Unofficial Election Results
Last Updated 09:27am Jul 23 1999

GENERAL ELECTION
SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
NOVEMBER 3, 1998

These results reflect the votes cast in Sarasota County ONLY. Even though a candidate may have a majority of the votes cast in Sarasota County, these figures in no way show the results for total votes cast in other counties within the state; or are indicative of a whether a candidate running for any office other than a local seat would have won the election.


GENERAL STATE-WIDE ELECTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
UNITED STATES SENATOR HISTORIC PROPERTY TAX
GOVERNOR & LT. GOVERNOR DEATH PENALTY
SECRETARY OF STATE HOMESTEAD TAX EXEMPTION
ATTORNEY GENERAL RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS
COMPTROLLER CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
TREASURER PUBLIC EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
COMM OF EDUCATION SELECTION OF JUDGES
COMM OF AGRICULTURE STATE CABINET
STATE REP 69TH HOUSE DIST. BASIC RIGHTS
STATE REP 70TH HOUSE DIST. PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DIST 2 ELECTIONS
 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DIST 4 FIREARM PURCHASES
SCHOOL BOARD  DISTRICT 1 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
HOSPITAL BOARD  CENTRAL DIST SARASOTA-MANATEE AIRPORT AUTHORITY SEAT 1
HOSPITAL BOARD SOUTHERN DIST SARASOTA-MANATEE AIRPORT AUTHORITY SEAT 3
2ND DIST. COURT OF APPEAL
SUPREME COURT CITY OF VENICE
SEAT 1 MAYOR
CITY OF NORTH PORT SEAT 2 COUNCIL MEMBER
COMMISSIONER SEAT 5 SEAT 4 COUNCIL MEMBER

 


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SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
Precincts Counted 141 100.00%
Absentee Precincts Counted 6 100.00%
Registered Voters 213763 100.00%
Ballots Cast 116332 54.42%

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GENERAL ELECTION
Precincts Counted 141 100.00%
Absentee Precincts Counted 6 100.00%
Registered Voters 213763 100.00%
Ballots Cast 116332 54.42%

UNITED STATES SENATOR
Bob Graham DEM 63174 56.23%
Charlie Crist REP 49184 43.77%

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GOVERNOR & LT. GOVERNOR
Buddy Mackay DEM 44252 38.79%
& Rick Dantzler
Jeb Bush REP 69829 61.21%
& Frank Brogan

SECRETARY OF STATE
Karen Gievers DEM 44799 39.99%
Katherine Harris REP 67231 60.01%

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ATTORNEY GENERAL
Bob Butterworth DEM 60300 54.83%
David H. (Dave) Bludworth REP 49671 45.17%

COMPTROLLER
Newall Jerome Daughtrey DEM 34983 32.16%
Bob Milligan REP 73803 67.84%

TREASURER
Bill Nelson DEM 55176 49.21%
Tim Ireland REP 56956 50.79%

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COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
Peter Rudy Wallace DEM 45814 41.45%
Tom Gallagher REP 64716 58.55%

COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE
Bob Crawford DEM 59777 56.50%
Rich Faircloth REP 46025 43.50%

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ST HOUSE DIST 69
Precincts Counted 49 100.00%
Absentee Precincts Counted 1 100.00%
Registered Voters 70120 100.00%
Ballots Cast 34527 49.24%

STATE REPRESENTATIVE
69TH HOUSE DISTRICT
Shirley A. Brown DEM 19984 60.14%
Joe Gruters REP 13243 39.86%

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ST HOUSE DIST 70
Precincts Counted 57 100.00%
Absentee Precincts Counted 2 100.00%
Registered Voters 89110 100.00%
Ballots Cast 52522 58.94%

STATE REPRESENATAIVE
70TH HOUSE DISTRICT
Alan Miller Kunerth DEM 14959 30.46%
Nancy C. Detert REP 34153 69.54%

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SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
Precincts Counted 141 100.00%
Absentee Precincts Counted 5 100.00%
Registered Voters 213763 100.00%
Ballots Cast 116316 54.41%

BOARD OF COUNTY 
COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT 2
William F. "Bill" Bishop DEM 47628 43.92%
David R. Mills REP 60815 56.08%

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BOARD OF
COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
DISTRICT 4
Tom Price DEM 36946 34.53%
Nora Patterson REP 70039 65.47%

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER
DISTRICT 1
Gregory M. Duncan DEM 37519 34.73%
Carol Todd REP 70517 65.27%

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HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBER
CENTRAL DISTRICT
Michael A. Smith DEM 36003 34.05%
Thomas F. Kelly REP 69744 65.95%

HOSPITAL BOARD MEMBERS
SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Vote For 02
Evelyn R. Barritt DEM 50510 30.64%
Neil Burnside REP 54001 32.76%
Robert P. (Bob) Hebert REP 60348 36.61%

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SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
Precincts Counted 141 100.00%
Absentee Precincts Counted 6 100.00%
Registered Voters 213763 100.00%
Ballots Cast 116332 54.42%

SUPREME COURT
Major B. Harding
Retain in Office 68478 70.37%
Do Not Retain in Office 28832 29.63%

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SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
Precincts Counted 141 100.00%
Absentee Precincts Counted 5 100.00%
Registered Voters 213763 100.00%
Ballots Cast 116316 54.41%

2ND DISTRICT COURT
OF APPEAL
Stevan T. Northcutt
Retain in Office 67624 70.16%
Do Not Retain in Office 28768 29.84%

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PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Precincts Counted 141 100.00%
Absentee Precincts Counted 6 100.00%
Registered Voters 213763 100.00%
Ballots Cast 116332 54.42%

HISTORIC PROPERTY TAX
YES for Approval 40035 37.59%
NO for Rejection 66471 62.41%

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DEATH PENALTY
YES for Approval 62504 64.29%
NO for Rejection 34718 35.71%

HOMESTEAD TAX EXEMPTION
YES for Approval 63211 58.28%
NO for Rejection 45254 41.72%

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RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS
YES for Approval 67909 78.33%
NO for Rejection 18790 21.67%

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
YES for Approval 80849 75.22%
NO for Rejection 26631 24.78%

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PUBLIC EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
YES for Approval 72540 73.07%
NO for Rejection 26729 26.93%

SELECTION OF JUDGES
YES for Approval 60767 58.49%
NO for Rejection 43125 41.51%

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STATE CABINET
YES for Approval 64483 62.47%
NO for Rejection 38738 37.53%

BASIC RIGHTS
YES for Approval 67352 67.35%
NO for Rejection 32653 32.65%

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PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS
YES for Approval 42862 41.86%
NO for Rejection 59532 58.14%

ELECTIONS
YES for Approval 68762 66.53%
NO for Rejection 34593 33.47%

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FIREARM PURCHASES
YES for Approval 78997 76.85%
NO for Rejection 23798 23.15%

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
YES for Approval 61049 61.58%
NO for Rejection 38084 38.42%

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SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
Precincts Counted 141 100.00%
Absentee Precincts Counted 5 100.00%
Registered Voters 213763 100.00%
Ballots Cast 116316 54.41%

SARASOTA-MANATEE
AIRPORT AUTHORITY SEAT 1
Pattie Lanier 52874 56.98%
Thomas Patrick Welsh 39919 43.02%

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SARASOTA-MANATEE
AIRPORT AUTHORITY
SEAT 3
Don Guercio 43912 48.17%
John M. Keller 47244 51.83%

CITY OF VENICE GENERAL ELECTION
Precincts Counted 9 100.00%
Absentee Precincts Counted 1 100.00%
Registered Voters 13326 100.00%
Ballots Cast 8144 61.11%

SEAT 1
MAYOR
(Three-year Term)
Dean Calamaras 4764 65.33%
Joe Venuti, Jr. 2528 34.67%

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SEAT 2
COUNCIL MEMBER
(Three-year Term)
John (Jack) D. Howell 2508 35.26%
Jim Myers 4604 64.74%

SEAT 4
COUNCIL MEMBER
(One-year Term)
Martha Hanneman 3771 52.84%
Dick Gillespie Kolba 3365 47.16%

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CITY OF NORTH PORT GENERAL ELECTION
Precincts Counted 7 100.00%
Absentee Precincts Counted 1 100.00%
Registered Voters 12400 100.00%
Ballots Cast 5759 46.44%

COMMISSIONER SEAT 5
Hazel Hardman 2147 41.56%
Tom Williamson 3019 58.44%
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