OCALA, FL (352today.com) – The Florida primary and several nonpartisan elections were held Tuesday, Aug. 20.

Across the nine counties of the 352, voters cast ballots for sheriffs, mayors, county commission, school boards and more.

Below are the results county-by-county in the contested races, with early and absentee votes, plus precincts reporting following Tuesday’s in-person voting.

We’ll be updating the results throughout the evening. Check back frequently.

|ELECTION RESULTS: Federal and state races in North Central Florida

Alachua County

Early votes & vote by mail complete – 63/63 Precincts Reporting

Sheriff – Democratic Primary 

County Commissioner – District 1 – Democratic Primary

  • Mary Alford 72.36% (1,715 votes)
  • DeJeon L. Cain 27.64% (655 votes)

School Board District 2

  • Diyonne L. McGraw 46.14% (15,651 votes)
  • Thomas Vu 53.86% (18,268 votes)

School Board – District 4

  • Leanetta McNealy 72.26% (24,029 votes)
  • Lew A. “Lincoln” Welge 27.74% (9,226 votes)

Gainesville City Commision – At-Large Seat A

  • James Ingle 61.40% (8,592 votes)
  • Fareed “Reed” Johnson 38.60% (5,401 votes)

Gainesville City Commision – District 1

  • Desmon Duncan-Walker 77.89% (2,029 votes)
  • Michael “Perk” Perkins 22.11% (576 votes)

Citrus County

Early votes & vote by mail complete – 32/32 Precincts Reporting

Sheriff

  • Michael Prendergast 36.64% (14,343 votes)
  • David Vincent 63.36% (24,800 votes)

School Superintendent 

  • Scott Hebert 60.03% (22,519 votes)
  • Jason Koon 39.97% (14,997 votes)

School Board – District 2

  • Ken Frink 45.66% (16,415 votes)
  • Laura Gatling-Wright 21.26% (7,643 votes)
  • Dale Marie Merrill 8.90% (3,201 votes)
  • Victoria L. Smith 24.17% (8,688 votes)

Supervisor of Elections

  • Maureen “Mo” Baird 80.15% (30,223 votes)
  • Tifani Long 19.85% (7,486 votes)

County Commissioner – District 1

  • Curtiss “CJ” Bryant 43.31% (16,002 votes)
  • Jeff Kinnard 56.69% (20,946 votes)

County Commissioner – District 3

  • Janet A. Barek 51.03% (18,763 votes)
  • Ruthie Davis Schlabach 48.97% (18,006 votes)

County Judge – Group 3

  • Amber May Thomas 50.17% (17,438 votes)
  • Lisa Yeager 49.83% (17,320 votes)

City of Inverness – Charter Change 1

  • Yes 55.44% (810 votes)
  • No 44.56% (651 votes)

Dixie County

Early votes complete & vote by mail partial – 10/10 Precincts Reporting

Sheriff

  • Darby Butler 52.35% (2,513 votes)
  • Julie Herring 47.65% (2,287 votes)

Supervisor of Elections 

  • Darbi Chaires 45.60% (2,153 votes)
  • Paul N. Gainey 25.77% (1,217 votes)
  • Tracey Brannin Groom 28.63% (1,352 votes)

County Commissioner – District 1

  • Gene Higginbotham 35.74% (1,703 votes)
  • Gary “Turtle” Montgomery 12.82% (611 votes)
  • Jody Paul Stephenson 51.44% (2,451 votes)

County Commissioner – District 3

  • Mark Hatch 53.12% (2,511 votes)
  • Aaron Spivey 46.88% (2,216 votes)

County Commissioner – District 5

  • Tanner Lytle 34.04% (1,594 votes)
  • David D. Osteen 65.96% (3,089 votes)

Gilchrist County

Early votes complete & vote by mail partial – 10/10 Precincts Reporting

Tax Collector

  • Michael McElroy 85.02% (4,212 votes)
  • Terry E. Trail 14.98% (742 votes)

School Superintendent

  • Ronda Adkins 29.62% (1,465 votes)
  • Gina Geiger 47.11% (2,330 votes)
  • Jim Surrency 23.27% (1,151 votes)

Supervisor of Elections

  • Lisa Slaughter Darus 52.63% (2,587 votes)
  • Scott Osteen 22.14% (1,088 votes)
  • Olivia Roberts 25.23% (1,240 votes)

County Commissioner – District 1

  • Sharon Akins Langford 65.15% (3,204 votes)
  • Jerry “Bubba” Brown, Jr 34.85% (1,714 votes)

County Commissioner – District 3

  • William “Billy” Cannon 49.24% (2,413 votes)
  • Darrell Smith 50.76% (2,487 votes)

County Commissioner – District 5

  • Tammy L. Hale 23.12% (1,139 votes)
  • Jeff Jordan 33.58% (1,654 votes)
  • Kenrick D. Thomas 43.30% (2,133 votes)

School Board – District 2

  • Susan P. Owens 59.56% (2,903 votes)
  • John Dale “JD” Perryman 40.44% (1,971 votes)

School Board – District 4

  • Dena Griffith 21.07% (1,018 votes)
  • Tammy Moore 41.01% (1,981 votes)
  • Patricia Hodge Philman 37.92% (1,832 votes)

Hernando County

Early votes & vote by mail complete – 32/32 Precincts Reporting

Sheriff

  • Al Nienhuis 59.73% (18,728 votes)
  • Joe Puglia 40.27% (12,628 votes)

Property Appraiser

  • Kevin Johnston 37.78% (7,055 votes)
  • Randy Mazourek 62.22% (11,619 votes)

County Commissioner – District 1

  • Ryan Amsler 50.30% (15,095 votes)
  • Beth Kirshy Narverud 49.70% (14,914 votes)

County Commissioner – District 3

  • John Allocco 61.32% (11,653 votes)
  • Marvin Baynham 30.68% (7,352 votes)

County Commissioner – District 5

  • Steve Champion 69.37% (13,087 votes)
  • Pam Everett 30.63% (5,778 votes)

School Board – District 4

  • Michelle Bonczek 28.84 (8,693 votes)
  • Mark E. Cioffi 44.33% (13,366 votes)
  • Gregg Laskoski 26.81% (8,082 votes)

Lake County

Early votes & vote by mail complete – 92/92 Precincts Reporting

Supervisor of Elections

  • Alan Hays 67.35% (23,346 votes)
  • Tom Vail 32.65% (11,319 votes)

Board of County Commissars – District 1

  • Anthony Sabatini 47.84% (16,486 votes)
  • Douglas Bruce Shields 40.83% (14,070 votes)
  • Sam Simmons 11.32% (3,902 votes)

North Lake Hospital District NE – Seat 3

  • Carolyn M. Maimone 58.89% (19,353 votes)
  • Ralph Smith 41.11% (13,509 votes)

School Board – District 4

  • Mollie R. Cunningham 57.26% (29,990 votes)
  • Gavin Rollins 42.74% (22,381 votes)

Levy County

Early votes & vote by mail complete – 13/13 Precincts Reporting

Clerk of Circuit Court/Comptroller

  • Matt Brooks 41.07% (3,124 votes)
  • Brian Gore 19.77% (1,504 votes)
  • Mandy Waters 39.16% (2,979 votes)

Sheriff

  • Britton Drew 40.19% (4,142 votes)
  • Bobby McCallum 59.81% (6,164 votes)

Property Appraiser

  • Dale R. Hart 30.56% (3,072 votes)
  • Jason Whistler 69.44% (6,980 votes)

School Superintendent

  • Tammy Boyle 54.05% (5,535 votes)
  • Christopher “Chris” Cowart 45.95% (4,705 votes)

School Board – District 4

  • Linda Campbell 51.54% (5,206 votes)
  • Kelly Strickland Gore 48.46% (4,894 votes)

County Commissioner – District 1

  • Charlie Kennedy 50.52% (5,1340 votes)
  • John Meeks 49.48% (5,028 votes)

County Commissioner – District 5

  • Zach Bullock 49.91% (5,044 votes)
  • Johnny Hiers 50.09% (5,063 votes)

Town of Yankeetown – Transient Unit Kitchen Ordinance

  • Yes 66.24% (104 votes)
  • No 33.76% (53 votes)

Town of Yankeetown – Limited Accessory Development

  • Yes 76.10% (121 votes)
  • No 23.90% (38 votes)

Williston – City Council Group C 

  • Meredith Page Martin 50.16% (316 votes)
  • Nick Stark 49.84% (314 votes)

Marion County

Early votes & vote by mail complete – 106/106 Precincts Reporting

Sheriff – Republican Primary

County Commissioner – District 1

County Commissioner – District 3

School Board – District 1

Town of Reddick – Mayor

Town of Reddick – Council Seat 3

Town of Reddick – Council Seat 4

Sumter County

Early votes complete & vote by mail partial – 30/30 Precincts Reporting

Clerk of Circuit Court/Comptroller

  • Erin Munz 63.28% (18,862 votes)
  • Daniel Myslakowski 27.10% (8,078 votes)

Sheriff

  • Patrick “Pat” Breeden 75.18% (22,406 votes)
  • Anthony Pellicano 10.93% (3,257 votes)
  • Daniel Lee Sells 7.24% (2,159 votes)

School Superintendent

  • Logan Brown 50.45% (21,122 votes)
  • Allen Shirley 39.88% (16,699 votes)

School Board – District 4

  • Russell Hogan 46.62% (19,521 votes)
  • Mary L. Prows 40.55% (16,977 votes)

County Commissioner – District 1

  • Debora K. “Deb” Butterfield 45.95% (13,694 votes)
  • Mary Lazich 45.21% (13,475 votes)

County Commissioner – District 3

  • Todd Coon 52.84% (15,750 votes)
  • Craig Estep 41.33% (12,318 votes)

County Commissioner – District 5

  • Oren L. Miller 32.15% (9,582 votes)
  • Donald Wiley 62.26% (18,556 votes)

|PRIMARY ELECTION DAY: A look at how the 352 exercised its civic duty