- April 19, 2024
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Milissa Holland will be Palm Coast's new mayor. (Photo by Jonathan Simmons)
Robert Cuff won the District 1 City Council seat. (Photo by Jonathan Simmons)
Rick Staly, a Republican, will face off against Democrat Larry Jones in the race for Flagler County Sheriff in November. (Photo by Jonathan Simmons)
Larry Jones, a Democrat, will face off against Republican Rick Staly in the race for Flagler County Sheriff in November. (Photo by Jonathan Simmons)
Milissa Holland looks at initial election results and realizes she just won the race for Palm Coast mayor. (Photo by Jonathan Simmons)
Milissa Holland, who will be Palm Coast's new mayor, speaks on the phone after viewing election results Aug. 30. (Photo by Jonathan Simmons)
Milissa Holland, who has been elected mayor of Palm Coast, speaks with an attendee at her election watch party at Salvo Art Project. (Photo by Jonathan Simmons)
In Palm Coast's race for mayor, it wasn't even close: Milissa Holland had an insurmountable lead of 63.11% when the Flagler County Supervisor of Elections office posted its first update of election results Aug. 30. When all precincts reported in, she had 63.43%, and her nearest competitor was Dennis McDonald, who had just 15.02%.
"I look forward to serving the residents of Palm Coast," Holland said at a campaign watch party at Salvo Art Project after the results came in. This will be Holland's second time serving local residents as an elected official: She was elected to the Flagler County Commission in 2006. Of her second win in a local election, Holland said, " Every time, it's still a very humbling experience. It's exciting. We worked really hard. We had tons of volunteers. We put in a tremendous amount of effort."
Holland will replace longtime Mayor Jon Netts, who is term-limited and could not run again. Netts attended Holland's watch party at Salvo.
Incumbent Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart won with 56.21% of the vote. That race was decided tonight; there will be no runoff. All three candidates were Republicans.
In the race for Sheriff, former undersheriff Rick Staly won the Republican primary, with 37.62% of the vote, while John Lamb trailed him with 33.25%.
In the Democratic primary for Sheriff, former Flagler County Sheriff's Office sergeant Larry Jones won with 53.83% of the vote, leading his former boss, incumbent Sheriff Jim Manfre, who had 46.17%. Staly and Jones will face off in the general election in November.
In the Palm Coast City Council races, Robert Cuff won with 52.89% of the vote, beating competitors Sims Jones and Arthur McGovern for the District 1 seat. Because Cuff got more that 50% of the vote, that seat will not go to a runoff.
Cuff said he was "relieved" to have the elections process over with early. "I wasn’t sure, obviously — Sims Jones ran a great campaign," he said. "But I wasn’t looking forward to going to November; I'm glad it's done."
Cuff's outright win means the City Council could appoint him to fill former Councilman Bill McGuire's vacant seat, rather than appointing a temporary council member who would only serve until after the general election — a process the council had hoped to be able to avoid.
"Hopefully, this will take that out of play," Cuff said Tuesday night. "The next four years, I hope, are going to be very productive. ... I've already made good on one campaign promise, and pulled up as many signs as I can!"
Pam Richardson lead competitors Nick Klufas and Anita Moeder for the District 3 City Council seat, but that seat will go to a runoff in November because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote.
Incumbent School Board member Colleen Conklin beat competitor Jason Sands for the District 3 seat, while Maria Barbosa led for the District 5 seat. Just behind Barbosa was Myra Middleton Valentine. That race, with its four competitors, will go to a runoff election between Barbosa and Middleton Valentine in November.
Incumbent County Commissioner Charlie Ericksen beat challengers Ken Mazzie and Dan Potter for the Republican primary for the District 1 County Commission seat. Ericksen will face Democrat Jason DeLorenzo, currently a Palm Coast city councilman, in November.
David Sullivan won the Republican primary for the County Commission District 3 seat, beating out Jason France. Sullivan will run against incumbent commissioner and Democrat Barbara Revels in November.
In the District 5 County Commission race, Donald O’Brien beat Denise Calderwood for the Republican primary. O'Brien will run in November against incumbent Democrat George Hanns, the county's longest-serving commissioner.
For details, see the chart below.
Election results will be updated here periodically as they're released by the Flagler County Supervisor of Elections and the Florida Division of Elections. For up-to-the-minute results, see the Flagler County Supervisor of Elections website, and, for statewide results, the Florida Division of Elections website.
| LOCAL RESULTS: FLAGLER COUNTY (Updated 9:15 p.m.: All precincts reporting) | |
|---|---|
| NONPARTISAN RACES: | |
| Flagler County Elections Supervisor: | |
| Candidate Percent Votes | |
| Kaiti Lenhart 56.21% | 10,701 |
| Kimble Medley 19.76% | 3,761 |
| Abra Seay 24.04% | 4,576 |
| School Board District 3: | |
| Candidate Percent Votes | |
| Colleen Conklin 64.47% | 11,489 |
| Jason Sands 35.53% | 6,333 |
| School Board District 5: | |
| Candidate Percent Votes | |
| Paul Anderson 21.51% | 3,803 |
| Maria Barbosa 28.16% | 4,979 |
| Sharon Demers 24.29% | 4,295 |
| Myra Middleton Valentine 26.05% | 4,607 |
| Palm Coast Mayor: | |
| Candidate Percent Votes | |
| John Brady 14.60% | 2,220 |
| Milissa Holland 63.43% | 9,644 |
| Dennis McDonald 15.02% | 2,284 |
| Ronald Radford 6.95% | 1,056 |
| Palm Coast City Council District 1 | |
| Candidate Percent Votes | |
| Robert Cuff 52.89% | 5,820 |
| Sims Jones 23.27% 2,561 | |
| Arthur McGovern 23.84% | 2,624 |
| Palm Coast City Council District 3 | |
| Candidate Percent Votes | |
| Nick Klufas 38.50% | 5,286 |
| Anita Moeder 19.45% | 2,670 |
| Pam Richardson 42.06% | 5,775 |
| REPUBLICAN RACES: | |
| Flagler County Sheriff (REP): | |
| Candidate Percent Votes | |
| Donald Fleming 14.09% | 1,613 |
| John Lamb 33.25% | 3,806 |
| Jerry O'Gara 8.64% | 989 |
| Rick Staly 37.62% | 4,306 |
| Mark Whisenant 4.53% | 518 |
| Chris Yates 1.88% | 215 |
| Flagler County Commission District 1 (REP): | |
| Candidate Percent Votes | |
| Charles Ericksen 39.88% | 3,801 |
| Ken Mazzie 30.35% | 2,893 |
| Dan Potter 29.77% | 2,837 |
| Flagler County Commission District 3 (REP): | |
| Candidate Percent Votes | |
| Jason France 30.53% | 2,818 |
| David Sullivan 69.47% | 6,412 |
| Flagler County Commission District 5 (REP): | |
| Candidate Percent Votes | |
| Denise Calderwood 37.62% | 3,546 |
| Donald O'Brien 62.38% | 5,881 |
| DEMOCRATIC RACES: | |
| Flagler County Sheriff (DEM): ( of 23 precincts reporting) | |
| Candidate Percent Votes | |
| Larry Jones 53.83% | 3,599 |
| Jim Manfre 46.17% | 3,087 |
