Florida Department of State
Division of Elections
November 6, 2012 General Election

Official Results

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State Races Appearing on the Polk County Ballot
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President of the United States
  Mitt Romney
(REP)
Barack Obama
(DEM)
Thomas Robert Stevens
(OBJ)
Gary Johnson
(LBT)
Virgil H. Goode,
(CPF)
Jill Stein
(GRE)
Andre Barnett
(REF)
Stewart Alexander
(SOC)
Peta Lindsay
(PSL)
Roseanne Barr
(PFP)
Tom Hoefling
(AIP)
Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson
(JPF)
David C. Byrne
(WRI)
Andrew Charles Coniglio
(WRI)
Richard Duncan
(WRI)
Stephen G. Durham
(WRI)
Erin Kent Magee
(WRI)
Jill Reed
(WRI)
Total 4,163,447 4,237,756 3,856 44,726 2,607 8,947 820 799 322 8,154 946 1,754 0 1 3 3 2 36
% Votes 49.1% 50.0% 0.0% 0.5% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

United States Senator
  Connie Mack
(REP)
Bill Nelson
(DEM)
Bill Gaylor
(NPA)
Chris Borgia
(NPA)
Piotr Blass
(WRI)
Naomi Craine
(WRI)
Lionel Long
(WRI)
Robert Monroe
(WRI)
Lawrence Sidney Scott
(WRI)
Total 3,458,267 4,523,451 126,079 82,089 9 19 2 12 18
% Votes 42.2% 55.2% 1.5% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

United States Representative

District: 9
  Todd Long
(REP)
Alan Grayson
(DEM)
Total 98,856 164,891
% Votes 37.5% 62.5%

District: 10
  Daniel Webster
(REP)
Val B. Demings
(DEM)
Naipaul Seegolam
(WRI)
Total 164,649 153,574 46
% Votes 51.7% 48.3% 0.0%

District: 17
  Tom Rooney
(REP)
William Bronson
(DEM)
Tom Baumann
(WRI)
Total 165,488 116,766 12
% Votes 58.6% 41.4% 0.0%

State Senator

District: 14
  William McBride
(REP)
Darren Soto
(DEM)
Total 48,440 113,222
% Votes 30.0% 70.0%

District: 15
  Kelli Stargel
(REP)
Stego Blue
(DEM)
Total 113,231 80,429
% Votes 58.5% 41.5%

District: 21
  Denise Grimsley
(REP)
Stacy Anderson McCland
(DEM)
Total 107,136 79,500
% Votes 57.4% 42.6%

State Representative

District: 39
  Neil Combee
(REP)
Carol Castagnero
(NPA)
Total 38,637 20,988
% Votes 64.8% 35.2%

District: 40
  Seth McKeel
(REP)
Lillian Lima
(NPA)
Total 39,095 22,007
% Votes 64.0% 36.0%

District: 41
  John Wood
(REP)
Karen Cooper Welzel
(DEM)
Total 32,359 30,514
% Votes 51.5% 48.5%

District: 42
  Mike LaRosa
(REP)
Eileen Game
(DEM)
Total 31,879 31,350
% Votes 50.4% 49.6%

Justice of the Supreme Court

Shall Justice R. Fred Lewis be retained in Office?
  Yes No
Total 4,899,667 2,358,208
% Votes 67.5% 32.5%

Shall Justice Barbara J. Pariente be retained in Office?
  Yes No
Total 4,934,296 2,323,599
% Votes 68.0% 32.0%

Shall Justice Peggy A. Quince be retained in Office?
  Yes No
Total 4,894,677 2,332,963
% Votes 67.7% 32.3%

Second District Court of Appeal

Shall Judge Anthony K. Black be retained in Office?
  Yes No
Total 1,482,204 521,404
% Votes 74.0% 26.0%

Shall Judge Darryl C. Casanueva be retained in Office?
  Yes No
Total 1,448,729 543,531
% Votes 72.7% 27.3%

Shall Judge Charles A. Davis Jr. be retained in Office?
  Yes No
Total 1,472,042 505,513
% Votes 74.4% 25.6%

Shall Judge Edward C. LaRose be retained in Office?
  Yes No
Total 1,454,754 513,430
% Votes 73.9% 26.1%

Circuit Judge

Circuit: 10  Group: 7
  William "Bill" Sites Christine Trakas Thornhill
Total 134,445 117,157
% Votes 53.4% 46.6%

Constitutional Amendment

HEALTH CARE SERVICES
  Yes for Approval No for Rejection
Total 3,632,315 3,856,608
% Votes 48.5% 51.5%

VETERANS DISABLED DUE TO COMBAT INJURY; HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX DISCOUNT
  Yes for Approval No for Rejection
Total 4,907,341 2,850,880
% Votes 63.3% 36.7%

STATE GOVERNMENT REVENUE LIMITATION
  Yes for Approval No for Rejection
Total 3,204,350 4,346,740
% Votes 42.4% 57.6%

PROPERTY TAX LIMITATIONS; PROPERTY VALUE DECLINE; REDUCTION FOR NONHOMESTEAD ASSESSMENT INCREASES; DELAY OF SCHEDULED REPEAL
  Yes for Approval No for Rejection
Total 3,244,138 4,268,467
% Votes 43.2% 56.8%

STATE COURTS
  Yes for Approval No for Rejection
Total 2,728,008 4,654,167
% Votes 37.0% 63.0%

PROHIBITION ON PUBLIC FUNDING OF ABORTIONS; CONSTRUCTION OF ABORTION RIGHTS
  Yes for Approval No for Rejection
Total 3,511,354 4,308,408
% Votes 44.9% 55.1%

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
  Yes for Approval No for Rejection
Total 3,441,128 4,286,376
% Votes 44.5% 55.5%

HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR SURVIVING SPOUSE OF MILITARY VETERAN OR FIRST RESPONDER
  Yes for Approval No for Rejection
Total 4,747,536 2,950,083
% Votes 61.7% 38.3%

TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION
  Yes for Approval No for Rejection
Total 3,432,905 4,113,395
% Votes 45.5% 54.5%

ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION; LOW-INCOME SENIORS WHO MAINTAIN LONG-TERM RESIDENCY ON PROPERTY; EQUAL TO ASSESSED VALUE
  Yes for Approval No for Rejection
Total 4,717,827 2,984,270
% Votes 61.3% 38.7%

APPOINTMENT OF STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
  Yes for Approval No for Rejection
Total 3,060,425 4,306,068
% Votes 41.5% 58.5%