Bay County, Florida
Election History

OFFICIAL RESULTS


SUMMARY REPORT                                    GENERAL ELECTION                                          REPORT-EL45     PAGE 001
                                                  BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA
                                                  NOVEMBER 7, 2000
RUN DATE:11/28/00 01:40 PM

                                             VOTES PERCENT                                                           VOTES PERCENT

 PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 49) .  .  .  .  .        49  100.00              COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
 REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL .  .  .  .  .    92,749                      VOTE FOR  1
 BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL.  .  .  .  .  .  .    59,591                       CHARLIE CRIST (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .  .    37,140   66.50
 VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL  .  .  .  .  .  .             64.25               GEORGE H. SHELDON (DEM).  .  .  .  .  .    17,842   31.95
                                                                         VASSILIA GAZETAS .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       865    1.55
U.S. PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT
VOTE FOR  1
 GEORGE W. BUSH (REP).  .  .  .  .  .  .    38,682   65.64              STATE ATTORNEY: JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 14
 AL GORE (DEM) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    18,873   32.03              VOTE FOR  1
 HARRY BROWNE (LIB)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       172     .29               CHRISTOPHER N. PATTERSON (REP)  .  .  .    30,745   53.73
 RALPH NADER (GRE).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       830    1.41               JIM APPLEMAN (DEM)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    26,474   46.27
 JAMES HARRIS (SWP)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         5     .01
 JOHN HAGELIN (LAW)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        18     .03
 PAT BUCHANAN (REF)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       248     .42              STATE SENATOR, FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT
 DAVID McREYNOLDS (SPF) .  .  .  .  .  .         3     .01              VOTE FOR  1
 HOWARD PHILLIPS (CPF)  .  .  .  .  .  .        18     .03               DURELL PEADEN (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .  .     3,865   46.49
 MONICA MOOREHEAD (WWP) .  .  .  .  .  .        27     .05               DEEDEE RITCHIE (DEM).  .  .  .  .  .  .     4,449   53.51
 WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        52     .09

                                                                        STATE SENATOR, THIRD SENATORIAL DISTRICT
U.S. SENATOR                                                            VOTE FOR  1
VOTE FOR  1                                                              BRECHT HEUCHAN (REP).  .  .  .  .  .  .     8,621   56.83
 BILL McCOLLUM (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .  .    33,932   58.55               ALFRED "AL" LAWSON (DEM)  .  .  .  .  .     6,525   43.01
 BILL NELSON (DEM).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    22,934   39.58               WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        24     .16
 JOE SIMONETTA (LAW) .  .  .  .  .  .  .        92     .16
 JOEL DECKARD (REF)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       147     .25
 WILLIE LOGAN  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       358     .62              STATE REPRESENTATIVE: DISTRICT 6
 ANDY MARTIN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       101     .17              VOTE FOR  1
 DARRELL L. McCORMICK.  .  .  .  .  .  .       377     .65               ALLAN BENSE (REP).  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    37,477   78.77
 WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .         9     .02               BRENDA SMITH (DEM)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    10,099   21.23


U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT                       STATE REPRESENTATIVE: DISTRICT 7
VOTE FOR  1                                                             VOTE FOR  1
 JOE SCARBOROUGH (REP)  .  .  .  .  .  .    13,889   98.04               BEV KILMER (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .     6,883   69.83
 WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .       277    1.96               JAMEY WESTBROOK (DEM)  .  .  .  .  .  .     2,974   30.17


U.S. REPRESENTATIVE, SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT                      CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
VOTE FOR  1                                                             VOTE FOR  1
 DOUG DODD (REP)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    13,877   34.65               KEVIN E. WOOD (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .  .    14,984   26.07
 ALLEN BOYD (DEM) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    26,127   65.24               HAROLD BAZZEL (DEM) .  .  .  .  .  .  .    42,499   73.93
 WRITE-IN.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .        41     .10

                                                                        PROPERTY APPRAISER
STATE TREASURER AND INSURANCE COMMISSIONER                              VOTE FOR  1
VOTE FOR  1                                                              RICK BARNETT (REP)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    26,480   46.33
 TOM GALLAGHER (REP) .  .  .  .  .  .  .    41,870   73.87               RICHARD J. DAVIS (DEM) .  .  .  .  .  .    30,672   53.67
 JOHN COSGROVE (DEM) .  .  .  .  .  .  .    14,807   26.13

                                                                        SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
                                                                        VOTE FOR  1
                                                                         CARL BENNETT (REP)  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    24,255   42.12
                                                                         JAMES E. McCALISTER (DEM) .  .  .  .  .    33,328   57.88

SUMMARY REPORT GENERAL ELECTION REPORT-EL45 PAGE 002 BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA NOVEMBER 7, 2000 RUN DATE:11/28/00 01:40 PM VOTES PERCENT VOTES PERCENT SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS SHALL JUDGE EDWIN B. BROWNING JR. OF THE 1ST DISTRICT VOTE FOR 1 COURT OF APPEAL BE RETAINED IN OFFICE? MARK ANDERSEN (REP) . . . . . . . 29,719 51.61 VOTE FOR 1 MELANIE WILLIAMS BOYD (DEM) . . . . 27,869 48.39 YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,858 68.21 NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,850 31.79 COUNTY COMMISSIONER: DISTRICT 1 VOTE FOR 1 SHALL JUDGE RICHARD W. ERVIN III OF THE 1ST DISTRICT CAROL ATKINSON (REP). . . . . . . 24,930 43.86 COURT OF APPEAL BE RETAINED IN OFFICE? JOHN NEWBERRY (DEM) . . . . . . . 31,913 56.14 VOTE FOR 1 YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,235 67.39 NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,118 32.61 COUNTY COMMISSIONER: DISTRICT 3 VOTE FOR 1 ROBERT WRIGHT (REP) . . . . . . . 26,944 47.49 SHALL JUDGE PETER D. WEBSTER OF THE 1ST DISTRICT COURT CORNEL BROCK (DEM) . . . . . . . 29,798 52.51 OF APPEAL BE RETAINED IN OFFICE? VOTE FOR 1 YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,455 67.86 COUNTY COMMISSIONER: DISTRICT 5 NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,895 32.14 VOTE FOR 1 MIKE ROPA (REP) . . . . . . . . 32,646 57.48 MONICA L. COTHRAN (DEM). . . . . . 22,510 39.63 NO. 1 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT: ARTICLE X, SECTION 19 JOHN CAYLOR. . . . . . . . . . 1,638 2.88 VOTE FOR 1 YES FOR APPROVAL . . . . . . . . 18,328 33.51 NO FOR REJECTION . . . . . . . . 36,370 66.49 BEACH MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT: SEAT 3 VOTE FOR 1 H. PAUL CHURCHWELL (DEM) . . . . . 5,486 50.30 NO. 2 CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE REFERENDUM - LOCAL OPTION FOR JOHN SMITH . . . . . . . . . . 5,421 49.70 SELECTION OF CIRCUIT JUDGES VOTE FOR 1 YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,188 28.10 SHALL JUSTICE R. FRED LEWIS OF THE SUPREME COURT BE NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,860 71.90 RETAINED IN OFFICE? VOTE FOR 1 YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,465 68.04 NO. 3 COUNTY COURT JUDGE REFERENDUM - LOCAL OPTION FOR NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,251 31.96 SELECTION OF COUNTY JUDGES VOTE FOR 1 YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,133 24.22 SHALL JUSTICE BARBARA J. PARIENTE OF THE SUPREME COURT NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,081 75.78 BE RETAINED IN OFFICE? VOTE FOR 1 YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,075 66.26 SHALL THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BE AUTHORIZED TO GRANT NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,824 33.74 PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS TO NEW OR EXISTING BUSINESSES? VOTE FOR 1 YES FOR AUTHORITY. . . . . . . . 37,284 69.78 SHALL JUSTICE PEGGY A. QUINCE OF THE SUPREME COURT BE NO AGAINST AUTHORITY. . . . . . . 16,148 30.22 RETAINED IN OFFICE? VOTE FOR 1 YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,034 66.71 MAYOR OF MEXICO BEACH, GROUP I NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,486 33.29 VOTE FOR 1 CECIL BLOUNT . . . . . . . . . 138 20.18 GARRY L. GADDIS . . . . . . . . 176 25.73 KATHY KINGSLAND . . . . . . . . 277 40.50 STEVE MATINCHECK . . . . . . . . 93 13.60
SUMMARY REPORT GENERAL ELECTION REPORT-EL45 PAGE 003 BAY COUNTY, FLORIDA NOVEMBER 7, 2000 RUN DATE:11/28/00 01:40 PM VOTES PERCENT MEXICO BEACH: CITY COUNCIL, GROUP II VOTE FOR 1 MEL ASHCRAFT . . . . . . . . . 203 30.66 CHUCK MESSER . . . . . . . . . 103 15.56 CAROLYN R. METCALF . . . . . . . 267 40.33 DUANE A. THORPE . . . . . . . . 89 13.44 MEXICO BEACH: CITY COUNCIL, GROUP III VOTE FOR 1 DAVID W. THOMPSON JR. . . . . . . 356 53.70 PEGGY S. WOOD . . . . . . . . . 307 46.30 MEXICO BEACH CITY REFERENDUM VOTE FOR 1 YES FOR APPROVAL . . . . . . . . 599 90.21 NO FOR REJECTION . . . . . . . . 65 9.79