Voting Smart, our election season series on local candidates, campaigns and issues, wraps up with 12 brief interviews with local candidates who were elected to office and spokespersons representing local referenda and constitutional amendments that passed or failed. Each asses the outcome of the November 2 election and their role in it. Click on these links to hear remarks from winning candidates for Seminole School Board district-5, Oviedo City Council seat-4, 18th Judicial Circuit Judge, constitutional amendment spokespersons for Amendment 4/Land Use, Amendment 5 & 6/Redistricting, Amendment 8/Class Size, Seminole School Board sales tax, Oviedo charter amendments, and a process assessment from the Seminole County Supervisor of Elections.

Stephen McKenney Steck interviews these candidates and spokespersons via their telephone. Audio quality varies due to the vagaries of landlines or cell phone voice quality and other variables. Each interview was edited for brevity. Due to limited CMF resources, not all candidates in all races could be interviewed.

Local Winning Candidates

	Tina Calderone Seminole County School Board seat (District -5)
	Cindy Drago Oviedo City Councilmember (Seat 4)
	Jessica Recksiedler Judge, Florida’s 18th Circuit Court

Local Referenda, Oviedo City Charter
and State Constitutional Amendments

Seminole County School Board Referenda – ½ cent sales tax
Length – 11:29

Oviedo City Charter Amendments
Length – 03:41

Dominic Persampiere Mayor, City of Oviedo

State and Congressional Redistricting
Length – 05:31

Class Size Amendment
Length – 06:03

Gay Parker (opponent), President, Seminole Education Association

Scott Plakon (proponent), Florida House of Representatives (R, district 37)

Hometown Democracy/A-4
Length – 03:36

Summary

Length – 07:28

Michael Ertel Supervisor of Elections, Seminole County