Liberty County

Election Results

from CLJNews.com

BRISTOL, FL – Just over 58% of registered voters turned out for the Nov. 3, 2026 Liberty County General Election, keeping current County Judge Christopher “Chris” Bufano in office and voting in Andy Bailey as District 2 County Commissioner.

Bufano faced challenger Laura Wahlquist Parish, and retained his seat after receiving just over 57% of the vote with 1,511 ballots to Parish’s 1,131.

Andy Bailey secured his commission seat with just over 66% of the vote, pulling in 1,761 votes to the 873 ballots cast for opponent Jerome Flowers.

STATE CANDIDATES

The county voted overwhelmingly for Republican state candidates, giving US Senator candidate Ashley Moody nearly 80% of the vote and District 2 Congressional Representative Austin Rogers the same percentage while gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds recieved just over 78%.

Both Attorney General candidate James Uthmeier and Chief Financial Officer candidate Blaise Ingoglia picked up just over 79% of the Liberty County vote.

Agriculture Commissioner candidate Wilton Simpson grabbed just over 80% of the local vote, leaving his Democratic challenger Joey Mendoza Atkins with a little more than 19% of the ballots cast.

CONSTITUTIONAL

AMENDMENTS

NO – Local voters did not support the No.1 Constitutional Amendment Budget Stabilization Fund, with 1,246 voters saying no while 1,113 supporters voted for it.

YES – Over 70% of voters supported the No. 2 Constitutional Admendment for the exemption of trangible personal property on agriculture land from taxation.

YES  – The No. 3 Constitutional Amendment calling for increased Homestead Exemption drew over 64% of the vote.

FIRE PREVENTION TAX

YES – While property owner want to reduce their property taxes, they showed they were willing to pay a surtax to support fire prevention in the county with 1,485 in favor of the tax while 1,120 voted against it.

Tuesday’s election drew just over 58% of registered voters, with 2,698 ballots cast.  Liberty County has a total of 4,617 registered voters.

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Calhoun County

Election Results

BLOUNTSTOWN, FL – A total of 4,330 ballots were cast in Tuesday’s General Election, giving Calhoun County a 56.97% voter turnout.

Calhoun County Commissioner Scott Monlyn held on to his District 4 seat, securing 60% of the vote by garnering 228 ballots to opponent Jim Fields’ 150.

STATE CANDIDATES

Republican candidates had strong support, with U.S. Senate candidate Ashley Moody receiving 79.47% of the vote while opponent Angie Nixon had 18.71%.   US Representative Austin Rogers had 77.23% of the vote while his opponent Amanda Marie Green received only 21.22%.  Gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds recieved just over 78% while opponent David Jolly had 19.26% of the ballots cast.

Attorney General candidate James Uthmeier picked up just over 79% of the Calhoun County vote while Chief Financial Officer candidate Blaise Ingoglia had 78.48%.  Agriculture Commissioner candidate Wilton Simpson 79.42% of the local vote, leaving his Democratic challenger Joey Mendoza Atkins with a little more than 19% of the ballots cast.

Jay Trumbull took just over 80% of the vote in the race for State Senate, with his opponent Lauren Donahoo garnering 18.45%.

CONSTITUTIONAL

AMENDMENTS

NO – Local voters did not support the No.1 Constitutional Amendment Budget Stabilization Fund, with 2,297 voters saying no while 1,780 voted in favor of the amendment.

YES – Over 71% of voters supported the No. 2 Constitutional Admendment for the exemption of trangible personal property on agriculture land from taxation.

YES  – The No. 3 Constitutional Amendment calling for increased Homestead Exemption drew over 64% of the vote, with 2,777 in favor and 1,402 against.

Tuesday’s election drew 56.97% of registered voters, with 4,330  ballots cast. Calhoun County has a total of 7,601 registered voters.

FOR MORE DETAILED ELECTION RESULTS, VISIT ….

https://enr.electionsfl.org/CAL/4054/Summary/

https://enr.electionsfl.org/LIB/4098/Summary/

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