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Patronis, Trumbull, Boyles and Maney Win; Justice Muñiz and Appellate Judges Retained

Patronis, Trumbull, Boyles and Maney Win; Justice Muñiz and Appellate Judges Retained

Republicans won the congressional and state legislative races on Okaloosa County ballots, and voters retained Florida Supreme Court Justice Carlos G. Muñiz and five First District Court of Appeal judges, according to unofficial results.

District-wide and statewide results are unofficial results from the Florida Division of Elections. Okaloosa figures are from the Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections.

  • U.S. House District 1: Republican Jimmy Patronis won with 62.56% over Democrat Gay Valimont (35.61%) and no-party candidate Tyler L. Davis (1.83%). Okaloosa: Patronis 65.83%.

  • State Senate District 2: Republican Jay Trumbull won with 71.76% over Democrat Lauren Donahoo (28.24%). Okaloosa: Trumbull 67.28%.

  • State House District 3: Republican Nathan Boyles won with 72.89% over Democrat Ingrid D. Wadsworth (27.11%). Okaloosa: Boyles 75.63%.

  • State House District 4: Republican Patt Maney won with 67.90% over Democrat John Peter Emerling (32.10%). Okaloosa: Maney 67.90%.

Judicial retention: Justice Carlos G. Muñiz was retained with 57.69% yes votes statewide. Okaloosa: 62.87% yes.

All five First District Court of Appeal judges on the ballot were retained. District-wide yes votes, with Okaloosa in parentheses:

  • Joseph Lewis Jr.: 60.65% (63.93%)

  • Rachel Nordby: 58.79% (64.62%)

  • Tim Osterhaus: 57.93% (63.81%)

  • Clay Roberts: 57.75% (61.94%)

  • Raymond Treadwell: 58.49% (64.32%)

Results are unofficial until certified.

Correction: An earlier version of this story reported Justice Muñiz’s statewide retention vote as 65.75%, based on The Florida Bar News. Unofficial results from the Florida Division of Elections show 57.69%.

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Written and reported by Emerald Coast Connected.