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Leann Pennington, Theresa Pontieri, Will Furry and Cathy Heighter Win, Half-Cent Tax Passes, Amendments Fail

November 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 75 Comments

Theresa Pontieri, left, has won a seat on the Palm Coast City Council, and Leaann Pennington, who walloped Joe Mullions in the primary, defeated Jane Gentile-Youd, an independent, to win a seat on the County Commission, which hasn;t had a woman serving there since Barbara Revels six years ago. (© FlaglerLive)

For Flagler County and Palm Coast, it is an election of new faces: four races, four newcomers to elected office: Leann Pennington won a seat on the County Commission, Theresa Pontieri and Cathy Heighter won seats to the Palm Coast City Council, and Will Furry won a Flagler County School Board seat.

Flagler County’s Sordid Primary Ends Today With Last Day of In-Person Voting

August 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Where a few candidates sent Flagler's 2022 primary election. (Fotologic)

Today is Election Day, or the final day of voting in what, thanks to a handful of candidates, has been one of the more sordid primaries in Flagler County history. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Unlike during early voting, you are required to vote at your assigned precinct.

Conklin, Massaro and Woolbright Win School Board, Sullivan Survives, and Finally, It’ll Be Judge Alicia Washington To You

August 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Cheryl Massaro pulled the upset of the evening, defeating incumbent Maria Barbosa to win a seat on the Flagler County School Board. (© FlaglerLive)

Jill Woolbright and Cheryl Massaro won seats on the Flagler County School Board, and Colleen Conklin, at 20 years the longest serving elected official in the county, won her sixth term. Dave Sullivan won reelection to the County Commission. But the Palm Coast City Council is still very much in flux.

Last Day to Vote in Primary Began With 21,000 Ballots Already In and Historic Mail-In Count

August 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Voting by mail is breaking records, but in-person voting may not be very high today. (© FlaglerLive)

Though powered by the largest vote-by-mail volume in the county’s history, Flagler County’s 2020 primary election turnout would need a relatively strong in-person voting tally today to exceed 2018’s turnout of 30 percent. The 2016 primary turnout of 27 percent is a closer target.

Flagler Commissioner Joe Mullins Pays $750 Fine in Settlement of Campaign Finance Violations Claim

July 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins paid the Florida Elections Commission a $750 fine on April 17 to settle allegations that he had accepted illegal campaign contributions during his 2018 run against then-Commissioner Nate McLaughlin.

Citizens United, the Court Ruling That Sold Our Democracy

January 27, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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With Citizens United, the Supreme Court essentially married the terrible idea that “money is speech” to the terrible idea that “corporations are people.” There’s a way out.

What Would It Cost to Buy the 2020 Election?

November 26, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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At $100 a vote, a victory in November 2020 would run Michael Bloomberg $6.3 billion. He is currently sitting on a personal fortune worth $52 billion. He could easily afford it.

DeSantis Says Soviet-Born Businessman Arrested on Campaign-Finance Charges Was “Just Like Any Other Donor”

October 16, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis. (© FlaglerLive)

DeSantis was among Florida Republican candidates who received contributions during the 2018 election cycle from Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who were arrested on campaign-finance charges involving the pro-Trump super PAC America First Action.

Rick Staly, Unusually Popular for a Flagler Sheriff, Announces Re-Election Run as Challengers Have Yet To Appear

October 3, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly is hoping for a less intensely competitive election campaign than the one he fought in 2016, and has his eyes on a third term if he wins a second. (© FlaglerLive)

Sheriff Rick Staly, riding continued popularity, announced his run for a second term by pointing to more work and new initiatives ahead. In 2016 he broke campaign finance records. He says he’s ready to do what’s necessary to win, but it is unlikely that he will face the challengers he did in 2016, when nine candidates ran.

Hansen, Mullins Win County Commission, Howell and Branquinho Win Palm Coast, McDonald Re-Elected to School Board

November 7, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Campaign volunteers amid a small forest of signs at the Palm Coast Community Center this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

The races for Flagler County Commission and Palm Coast council were not close in a mid-term election that saw turnout rise to an astounding 64 percent.

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