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View MoreMcClafferty wins St. Johns School Board District 4 seat
Tammie McClafferty defeated Jillian Tozer with 60.82% of the vote in a St. Johns County School Board District 4 race shaped by culture-war clashes over religion and transgender issues.
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View MoreSean Griswold leads St. Johns airport board Group 3 race
Unofficial St. Johns County results show Sean Griswold with 53,616 votes (43.97%) in the Airport Authority Board Group 3 race, ahead of Sean Hess with 37,857 (31.05%) and Christopher Cannan with 30,468 (24.99%). All 55 reporting units are listed; vote-by-mail is partially reported and provisional ballots are excluded.
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View MoreSt. Johns voters approve $100M conservation bond by 3-to-1 margin
St. Johns County voters approved a $100 million conservation bond with 75% support on Nov. 3, authorizing a new property tax capped at 0.15 mills to fund land purchases through the county's LAMP program.
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View MoreWomen broke barriers on election night 2026
The victories put new leaders in charge of policy – and raise a harder question for the political establishment: whose judgment about viable candidates deserves to be trusted?
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View MoreHansen defeats Rivers for St. Johns port board seat
Clay M. Hansen defeated incumbent Tom Rivers by 190 votes for the St. Augustine Port, Waterway and Beach District Board Group 5 seat, according to unofficial results from St. Johns County Supervisor of Elections.
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View MoreDedge leads Wilson in St. Johns airport authority race
Unofficial county results show Jerry Dedge leading John H. Wilson by 16,861 votes in St. Johns airport authority Group 2; partial vote-by-mail and provisional ballots remain.
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View MoreHistoric Democratic blue wave reshapes Washington and the states
Democrats break Republican strongholds in Senate and governor races. Dems likely to control both chambers of Congress.
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View MoreDonalds wins Florida governor race, becomes state's first Black governor
Florida Election Watch’s unofficial Nov. 3 results show Byron Donalds and Bryan Avila with 4,132,334 votes (50.02%) and David Jolly and Gwen Graham with 4,024,639 (48.71%). The state page lists 8,261,740 total votes and does not display a reporting percentage or update timestamp. Checked Nov. 4 at 1:25 p.m. ET; returns remain unofficial pending canvassing and certification.
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View MoreAshley Moody wins Florida U.S. Senate special election, AP says
The Associated Press says Republican Ashley Moody won Florida’s Nov. 3 U.S. Senate special election. Unofficial state returns show Moody with 4,208,004 votes (50.87%), Angie Nixon with 3,969,271 (47.99%) and Neil J. Gillespie with 94,538 (1.14%). Checked Nov. 4 at 1:44 p.m. ET.
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View MoreSt. Johns County polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday
Polls open Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters must use their assigned precinct; the Supervisor of Elections says some polling places have changed since 2024.
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View MoreIndependent Moliere Dimanche seeks Florida governorship
Moliere Dimanche, a No Party Preference candidate from Orlando, is running for Florida governor on an anti-corruption platform. He shared his background and policy positions in our candidate questionnaire.
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View MoreDemocrat David Jolly seeks Florida governorship
David Jolly, a former Republican congressman turned Democrat, is running for Florida governor in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election against Republican Byron Donalds and several other candidates.
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