47 judges elected; 25 runoffs set.

Fourteen circuit court races and 11 county court contests are heading for runoffs on the November general election ballot following voting in Florida's August 28 primary.

The balloting decided another 19 circuit and 28 county court races, whose winners will be sworn in next January.

Florida's trial court elections appear on the primary ballot and in contests with three or more candidates where no one gets a majority of the vote, the top two finishers face off in the general election.

Also appearing on that November ballot will be the merit retention elections for Supreme Court Justice Alan Lawson and 17 district court of appeal judges.

All results are based on unofficial results from the Secretary of State's website for the circuit court races and from individual supervisors' of election websites for county court contests. If a result has been missed, please contact Senior Editor Gary Blankenship at gblankenship@floridabar. org.

Circuit court races that resulted in a runoff include:

* In the Second Circuit, Group 12, David Frank, with 47.8 percent and Lisa Barclay Fountain, with 26.4 percent, will meet in the runoff. D. Christine Thurman, with 25.9 percent, was eliminated.

* In the Sixth Circuit, Group 4, Dave Ellis with 43.2 percent and Roxanne Fixsen with 31.5 percent are in the runoff. Dustin Anderson, with 25.3 percent, was eliminated.

* In the Seventh Circuit, Group 15, Ryan Will and Linda L. Gaustad made the runoff with 37.1 and 31.8 percent respectively. Sebrina L. Slack, with 31.1 percent, was eliminated.

* In the Eighth Circuit, in Group 8, Gloria Walker got 47.9 percent and David Robertson got 36.6 percent to make the runoff while Julie Waldman with 15.5 percent was eliminated.

* In the Ninth Circuit, Group 41, Laura Shaffer with 42 percent and Dean Mosley with 30.5 percent made the runoff, while Lorraine Elizabeth DeYoung with 27.3 percent was eliminated.

* In the 10th Circuit, Group 10, Lee Cohen, Melissa Gravitt, with 44.4 percent and Keith P. Merritt with 31.8 percent are in the runoff; Lee Cohen with 23.9 percent was eliminated.

* In the 11th Circuit, Group 14, Renee Gordon with 47.6 percent and Vivianne del Rio with 34.8 percent made the runoff while Louis V. Martinez with 17.7 percent was eliminated.

* In the 13th Circuit, Group 26, Robin Fuson with 32.9 percent and Jamey Moody with 32.18 percent are in the runoff. Cissy Boza Sevelin with 20.5 percent and Starr Brookins with 14.8 percent were eliminated.

* In the 15th...

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