Escambia County primary election, 2008

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Various county-wide elected offices, three of five Escambia County Commission and ECUA seats, various Circuit Court judgeships, and two Escambia County School Board seats will be contested in elections to be held in 2008. Primary elections were held on August 26, 2008, with elected candidates proceeding to the general election, to be held November 4.

Incumbents are marked by (i).

County-wide offices

Escambia County Sheriff

Republican primary

REP David Morgan 13,565 56.7%
REP Ron McNesby (i) 10,354 43.3%

Democratic primary

DEM Larry Scapecchi 10,765 65.4%
DEM Samuel E. Lucas 5,686 34.6%

Superintendent of Schools

Republican primary

REP Malcolm Thomas

Republicans Jim Paul, the incumbent, as well as Ronnie Arnold and Alan Scott, pre-filed for the race but later withdrew. As no other Republican candidates qualified, Malcolm Thomas advanced by default to the general election.

Democratic primary

DEM Claudia Brown-Curry 9,256 54.8%
DEM Cary Stidham 4,741 28.1%
DEM Myra L. Simmons 2,880 17.1%

Elected by default

Clerk of the Circuit Court

REP Ernie Lee Magaha (i)

As no other candidates qualified for the office, Magaha was reelected by default.

Property Appraiser

DEM Chris Jones (i)

As no other candidates qualified for the office, Jones was reelected by default.

Tax Collector

DEM Janet Holley (i)

As no other candidates qualified for the office, Holley was reelected by default.

Supervisor of Elections

REP David H. Stafford (i)

As no other candidates qualified for the office, Stafford was reelected by default.

Escambia County Commission

District 1

Republican primary

REP Wilson Robertson 4,752 80.8%
REP Mike Whitehead (i) 1,129 19.2%

Republican John D. Dale pre-filed for the race but later withdrew.

Democratic primary

DEM Stephen M. Davidson

As no other Democratic candidates qualified, Stephen M. Davidson advanced by default to the general election.

District 3

Republican primary

REP Jacob Pawelski

As no other Republican candidates qualified, Jacob Pawelski advanced by default to the general election.

Democratic primary

DEM Marie K. Young (i) 3,391 62.3%
DEM Judy Cook 945 17.4%
DEM Russ Swinney 685 12.6%
DEM Rev. Clinton E. Powell, Sr. 423 7.8%

Democrats Hugh G. King, Sr. and Gerald McKenzie pre-filed for the race but later withdrew.

Third-party and unaffiliated candidates

NPA John R. "Dooley" Johnson

As a candidate unaffiliated with a political party, John R. "Dooley" Johnson advanced automatically to the general election.

District 5

Republican primary

REP Kevin W. White (i) 3,655 57.5%
REP Packy Mitchell 1,668 26.2%
REP Chris Washler 541 8.5%
REP Randall E. McCrackin 492 7.7%

Democratic primary

DEM Jim Barnett 1,690 51.5%
DEM John F. Hartman 1,594 48.5%

Democrat Georgette Harris pre-filed for the race but later withdrew.

Third-party and unaffiliated candidates

Aaron M. Schmidt (no party affiliation) pre-filed for the race but later withdrew.

Emerald Coast Utilities Authority

District 1

Universal primary

As the only candidates to qualify were Republican, this race was a "universal primary" in which voters of all party affiliations were entitled to vote, and the winner of the race was elected without the need to run in the general election.

REP Elizabeth S. Campbell 3,688 43.2%
REP Logan Fink (i) 3,417 40.0%
REP Harlan Jennings 1,431 16.8%

District 3

Republican primary

REP Joshua Joscelyn

As no other Republican candidates qualified, Joshua Joscelyn advanced by default to the general election.

Democratic primary

DEM Elvin McCorvey (i) 3,862 72.9%
DEM Benell English 1,434 27.1%

District 5

Universal primary

As the only candidates to qualify were Republican, this race was a "universal primary" in which voters of all party affiliations were entitled to vote, and the winner of the race was elected without the need to run in the general election.

REP Larry Walker (i) 7,459 76.1%
REP Barry B. Tweedie 2,338 23.9%

Escambia County School Board

Escambia County School Board seats are non-partisan.

District 3

Claudia Brown-Curry resigned this seat effective November 18, 2008 in order to run for Escambia County Superintendent of Schools. This triggered an election to fill the remainder of her term, which expires in 2010.

LuTimothy May
Linda F. Moultrie

Lawrence Powell and Ellison Bennett both pre-filed for the race but did not qualify.

District 4

Patty Hightower (i)

As no other candidates qualified for the office, Hightower was reelected by default.

District 5

Peter R. Gindl, Sr. (i)
Tom Harrell
Bill Slayton
Robert Tegenkamp

Rick Lambert filed for the race, but later withdrew.

Escambia County Soil & Water Conservation Board

Seats on the Soil & Water Conservation Board are non-partisan.

District 1

Anne B. Bennett (i)

As no other candidates qualified for the office, Bennett was reelected by default.

District 2

Greg Fink resigned this seat effective November 4, 2008, to run for State Representative, District 2. This triggered an election to fill the remainder of his term, which expires in 2010.

Richard Pope

As no other candidates qualified for the office, Pope was elected by default.

District 3

Richard W. Freisinger

As no other candidates qualified for the office, Freisinger was elected by default.

District 5

Marvino J. Allen
Clifford "Cliff" Fiveash
Dillon M. Powell

Santa Rosa Island Authority

One member of this board is elected; the rest are appointed by members of the Escambia County Commission. Seats are nonpartisan.

Thomas Campanella

As no other candidates qualified for the office, Campanella was reelected by default.

See also