John Legg was elected Pasco County school superintendent on Tuesday, winning 59% of votes and beating opponent Chris Dunning.
Legg replaces Kurt Browning, who had served as superintendent since 2012 and decided to not seek reelection.
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Legg, a Republican, is a former Florida legislator with experience in the state House and Senate, serving as chair of education-related committees.
He co-founded and serves as the chief financial officer of Dayspring Academy, a public charter school. The Tampa Bay Times reported that amid concerns of him favoring a school he owns, Legg dismissed the idea and emphasized his intention to expand schooling options for all Pasco residents.
Dunning has been a Pasco educator and administrator for 29 years. He has no party affiliation — a decision he made when running to replace Browning last year.
All four Republican incumbents were reelected to represent Pasco in the state House. Each won with a comfortable majority of over 60%: Jeff Holcomb (District 53), Randy Maggard (District 54), Kevin M. Steele (District 55) and Brad Yeager (District 56).
Click here for Pasco election results
In the U.S. House, Republicans Laurel Lee and Gus Bilirakis were also reelected.
Lee again will serve in Florida's 15th congressional district. She was part of the bipartisan team that investigated the July assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
Bilirakis will serve another term representing the 12th congressional district. He has served in Congress since 2006. He has served as chairman of the Innovation, Data and Commerce subcommittee.
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State Senate
District 11
Ingoglia, Blaise (REP) *Incumbent - 69.32%
Holleran, Marilyn (DEM) - 30.68%
District 21
Hooper, Ed (REP) * Incumbent - 61.82%
Carroll, Doris H. (DEM) - 38.18%
District 23
Burgess, Danny (REP) * Incumbent - 58.78%
Braver, Ben (DEM) - 37.64%
Houman, John (IND) - 3.58%
State House
District 53
Holcomb, Jeff (REP) * Incumbent - 69.06%
Laufenberg, Keith G. (DEM) - 30.94%
District 54
Maggard, Randy (REP) * Incumbent - 60.17%
Cieslak, Karl (DEM) - 39.83%
District 55
Steele, Kevin M. (REP) * Incumbent - 64.34%
Freiberg, Judy (DEM) - 35.66%
Hacker, CJ (Write-in) - 0%
District 56
Yeager, Brad (REP) * Incumbent - 65.27%
Pura, William "Willie" (DEM) - 34.73%
