Update: The polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday, ending Primary Election Day with residents casting their top picks for District 2 school board and county commission, along with candidates for Congress and the governor’s race. All ballots from early voting, vote by mail and election day were completely reported from all 36 precincts in Indian River County.
There was a 29 percent voter turnout, with 34,295 residents casting ballots out of 118,078 registered voters, according to the Indian River County Supervisor of Elections.
The unofficial results are posted below:
Unofficial results:
School Board District 2 Election Day Early Votes Vote by Mail Total Votes %
Tom Lange 5,203 3,397 7,236 15,836 48.15%
Jacqueline Rosario 6,543 4,217 6,291 17,051 51.85%
County Commission District 2
Bob McPartlan 2,898 1,964 2,360 7,222 34.48%
Jennifer Pippin 3,846 2,413 2,447 8,706 41.57%
Brooks Robinson 2,047 1,277 1,691 5,015 23.95%
State Representative
Robert Brackett 7,498 4,980 5,613 18,091 85.99%
Paul Sohi 1,321 706 921 2,948 14.01%
Rep. Governor and Lt. Gov.
Jay Collins 1,911 1,483 1,450 4,844 22.12%
Byron Donalds 4,640 2,946 3,601 11,187 51.09%
James Fishback 1,116 464 344 1,924 8.79%
Jim Holcomb 55 37 77 169 0.77%
Arthur McCaffrey – – – 112 0.51%
Daniel Nokovich – – – 63 0.29%
Paul Renner 833 496 646 1,975 9.02%
Rachel Rodgriguez 83 55 130 268 1.22%
James Shaw 63 45 75 183 0.84%
Caneste Succe – – – 96 0.44%
Bobby Williams 552 287 236 1,075 4.91%
Dem. Governor and Lt. Gov
Evelyn Castillo-Bach 172 119 299 590 6.72%
Thomas Fernandez 103 57 169 329 3.75%
Dayna Foster 346 168 373 887 10.11%
David Jolly 1,210 1,019 3,765 5,99 68.29%
Dotie Joseph 214 165 429 808 9.21%
Stephann Norman – – – 169 1.93%
Rep. Representative for Congress
Ben Butler 1,946 880 964 3,790 17.79%
Marcus Carter 222 158 256 636 2.99%
Thomas Chalifoux Jr. 1,216 858 1,419 3,493 16.40%
Dan Green 3,140 1,970 2,497 7,607 35.72%
Jorge Martinez 2,062 1,670 1,052 4,784 22.46%
Steve Rance 181 101 123 405 1.90%
Justin Story 222 118 244 584 2.74%
Rep. U.S. Senator
Chris Gleason 1,247 594 820 2,661 12.47%
Ashley Moody 7,233 4,862 5,265 17,360 81.36%
Neelam Perry 115 102 207 424 1.99%
Ernest Rivera 393 198 302 893 4.19%
Dem. U.S. Senator
Angie Nixon 1,109 709 1,726 3,544 40.00%
Alex Vindman 998 857 3,461 5,316 60.00%
Earlier story
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Residents made their way to the polls to cast their choices for seats on the school board, county commission and other races during Tuesday’s Primary Election. Polls will close at 7 p.m., with the unofficial results coming in shortly after.
The polling locations are below:
Intergenerational Recreation Center – 1590 9th Street S.W. (new location)
Supervisor of Elections Office – 4375 43rd Avenue, Vero Beach
Indian River County Main Library – 1600 21st Street, Vero Beach
Sebastian City Hall Council Chambers – 1225 Main Street, Sebastian
Some of the more high-profile races include the District 2 county commission seat, which was open after incumbent Joe Flescher announced his retirement following two decades of public service. Flescher will retire in November.
Residents will also choose their top picks for the District 2 school board seat, along with the congressional seat and governor’s seat.
The local school board race is non-partisan, while the race for commissioner, congressman and governor are all closed primaries.
As of Tuesday morning, the Indian River County Supervisor of Elections’ Office received 13,199 votes by mail, 7,914 ballots during early voting, 2,227 votes on Election Day and six provisional ballots. So far, the official voter turnout was 20 percent.
More information can be found on the supervisor of elections’ website.
Photos by Joshua Kodis
