Kenney, Bays take county commission seats for districts 2, 4

In General Election voting on Tuesday, John J. "JJ" Kenney has been declared the winner for Citrus County Commissioner, District 2, and Rebecca Bays has captured the county commission seat for District 4.

District 2 includes Homosassa, and District 4 includes Floral City.

Kenney will replace outgoing commissioner Gary Bartell. Bartell, who ended his tenure as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, has served the public as the elected County Commissioner from District 2 since 1990 and has been an advocate for the citizens, property and business owners of Citrus County for the past 20 years.

Bays will replace outgoing commissioner John Thrumston, who took office in 2006. As a commissioner, he served as chair to the District 5 Medical Examiner Advisory Committee and chair of the Public Safety Coordinating Council. During 2009, he served as Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. During July 2007–September 2010 Thrumston represented Citrus County as a member of the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA). He also sat on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for TBARTA.

Below are the numbers from the Supervisor of Elections web site for the District 2 and District 4 races.

County Commission District 2 (Total Precincts: 31 Reported Precincts: 31 100%) Total: 53,355

John J. 'JJ' Kenney 36,548 (68.4%)
Phillip F. Mulrain 16,807 (31.5%)

County Commission District 4 (Total Precincts: 31 Reported Precincts: 31 100%) Total: 53,040

Rebecca Bays 34,492 (65.0%)
James A. Brunswick 13,809 (26.0%)
Marco A. Wilson 4,739 (8.93%)

Elsewhere, Jim Farley was elected as Crystal River mayor. The breakdown is:

Crystal River Mayor (Total Precincts: 1 Reported Precincts: 1 100%) Total: 1,163

Jim Farley 529 (45.4%)
Phillip W. Price 428 (36.8%)
Keith M. Shewbart

Crystal River City Council Seat 2 (Total Precincts: 1 Reported Precincts: 1 100%) Total: 1,124

Mike Gudis 594 (52.8%)
David Tagye 530 (47.1%)

In other voting results from Citrus County only:

Marco Rubio won the vote for U.S. Senator. Charlie Crist followed in second place, and Kendrick Meek was a distant third.

The vote looked like this:

Marco Rubio 27,496 (49.4%)
Charlie Crist 20,612 (37.0%)
Kendrick B. Meek 6,365 (11.4%)

In the U.S. House of Representatives, Richard Nugent was the strong finisher, with 38,057 votes (67.5%) to challenger James Piccillo's 17,305 votes (32.4%).

In the governor's race, Rick Scott was the winner with 29,903 votes (54.3%) to Alex Sink's 21,585 votes (39.2%).

Pam Bondi took the Attorney General race, leading with 33,154 votes (60.6%) to 18,548 (33.9%) for Dan Gelber and 2,972 votes for Jim Lewis (5.43%).

Other results from Citrus County are listed below.

Chief Financial Officer (Total Precincts: 40 Reported Precincts: 40 100%) Total: 53,881

Jeff Atwater 33,903 (62.9%)
Loranne Ausley 16,391 (30.4%)
Ken Mazzie 1,401 (2.60%)
Tom Stearns 2,186 (4.05%)

Commissioner of Agriculture (Total Precincts: 40 Reported Precincts: 40 100%) Total: 54,143

Adam H. Putnam 33,952 (62.7%)
Scott Maddox 15,389 (28.4%)
Ira Chester 3,282 (6.06%)
Thad Hamilton 1,520 (2.80%)

Florida Constitutional Amendments and local issues results from Citrus County

  • Amending 1 Campaign Financing (Total Precincts: 40 Reported Precincts: 40 100%) Total: 52,678

    YES 27,520 (52.2%)
    NO 25,158 (47.7%)

  • Amendment 2 Homestead Military (Total Precincts: 40 Reported Precincts: 40 100%) Total: 53,647

    YES 40,623 (75.7%)
    NO 13,024 (24.2%)

  • Amendment 4 Land Use (Total Precincts: 40 Reported Precincts: 40 100%) Total: 53,929

    YES 18,196 (33.7%)
    NO 35,733 (66.2%)

  • Amendment 5 Legislative Redistricting (Total Precincts: 40 Reported Precincts: 40 100%) Total: 53,176

    YES 34,650 (65.1%)
    NO 18,526 (34.8%)

  • Amendment 6 Congressional Redistrict (Total Precincts: 40 Reported Precincts: 40 100%) Total: 53,033

    YES 34,786 (65.5%)
    NO 18,247 (34.4%)

  • Amendment 8 Class Size (Total Precincts: 40 Reported Precincts: 40 100%) Total: 52,872

    YES 32,019 (60.5%)
    NO 20,853 (39.4%)

  • Legislative Balancing the Budget (Total Precincts: 40 Reported Precincts: 40 100%) Total: 52,847

    YES 39,165 (74.1%)
    NO 13,682 (25.8%)

  • County - S.B. Mill Rate (Total Precincts: 40 Reported Precincts: 40 100%) Total: 50,286

    YES 31,952 (63.5%)
    NO 18,334 (36.4%)

  • City of Inverness Amendment (Total Precincts: 2 Reported Precincts: 2 100%) Total: 2,064

    YES 1,748 (84.6%)
    NO 316 (15.3%)




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