Manatee County election results
Election results
Manatee County, except at noted
President (statewide results)
Donald J. Trump (R) - 4,595,983
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) - 4,467,954
Gary Johnson (L) - 205,302
Jill Stein (G) - 63,725
U.S. Senator
(statewide results)
Marco Rubio (R) - 4,811,253
Patrick Murphy (D) - 4,089,065
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U.S. Representative
(districtwide results)
Vern Buchanan (R) - 230,187
Jan Schneider (D) - 154,854
Florida House District 70
Cori Fournier (R) - 14,294
Wengay “Newt” Newton (D) - 45,990
Florida House District 73
Joe Gruters (R) - 68,252
James T. Golden (D) - 36,631
County Commissioner District 3
Steve Jonsson (R) - 16,377
Matt Bower (NPA) - 11,273
David Zaccagnino (NPA) - 7,704
County Commissioner District 7
(at large)
Betsy Benac (R) - 104,980
Jack Richardson (NPA) - 57,020
School Board District 1
Gina K. Messenger - 98,997
Edward G. Viltz - 47,439
School Board District 3
Dave Miner - 78,774
Misty Servia - 76,902
Question 6 (half-cent county sales tax)
Yes - 98,563
No - 74,891
Question 7 (half-cent school sales tax)
Yes - 102,423
No - 70,727
City of Bradenton Mayor
Warren Merriman - 5,846
Wayne Poston - 11,584
Eleuterio Salazar Jr. - 4,067
City of Bradenton City Council Ward 1
Devon Davis - 4,697
Gene Gallo - 9,679
Tami Spyker Goudy - 5,892
City of Bradenton City Council Ward 5
Harold E. Byrd Jr. - 9,888
Keenan Wooten - 9,554
City of Anna Maria Commission
Brian F. Seymour - 475
Chuck Webb - 385
Nancy Yetter - 486
City of Bradenton Beach Commission Ward 4
John Chappie - 378
William “Bill” Vincent - 234
Amendment 1 (Solar)
(statewide results, 60 percent required for approval)
Yes - 4,530,958 (50.77%)
No - 4,394,163 (49.23%)
Amendment 2 (Medical marijuana)
(statewide results, 60 percent required for approval)
Yes - 6,475,237 (71.27%)
No - 2,610,350 (28.75%)
Source: Manatee County Supervisor of Elections, Florida Division of Elections.
This story was originally published November 8, 2016 at 3:41 PM with the headline "Manatee County election results."