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.