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Election 2016

Development opinions separate District 5 candidates

Updated:*For some local offices, the campaign stopped after the Aug. 30 primary, but for others, Nov. 8 if the final tally.After Lee County Commission incumbent Frank Mann defeated his Republican adversary in the primary race, he's still facing two candidates on the November ballot.Mann ...

Scott, Didio face off in two-way Sheriff’s race

Incumbent Mike Scott is running for his fourth term as Lee County Sheriff and is being challenged by former deputy James Didio.With no party affiliation, Didio did not participate in the August Primary and waited to face the Republican Primary winner in the November General Election.Scott ...

Supervisor of Elections: Harrington, Doyle in non partisan runoff

Incumbent Sharon Harrington is seeking her third full term as Lee County Supervisor of Elections and is being challenged by Fort Myers businessman Tommy Doyle.Harrington (43 percent of votes) and Doyle (34 percent) were the top two vote-getters in the August Primary, defeating three other ...

Two new ‘at-large’ school board seats on Nov. 8 ballot

Since Lee County voters approved the expansion of the school board from five to seven members in 2014, they will have the opportunity in the November election to elect two of four individuals to fill the two at-large seats - District 6 and District 7 - for the Lee County School District ...

District 19 Congressional district to get new rep

With Congressman Curt Clawson deciding not to run for another term, four candidates have lined up for the Nov. 8 ballot to see who will fill his seat in District 19.Francis Rooney, who won the Republican primary on Aug. 30, will face off with Democrat Robert Neeld as well as two write-in ...

Conservation 20/20: Lee County referendum among ballot decisions

Up off Del Prado Boulevard, roughly across from Coral Lakes, lies a trail through some of Cape Coral's all-but-gone pine flatlands habitat.The 2.5-mile marked pathway winds through a portion of a 340-acre site that Lee County says is home to a number of native species from the common - ...

Early voting begins Monday

Voters looking to beat the Election Day lines can cast their ballot early starting Monday.Early voting for the Nov. 8 general election will kick off next week and span two weeks through Saturday, Nov. 5. Ten polling sites in Lee County will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m."It runs two weeks ...

Voter registration deadline extended: Little local impact

By CHUCK?BALLAROnews@breezenewspapers.comThe decision Tuesday by The United States Northern District Court to extend the deadline for voter registration to Oct. 18 is not expected to have much of an impact on the Lee Elections Office, according to local officials.All Lee County Elections ...

Bill Clinton rallies Lee County Dems

Shane Broadstone, a senior at Oasis High School, will just miss the cutoff to be able to vote in the November election.The 17-year-old's birthday is just a month after it, but this hasn't inhibited his dedicated interest in politics. He was the first person in line to hear Bill Clinton speak at ...

Vote-by-Mail ballots mailed on schedule in Lee

The Lee County Supervisor of Elections Office mailed out 154,528 civilian-domestic vote-by-mail ballots on schedule Friday despite the bad weather.The office asks voters to keep in mind that several United States Postal Service processing plants and distribution centers in Florida closed at ...