Bartell, Thrumston, Schultz, Miele lose in local Tuesday primary
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Election results being handed out at the Citrus County Election's office in Downtown Inverness. Photo By: Bryan Latham/Citrus Daily

In local voting, Citrus County commissioners Gary Bartell and John Thrumston were defeated in Tuesday's primary elections, as well as State Rep. Ron Schultz.

According to the numbers, Bartell was defeated by John J. 'JJ' Kenney, Thrumston was defeated by Rebecca Bays and Schultz was defeated by Jimmie T. Smith.

In the race for County Commission District 2, longtime commissioner Bartell gathered 7,813 votes (45.1%). In the three-way race for County Commission District 4, winner Rebecca Bays received 8,881 votes (50.5%); Donald P. Sterling received 8,881 votes (50.5%) and incumbent Thrumston received 5,539 votes (31.5%). And in the race for State Rep. 43, challenger Jimmie T. Smith received 14,368 votes (51.3%), and incumbent Schultz received 13,595 votes (48.6%).

In another local race, District 1 School Board, Thomas Kennedy outdistanced Lou Miele. Kennedy received 15,726 votes (56.5%), while Miele received 12,086 votes (43.4%).

In the race for Circuit Judge 5, Group 1, Denise A. Dymond Lyn was the winner over Robert W. Hodges (However, Hodges went on to win the contest in districtwide voting results). Lyn received 14,111 votes (51.7%), and Hodges received 13,149 votes (48.2%).

                                                                        All the numbers:

  • US Senator - Rep (Total Precincts: 41 Reported Precincts: 41 100%) Total: 17,431

Wm Escoffery III    1,494    (8.57%)   
William Billy Kogut    2,332    (13.3%)   
Marco Rubio    13,605    (78.0%)   

  • US Senator - Dem (Total Precincts: 41 Reported Precincts: 41 100%) Total: 8,908

Glenn A. Burkett    923    (10.3%)   
Maurice A. Ferre    429    (4.81%)   
Jeff Greene    3,745    (42.0%)   
Kendrick B. Meek    3,811    (42.7%)   

  • U.S. Rep. in Congress - Rep (Total Precincts: 41 Reported Precincts: 41 100%) Total: 17,381

Richard Nugent    11,130    (64.0%)   
Jason Sager    6,251    (35.9%)   

  • Governor - Rep (Total Precincts: 41 Reported Precincts: 41 100%) Total: 17,975

Mike McCalister    2,309    (12.8%)   
Bill McCollum    7,002    (38.9%)   
Rick Scott    8,664    (48.2%)   

  • Governor - Dem (Total Precincts: 41 Reported Precincts: 41 100%) Total: 8,775

Brian P. Moore    2,300    (26.2%)   
Alex Sink    6,475    (73.7%)   

  • Attorney General - Rep (Total Precincts: 41 Reported Precincts: 41 100%) Total: 17,452

Holly Benson    4,154    (23.8%)   
Pam Bondi    8,203    (47.0%)   
Jeff Kottkamp    5,095    (29.1%)   

  • Attorney General - Dem (Total Precincts: 41 Reported Precincts: 41 100%) Total: 8,237

Dave Aronberg    3,356    (40.7%)   
Dan Gelber    4,881    (59.2%)   

  • State Rep. 43 - UPC - Rep. (Total Precincts: 41 Reported Precincts: 41 100%) Total: 28,212

Ron Schultz    13,697    (48.5%)   
Jimmie T. Smith    14,515    (51.4%)   

  • Co. Comm. Dist. 2 - Rep (Total Precincts: 41 Reported Precincts: 41 100%) Total: 17,454

Gary Bartell    7,889    (45.1%)   
John J. 'JJ' Kenney    9,565    (54.8%)   

  • Co. Comm. Dist. 4 - Rep (Total Precincts: 41 Reported Precincts: 41 100%) Total: 17,722

Rebecca Bays    8,975    (50.6%)   
Donald P. Sterling    3,161    (17.8%)   
John Thrumston    5,586    (31.5%)   

  • Circuit Judge 5, Group 1 (Total Precincts: 41 Reported Precincts: 41 100%) Total: 27,497

Denise A. Dymond Lyn    14,237    (51.7%)   
Robert W. Hodges    13,260    (48.2%)   

  • School Board Dist. 1 (Total Precincts: 41 Reported Precincts: 41 100%) Total: 28,057

Thomas Kennedy    15,862    (56.5%)   
Lou Miele    12,195    (43.4%)

Statewide primary election results:




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