Breaking News: Kamia Brown wins Orange County District 2, Fox unseats Bankson in Florida House District 39
Russell defeats Messina for Orange County Mayor, Johnson wins clerk’s race, Strada wins US House District 11
Kamia Brown defeated incumbent Mike Crabb for Orange County Commission District 2, while state Rep. Doug Bankson held off challenger Jarod Fox in District 39. Other results reshaped county leadership and congressional representation, while Amendment 3 failed to secure the approval needed to pass.
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Apopka-area voters turned the page on familiar leadership Tuesday, making change the election's defining theme.
Kamia Brown defeated Commissioner Mike Crabb for Orange County Commission District 2, while Dr. Jarod Fox unseated state Rep. Doug Bankson in District 39, putting new representatives in charge of carrying the community’s concerns to county government and Tallahassee.
Brown received 39,065 votes (58.98%), while Crabb received 22,773 votes (34.38%), with over 96% of the votes reported.
Fox, a first-time candidate, received 39,212 votes, defeating Bankson with 31,924 votes, with over 96% of the votes reported.
Elsewhere on the ballot, Tiffany Moore Russell defeated Chris Messina for Orange County mayor with 272,295 (59.43%) of the votes. Messina received 141,262 (30.49%) with over 96% of the vote reported.
Roberta Walton Johnson defeated Terrell Thomas for Orange County Clerk of Courts. Johnson received 305,185 (65.87%). Thomas received 128,648 (27.77%) with over 96% of the vote reported.
Republican Joe Strada won the three-way contest for U.S. House District 11. Strada received 192,777 (53.04%), Democrat James Pericola received 166,782 (45.88%), while Libertarian Ralph Groves received 3,926 (1.08%).
This breaking news story will be updated in future editions of The Apopka Voice.
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