{"id":11614,"date":"2012-08-15T12:34:09","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T16:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=11614"},"modified":"2012-08-15T13:40:56","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T17:40:56","slug":"wrapping-up-floridas-school-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/08\/15\/wrapping-up-floridas-school-election-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrapping Up Florida&#8217;s School Election Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11615\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/08\/15\/wrapping-up-floridas-school-election-results\/8-15-electionwinners\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11615\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11615\" title=\"8-15 ElectionWinners\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/08\/8-15-ElectionWinners-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/08\/8-15-ElectionWinners-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/08\/8-15-ElectionWinners.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">itspaulkelly \/ Flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Florida voters headed to the polls on Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>Many counties held school district races. And education advocates were keeping their eyes on a handful of State House races as well.<\/p>\n<p>So who were the winners and who were the losers?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a wrap-up of the results from around the state, after the jump:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5>Alachua County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gainesville.com\/article\/20120814\/ARTICLES\/120819760\/1182?Title=McNealy-Sharpe-move-to-runoff-in-School-Board-race\">McNealy and Sharpe will face a school board runoff<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Gainesville Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Brevard County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/article\/20120814\/NEWS05\/120812014\/Karen-Henderson-retains-school-board-district-4\">Henderson retains school board seat<\/a> &#8212; <em>Florida Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Broward County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2012\/08\/14\/2952035\/leach-wins-school-board-seat-others.html\">Leach wins reelection to school board seat, four other races head to runoff<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Miami Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/news\/elections\/fl-election-broward-school-board-20120814,0,793356.story\">Four Broward school board seats still up for grabs<\/a> &#8212; <em>The South Florida Sun-Sentinel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Duval County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonville.com\/news\/metro\/2012-08-14\/story\/jenkins-smith-juarez-go-runoff-school-board-district-3\">Jenkins, Smith Juarez head to school board runoff<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Florida Times-Union<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonville.com\/news\/metro\/2012-08-14\/story\/jon-heymann-face-jason-fischer-november-school-board-district-7-seat\">Heymann versus Fischer for school board seat<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Florida Times-Union<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Flagler County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-journalonline.com\/news\/local\/flagler\/2012\/08\/15\/flagler-schools.html\">School board incumbents win, school tax extended<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Daytona Beach News-Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Hillsborough County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/education\/k12\/stuart-will-join-hillsborough-school-board-while-kemple-continues-to-a\/1245878\">PTA mom wins school board seat, incumbent heads to runoff<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Tampa Bay Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/news\/education-news\/2012\/aug\/15\/namaino8-pta-mom-ousts-incumbent-as-valdes-edgecom-ar-464680\/\">Stuart, Edgecomb, Valdes win Hillsborough school board seats<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Tampa Tribune<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Indian River County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/news\/2012\/aug\/14\/early-voting-absentee-voters-indian-river-cast-bal\/\">Voters approve 60-cent schools tax<\/a> &#8212; TCPalm.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Lee County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-press.com\/article\/20120814\/NEWS0107\/120814030\/Lee-County-School-Board-Morgan-wins-Dozier-Chilmonik-face-off\">Morgan wins school board seat, Dozier and Chilmonik head to runoff<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Fort Myers News-Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Manatee County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/politics.heraldtribune.com\/2012\/08\/14\/manatees-gause-defeats-tea-party-candidate-in-schools-race\/\">Gause defeats Schaich for school board, Miner and Moates head to runoff<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Sarasota Herald-Tribune.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Marion County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocala.com\/article\/20120814\/articles\/120819841?tc=ar\">Tomyn and Greene to face off for superintendent in November<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Ocala Star-Banner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocala.com\/article\/20120814\/ARTICLES\/120819844\/0\/FRONTPAGE\">Voters reject two school taxes<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Ocala Star-Banner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Martin County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/news\/2012\/aug\/14\/martin-county-school-board-2012-geor-powe-rali-dit\/?partner=RSS\">DiTerlizzi narrowly wins school board seat, George and Powers go to runoff<\/a> &#8212; TCPalm.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/news\/news\/state-regional-govt-politics\/in-martin-gaylord-is-new-schools-superintendent-sn\/nRBnH\/\">Gaylord new superintendent, marks change for district<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Palm Beach Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Miami-Dade County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2012\/08\/14\/2951961\/susie-castillo-winning-miami-dade.html\">Castillo wins school board seat <\/a>&#8212; <em>The Miami Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miamiherald.typepad.com\/nakedpolitics\/2012\/08\/bullard-swamps-saunders-with-strong-showing-in-miami-dade.html\">Bullard swamps Saunders for state Senate nomination<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Miami Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Nassau County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonville.com\/news\/florida\/2012-08-14\/story\/no-contest-florida-senate-4-aaron-bean-crushes-mike-weinstein\">Bean easily defeats Weinstein for state Senate<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Florida Times-Union<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonville.com\/community\/nassau\/2012-08-14\/story\/both-incumbents-nassau-county-school-board-primaries-headed\">School board incumbents headed to runoff<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Florida Times-Union<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Orange County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.orlandosentinel.com\/2012-08-14\/features\/os-orange-school-board-primary-2012-20120814_1_hispanic-teachers-orange-school-challengers\">Incumbents win three of four school board races, fourth heads to runoff<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Orlando Sentinel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.orlandosentinel.com\/2012-08-14\/news\/os-primary-legislative-wrapup-20120814_1_gary-siplin-house-district-general-election\">Thompson defeats Siplin for state Senate nomination<\/a>. <em>&#8212; The Orlando Sentinel<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5>Osceola County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.orlandosentinel.com\/2012-08-14\/news\/os-hartig-osceola-school-board-20120814_1_cindy-hartig-julius-melendez-superintendent-michael-grego\">Weisheyer ousts Hartig for school board <\/a><em>&#8212; The Orlando Sentinel<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Palm Beach County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/news\/news\/local-govt-politics\/murgio-jax-appear-headed-for-runoff-in-school-boar\/nRBmh\/\">Murgio and Jax head to runoff for school board<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Palm Beach Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.sun-sentinel.com\/2012-08-15\/news\/fl-election-florida-senate-2-20120814_1_provisional-ballots-election-officials-senate-district\">Clemens holds narrow lead over Bernard for state Senate<\/a> &#8212; <em>The South Florida Sun-Sentinel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Pasco County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/browning-rolls-to-victory-in-pasco-school-superintendent-race\/1245832\">Browning wins big in superintendent race &#8212; <em>The Tampa Bay Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.tbo.com\/news\/education-news\/2012\/aug\/14\/11\/browning-wins-gop-nomination-for-pasco-superintend-ar-464561\/\">Browing wins GOP superintendent nomination<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Tampa Tribune<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/politics\/elections\/hurley-cruises-to-re-election-to-pasco-school-board\/1245820\">Hurley wins reelection\u00a0 to school board<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Tampa Bay Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Pinellas County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/education\/k12\/article1245814.ece\">School board races head to runoff<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Tampa Bay Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Putnam County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonville.com\/news\/metro\/2012-08-14\/story\/terry-wright-lisa-parsons-retain-putnam-school-board-seats\">Incumbents win reelection for school board<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Florida Times-Union<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonville.com\/news\/metro\/2012-08-14\/story\/criswell-roach-square-putnam-superintendent\">Criswell and Roach will face off for superintendent<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Florida Times-Union<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Seminole County<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/features\/education\/os-seminole-school-board-primary-20120814,0,7576919.story\">Lockhart ousts Pond for school board<\/a> &#8212; <em>The Orlando Sentinel<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida voters headed to the polls on Tuesday Many counties held school district races. And education advocates were keeping their eyes on a handful of State House races as well. So who were the winners and who were the losers? 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