Candidates attend Sanford Hob Nob
by Special to the Herald
August 06 2012 at 1057 | 928 views | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend | print
The Greater Regional Sanford Chamber of Commerce announced the results of the straw poll from Thursday’s Hob Nob, held at the Sanford Civic Center.

The results of those votes are included below according to their listing on the straw poll ballot:



• President: Mitt Romney received 74%; President Barack Obama, 23% and other, 3%

• United States Senator: Connie Mack received 46%; Bill Nelson received 27%; Dave Weldon, 14%; Mike McCalister, 9%; and Marielena Stuart and Glenn A. Burkett both received 2%.

• Representative in Congress- District 5: LeAnne Kolb received 73%; Corrine Brown, 23%; and Eileen Fleming, 4%

• Representative in Congress- District 7: John Mica received 77%; Sandy Adams received 22%; Jason H. Kendall received 8%; and Nicholas Ruiz III received 4%

• State Attorney: Phil Archer received 84%; Ryan James Vescio, 16%

• Public Defender: Blaise Trettis received 70%; Ken Rhoden, 30%

• State Senator- District 10: David Simmons received 80%; Leo Cruz, 20%

• State Representative- District 28: Jason Brodeur received 58%; John F. Bush, 27%; Franklin Perez, 15%

• State Representative- District 29: Chris Dorworth received 53%; John Moffitt, 25%; Mike Clelland, 18%, Jeffrey Onest, 4%

• State Representative- District 30: Scott Plakon received 75%; Karen Castor Dentel, 25%

• County Commissioner- District 3: Lee Constantine received 54%; Kathleen Gallagher McIver received 17%; Dick Van Der Weide received 15%; Don Epps received 14%

• County Commissioner- District 5: Brenda Carey received 80%; Gail Ellis 20%

• Circuit Judge 18th Judicial Court- Group 26: Jim Earp received 82%; Matthew “Matt” Aungst, 18%

• County Court Judge- Group 2: Jeff Dowdy received 58%; Debra L. Krause received 20%; Jaimon H. Perry received 15%; Greg Hass received 7%

• School Board- District 4: Amy Lockhart received 80%; Sylvia Pond, 20%

• Soil Board District 4- Ariel Gaussart received 52%; Thomas Johnson, 48%

• Soil Group 4- Scott Sturgill received 72%; James C. Adamski, 28%

• Sanford Commission District 3- Randall Jones received 64%; Brian Harris, 36%

• Sanford Commission District 4- Patricia Mahany received 49%; Richard Russi, 36%; Mark Brownlowe, 15%