PRIMARY RESULTS: Live updates on races from across the Big Bend

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — The polls are now closed for primary voting in neighborhoods across the Big Bend this Election Day. ABC 27 and our neighborhood reporters will provide live updates here throughout the night as results come in.

Election Results

——UPDATE 11:37 P.M.——
Primary Race Results
We're getting more results from other races throughout our area and across the Sunshine State. You can find up-to-the-minute election results here.

• FLORIDA US SENATE - DEM - With 93% reporting, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell wins with 69% of the vote.

• FLORIDA US SENATE - GOP - With 91% reporting, Rick Scott wins with 84% of the vote.

• FLORIDA US HOUSE DISTRICT 2 - GOP - With 93% reporting, Neal Dunn wins with 83% of the vote.

• FLORIDA US HOUSE DISTRICT 3 - GOP - With 99% reporting, Kat Cammack wins with 87% of the vote.

• FLORIDA STATE SENATE DISTRICT 3 - DEM - With 92% reporting, Daryl Parks wins with 75% of the vote.

• DIXIE COUNTY COMMISSIONER D1 UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Jody Paul Stephenson wins with 51% of the vote.

• DIXIE COUNTY COMMISSIONER D3 UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Mark Hatch wins with 53% of the vote.

• DIXIE COUNTY COMMISSIONER D5 UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, David Osteen wins with 66% of the vote.

• DIXIE COUNTY SHERIFF UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Darby Butler wins with 52% of the vote.

• DIXIE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Darbi Chaires wins with 44% of the vote.

• FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER D1 - GOP - With 100% reporting, Ricky Dallas Jones wins with 62% of the vote.

• GADSDEN COUNTY COMMISSIONER D1 UNIVERSAL - DEM - With 100% reporting, Eric Hinson wins with 77% of the vote.

• GADSDEN COUNTY COMMISSIONER D3 - DEM - With 100% reporting, Shawn Wood wins with 58% of the vote.

• GADSDEN COUNTY COMMISSIONER D5 UNIVERSAL - DEM - With 100% reporting, Ronterious Green wins with 60% of the vote.

• GADSDEN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD D1 - With 100% reporting, Cathy Johnson wins with 69% of the vote.

• GADSDEN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD D5 - With 100% reporting, Stacey Hanningon is winning with 47% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• SUPERINTENDENT GADSDEN COUNTY - With 100% reporting, Elijah Key wins with 57% of the vote.

• GADSDEN COUNTY SHERIFF - DEM - With 100% reporting, Morris Young wins with 67% of the vote.

• GADSDEN COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR UNIVERSAL - DEM - With 100% reporting, Tonjii Wiggins-McGriff is winning with 36% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• HAMILTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER D3 - DEM - With 100% reporting, James Howell wins with 54% of the vote.

• HAMILTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER D5 - GOP - With 100% reporting, Richie McCoy is winning with 46% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• HAMILTON COUNTY SHERIFF - GOP - With 100% reporting, Brian Creech wins with 82% of the vote.

• HAMILTON COUNTY JUDGE - With 100% reporting, Jamie Tyndall wins with 60% of the vote.

• HAMILTON COUNTY PROPERTY TAX APPRAISER UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Clayton Goolsby wins with 54% of the vote.

• SUPERINTENDENT HAMILTON COUNTY - GOP - With 100% reporting, Lee Wetherington-Zamora wins with 54% of the vote.

• JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER D1 - GOP - With 100% reporting, Jessica Gramling wins with 60% of the vote.

• JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD D1 - With 100% reporting, Joy Beth Frisby wins with 54% of the vote.

• JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD D4 - With 100% reporting, Bill Brumfield wins with 60% of the vote.

• SUPERINTENDENT JEFFERSON COUNTY - DEM - With 100% reporting, Jackie Pons wins with 66% of the vote.

• SUPERINTENDENT JEFFERSON COUNTY - GOP - With 100% reporting, Al Cooksey wins with 60% of the vote.

• JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Mac McNeill wins with 90% of the vote.

• CLERK OF COURT JEFFERSON COUNTY UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Cecil "Trey" Hightower III is winning with 33% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• JEFFERSON COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR REPUBLICAN - GOP - With 100% reporting, Shanna Boutwell wins with 70% of the vote.

• LAFAYETTE COUNTY COMMISSIONER D3 UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Lisa Walker wins with 55% of the vote.

• LAFAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD D2 - With 100% reporting, Jeff Walker wins with 51% of the vote.

• LAFAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD D4 - With 100% reporting, Kimberly Adams wins with 58% of the vote.

• LAFAYETTE COUNTY SHERIFF UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Brian N. Lamb wins with 71% of the vote.

• LEON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD D2 - With 100% reporting, Rosanne Wood wins with 76% of the vote.

• LEON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD D4 - With 100% reporting, Laurie Lawson Cox wins with 52% of the vote.

• LEON COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT - DEM - With 100% reporting, Rocky Hanna wins with 82% of the vote.

• LEON COUNTY JUDGE SEAT 4 - With 100% reporting, Robert Churchill is winning with 43% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• LEON COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER UNIVERSAL - DEM - With 100% reporting, Akin Akinyemi wins with 72% of the vote.

• LEON COUNTY STATE COMMITTEEMAN - GOP - With 100% reporting, Evan Power wins with 72% of the vote.

• TALLAHASSEE CITY COMMISSION SEAT 1 - With 100% reporting, Jacqueline "Jack" Porter wins with 53% of the vote.
  
• TALLAHASSEE CITY COMMISSION SEAT 2 - With 100% reporting, Dorothy Inman-Johnson is winning with 47% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• MADISON COUNTY COMMISSIONER D1 UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Alston Keeley is winning with 35% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• MADISON COUNTY COMMISSIONER D4 UNIVERSAL - DEM - With 100% reporting, Ronnie Moore wins with 60% of the vote.

• MADISON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD D2 - With 100% reporting, Carol Gibson wins with 61% of the vote.

• MADISON COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT - GOP - With 100% reporting, Keren Pickles is winning with 39% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• SUWANNEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER D1 UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Don Hale wins with 78% of the vote.

• SUWANNEE SCHOOL BOARD D1 UNIVERSAL - With 100% reporting, Adam Hitt is winning with 45% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• SUWANNEE COUNTY SHERIFF - GOP - With 93% reporting, Sam St. John is winning with 56% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• TAYLOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER D3 - GOP - With 100% reporting, Michael Newman is winning with 37% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• TAYLOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER D5 - DEM - With 100% reporting, Thomas Demps wins with 70% of the vote.

• TAYLOR COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD D3 - With 100% reporting, Jeanne Ellen Mathis wins with 52% of the vote.

• TAYLOR COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT - GOP - With 100% reporting, Reggie Wentworth is winning with 40% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• TAYLOR COUNTY SHERIFF - GOP - With 100% reporting, Wayne Padgett wins with 56% of the vote.

• TAYLOR COUNTY COURT JUDGE - With 100% reporting, Bill Blue wins with 71% of the vote.

• TAYLOR COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER - GOP - With 100% reporting, Shawna Beach wins with 72% of the vote.

• PERRY CITY COUNCIL D3 - With 3% reporting, Diane C. Landry is winning with 66% of the vote. A winner has not officially been declared yet.

• WAKULLA COUNTY COMMISSIONER D3 UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Valerie Russell wins with 51% of the vote.

• WAKULLA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD D2 - With 100% reporting, Angie Nichols wins with 61% of the vote.
  
• WAKULLA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD D4 - With 100% reporting, Joshua Brown wins with 53% of the vote.

• WAKULLA COUNTY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Rick Myhre is winning with 49% of the vote.

• WAKULLA COUNTY SHERIFF UNIVERSAL - GOP - With 100% reporting, Jared Miller wins with 89% of the vote.

——UPDATE 9:18 P.M.——
FL Secretary of State Holds Press Conference
Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd holds a press conference to give an update on the ENS system outage.

Byrd says this is not an issue with the Florida Department of State or state resources.
The cause of the outage remains unclear.
“Still waiting to get more information,” said Byrd -- adding the issues "had nothing to do with the data getting to the state.”

——UPDATE 8:56 P.M.——

——UPDATE 8:34 P.M.——

——UPDATE 8:14 P.M.——
Sen. Scott, Mucarsel-Powell Win Primaries
With 76% of estimated total votes in, Senator Rick Scott currently has 84% of the votes and is projected to win the Republican primary for US Senate.
With 84% of estimated total votes in, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell currently has 68% of the votes and is projected to win the Democratic primary for US Senate.
Scott will now face Mucarsel-Powell, a former Democratic Representative, in November for one of Florida’s US Senate seats.

——UPDATE 7:47 P.M.——
Voting Site Down
ENR Systems, the company that runs many election results websites, is down right now.
Our Gadsden County neighborhood reporter, Ashley Engle, is heading to speak to election officials about the outage.
This does not have anything to do with counting the votes -- just posting them online.
Posting is expected to be delayed until 8:00 P.M.

——UPDATE 7:30 P.M.——
Polls closed across Florida
With polls closed across the Sunshine State, we are waiting for the first round of votes to be reported soon. For the very latest on every race throughout Florida and in your neighborhood, click here.

Leon County Voter Turnout
Alberto Camargo is in Southeast Tallahassee with the latest on voter turnout in this year's primary across Leon County.

Voting Wraps Up in Gadsden County
Ashley Engle is in Quincy with a look at what to potentially expect from this year's primary in Gadsden County.

Wakulla County Voters Take to the Polls
Kenzie Krueger is in Crawfordville with details on how voters turned out for this year's primary in Wakulla County.

Neighbors Showing up in Southwest Tallahassee
Terry Gilliam explains how community members are working to get more African-American voters to the polls this election season.

FSU Political Expert Weighs in on 2024 Elections
Hans Hassell, Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida State University, explains how tonight’s primary results could give us a preview of what to expect in November for the 2024 election.

FAMU Political Expert Looks at Local Races
Christopher Daniels, Professor of Political Science at Florida A&M University, takes a deeper dive into some of the biggest local races at stake in tonight's primary.

Valdosta State Political Expert Talks White House Race
Dr. Bernard Tamas of Valdosta State University is tracking the 2024 race for the White House.

——UPDATE 6:00 P.M.——
One hour until polls close
We’re just one hour away from polls closing. If you are in line when polls close, stay in line. Once results start to come in, you can find the latest on each race here.

——UPDATE 5:15 P.M.——
Less than two hours until polls close
Polls in your neighborhood close at 7:00 p.m. If you’re in line when polls close, stay in line. You’ll be able to cast your ballot as long as you’re in line by 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, August 20th
Secretary of State Cord Byrd issued the following statement prior to Florida’s Primary Election on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. “The Florida Department of State is prepared to assist Florida’s 67 Supervisors of Elections during the Primary Election on August 20, 2024. I advise Florida’s registered voters to review key voting information before they head to the polls on Election Day,” said Secretary of State Cord Byrd. “The Department will report preliminary election results from the counties beginning at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time at https://floridaelectionwatch.gov [link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com].”

Key Information for Florida Voters
Voting at the Polls on Election Day: The polls are open on Election Day from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. local time. Any voters waiting in line at 7:00 p.m. will have the opportunity to cast a ballot. On Election Day, voters must vote at their assigned polling place. Voters can find their assigned polling place by looking at their voter information card, contacting their county Supervisor of Elections or using the Division’s Check Your Voter Status [link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com] webpage.

ID Requirements at the Polls: By law, all voters must provide a current and valid photo ID at the polls during early voting or on Election Day. Any one of the following 12 IDs is acceptable (the ID must include a photo):

• Florida driver’s license
• Florida identification card issued by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
• United States passport
• Debit or credit card
• Military identification
• Student identification
• Retirement center identification
• Neighborhood association identification
• Public assistance identification
• Veteran health identification card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
• License to carry a concealed weapon or firearm pursuant to s. 790.06 F.S.
• Employee identification card issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the federal government, the state, a county or a municipality.

If the voter’s photo ID does not include a signature, the voter will be asked to provide another ID with a signature. If the voter does not bring a proper ID, he or she can still vote a provisional ballot. The provisional ballot will count, provided the voter is eligible, voted in the proper precinct, and the signature on the provisional ballot certificate matches the signature in the voter’s registration record.

Election Results & Statistics

Election Results: On Tuesday, August 20, preliminary unofficial election results for Florida’s Primary Election will be available on the Florida Election Watch website at https://floridaelectionwatch.gov [link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com]. Although polls close at 7:00 p.m. local time, Florida has two time zones (Central and Eastern) and results will not be posted to the Florida Election Watch website until 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Voter Turnout: On Election Day, the public and media may track hourly voter turnout on the county level and the state level from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. (local time).

Early Voting and Vote-by-Mail Ballot Statistics: The Division of Elections is providing daily early voting and vote-by-mail ballot statistics. These statistics are compiled from reports last filed by the Supervisor of Elections for each county. To access these statistics, please visit the Division of Elections Vote-by-Mail Request & Early Voting Statistics webpage [link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com].

Additionally, counties will be making available on their respective websites, the number of vote-by-mail ballots received and the number of vote-by-mail ballots not yet counted on an hourly basis starting at 7:00 p.m. local time, while the county canvassing board is actively counting.

Book closing (Registration Deadline) Reports: On July 22, voter registration books closed for the Primary Election. The Division of Elections prepares detailed statistical reports on the number of active registered voters as of the day of book closing. The reports are available in Excel and PDF format. To access the current and archived book closing reports, please visit the Division of Elections website [link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com].