Wesley Chapel’s overall voter turnout for the Aug. 18 Primary Election (18.7%) was even lower than Pasco County’s overall 21.5%, so despite all of the anti-incumbent online chatter we read, our area did nothing to buck the county’s trend of unseating any Republican incumbents, at least not in the primaries. It remains to be seen if any of the incumbents moving forward to the General Election on Tuesday, November 3, will lose. Meanwhile, the District 1 & District 3 School Board races will both be decided in runoffs on November 3.
Please note that all of the State candidates listed below who won in both Wesley Chapel & in Pasco also won statewide — except that Darren McCauley received more votes in both Wesley Chapel and Pasco County for U.S. Senator than Kimberly Overman, who actually won the Democratic nomination statewide, where she will face incumbent Republican Ashley Moody. The results shown are just how Pasco voted countywide vs. how the voters in Wesley Chapel voted:
Voter Turnout:
Pasco County – 21.5%
Wesley Chapel – 18.7%
U.S. Senator – Republican – Wesley Chapel
Chris Gleason – 12.9%
Asley Moody – 80.4%
Neelam Taneja Perry – 1.9%
Ernest “Ernie” Rivera – 4.7%
U.S. Senator – Republican – Pasco County
Chris Gleason – 14.1%
Asley Moody – 80.2%
Neelam Taneja Perry – 1.6%
Ernest “Ernie” Rivera – 4.1%
    
U.S. Senator – Democrat – Wesley Chapel
Angie Nixon – 60.3%
Alex Vindman – 39.7%
U.S. Senator – Democrat – Pasco County
Angie Nixon – 53.7%
Alex Vindman – 46.3%
Representative In U.S. Congress, District 12 – Democrat – Wesley Chapel
Darren McAuley – 50.1%
Kimberly Overman – 49.9%
Representative In U.S. Congress, District 12 – Democrat – Pasco County