The issues ranged from jobs to spending, and there was plenty of campaigning at the 2012 WOKV Political Hob Nob at the Hyatt downtown.
See results from the non-scientific straw poll, conducted by Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland (who volunteered his time at no taxpayer expense):
Total vote count: 514
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
Mitt Romney (REP): 363
Barack Obama (DEM): 137
Santford Ripley Boley III (NPA): 0
David M. Crosby (NPA): 1
William Thomas Harney (NPA): 0
Craig Stephen Hermann (NPA): 0
Ronald David Jones (NPA): 0
Scott T. Keller (NPA): 0
Michael Adam Lerman (NPA): 0
Mark Alexis Pimentel (NPA): 0
Roy Dean Sturges (NPA): 0
Howard Taylor (NPA): 0
UNITED STATES SENATOR:
Chris Borgia (NPA): 1
Glenn A. Burkett (DEM): 10
Bill Gaylor (NPA): 1
Connie Mack (REP): 234
Mike McCalister (REP): 50
Bill Nelson (DEM): 126
Marielena Stuart (REP): 8
Dave Weldon (REP): 45
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS - DISTRICT 3:
Philip Dodds (NPA): 6
J.R. Gaillot (DEM): 83
James Jett (REP): 36
Steve Oelrich (REP): 48
Clifford B. "Cliff" Stearns (REP): 178
Ted Yoho (REP): 31
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS - DISTRICT 4:
Bob Black (REP): 78
Ander Crenshaw (REP): 289
Jim Klauder (NPA): 26
Deborah Katz Pueschel (REP): 15
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS - DISTRICT 5:
Corrine Brown (DEM): 127
Eileen Fleming (NPA): 17
LeAnne Kolb (REP): 278
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS - DISTRICT 6:
Heather Beaven (DEM): 86
Richard Clark (REP): 98
Fred Costello (REP): 21
Ron Desantis (REP): 110
William Billy Kogut (REP): 0
Craig Miller (REP): 26
Alec Pueschel (REP): 11
Beverly Slough (REP): 20
Vipin Verma (DEM): 7
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS - DISTRICT 7:
Sandra "Sandy" Adams (REP): 112
Jason H. Kendall (DEM): 63
John Mica (REP): 181
Nicholas Ruiz III (DEM): 25
PUBLIC DEFENDER, FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY CONTEST:
William Charles "Chuck" Fletcher (REP): 91
Matthew A. (Matt) Shirk (REP): 305
STATE SENATOR - DISTRICT 4:
Aaron Bean (REP): 183
Nancy Soderberg (DEM): 97
Mike Weinstein (REP): 203
STATE SENATOR - DISTRICT 9:
Audrey Gibson (DEM): 176
Cherron "CC" Newby (REP): 220
STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 11:
Janet H. Atkins (REP): 217
Cord Byrd (REP): 96
Dave Smith (DEM): 87
STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 12:
Karen Morian (GRE): 72
Lake Ray (REP): 305
STATE REPRESENTATIVE - DISTRICT 14:
Mia L. Jones (DEM): 190
Jonathan Loesche (LIB): 135
CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT:
Jim Fuller (REP): 190
Ronnie Fussell (REP): 138
Bill Hodges (DEM): 83
Brenda Priestly Jackson (DEM): 50
Averrell Maynard Thompson (NPA): 0
Johnn Winkler (NPA): 5
SCHOOL BOARD - DISTRICT 1:
Martha Barrett: 180
Cheryl Grymes: 132
Clayton Vandiver: 29
SCHOOL BOARD - DISTRICT 3:
Andrew T. Cordek: 18
Jack Daniels: 67
Suzanne Jenkins: 155
Ashley Smith Juarez: 118
SCHOOL BOARD - DISTRICT 5:
Pervalia Gaines-McIntosh: 33
Chris Guerrieri: 79
Constance "Connie" Sands Hall: 129
SCHOOL BOARD - DISTRICT 7:
Coree Cuff: 23
Jason Fischer: 117
Lori Harrell Hershey: 27
Jon Heymann: 163
Frank Swanson: 14
John Turner: 13
STATE COMMITTEEMAN:
Nelson D. Cuba (REP): 118
Rick Hartley (REP): 282
