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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 Voters Will Vote on Whether to Retain 11 Judges, Most of Whom They’ve Never Heard Of

October 24, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The Fifth District Court of Appeal, which has jurisdiction over 13 counties, including Flagler, is headquartered in Daytona Beach, in an austere, ironically prison-like building. (Wikimedia Commons)

On the Nov. 8 ballot, 11 of the 26 boxes where voters will be asked to fill an oval are retention votes in judicial elections for five Supreme Court and six appeals court judges. They’re not races. Voters are merely asked: should so-and-so “be retained in office” or not. It’s the merit-retention system. In the overwhelming majority of cases, voters have no idea who those names, and the judges are invariably retained.

600-Day Retirement Clock Ticking for Judges Terence Perkins, Raul Zambrano and James Clayton

May 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins, left, handing a verdict to be read by the clerk at a recent trial in Bunnell, and Circuit Judge Raul Zambrano, who served as a felony judge in Flagler for a few years, sitting in for a hearing in Bunnell a few weeks ago. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins has been the senior judge in Flagler County since 2018, taking over a courthouse in slight turmoil and returning it to a no-drama zone of docket workhorses. He will retire at the end of 2023, along with Judge Raul Zambrano, who had been a felony judge in Flagler previously, and James Clayton, currently the circuit’s chief judge.

Flagler County Judge Totten Elected Without Opposition, as Are Seven Circuit Judges

May 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Flagler County Judge Andrea Totten. (© FlaglerLive)

Formerly appointed Flagler County Court Judge Andrea Totten was elected without opposition to a six-year term, as were Circuit Judges Dennis Craig, Matt Foxman, Kenny Janesk, Howard O. McGillin Jr., A. Kathleen McNeilly, Dawn D. Nichols and Stasia Warren.

3 Incumbent Judges–Andrea Totten, Kenny Janesk and Stacia Warren–Speak (Almost) Freely at Candidate Forum

April 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Flagler County Republican Club's Ed Fuller introducing Flagler County Judge Andrea Totten, Circuit Judges Kenny Janesk, who sits in Volusia and Putnam, and Stacia Warren, who sits in Volusia. (© FlaglerLive)

A Flagler County Republican Club forum Wednesday evening at the Palm Coast Hilton was a chance for the three incumbents–Flagler County Judge Andrea Totten, Circuit Judges Kenny Janesk, who sits in Volusia and Putnam, and Stacia Warren, who sits in Volusia–to speak about themselves without the strictures of their robes and in unusually personal terms, but within the bounds of Canon 7, the unique ethical rules that frame judicial races.

Flagler County Judge Andrea Totten Announces 2022 Election Run to Keep Seat Created in 2019

December 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to a newly created County Court seat in Flagler in 2019, Judge Andrea Totten announced she will run for the seat's full four-year term in next August's election. (© FlaglerLive)

Appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to a newly created County Court seat in Flagler in 2019, Judge Andrea Totten announced she will run for the seat’s full six-year term in next August’s election. In her two-year tenure she has established herself as a sharp, serious, unassuming and compassionate judge.

Holland and Klufas Hold On, Staly Wins Re-Election, Don O’Brien and Andy Dance Win County Commission, Ed Danko, Victor Barbosa Win Council Seats

November 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland held on. (© FlaglerLive)

With all early voting results counted, Sheriff Rick Staly had an insurmountable lead to win re-election to his second term, as did County Commissioner Donald O’Brien. Andy Dance, the school board member, also had an insurmountable lead to win the County Commission seat Charlie Ericksen opted not to contest.

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.

Bexley, Johnston, Gardner and Lenhart Re-Elected Without Opposition in Near-Sweep for Flagler Constitutionals

June 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

From left, Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart, Tax Collector Suzanne Johnston, and Property Appraiser Jay Gardner, shortly after they'd been re-elected at midday today. (© FlaglerLive)

Three dozen candidates will contest local Flagler County and Palm Coast elections, while Clerk of Court Tom Bexley, Tax Collector Suzanne Johnston, Property Appraiser Jay Gardner, and Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart were re-elected without opposition.

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