2018 Election Results: Manatee County Races

MANATEE COUNTY, FL -- They may be getting most of the ink but the races for Florida governor and U.S. Senate aren't the only game in town.

In Manatee County, voters chose U.S. representatives, state senators, state representatives and commissioners.

Additionally, the city of Holmes Beach elected a mayor and the city of Bradenton Beach asked voters to approve seven charter amendments.

Here are the results with all 70 precincts reporting:

U.S. Congress District 16

58.46 percent Vern Buchanan (R)

41.472 percent David Shapiro (D)

County Commissioner District 6 At Large

63.36 percent Carol Whitmore (R)

36.64 percent Candace Luther (NPA)

School Board District 4

51.56 percent Scott Hopes

48.44 percent Joe Stokes

School Board Referendum

Changing School Board Elections to Single-Member Representation

51.37 percent Yes

48.63 percent No

State Representative District 71

57.59 percent Will Robinson (R)

42.41 percent Tracy B. Pratt (D)

State Representative District 73

61.61 percent Tommy Gregory (R)

38.39 percent Liv Coleman (D)

County Commission District 2

41.73 percent Dimitrie Denis (R)

58.27 percent Reggie Bellamy (D)

County Commission District 4

52.08 percent Misty Servia (R)

47.92 percent Melton Little (D)

Cedar Hammock Fire District Seat 4

60.21 percent Richard G. Findlay

39.79 percent Michael B. Holderness

East Manatee Fire District Seat 3

55.79 percent James R. Carlino

44.21 percent Richard Jacobs

Parrish Fire District Seat 1

64.86 percent Jeff A. Dirling

35.14 percent Sawyer Ramsey

Greyhawk Landing CDD Seat 1

24.63 percent Michael P. Plaia

75.37 percent Lindsay Ann Rushmore

Greyhawk Landing CDD Seat 3

65.95 percent Jim Hengel

34.05 percent Deborah A. Romano

Greyhawk Landing CDD Seat 5

75.24 percent Mark Bush

24.76 percent Tony Francis

Harbourage at Braden River CDD Seat 3

56.57 percent Allan F. Burke

43.43 percent Judith Lisa Schwartz

Harbourage at Braden River CDD Seat 4

53.93 percent James M. Burke

46.07 percent Matthew Walsh

Harbourage at Braden River CDD Seat 5

50.85 percent Alan C. Garceau

49.15 percent Kelly Ann Marechal

Harrison Ranch CDD Seat 2

66.97 percent Julianne Bowman Giella

33.03 percent Joseph M. Ligi

Heritage Harbour North CDD Seat 5

55.88 percent Louise Desmond Buckley

44.12 percent Scott P. Ellsworth

Tara CDD Seat 1

61.34 percent Joseph DiBartolomeo

38.66 percent John R. Schmidt

Tara CDD Seat 3

64.88 percent Barbara L. Linden

35.12 percent Daniel D. Powers

University Place CDD Seat 3

42.55 percent Lauren Kessler

25.48 percent Susan B. Lerman

31.97 percent Ernst Otto Ruppert

Waters Edge CDD Seat 4

64.88 percent Walter Thomas Oliver

35.12 percent Hunter E. Stone

City of Bradenton City Council Ward 3

61.85 percent Patrick M. Roff

38.15 percent Cornelia J. Winn

City of Bradenton City Council Ward 4

61.88 percent Bill Sanders

38.32 percent Bemis Smith

City of Bradenton Beach Commission

32.23 percent Ralph Cole

27.59 percent Marilyn Maro

18.76 percent Tjet Martin

21.41 percent John Metz

City of Bradenton Beach Charter Amendment 1

Reinstate at-Large Voting

58.99 percent Yes

41.01 percent No

City of Bradenton Beach Charter Amendment 2

Qualifications to Hold Public Office

79.78 percent Yes

20.22 percent No

City of Bradenton Beach Charter Amendment 3

Balanced Commission Form of Government

61.55 percent Yes

38.45 percent No

City of Bradenton Beach Charter Amendment 4

City Commission Power to Remove Appointed Officials

58.12 percent Yes

41.88 percent No

City of Bradenton Beach Charter Amendment 5

Clarify City Charter

62.82 percent Yes

37.18 percent No

City of Bradenton Beach Charter Amendment 6

Filling Commission Vacancies

64.39 percent Yes

35.79 percent No

City of Bradenton Beach Charter Amendmennt 7

Clarification to Ordinances

65.22 percent Yes

34.78 percent No

City of Bradenton Beach Rezone Referendum

Rezone Katie Pierola Park from R-3 to PRA

89.08 percent Yes

10.92 percent No

City of Holmes Beach Mayor

20.77 percent Joshua David Linney

79.23 percent Judy Holmes Titsworth

City of Holmes Beach Commission

35.66 percent Pat Morton

28.30 percent Don Purvis

36.04 percent Kim Rash

City of Holmes Beach Charter Review Commission

10.37 percent Jay Calhoun

12.68 percent Claudia Carlson

15.14 percent Nancy R. Deal

10.03 percent Major G. Leckie

17.9 percent Thomas W. Sean Murphy

7.97 percent Johnny R. Rigney

10.78 percent Edward Upshaw

15.14 percent David L. Zaccagnino

Images via Vern Buchanan, Carol Whitmore

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