20 elected to the BoG, 11th and 16th circuit seats to be decided.

Twenty lawyers have been elected to The Florida Bar Board of Governors without opposition, while four others are contesting for two seats.

In the 11th Circuit, Seat 2 race, incumbent Dori Foster-Morales, Miami, is being challenged by Marlon Weiss, Miami.

In the 16th Circuit, Seat 1 race, Meghan M. Benstead, Key West, and Bernadette Restivo, Key Largo, are running for the seat vacated by Judge Timothy J. Koenig.

Ballots for these races will be mailed to eligible voters by March 1 and must be returned by midnight on March 23. Online voting will be available at www.floridabar.org.

The 19 incumbents re-elected without opposition for two-year terms include:

* Second Circuit, Seat 1--Lawrence E. Sellers, Jr., Tallahassee.

* Fourth Circuit, Seat 2--Michael G. Tanner, Jacksonville.

* Fifth Circuit, Seat 1--Renee E. Thompson, Ocala.

* Sixth Circuit, Seat 2--Sandra Fascell Diamond, Seminole.

* Eighth Circuit, Seat 1--Carl B. Schwait, Gainesville.

* Ninth Circuit, Seat 2--Paul L. SanGiovanni, Orlando.

* 11th Circuit, Seat 4--Michael J. Higer, Aventura.

* 11th Circuit, Seat 6--Steven W. Davis, Miami.

* 12th Circuit, Seat 1--F. Scott Westheimer, Sarasota.

* 13th Circuit, Seat 2--Lansing C. Scriven, Tampa.

* 13th Circuit, Seat 3--Margaret Diane Mathews, Tampa.

* 15th Circuit...

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