{"id":1651,"date":"2012-08-16T18:59:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T22:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1651"},"modified":"2012-08-16T19:54:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T23:54:48","slug":"elections-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1651","title":{"rendered":"Elections update"},"content":{"rendered":"

There hasn’t been very much creationism craziness in this year’s elections here in Florida. There has been some, but it could have been much worse. I know I’m late in doing this, but I think it’s time to see how known creationist candidates did in the primaries.<\/p>\n

We’ll start in House District 17. All three Republican candidates for the seat had creationist leanings, but Kim Kendall<\/a> was the one most well known for her anti-evolution activism. She lost: Renuart wins third term, defeating Davis and Kendall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a Hillsborough County School Board race, Terry Kemple<\/a> moves on to a runoff: Both remaining Hillsborough School Board candidates come with controversy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jodi Wood<\/a> lost in his bid for a seat on the Alachua County School Board: McNealy, Sharpe move to runoff in School Board race<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally, in Pinellas County School Board races Corey Givens<\/a> lost while Elliott Stern<\/a> heads to a runoff: Pinellas School Board races headed for runoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If any of you know of interesting races I missed, feel free to say so in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There hasn’t been very much creationism craziness in this year’s elections here in Florida. There has been some, but it could have been much worse. 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