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                             Total Votes: 1,860                      Percentage: 7.24

Keith Gross                                     Total Votes:  2,703                    Percentage: 10.52

Rick Scott                                        Total Votes:  21,135                  Percentage: 82.24

Representative in Congress District 8 

Joe Babits                                       Total Votes:  1,820                     Percentage: 7.39

Mike Haridopolos                         Total Votes:  16,748                   Percentage: 68.05

John Hearton                                 Total Votes:  6,044                    Percentage: 24.56

Indian River County Sheriff

Eric Flowers                                 Total Votes:  9,665                      Percentage: 36.64

Milo Thorton                                Total Votes:  8,292                     Percentage: 31.44

Keith Touchberry                         Total Votes: 8,419                      Percentage: 31.92

Tax Collector

Brenda Bradley                             Total Votes:  11,416                      Percentage: 29.12

Carole Jean Jordan                      Total Votes:  27,781                    Percentage: 70.88

Board of County Commissioners District 1 Universal Primary Contest

Susan Adams                                 Total Votes: 22,020                      Percentage: 60.27

Tim Borden                                    Total Votes:  14,516                      Percentage: 39.73

Board of County Commissioners District 3 Universal Primary Contest

Joseph Earman                              Total Votes:  19,166                     Percentage: 53.71

Stephen Hume                               Total Votes: 8,131                         Percentage: 22.79

David Shaw                                     Total Votes: 8,387                       Percentage: 23.50

Board of County Commissioners District 5 

Laura Moss                                      Total Votes: 13,614                       Percentage: 55.13

Tracey Zudans                                 Total Votes:  11,080                       Percentage: 44.87

State Committeeman

Izzy Castro                                        Total Votes:  7,313                        Percentage: 32.27

Jay Kramer                                       Total Votes:  15,346                      Percentage: 67.73

School Board Member District 3

Peggy Jones                                       Total Votes:  21,866                       Percentage: 57.18

Rob MacCallum                                Total Votes:  16,373                        Percentage: 42.82

School Board Member District 5

David Dyer                                         Total Votes:  21,572                     Percentage: 56.94

Kevin McDonald                               Total Votes:  16,312                        Percentage: 43.06

 

Earlier story:

Residents began flocking to the polls Tuesday morning to cast votes for the primary election in Indian River County, a day which could determine several races. The polls will remain open until 7 p.m., according to the supervisor of elections office.

Voters must bring their photo IDs as they cast their ballots in the precincts where they reside. An interactive precinct map can be found on the Indian River County Supervisor of Elections Office website.

Florida is a closed primary state. Only voters who are registered members of political parties can vote for their respective party’s candidates in their party’s primary.

Supervisor of elections officials said the races for tax collector, along with board of county commissioners Districts 1 and 3, are universal primary contests. The winners of those races will be determined in the primaries.

The winners of the school board District 3 and 5 races will also be determined during the primaries, elections officials said. The winner of the highly anticipated sheriff’s race will be determined 11 weeks later during the Nov. 5 general election.

There are 118,221 active, eligible voters for the primary election, the elections’ website shows. Out of that number, 27,662 residents are listed as democrats, 60,302 are listed as republicans, 26,396 are listed as no party affiliation and 3,861 are listed as other.

Early voting was held Aug. 10 – Aug. 17.

The numbers so far for the votes that already have been casted show: 16,826 votes by mail, 8,955 votes during early voting, 322 votes on election day and four provisional votes. A provisional ballot is used to record a vote when there are issues with a voter’s eligibility that must be fixed before the vote can count.

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