County election qualifying ended at noon today – results are in

Submitted by Suanne Z. Thamm
Reporter – News Analyst
June 12, 2020

Updated 4:45 p.m. June 12, 2020

Qualification for candidates seeking election to Nassau County offices ended at noon today, June 12, 2020.  As a result incumbents in the following offices will retain their seats because no challenger opposed them:

• Clerk of Courts and Comptroller – John A. Crawford (Rep)
• Property Appraiser – A. Michael Hickox (Rep)
• Sheriff – Bill Leeper (Rep)
• Tax Collector – John M. Drew (Rep)
• School Board Member, District 2 – Gail G. Cook (Non partisan)
• Amelia Island Mosquito Control District Member, Group 1 – Michael T. Kelly (Non partisan)

The following races will be contested because two or more candidates have qualified to run for the office:

County Court Judge, Group 1 (non partisan)

• Jenny Higginbotham Barrett
• Jan Carver
• John Joseph Cascone
• Harrison Wesley Poole

Superintendent of Schools

• Dale P. Braddock (Rep)
• Kathy Knight Burns (Rep) Incumbent
• Albert J. Wagner (Rep)

Supervisor of Elections

• Janet Huey Adkins (Rep)
• Stan Bethea (Rep)
• Justin M. Taylor (Rep)

County Commissioner, District 1

• Danny Leeper (Rep) Incumbent
• John Martin (Rep)

County Commissioner, District 3

• Jeff Gray (Rep)
• Brent Lemond (Rep)

County Commissioner, District 5

• Klynt A. Farmer (Rep)
• Charlie Gressman (Rep)
• Anthony P. Stamps (Rep)

School Board Member, District 4 (Non partisan)

• Cynthia (Cindy) Grooms
• Russell L. Johnson – Incumbent

Ocean, Highway & Port Authority Member, District 1

• Todd S. Erickson (Rep)
• Miriam Rose Hill (Rep)
• Robert (Bob) Sturgess (Rep) Incumbent

Ocean, Highway & Port Authority Member, District 2

• Joe Francis-Zimmerman (Rep)
• Danny Fullwood (Rep) Incumbent

Note that no candidates other than Republicans qualified.  This means that all Nassau County registered voters, regardless of their party affiliation or lack thereof, will be eligible to vote in the August 18, 2020 Primary Election, deemed a Universal Primary by the state.  This election in effect serves as the General Election for County Offices.

According to Nassau County Supervisor of Elections Vicki Cannon, who is not seeking reelection:

“For the County Judge and School Board member races where there are more than two candidates in the race and no candidate receives at least 50% plus 1 vote in the Primary, the two candidates with the highest votes will face off in the General Election. For the School Superintendent, OHPA and SOE, the candidate with the highest number of votes in the Primary will be elected to the seat.”

Early voting is currently scheduled for August 7-15, 2020 at polling places soon to be announced.  Registered voters may request mail ballots by clicking here

Cannon also advised that Vote by Mail ballots for Overseas and Absent Stateside Military voters will be mailed on June 30, 2020, and Vote by Mail ballots for Domestic voters will be mailed on July 9, 2020. Sample Ballots will be mailed around July 17, 2020.

For all information pertaining to voting in Nassau County elections visit the Supervisor of Elections website www.votenassau.com or call 904-491-7500.