Via The Daily Record: Hobnob 2012 and Straw Poll Results!

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from the ever amazing Karen Brune Mathis.



http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=537155

Voters in the 2012 Political Hob Nob Thursday straw poll chose Republican candidates in almost all of the partisan races, clearly choosing Mitt Romney for president and Connie Mack for U.S. senator.
In the 514 votes cast, voters also chose Mike Weinstein over Aaron Bean, both Republicans, in the District 4 Florida Senate race.

Also, Jim Fuller was re-elected as clerk of the court in the straw vote.

“It’s clear that people are as motivated as ever this election cycle,” said Rich Jones, news director and morning host of WOKV FM-106.5 and AM-690.

“WOKV is happy to provide voters the opportunity to hear from as many candidates as possible in one place and on one night,” Jones said this morning.

WOKV, a news partner of the Daily Record, hosted the event with the JAX Chamber and its ImpactJAX young professionals group.

For the full results of the straw poll, visit www.WOKV.com.

Here are the top two winners in the 19 races on the ballot in the unofficial straw poll:

President: Mitt Romney (R) (363), Barack Obama (D) (137)

U.S. Senator: Connie Mack (R) (234), Bill Nelson (D) (126)

U.S. Representative, District 3: Cliff Stearns (R) (178), J.R. Gaillot (D) (83)

U.S. Representative, District 4: Ander Crenshaw (R) (289), Bob Black (R) (78)

U.S. Representative, District 5: LeAnne Kolb (R) (278), Corrine Brown (D) (127)

U.S. Representative, District 6: Ron DeSantis (R) (110), Richard Clark (R) (98)

U.S. Representative, District 7: John Mica (R) (181), Sandy Adams (R) (112)

Public Defender, 4th Judicial Circuit: Matt Shirk (R) (305), Chuck Fletcher (R) (91)

State Senator, District 4: Mike Weinstein (R) (203), Aaron Bean (R) (183)

State Senator, District 9: CC Newby (R) (220), Audrey Gibson (D) (176)

State Representative, District 11: Janet Adkins (R) (217), Cord Byrd (R) (96)

State Representative, District 12: Lake Ray (R) (305), Karen Morian (GRE) (72)

State Representative, District 14: Mia Jones (D) (190), Jonathan Loesche (LIB) (135)

Clerk of the Court: Jim Fuller (R) (190), Ronnie Fussell (R) (138)

School Board, District 1: Martha Barrett (180), Cheryl Grymes (132)

School Board, District 3: Suzanne Jenkins (155), Ashley Smith Juarez (118)

School Board, District 5: Connie Sands Hall (129), Chris Guerrieri (79)

School Board, District 7: Jon Heymann (163), Jason Fischer (117)

State Committeeman: Rick Hartley (R) (282), Nelson Cuba (R) (118)

[tufsu1]

I was there...and it was a Republican lovefest....at least in 2008 it was somewhat balanced (which may be why Obama won the straw poll then)

[Charles Hunter]

Talking to Democrats there, the consensus was that the event had been promoted more in conservative circles - Chamber of Commerce / WOKV - than it had to ... less conservative audiences.

And who knew ... there is a Green Party candidate for the Legislature? http://www.karenmorian4fl.com/ running against Arlington stalwart Lake Ray.