Voters headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in the 2022 Nassau County primary election.
The News-Leader covered the election in a live format on fbnewsleader.com, Facebook and Twitter. Primary election results came in too late to allow for them to be printed in today’s paper. For election results, visit fbnewsleader.com.
Two county commissioners, Thomas Ford of District 4 and Aaron Bell of District 2, were up for reelection this year. The incumbents faced a bevy of tough matches. Foar From Home veteran A.M. “Hupp” Huppmann challenged Bell, meanwhile Ford was left to defend against former commissioner George Spicer and Alyson McCullough, a newcomer whose lively campaign earned her a strong following among Nassau
County voters.
The winners will take their seat during the first morning meeting of November, which the county manager’s officer indicated would be Wednesday, Nov. 16.
Three out of the five spots on the Nassau County School Board were up for election. Jamie Deonas, who sits in the District 3 seat, ran for reelection in District 1, along with popular contester Shannon Hogue and Rick Pavelock. David Dew, Curtis Gaus and Albert Wagner ran for Deonas’s District 3 seat. Lissa Braddock ran for reelection uncontested in District 5.
As school board members are nonpartisan, the Primary Election results will be the final results.
Two Ocean Highway and Port Authority commissioners will be elected, or reelected. For the District 3 seat, incumbent Scott Hanna faced a challenge by former Nassau County Board of County Commissioner Justin Taylor. Three candidates were vying for the District 4 seat, currently held by Carrol Franklin – Ray Nelson, who is the terminal manager at the Port of Fernandina, Nate Bell and Kyle Caswell.
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