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Elections Results: State Legislative and Local Races

WGCU | By Julie Glenn
Published November 7, 2018 at 12:33 AM EST
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REGIONAL/LOCAL RACES

State Attorney, Florida's 20th Judicial Circuit

REP:  Amira Fox  WINNER
WRITE-IN:  Joseph Hoffman

Florida State Senate District 28

Covers portions of Collier, Hendry and Lee Counties

REP:  Kathleen Passidomo WINNER
DEM:  Annisa Karim

Florida State House District 71

Western Manatee and Northern Sarasota Counties - whoever wins will be replacing Republican state Rep. Jim Boyd who has maxed out term limits.

DEM: Tracy Pratt
REP:  Will Robinson WINNER

Florida State House District 72

Portion of Sarasota County

REP: Ray Pilon
DEM:  Margaret Good (incumbent) WINNER

State House District 73

REP:  Tommy Gregory WINNER
DEM:  Liv Coleman

Florida State House District 74

Potion of Sarasota County

REP:  James Vernon Buchanan WINNER
DEM:  Tony Mowry
NPA:  Robert Samuel Kaplan

Florida State House District 76

Part of Lee County

REP:  Ray Rodrigues WINNER
DEM:  David Bogner  

Florida House District 77

Cape Coral

REP:  Dane Eagle WINNER
DEM:  Alanis Elizabeth Garcia

Florida State House District 78

Eastern portion of Lee County including parts of Fort Myers/Gateway

REP:  Heather Fitzenhagen WINNER
DEM:  Parisima Taeb  

Florida State House District 79

North East portion of Lee County including Olga/Buckingham/Lehigh Acres

DEM:  Mark Lipton
REP:  Spencer Roach WINNER

Florida State House District 80

Northeast portion of Collier County including Immokalee and Orangetree and part of Hendry including LaBelle and Fort Denaud

REP:  Byron Donalds WINNER
DEM:  Jennifer Boddicker
NPA:  Dustin Alexander Lapolla
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