Meet the Candidates: July 31 straw poll results

The results of the July 31 Meet the Candidates straw poll are in! More than 525 people attended the event at Solomon Calhoun Community Center in St. Augustine, and 373 people voted in the straw poll. Thank you to all the candidates who participated, UNF Public Opinion Research Lab for running the straw poll, and of course the community members who attended!

Please note: This is an unofficial poll with self-selecting participants. Participants selected their own district in which to vote for their preferred candidate. "Not my district" responses were excluded from raw counts and analysis.

U.S. Senator

• Rick Scott (R) - 75%
• Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D) - 15%
• Someone else - 10%

Representative in Congress - District 5

• John Rutherford (R) - 63%
• Mara Macie (R) - 37%

Representative in Congress - District 6

• Michael Waltz (R) - 82%
• John Grow (R) - 18%

State Senator - District 7

• Tom Leek (R) - 53%
• Gerry James (R) - 27%
• David Shoar (R) - 19%

State Representative - District 18

• Kim Kendall (R) - 58%
• Nick Primrose (R) - 42%

State Representative - District 19

• Darryl Boyer (R) - 43%
• Sam Greco (R) - 57%

State Representative - District 20

• Judson Sapp (R) - 69%
• Jamie Watts (R) - 31%

Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller

• Brandon Patty (R) - 63%
• Denver Cook (R) - 37%

Sheriff

• Rob Hardwick (R) - 61%
• Jim Priester (R) - 39%

County Commissioner - District 1

• Christian Whitehurst (R) - 55%
• Ann-Marie Evans (R) - 42%
• Weston Ferguson (R) - 3%

County Commissioner - District 3

• Clay Murphy (R) - 56%
• Roy Alaimo (R) - 40%
• Heather Harley-Davison (R) - 1%
• Michael McDonald (R) - 3%

County Commissioner - District 5

• Henry Dean (R) - 59%
• Ann Taylor (R) - 40%
• John Higbee III (R) - 2%

School Board Member – District 2

• Anthony E. Coleman Sr - 71%
• Francis "Frank" Cummings - 29%

School Board Member – District 5 

• Linda Thomson - 38%
• Bethany Hilbert - 33%
• Lynn Straughan - 23%
• Liliana “Lily Bee” Bristow - 6%

Republican State Committeeman

• Tom Rivers - 43%
• Bill Mac Dowell - 23%
• Michel S. Pawlowski - 20%
• Manuel P. Asensio - 10%
• David Ogburn - 3%

Republican State Committeewoman

• Tamara Renuart - 48%
• Ko Robins - 27%
• Amy Demi - 26%