John Legg was elected as Pasco County Superintendent of Schools on Nov. 5.
Legg, who is a Republican, received 177,836 votes, or 58.92% of the votes cast, compared to the 123,983 votes, or 41.08%, garnered by Chris Dunning who was running as a No Party Affiliation (NPA) candidate.
The results were provided by the office of Brian E. Corley, Pasco County’s Supervisor of Elections.
Legg will be sworn in as Superintendent during the Nov. 19 meeting of the District School Board of Pasco County.
Kurt Browning decided in 2022 to not seek a fourth term as superintendent.
Jessica Wright will also assume her seat as the District 4 representative on the board on Nov. 19. She narrowly defeated Alison Crumbley in a nonpartisan race that was held on Aug. 20.
County commissioner races
All four incumbent Pasco County commissioners won new terms in office.
Lisa Yeager, who represents District 4, will serve the remaining two years of former Commissioner Gary Bradford who died on April 21. Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Yeager, who is a Republican, to serve in Bradford’s place.
She overcame challenges from two other candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election. Yeager received 193,982 votes on Nov. 4 compared to the 105,742 cast for her Democratic Party challenger, Danny Ackroyd-Isales.
Jack Mariano, who represents District 5, received 190,539 votes compared to the 103,026 received by Thomas Celotto, who ran as a NPA candidate. This will be Mariano’s sixth term as a county commissioner. He was first elected in 2004.
Ron Oakley, the commission’s chairman and District 1 representative, received 177,043 votes compared to the 120,172 votes garnered by Lisa Moretti, who ran as a NPA candidate. This will be the third term for Oakley who was first elected in 2016.
Kathryn E. Starkey, the commission’s vice chairwoman and District 3 representative, received 226,645 votes compared to the 26,647 votes cast for write-in candidates. This will be Starkey’s fourth term on the commission. She was first elected in 2012.
