• The Ortega United Methodist Church had three precincts so it was a popular place for politicians. At one point late Tuesday afternoon, Circuit Court opponents Rick Buttner and Virginia Norton were standing within 20 feet of each other.
• Nassau County was the first to report their numbers in the State Attorney race, coming in around 8:24 p.m. with Angela Corey winning 68 percent of the vote and Plotkin taking 32 percent.
• Plotkin thanked his supporters, but the first person he thanked in his address to the crowd was his wife. His children also attended the party, but they were “upstairs doing their homework” according to Plotkin.
• Sign maker Gordon Boyer was 2 for 3 on Tuesday. He made the campaign signs for Virginia Norton, Corey and Mark Hulsey. Boyer also made campaign signs that looked like AC Delco spark plugs for A.C. Soud when he was campaigning for a judgeship, but Adrian Soud decided to use another company.
• For those candidates who will be campaigning in November, Boyer knows what it takes to be a winner. He said candidates who have used green signs, such as former Gov. Lawton Chiles, have won their races.
• Soud endured the ribbing of his brother during his campaign for judgeship. “He has joked that he will be the first private lawyer to take out an ad thanking me for getting rid of the dead weight at the firm,” said Soud.
• The polls closed at 7 p.m. and television newscasts were broadcasting results by 8 p.m., but the Internet was getting more attention because people didn’t have to wait for the race they were interested in to run across the bottom of the screen.
• The Whiteway Deli in Riverside was the Soud headquarters Tuesday night and they served an international fare to his supporters. Hummus, tabbouleh, and Kibbeh were some of the items on the buffet table.
• With hundreds on hand at Corey’s headquarters, there had to be just as much food. The party was catered by Big T’s Grill & Tavern and featured piles of parsley and onion meatballs, barbecue chicken spring rolls and chicken alfredo. But the favorite? “The artichoke and sun dried tomato dip,” said Marlo Hunt, Corey’s sister and helped with catering. “It goes fast.”
• The catering didn’t provide desserts, though. Corey supporters provided the sweets instead, bringing in over 25 homemade desserts.
• Too many to name, but notable faces at the Corey party included: City Council members Don Redman and Stephen Joost, Sheriff John Rutherford, Mayor John Peyton, Landing owner Toney Sleiman, Public Defender candidate Matthew Shirk, General Counsel Office attorney Margaret Sidman and mayor’s office receptionist Alice Newman.
• Just after 6:30 p.m. and before the polls closed, Fraternal Order of Police Union President Nelson Cuba had a prediction. “A landslide, 65-35 (percent of the votes) for Angela Corey,” he said. The race results? Cuba got it right to the exact number.