PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS

RUMPOLE SAYS MATHEMATICALLY AS OF 8 PM YOUR NEW JUDGES ARE MILENA ABREU, LIZZET MARTINEZ, YERY MARRERO, KRISTY NUNEZ, AND ELEANE SOSA-BRUZON  
UPDATE AT 9PM JUDGE MILLER RE-ELECTED 
UPDATE AT 9:30 BARKET ELECTED...GORDON MISSES WINNING OUTRIGHT AND AVOIDING  RUNOFF BY 2.5%. 

AS OF 10:45 PM, 100% REPORTING - SEE RESULTS BELOW

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:

ELECTION CENTRAL ..... PRIMARY RESULTS .....

Join us tonight as we follows the election returns in Miami-Dade County for the eight contested judicial seats.  The polls close at 7:00 PM and shortly thereafter we should be getting the numbers reported from the two weeks of Early Voting.  Next, we should begin receiving Absentee Ballot numbers. And throughout the night, we shall update you on the overall numbers.

EARLY VOTING & VOTE BY MAIL TURNOUT

As of yesterday, a total of 178,671 voters had already cast their ballots in Miami-Dade County. (Today, on election day, an additional 118,771 voters cast their ballot); Total Turnout 21%.

EARLY VOTING NUMBERS:

Republican - 16,802
Democrat   -  34,470
NPA           -    4,892
TOTAL      -  56,184

VOTED BY MAIL NUMBERS:

Republican - 50,852
Democrat   -  51,707
NPA           -  19,948
TOTAL      - 122,507 

COLUMN ONE RETURNS ARE FROM VOTE BY MAIL;
COLUMN TWO RETURNS ARE FROM EARLY VOTING;
COLUMN THREE INCLUDES ALL VOTES NOW TALLIED AS OF 10:00 PM (100% of all votes have been counted)

TWO SHOCKERS:

1. Andrew Gillum BEATS leads Gwen Graham in the Democratic Governor's primary by 40,200 votes (34%-31%) with 99% of the votes counted.

2. Michael Grieco, yes THAT Michael Grieco, WINS leads all candidates in State House 113, in the Democratic Primary: Grieco - 41%; Weithorn - 35%; Lalchandani - 24%.

CIRCUIT COURT

GROUP 8

Elisabeth Espinosa       59,362 - 19,877 - 47%

Judge David Miller       53,917 - 29,143 - 53%

　
GROUP 14

Vivianne del Rio           43,686 - 14,027 - 34.76%

Renee Gordon               45,190 - 27, 465 - 47.56%

Louis Martinez              23,254 - 7,352    - 17.58%

　
GROUP 25

Yery Marrero                 62,946 - 24,293 - 53%

Joe Perkins                     46,872 - 23,499 - 47%

　
COUNTY COURT

　
GROUP 2:

Rosy Aponte                   49,104 - 23,028 - 48%

Kristy Nunez                   59,514 - 24,123 - 52%

　
GROUP 32:

Lizzet Martinez               74,603 - 32,770 - 67%

Chris Pracitto                   35,247 - 14,872 - 33%

　
GROUP 33:

　
Olanike Adebayo               40,235 - 24,552 - 44%

Eleane Sosa-Bruzon           67,564 - 22,158 - 56%

　
GROUP 40:

　
Michael Barket                  56,417 - 26,306 - 54%

Elena Ortega-Tauler          52,473 - 20,737 - 46%

　
GROUP 43:
　
Milena Abreu                     66,574 - 32,339 - 65%

Mike Mirabal                      40,117 - 13,845 - 35%

Congratulations to Broward County Election's Supervisor who set a new record by posting their first returns at 8:06 PM.  UPDATE: Broward up to 40% of their precincts counted as of 9:00 PM; Dade at 94%.  I will never quite understand what the problem is North of the Border!

　
If a runoff is required in Group 14, it will take place on November 6th. Good luck to all of the candidates.
　
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