For any candidate to beat Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis, they had to beat him handily in Escambia County. That isn’t happening. Patronis’ lead has grown.
Patronis won 65% of the vote, followed by Valentino with 9% and Aaron Dimmock 8.6%.
In Santa Rosa, Patronis has 61.3%, followed by Rudman 17.6%, Dimmock 5.6% and Michael Dylan Thompson 5.5%.
In Okaloosa, Patronis has 69.5%, followed by Rudman 11.1% and Dimmock 5.8%.
In Walton, Patronis has 79%, followed by Rudman 8.7% and Dimmock 3.7%.
With only a few precincts not reporting across the district:
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Jimmy Patronis (REP)
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32,585 | 65.9% |
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Joel Rudman (REP)
|
4,835 | 9.8% |
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Aaron Dimmock (REP)
|
3,319 | 6.7% |
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Gene Valentino (REP)
|
2,961 | 6.0% |
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Michael Dylan Thompson (REP)
|
2,458 | 5.0% |
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Greg Merk (REP)
|
1,231 | 2.5% |
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Jeff Peacock (REP)
|
697 | 1.4% |
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Kevin J. Gaffney (REP)
|
613 | 1.2% |
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John Mills (REP)
|
555 | 1.1% |
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Jeff Macey (REP)
|
180 | 0.4% |


