Hine, Long, Geier Lead In Pinellas School Board Races: Primary Results 2024

Updated: 10:22 p.m., Tuesday

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — Incumbents Laura Hine and Eileen M. Long bested Gov. Ron DeSantis-backed challengers in two Pinellas County School Board races Tuesday night, according to unofficial results.

Moms for Liberty-aligned candidates, all endorsed by DeSantis, were outpaced in all three school board races up for grabs in the primary elections, according to Florida Politics.

Scroll down to view the table showing the latest results in real time.

Current board chair Hine, seeking re-election in District 1, earned about 107,000 votes, while her challenger, Danielle Marolf received just over 47,000 votes, according to the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections website.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you," Hine wrote in a post to her Instagram page Tuesday evening.

In District 4, Long earned about 24,000 votes compared to her challenger, Erika Picard, who received just over 20,000. All precincts have reported their results.

In District 5, with all precincts reporting, Stacy Geier has received about 12,500 votes. Meanwhile, Katie Blaxberg earned nearly 12,000 votes and Brade DeCorte earned nearly 9,500 votes.

Voters decided on the Democratic and Republican nominees for U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representative races.

A number of local races were considered, as well. Members of both parties chose their candidates in Pinellas County Commission races, while all voters in District 1, 4 and 5 decided on school board members. St. Petersburg voters also considered city council races.

The following candidates were on the ballot Tuesday:

Democrats Only:

United States Senator:

• Stanley Campbell
• Rod Joseph
• Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
• Brian Rush

Representative in Congress, District 13:

• Sabrina Bousbar
• Liz Dahan
• Whitney Fox
• John William Liccione
• Mark Weinkrantz

Republicans Only

United States Senator:

• John S. Columbus
• Keith Gross
• Rick Scott

Representative in Congress, District 14:

• Ehsan Joarder
• Neelam Taneja Perry
• Robert “Rocky” Rochford

State Senator District 21:

• Ed Hooper
• John Siamas

Supervisor of Elections:

• Julie Marcus
• Chris Gleason

Pinellas County Commission, District 3 At-Large:

• David Scott Leatherwood
• Vince Nowicki

All Voters

Pinellas County School Board District 1 At-Large:

• Laura Hine
• Danielle Marolf

Pinellas County School Board District 4:

• Eileen Long
• Ericka Picard

Pinellas County School Board District 5:

• Kathleen “Katie” Blaxberg
• Brad DeCorte
• Stacy Geier

Pinellas County Referendum:

• Economic Development Property Tax Exemptions for New Business and Expansion of Existing Businesses

St. Petersburg Voters

City Council District 3:

• Pete Boland
• Nick Carey
• Michael Harting
• Juan Lopez-Estevez
• Barry Rubin

City Council District 7:

• Donald Bowens
• Eritha Cainion
• Treva Davis
• Corey Givens
• Wengay “Newt” Newton
• Daniel Soronen

REAL-TIME RESULTS FOR PINELLAS COUNTY RACES

Be sure to refresh this page for the latest results. Scroll through the table below to find results for each race. Can't see the widgets below? Click here for all results from The Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections