Life and politics from the Sunshine State's best city

Cyndi Stevenson widens cash lead in HD 17 contest

in Top Headlines by

As early voting ends in the Northeast Florida special legislative election for House District 17, candidate Cyndi Stevenson added to her fundraising advantage, according to the state Division of Elections website. Stevenson, a St. Johns County Republican, is seeking to replace Republican state Rep. Ronald “Doc” Renuart from Ponte Vedra Beach. The special election is Tuesday.

From March 1 through this week, Stevenson added $58,673 for an overall total of $169,596, spending $149,495. She faces Judy Stevens, a no-party candidate, and write-in Mary Anne Boczek.

The state called a special election after Renuart chose to run for the Senate District 6 seat held by former state Sen. John Thrasher, a St. Augustine Republican. Thrasher vacated the seat last year to become president of Florida State University.

Campaign-finance information for Stevens and Boczek is still pending as of Friday, although through Feb. 28, Stevens raised $1,000; Boczek raised no money.

On Tuesday, voters will also choose the replacement for Thrasher in Senate District 6, as well as the successor for Republican state Rep. Travis Hutson of Elkton in House District 24. Hutson won the Republican primary for SD6 in January. To run for the Senate, both Hutson and Renuart resigned from the House.

Phil Ammann is a St. Petersburg-based journalist and blogger. With more than three decades of writing, editing and management experience, Phil produced material for both print and online, in addition to founding HRNewsDaily.com. His broad range includes covering news, local government and culture reviews for Patch.com, technical articles and profiles for BetterRVing Magazine and advice columns for a metaphysical website, among others. Phil has served as a contributor and production manager for SaintPetersBlog since 2013. He lives in St. Pete with his wife, visual artist Margaret Juul and can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @PhilAmmann.

Latest from Top Headlines

Go to Top