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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ELECTION CENTRAL 2014 - PRIMARY RESULTS

THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:

ELECTION CENTRAL 2014  

PRIMARY RESULTS 

With a turnout of just over 14%, Miami-Dade voters elected six new Judges to the bench on Tuesday.  There were a total of eight contested elections, with Incumbent judges facing opposition in four of those contests.
 

The only sitting Judge who was returned to the bench is Circuit Court Judge Rodney Smith.  Smith had no problem defeating challenger Christian Carrazana, a personal injury and insurance lawyer.  The race was controversial because, for the first time in a judicial campaign, an outside corporation, United Auto Insurance Company, set up an ECO and funded it with nearly $346,000, (spending in excess of $313,000), in order to sway the vote in Smith's direction.  It worked.


Incumbent County Court Judge Jacqueline Schwartz, who has been on the bench for twelve years, failed in her bid to win outright in a three way race and must now face challenger Frank Bocanegra in a November runoff.  Bocanegra, a lawyer for the past six years, is a former law enforcement officer with the MDPD and former Miami Lakes Town Manager.
 

Circuit Judge Fleur Lobree lost, again.  She also lost a County Court race in 2012.  Lobree was defeated by criminal defense lawyer Mavel Ruiz.  After eight years on the County Court bench, Judge Nuria Saenz will join Lobree in the private sector as she was defeated by personal injury & PIP attorney Victoria Ferrer.
 

There will be at least six new Judges on the bench come January of 2015.  Stephen Millan, an attorney with experience in the areas of criminal defense, immigration and bankruptcy handily beat Traffic Magistrate and criminal defense lawyer Thomas Cobitz.  Millan had previously lost two judicial contests: in  2006 (County Court) and 2008 (Circuit Court).
 

Alberto Milian, a criminal defense practitioner, who had previously lost two campaigns to State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, (2000 and 2004), easily defeated marital and family practice attorney Mary Gomez.
 

Attorney Martin Zilber battled Oscar Rodriguez-Fonts all night for an open Circuit Court seat.  At seven pm, Fonts, who specializes in criminal defense and immigration matters, held a commanding 12% lead; by eight pm, the lead was down to 4 points.  It dropped to two points by nine pm.  And by ten pm, Zilber had grabbed the lead by a mere 423 votes.  Zilber, a mediator and insurance defense lawyer, held on and defeated Rodriguez Fonts by just over 2,400 votes.
 

In one of the nastiest races in recent memory, Assistant Miami City Attorney Veronica Diaz, better known for getting free Ultra tickets, sending business to her boyfriend's law firm, and having an Ethics complaint filed against her, easily defeated former School Board member and State Legislator Renier Diaz de la Portilla.  Diaz de la Portilla, not to be outdone by Veronica Diaz, had an election complaint filed against him, by Veronica Diaz' campaign.  He has been a member of The Florida Bar for only seven years, and had barely practiced any law during that time, but he has been a mediator for roughly three years.
 

For all of the election results, please take a look at the final numbers below.
 

WE CAN NOW CALL
THE FINAL TWO RACES
ZILBER WINS
SCHWARTZ IN A RUN-OFF

Only two races really worth watching:

With 100% of the precincts counted, Zilber defeats Rodriguez-Fonts by 2,314 votes.  No recount.

Zilber                     76,973  50.8%
Rodriguez Fonts  74,659   49.2%

Judge Schwartz fails in her bid to win outright and must now face attorney Frank Bocanegra in a November runoff.  She fell 893 votes short of the 50% plus one number.

Two incumbent Judges, Lobree and Saenz, getting trounced.  Lobree losing 54%-46%; Saenz losing 64%; - 36%

We can safely call (before the Miami Herald) the other six races.  Come January 2015 you can welcome five new judges (along with Judge Rodney Smith) to the bench:

Stephen Millan
Alberto Milian
Mavel Ruiz
Veronica Diaz
Victoria Ferrer

CIRCUIT COURT

GROUP 16 

Thomas Cobitz - 35%    52,006
Stephen Millan - 65%    98,422

GROUP 26

Judge Rodney Smith  - 63%    96,172
Christian Carrazana  - 37%    56,909

GROUP 27

Mary Gomez         -      42%     66,199
Alberto Milian      -      58%     90,858

GROUP 58 

Oscar Rodriguez-Fonts   -  49.2%    74,659
Martin Zilber                   -  50.8%    76,973

GROUP 67

Judge Fleur Lobree       -    46%    67,573
Mavel Ruiz                     -    54%    80,752

GROUP 70

Veronica Diaz                         -   57%    87,629
Renier Diaz de la Portilla      -   43%    66,973

COUNTY COURT

GROUP 19

Judge Jacqueline Schwartz   -   49.42%    75,615
Frank Bocanegra                    -   31.08%    47,559
Rachel Dooley                         -   19.50%    29,840

GROUP 36

Judge Nuria Saenz                 -   36%     54,050
Victoria Ferrer                       -   64%     94,789


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