A Great Conversation with Escambia Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender

This morning on the Wake Up Call with Jeff Bergosh we had the opportunity to interview Escambia's Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender.  We discussed the last election cycle, and he let us know that the audit on this last election came back at 99.997%--with only two (2) ballots cast being miscounted.  That is an incredible statistic.  We also discussed the soon to be announced special election that will be coming to replace now former D1 Congressman Matt Gaetz.  According to Bender and due to federal laws that dictate the number of days overseas voters must be given in advance of an election--the process to fill this seat could run into the spring of next year.

We also discussed lots of current events locally and nationally.

Check out the commercial-free podcast of this morning's show here.

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Congratulations to the Winners of Tonight's Race for the BCC

Tonight we see the results of the primary election and the makeup of the Board of County Commissioners is going to change for the next two years.

We will have one new member, Robert Bender, who won a plurality of the votes in a tough 6-man race in the Republican primary and who is all but assured a win against a write-in opponent in November. 

I offered my congratulations to him on his victory this evening.

In the District 2  Republican Primary-Doug Underhill emerged victorious in a very tough race against challenger Alan McMillan. 

I offered my congratulations to Doug in a phone call this evening. Next he will face Democrat challenger Scott Trotter in the general election in November.

 I offer my congratulations to all the winners in all the races tonight-- and I look forward to continuing to work with my counterparts on this board--whomever they may be--for the citizens and the taxpayers.