INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — The polls have closed and all the results from Election Day polls are in. The incumbents maintain an early and strong lead over their respective challengers.
More than 28,000 ballots were cast in the Primary. Fifty-eight percent of those ballots came in either early or by absentee, with 42 percent on Election Day.
According to newly elected Supervisor of Elections Leslie Swan, this is the first election where more voters cast their ballots early instead of on Election Day.
She also said that the day “went off without a hitch.”
The following are the results of the Primary Election:
Sheriff
- Deryl Loar – 15,290
- Bill McMullen – 12,269
Property Appraiser
- Thomas Dehn – 10,029
- David Nolte – 16,659
Tax Collector
- Carole Jean Jordan – 11,448
- Thomas Lowther – 7,469
Supervisor of Elections
- Sandi Harpring – 8,240
- Leslie Swan – 18,803
County Commission District 3
- Bea Gardner – 7,015
- Tim Zorc – 11,090
County Commission District 5
- Brian Heady – 6,138
- Bob Solari – 14,825
- Nick Thomas – 5,631
School District Millage Referendum
- Yes, Approve – 17,678
- No, Reject – 9,314
Republican US Senator
- Connie Mack – 6,541
- Mike McCalister – 1,281
- Marielena Stuart – 780
- Dave Weldon – 9,243
Democratic US Senator
- Glenn A. Burkett – 1,413
- Bill Nelson – 4,337
Republican State Committeeman
- Vincent J. Celano – 6,829
- Jay Kramer – 10,003
