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In Escambia County, incumbents rarely lose primaries but it can happen

   August 30, 2016

A challenger has the best chance to beat an incumbent when there are only two candidates in the race – 2014: Underhill vs. Valentino; 2012: Chiders vs. Magaha; 2008: Morgan vs. McNesby and Robertson vs. Whitehead; and 2006: Robinson vs. Banjanin. The exceptions have been in City Council, ECUA and School Board races – but those are rare.

2014
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DISTRICT 2 (REP)
Doug Underhill: 2,788, 62.51 %
Gene Valentino (I): 1,672, 37.49 %

2012
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT (REP)
Pam Childers: 20,860, 68.56 %
Ernie Lee Magaha (I): 9,565, 31.44 %

CITY COUNCIL AT – LARGE B
Charles L. Bare: 6,331, 57.80 %
Sam Hall (I): 3,223, 29.43 %
Victor Cross: 1,399, 12.77 %

2010
None

2008
SHERIFF (REP)
David Morgan: 13,565, 56.71 %
Ron McNesby (I): 10,354, 43.29 %

COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1 (REP)
Wilson Robertson: 4,752, 80.80 %
Mike Whitehead (I): 1,129, 19.20 %

ECUA DISTRICT 1 (REP)
Elizabeth S. Campbell: 3,688, 43.21 %
Logan Fink (I): 3,417, 40.03 %
Harlan Jennings: 1,431, 16.76 %

2006
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 4 (REP)
Grover Robinson: 6,238, 61.93 %
Tom Banjanin (I): 3,835, 38.07 %

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DISTRICT 3
Claudia Brown-Curry: 3,729, 46.79 %
Charles E. Glover, Sr (I): 2,213, 27.77 %
Charles Thornton: 1,381, 17.33 %
Clinton Earl Powell Sr.: 646, 8.11 %

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