Election Results: Local Races, Recount and Amendment 3

Unofficial Nov. 3 results include Makayla Charles’s 1,230–721 Milton Ward 4 win, Okaloosa’s half-cent sales-tax renewal at 68.8%–31.2%, and Marie Locklin’s Santa Rosa School Board District 5 win. Amendment 3 passed with more than 62% support and phases in a larger non-school homestead exemption; predictions of service effects are not local budget findings. After recount and manual review, Joe Vinson leads Ashlee Hofberger by 14 votes; at least 63 overseas ballots could arrive before the Nov. 13 canvassing-board meeting and certification.