Suwannee Valley Times is distributed into the following cities and towns: Lake City, Live Oak, Madison, Branford, Dowling Park, Falmouth, Lee, Wellborn, Jasper, White Springs, Fort White, High Springs and Alachua

By Tami Stevenson

Election results for Suwannee, Columbia, Madison and Mayo - Amendments

SUWANNEE - Voter Turnout 81.74%

SHERIFF

Sam St. John will remain Sheriff of Suwannee County. Beating his opponent, Harry K. (Kin) Weaver, Jr.
St. John rec’d 75.23% votes.
Weaver rec’d 24.77% votes.

SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

Ronnie Gray won the Superintendent of Schools, over Write-In candidate Janene Fitzpatrick.
Gray rec’d 88.82% votes.
Fitzpatrick rec’d 11.18% votes.

COUNTY COMMISSIONER D-3

Travis Land will remain the D-3 County Commissioner over Write-In candidate

Land rec’d 93.12% votes.
Write-in rec’d 6.88% votes.

SCHOOL BOARD D-1

Lesley Townsend Fry won the race for School Board D-1 over Adam Hitt.
Townsend rec’d 55.47% votes.
Hitt rec’d 44.53% votes.

COLUMBIA - Voter Turnout 80.56%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER D-1

Kevin Parnell won the race over incumbent Ron Williams.
Parnell rec’d 55.01% votes.
Williams rec’d 44.99% votes.

MAYOR FORT WHITE

George Jacob Thomas, won over incumbent Ronald R. Frazier.
Thomas rec’d 54.03% votes.
Frazier rec’d 45.97% votes.

MADISON- Voter Turnout 77.19%

SHERIFF

David Harper (R) will remain Sheriff, beating out Christopher Cooks (D) and Frederick J. Korey (NP).
Harper rec’d 63.71% votes
Cooks rec’d 25.45% votes
Korey rec’d 10.84% votes

TAX COLLECTOR

Robin Hart (D) won the vote for Tax Collector over Brian Williams (R).
Hart rec’d 51.23% votes.
Williams rec’d 48.77% votes.

SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

Karen Pickles (R) won over
Shirley D. Joseph (D) for the race of Superintendent.
Pickles rec’d 60.46% votes.
Joseph rec’d 39.54% votes.

SUPERVISOR of Elections

Heath Driggers (R) got the most votes over Donnell Davis (D).
Driggers rec’d 69.51% votes.
Davis rec’d 30.49% votes.

COUNTY COMMISSIONER D-3

Ronnie L. Moore (D) will remain Commissioner. He won over Billy Tolar (R).
Moore rec’d 50.99% votes.
Tolar rec’d 49.01% votes.

COUNTY COMMISSIONER D-5

Rick Davis (R) was the voter’s favorite over Michael Maurice (D).
Davis rec’d 70.35% votes.
Maurice rec’d 29.65% votes.

GREENVILLE COUNCIL SEAT 3

Barbara Dansey won over Michael Blue.
Dansey rec’d 57.75% votes.
Blue rec’d 42.25% votes.

GREENVILLE COUNCIL SEAT 4

Carl Livingston won over Kovacherich Arnold.
Livingston rec’d 57.06% votes.
Arnold rec’d 42.94% votes.

LEE - TOWN COUNCIL Group 2

Edwin McMullen was the voter’s choice over Rey Ortiz.
McMullen rec’d 73.71% votes.
Ortiz rec’d 26.29% votes.

LEE - TOWN COUNCIL Group 3

Lloyd Burke beat out
Noah Moral.
Burke rec’d 71.35% votes.
Moral rec’d 28.65% votes.

LAFAYETTE- Voter Turnout 86.7%

COUNTY COMMISSIONER D-5

Andrew Branche (R) won over Earnest L. Jones (D)
Branche rec’d 71.5% votes.
Jones rec’d 28.5% votes.

AMENDMENTS

Amendments need 60% of the vote in order to pass.

AMENDMENT 1 - Partisan Election of Members of District School Boards

FAILED - 54.98% Yes / 45.02% No

AMENDMENT 2 -

Right To Fish And Hunt

PASSED - 67.4% Yes / 32.6% No

AMENDMENT 3 - Marijuana

FAILED - 55.76% Yes / 44.24% No

AMENDMENT 4 - Abortion

FAILED - 57.01% Yes / 42.99% No

AMENDMENT 5 - Annual Adjustments to Homestead Exemptions

PASSED - 66.05% Yes / 33.95% No

AMENDMENT 6 - Repeal of Public Campaign Financing

FAILED - 50.43% Yes / 49.57% No

STATE & NATIONAL RESULTS

US Senator
Rick Scott (R) will remain senator over
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D)

US Congress D-3
Kat Cammack (R) will remain in office over
Tom Wells (D)

US Congress D-2
Neal Dunn (R) won over
Yen Bailey (D)

State Senator D-3
Corey Simon (R) won over
Daryl Parks (D)

State Representative D-10
Chuck Brannan (R) won over Robert “Bobby” J. Brady (D)

State Representative D-7
Jason Shoaf (R) won over
Kenny Beasley (D)

State Representative D-9
Allison Tant (D) won over
Spencer Brass (R)

UPDATE:

PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Early Wednesday morning, around 2:00 a.m., Fox News announced they were making the call - Former President Donald J. Trump / JD Vance won the election over Vice President Kamala D. Harris / Tim Walz.

This 2024 presidential race was historical. Only one other time, 139 years ago, in our nation's history has a president served two non-consecutive terms, Grover Cleveland.