School Board

Votes in for 2024 General Election for Indian River County

All votes were in for local elections as incumbents retained several city and county seats for Tuesday's general election. Sheriff Eric Flowers and Commissioner Laura Moss were re-elected to office, while Linda Moore and John Carroll were re-elected to Vero Beach City Council. Political newcomer Aaron Vos won the remaining seat that was vacated by council member Tracey Zudans. The constitutional amendments on the ballots needed a 60 percent of votes to pass. Voters agreed to pass Amendment 2, the right to hunt and fish, along with Amendment 5, providing an annual inflation adjustment for the value of the homestead property tax exemption. Voters rejected Amendment 1, which means school board races will remain nonpartisan. The voters also turned down ...

Votes in for primary election

Update: Workers tallied votes after polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday in what many considered a must-watch election season. The races for sheriff, school board and county commission were of high interest among constituents. There was a 34.24 percent voter turnout for this year's primary election in Indian River County, the supervisor of elections' website shows. Out of 118,221 registered voters, there were 40,477 ballots cast, according to the 9:13 p.m. update. The unofficial results were posted on the supervisor of elections' website. As of 9:13 p.m., early votes, election day ballots and mail in votes were completely reported, the supervisor of elections website shows. Here are the unofficial results: U.S. Senator John Columbus              ...

Rosario, Gibbs headed to runoff; Flescher, Loar win commission seats

School Board Incumbent Jacqueline Rosario and political newcomer Cynthia Gibbs will head to a runoff for the District 2 seat in November during the general election. Rosario, who garnered more than 17,000 votes, was the top-vote getter in the Primary Election for her race with a 46.82 percentage, the supervisor of elections website showed. Gibbs, the runner-up, had more than 9,000 votes with a 26.38 percentage. School board races are nonpartisan. School board member candidates must win at least 50 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff before the general election. LaDonna Corbin, who also ran for the school board District 2 seat, garnered more than 6,000 votes with a 17.46 percentage. Another District 2 candidate, Josh Post, had ...