Primary Results Are Mixed Bag for Hillsborough Incumbents

With all of Hillsborough County’s voting precincts reporting in, today’s primary election seems to have been a mixed bag for incumbents.

Rob Turner, the county’s property appraiser, has seen the end of the road in that office, but veteran County Commissioner Victor Crist will hold on to his seat for another term.

Turner faced former State Sen. Ronda Storms in the primary, but came up short for the Republican nomination. Storms now faces Democrat Bob Henriquez and Rob Townsend and James DeMio in the Nov. 6 general election. Townsend and DeMio have no party affiliation.

Meanwhile, Crist only faced fellow Republican Sharon Calvert in his bid to reclaim the District 2 county commission seat. Since challenger Becki Forsell withdrew, Crist’s victory today earns him the seat.

Hillsborough has 704,398 registered voters. An estimated 110,606, or 15.70 percent, of Hillsborough’s voters cast ballots in today’s election, according to the supervisor of elections website.

With all 347 Hillsborough precincts reporting in, here are the unofficial results of the primary:

United States Senate – Republican

• Connie Mack 28,378
• Mike McCalister 6,018
• Marielena Stuart 3,585
• Dave Weldon 14,074

United States Senate – Democrat

• Glenn A. Burkett 8,192
• Bill Nelson, 35,651

U.S. Congressional District 14 – Republican

• Eddie Adams Jr. 6,879
• Evelio “EJ” Otero 10,737

U.S. Congressional District 17 – Republican

• Joe Arnold 1,794
• Tom Rooney 5,152

State Senate District 17 - Republican

• John Korsak 2,188
• John Legg 7,454
• Rob Wallace 4,036

State Senate District 22 – Republican

• Jeff Brandes 3,790
• James C. “Jim” Frishe 3,099

State Senate District 24 - Republican

• Rachel Burgin 10,203
• Tom Lee 14,887

State Representative District 57 - Republican

• Brian Hollands 2,970
• Jake Raburn 6,898

State Representative District 59 – Republican

• Michael “Mike” Floyd 438
• Ross Spano 3,355
• Betty Jo Tompkins 1,467
• Joe Wicker 3,180

State Representative District 61 – Democrat

• Tatiana Denson 2,038
• Betty Reed 8,647

State Representative District 63 – Democrat

• Mark Danish 3,338
• Z.J. Hafeez 2,076

Property Appraiser - Republican

• Ronda Storms 39,039
• Rob Turner 16,617

Supervisor of Elections - Democrat

• Craig Latimer 22,354
• Thomas Scott 19,968

County Commission District 2 – Republican

• Sharon Calvert 10,974
• Victor Crist 18,873

County Commission District 6 – Republican

• Margaret Iuculano 26,185
• Don Kruse 23,830

School Board District 1

• Eduardo “Eddy” Calcines 6,190
• Susan Valdes 10,253

School Board District 3

• Jack Lamb 9,743
• Cindy Stuart 13,196

School Board District 5

• “Henry” J. Ballard Jr. 4,550
• Doretha Wynn Edgecomb 10,681

School Board District 7

• “Joe” Jordan-Robinson 9,840
• Terry Kemple 19,245
• Carl Francis “Captain Carl” Kosierowski 8,705
• Carol Kurdell 36,274
• Robert McElheny 9,235
• Michael Weston 17,488

For more details about the primary election results, visit the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections online.