Delray Beach). Pending Special Election: Senator John Thrasher (R Fleming Island) is scheduled to be confirmed as the President of Florida State University at the November 6 Board of Governors Meeting in Boca Raton. Upon his confirmation, he will vacate his Senate seat and there will be special election.

2 House: In the 2014 Election, all 120 House seats were up; there were 14 open seats (9 Republican, 5 Democrat) due to term-limits. Following the August Primary Election, 45 (25 Republican, 20 Democrat) of the 120 House seats were already closed as the candidates were automatically re-elected due to having no registered opposition. That left a total of 75 seats open in the General Election. Of those seats, 23 (15 Republican, 8 Democrat) were all but decided meaning there was a major party candidate (Republican or Democrat) facing only minor party opposition. Competitive House Races: District 29: Incumbent Representative Mike Clelland (D Lake Mary) was unseated by former Representative Scott Plakon. District 30: Incumbent Representative Karen Castor Dentel (D Maitland) was unseated by Bob Cortes. District 47: Incumbent Representative Linda Stewart (D Orlando) was unseated by Mike Miller. District 49: Incumbent Representative Joe Saunders (D Orlando) was unseated by Rene Coach P Plasencia. District 63: Incumbent Representative Mark Danish (D Tampa) was unseated by former Representative Shawn Harrison. District 65: Incumbent Representative Carl Zimmerman (D Palm Harbor) was unseated by Chris Sprowls. Pending Special Election: Representative Reggie Fullwood (D Jacksonville) is running in a Special Election December 16, 2014 due to errors in his filing paperwork and no opposition registered to run against him. He is being challenged by Jacksonville Councilman Johnny Gaffney (D Jacksonville) and Lawrence M. Jefferson (R Jacksonville). Constitutional Amendments Of the three proposed Constitutional Amendments, only Amendment 1 passed. With 74.93% approval by Florida voters, this amendment met the required 60% threshold. This crux of the amendment is to dedicate 33% of net revenue from doc stamp taxes to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund. That Fund will be used to acquire and improve conservation lands in the state. Amendment 2: Medical Marijuana and Amendment 3: Judicial Vacancies did not achieve the required 60% voter approval General Election Unofficial Results Election results will be certified by the Department of State, Division of Elections by 9:00am, 14 days after the election. Governor Rick Scott* R 2,859, % Charlie Crist D 2,788, % Adrian Wyllie LPF 222, % 5,931,865 Attorney General Pam Bondi* R 3,3,215,523, % George Sheldon D 2,446, % 5,830,328 Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater* R 3,346, % William Rankin D 2,326, % 5,673,141

3 Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam* R 3,335, % Thaddeus Hamilton D 2,345, % 5,680,203 State Senator, District 6 John Thrasher* R 105, % Kathleen Trued D 66, % 181,950 State Senator, District 10 David Simmons* R 101, % Walter Osborne NPA 44, % State Senator, District 12 Geraldine Thompson* D 67, % Edward DeAguilera R 39, % 106,476 State Senator, District 14 Darren Soto* D 70, % Devin Norton NPA 23, % 94,552 State Senator, District 20 Jack Latvala* R 120, % Tony Caso LPF 47, % State Senator, District 22 Jeff Brandes* R 101, % Judithanne McLauchlan D 74, % State Senator, District 24 Tom Lee* R 104, % Brandon R. Thebeau WRI 0 0% Steven P. Warren WRI 0 0% 104,638 State Senator, District 32

4 Joe Negron* R 117, % Bruno Moore D 58, % State Senator, District 34 Maria Sachs* D 86, % Ellyn Bogdanoff R 79, % 166,336 State Senator, District 36 Oscar Braynon, II* D 95, % William Burton Moreland WRI 0 0% 95,609 State Representative, District 1 Clay Ingram* R 34, % Gloria Robertson-Wiggins D 15, % 49,791 State Representative, District 2 Mike Hill* R 34, % Jeremy Lau D 18, % 52,177 State Representative, District 3 Doug Broxson* R 47, % John Daniel Melvin II WRI 0 0% 47,516 State Representative, District 5 Brad Drake R 38, % Karen Schoen LPF 11, % 50,090 State Representative, District 6 Jay Trumbull R 36, % Jamie Shepard D 14, % Henry Newman Lawrence, III GRE 1,600 3% Jerry Wyche WRI 0 0% 53,275 State Representative, District 8 Alan Williams* D 40, % James W. Sinclair WRI 0 0%

5 40,569 State Representative, District 10 Elizabeth Porter* R 36, % Wendy Martin WRI 0 0% Barbara Ann Prince WRI 0 0% 36,377 State Representative, District 11 Janet H. Adkins* R 44, % Dave Smith D 15, % 60,116 State Representative, District 12 Lake Ray* R 31, % Yevgeny Morozov D 12, % 44,460 State Representative, District 15 Jay Fant R 35, % Kerry Keith Kelley WRI 0 0% 35,221 State Representative, District 16 Charles McBurney* R 44, % Brunell William Martineau WRI 0 0% 44,030 State Representative, District 17 Ronald Doc Renuart* R 50, % Rebecca Sharp NPA 17, % 67,337 State Representative, District 18 Travis Cummings* R 41, % Ken Willey LPF 9, % 51,179 State Representative, District 21 Warren Keith Perry* R 32, % Jon Uman D 23, % 55,794 State Representative, District 25

6 Fred Costello* R 37, % Noel Cheryl Bickford D 25, % 63,715 State Representative, District 26 Dwayne Taylor* D 23, % Michael Cantu R 21, % 44,464 State Representative, District 27 David Santiago* R 28, % Bob Garcia D 20, % 49,641 State Representative, District 28 Jason Brodeur* R 34, % Franklin Perez LPF 15, % 50,080 State Representative, District 29 Scott Plakon R 30, % Mike Clelland D 23, % 53,223 State Representative, District 30 Karen Castor Dentel* D 23, % Bob Cortes R 24, % 48,187 State Representative, District 35 Blaise Ingoglia R 28, % Rose Rocco D 23, % James Scavetta NPA 2, % Hamilton R. Hanson NPA 1, % 56,154 State Representative, District 36 Amanda Murphy* D 25, % Chris Gregg R 21, % 47,332 State Representative, District 38 Danny Burgess R 30,435 60%

7 Beverly Ledbetter D 20,289 40% 50,724 State Representative, District 39 Neil Combee* R 31, % Carol Castagnero D 17, % 48,690 State Representative, District 40 Colleen Burton R 27, % Ricky Shirah D 19, % Franklin Ed Shoemaker AIP 2, % 48,700 State Representative, District 41 John Wood* R 29,783 59% Celeste Williams D 20,697 41% 50,480 State Representative, District 42 Mike La Rosa R 27, % Chad Carnell D 18, % 45,890 State Representative, District 43 Carlos L. Irizarry, Sr. R 10, % John Cortes D 21, % 32,150 State Representative, District 44 Eric Eisnaugle R 28, % Matthew Falconer NPA 15, % 43,712 State Representative, District 46 Bruce Antone* R 21, % James W. Anderson, Jr. WRI 0 0% 21,385 State Representative, District 47 Mike Miller R 30, % Linda Stewart* D 28, % 58,304

8 State Representative, District 49 Rene Coach P Plasencia R 19, % Joe Saunders* D 18, % 37,489 State Representative, District 51 Steve Crisafulli* R 42, % Joe Murray D 20, % 63,220 State Representative, District 53 John Tobia* R 31, % Santa Isabel Wright D 21, % David A. Kearns NPA 3, % 56,201 State Representative, District 54 Debbie Mayfield* R 39, % Jorge Lugo D 18, % 57,860 State Representative, District 59 Ross Spano* R 27, % Donna Lee Fore D 19, % State Representative, District 61 Edwin Ed Narain D 30, % Nicole Santiago WRI 0 0% 30,794 State Representative, District 63 Shawn Harrison R 24, % Mark Danish D 21, % 46,134 State Representative, District 64 James Grant* R 31, % Miriam Steinberg R 21, % 52,764 State Representative, District 65 Chris Sprowls R 34, %

9 Carl Z Zimmerman* D 31, % 66,093 State Representative, District 66 Larry Ahern* R 35, % Lorena Grizzle D 26, % 61,459 State Representative, District 67 Chris Latvala R 25, % Steve Sarnoff D 22, % 48,616 State Representative, District 68 Dwight Dudley* D 29, % Bill Young R 26, % 55,405 State Representative, District 69 Kathleen Peters* R 36, % Scott T. Orsini D 26, % 62,844 State Representative, District 70 Darryl E. Rouson* D 30, % Philip Garrett NPA 7, % Justin M. Bauford WRI 0 0% 37,720 State Representative, District 72 Ray Pilon* R 36, % Greg Para D 26, % 62,485 State Representative, District 74 Julio Gonzalez R 50, % Robert Samuel Kaplan WRI 0 0% Shiloh Turner WRI 0 0% 50,333 State Representative, District 75 Ken Roberson* R 42, % Ronald Gillis NPA 19, %

10 State Representative, District 76 Ray Rodrigues* R 41, % Charles C. Messina D 19, % 61,375 State Representative, District 77 Dane Eagle* R 39, % Jeremy A. Wood WRI 0 0% 39,078 State Representative, District 78 Heather Fitzenhagen* R 36, % Bates Mcleod Haney WRI 0 0% 36,257 State Representative, District 82 MaryLynn Magar* R 36, % Mary W. Higgins D 22, % 59,064 State Representative, District 84 Rob Siedlecki R 21, % Larry Lee, Jr. D 27, % 49,455 State Representative, District 86 Mark Pafford* D 27, % Stuart Mears R 18, % 46,346 State Representative, District 88 Bobby Powell D 32, % Courtney Antron Grace WRI 0 0% 32,913 State Representative, District 89 Bill Hager* R 29, % David Ryan Silvers D 26, % 55,683 State Representative, District 92 Gwyn Clarke-Reed* D 24, %

11 Kenny Brighton R 8, % 33,157 State Representative, District 93 George Moraitis* R 29, % Scott Herman D 22, % 52,799 State Representative, District 95 Hazelle P. Rogers D 30, % Doletta McDonald WRI 0 0% 30,786 State Representative, District 96 Kristin Jacobs D 29, % Ronald Bray WRI 0 0% 29,362 State Representative, District 100 Marty Feigenbaum R 12, % Joe Geller D 19, % Omar Recuero LPF 1, % State Representative, District 103 Manny Diaz, Jr.* R 16, % Benjamin F. De Yurre D 11, % 28,270 State Representative, District 105 Carlos Trujillo* R 15, % Carlos A. Pereira D 11, % 27,000 State Representative, District 108 Daphne Campbell* D 29, % Cedon Saintil, Jr. NPA 4, % 34,176 State Representative, District 110 Jose Oliva* R 16, % Nelson Milian NPA 7, % 23,423

12 State Representative, District 111 Bryan Avila R 15, % Mariano Ariel Corcilli D 7, % 23,249 State Representative, District 112 Daniel Diaz Leyva R 16, % Jose Javier Rodriguez D 16, % 33,349 State Representative, District 114 Erik Fresen* R 21, % Daisy Josefina Baez D 17, % Ross Hancock NPA 1, % 40,356 State Representative, District 115 Michael Bileca* R 24, % Kristopher D. Decossard D 17, % 41,395 State Representative, District 116 Jose Felix Diaz* R 23, % Juan Carlos Cuba D 11, % 35,726 State Representative, District 117 Kionne L. McGhee* D 18, % Carmen Sotomayor R 5, % 24,644 State Representative, District 118 Frank Artiles* R 19, % Omar Rivero D 13, % 33,591 State Representative, District 119 Jeanette M. Nunez* R 18, % Milagro S. Ruiz D 11, % 30,363 Additional information on state candidate races can be found at the Florida Division of Elections website:

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