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THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News
Citrus County Primary Election Recap From Dawn's Front Porch
By Newscaster Contributor Dawn Clary
Aug. 14 Unofficial Results
Superintendent Of Schools - Rep
The Way We Are – Since there ain’t nothing really going on, thought I’d use the time to
United States Senator - Rep (Total Pre-
Sandy Balfour 10,074 (68.0%)
reflect on the snapshot of Levy County from the 2010 Census which has been updated a bit
cincts: 11 Reported Precincts: 11 100%)
Robert J. Cummins 4,737 (31.9%)
including an extra year of 2010 for some categories. All the statistics here come from the
Total: 14,604
Co. Comm Dist 1 - Rep Upc
US Census Bureau.
Connie Mack 7,837 (53.6%)
Renee MclPheeters 6,602 (26.6%)
We Aren’t As Diverse - We are more white than the state of Florida as whole. 87.1 % of
Mike Mccalister 2,422 (16.5%)
Dennis Damato 9,299 (37.5%)
us are white compared to 78.5% of Florida. Blacks make up 16.5% of Florida population
Marielena Stuart 1,325 (9.07%)
Ronald Kitchen Jr. 8,875 (35.8%)
but only 10% of Levy County. We are less diverse in general. 22.9% of Florida is Hispanic
Dave Weldon 3,020 (20.6%)
Co. Comm Dist 3 - Rep
or Latin origin but only 7.7% of Levy. We also have less Asians living here with .6% in
United States Senator - Dem
Shannon Heathcock 8,677 (35.0%)
Levy compared to 2.6% percentage of the whole state. And I Guess Levy County doesn’t
Glenn A. Burkett 2,055 (27.8%)
Joe Meek 16,074 (64.9%)
appeal to new immigrants as only 4.4% of us are foreign born compared to a whooping
Bill Nelson 5,323 (72.1%)
Co. Comm Dist 5 - Rep Upc
19.2% for the state.
Public Defender - Rep Upc
Scott Adams 9,853 (40.1%)
Our Houses Are Cheaper – The median value of owner occupied housing units was
Mike Graves 14,732 (62.0%)
Charles Poliseno 6,724 (27.4%)
$112,100, compared to the state average of $205,600. This could explain why more of
Bo Samargya 9,008 (37.9%)
Theodora Rusnak 4,487 (18.3%)
us in Levy County own our homes than the rest of the state, 76.3% of us own our homes
State Representative Dist 34 - Dem
Michael Smallridge 3,449 (14.0%)
compared to only 69.7% of the whole state.
Lynn Thomas Dostal 4,998 (71.7%)
School Board Dist 4
We Really Aren’t Into Higher Education – For those of us of age, 80.3% of us graduated
Robert Raymond Gooch 1,969 (28.2%)
Susan Sue’ Hale 13,436 (55.7%)
from High School, a little lower than the state average of 85.3%, but only 12.2% of us have
Sheriff - Rep
Bill Murray 10,654 (44.2%)
a Bachelor’s Degree or higher. This is half of what the statewide percentage of college
Steven Burch 5,531 (37.3%)
State Committeewoman - Rep
educated people is. The percentage of all Floridians with a Bachelors Degree or higher is
Hank Hemrick 2,852 (19.2%)
Gloria Fisher 7,822 (56.3%)
25.9%. College educated people do not chose to live here but I suspect it is a reflection of
Winn Webb 6,435 (43.4%)
Michele M. Klemm 6,061 (43.6%)
Levy County Primary Election Recap
a lack of a job market which requires higher level skills or knowledge.
We Make Less Money – We are dramatically below the Florida median household in-
come. Levy County averaging $35,737 compared to $47,661 for the statewide medium
Supervisor of Elections - Rep
Aug. 14 Unofficial Results
household income. This feeds into a sad statistic that I have printed before and that is that
Tammy Jones 3,006 (69.63%)
21.6% of Levy County was below the poverty level. There is a much higher percentage of
Brooke Ward 1,311 (30.36%)
United States Senator - REP
poor here than the Florida statewide percentage of 13.8%.
County Comm, Dist 1 - REP
Connie Mack 1,481 (59.12%)
Women Mean Business – Since we don’t have many minorities, it figures that the number
Jason Kennedy 1,138 (45.77%)
Mike Mccalister 522 (20.83%)
of businesses owned by Blacks, Asians or Hispanics, in Levy County were essentially nil,
John Meeks 1,348 (54.22%)
Marielena Stuart 151 (6.027%)
and no numbers were reported. However, women owned businesses were approximately
County Comm, Dist 3 - REP
Dave Weldon 351 (14.01%)
23% in Levy County and close to the overall state percentage. You go Levy County Girls!
Joseph Cino 392 (15.78%)
United States Senator - DEM
Serving Our Country – Levy County has 5,310 Veterans. Good Night and Good Luck
Darryl Diamond 316 (12.72%)
Glenn A. Burkett 380 (24.98%)
Squawk Box
Mike Joyner 1,776 (71.49%)
Bill Nelson 1,141 (75.01%)
County Judge (NP)
Continued from page 1
US Rep, Dist 3 - REP
James T Browning 2,593 (59.43%)
James Jett 137 (5.249%)
mountains at night with thunderstorms looming we found the motel about 500 feet behind
Cyndee Munkittrick 1,770 (40.56%)
Steve Oelrich 560 (21.45%)
the Dairy Freeze. “Looks like that motel from Psycho. I hope Norman Bates isn’t there”,
School Board, Dist 2 (NP)
Clifford Stearns 626 (23.98%)
my lovely wife said.
Avery Baker 596 (13.55%)
Ted Yoho 1,287 (49.31%)
As I got out of the car to go into the office a lady came out. As she was getting
Chris Cowart 1,108 (25.19%)
Sheriff - Rep
into her car with New York plates she said to me, “It aint the Hilton, but there is a bar right
Marissa H Dehaven 227 (5.162%)
Noel K Desmond 108 (4.098%)
down that road”.
Billy Hinote 529 (12.03%)
Bobby Mccallum 1,470 (55.78%)
There was only one room left. The motel manager showed us the room and Kathie
Sandra W Hodge 527 (11.98%)
Evan Sullivan 1,057 (40.11%)
immediately pulled up the covers and inspected the sheets. They were clean, much to my
Kyle Quincey 1,410 (32.06%)
relief. Then came what would normally be the deal-breaker, had we not been so desperate.
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The manager told us the lock on the door was broken but showed us a rope we could wrap
around the doorknob and a large nail on the door frame. At this point I could feel those
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beautiful brown eyes behind me turning coal-black and burning a whole in the back of my
hotline phone numbers, survival kit info,
neck.
We took the room. I told Kathie it was just to sleep a few hours and leave. I suggested we
emergency shelters, safe room, & more
drive to that bar and she could have a nightcap, it might relax her. “There isn’t enough
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alcohol in West Virginia to get me to relax in this place”, she said.
Next morning the place didn’t look that bad and we were on our way. But we
always look behind the Dairy Freeze to make sure the “Hillbilly Hilton” is still there when
we pass through Oak Hill.
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