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BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – If you were trying to follow results on Primary Election Day, Tuesday, by going to some of the individual county supervisors of elections websites, you may have run into some problems. The websites crashed at dozens of elections offices around the state. Bay County Supervisor of Elections Mark Andersen says […]

UPDATE: August 23, 2022 10:30 p.m. PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — Most of state senate candidate Jay Trumbull’s party congratulated him and left before the reporting reached 100% because he was winning by such a large margin early on. The candidate’s room at Captain Anderson’s was packed with familiar faces supporting their friend. Bay County […]

JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) — Here are the results for the election races in Jackson County on Tuesday night. Edward Crutchfield was elected to the District 2 Jackson County Commissioner seat. Crutchfield was elected with 958 votes (56 percent) to Peter Fortunato’s 752 votes (44 percent). Donnie Branch was elected to the District 4 Jackson […]

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — Ann Leonard was elected to the Bay District School Board Tuesday night. Leonard was elected with 16,280 votes (56 percent) to Frances Gordon’s 12,581 (44 percent) votes. Both are career educators. Leonard said she has several challenges she hopes to address. She said the attendance in the classroom is a […]

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) — The Bay County Supervisor of Elections office is getting ready for the primary election on Tuesday. Early Voting ended on Saturday and now voters will head to the polls on election day to cast their ballot in several state and local elections. However, there will be some changes on where […]

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — Voters heard directly from two candidates for state senate Thursday night. The two candidates who want to replace retiring State Senator George Gainer, Regina Piazza and Jay Trumbull, joined 13NOW to answer questions about the issues. Amy Hoyt moderated that candidate forum. You can watch the full debate here:

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — The candidates for State Representative for District 6 discuss the issues live. Brian Clowdus and Griff Griffitts are vying for the State seat. News 13 Evening Anchor Amy Hoyt will be the moderator.

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — With the primary election just three weeks away, News 13 is on your side with upcoming candidate forums. On Tuesday night on our website and WMBB News 13 Facebook page, you’ll hear from the two men who want to be the next District 6 State Representative: Brian Clowdus and Griff […]

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB)–The Bay County Canvassing Board met Tuesday morning to conduct public testing of the election equipment before voters head to the polls to cast their ballots for the primary election on August 23rd. After learning about the testing process from Bay County Supervisor of Elections, Mark Andersen, the group verified multiple machines […]

BONIFAY, Fla. (WMBB) — Next Saturday, Holmes County residents will have the chance to come out and meet their candidates running for state and local offices. Candidates for State Senate District 2, State House District 5, Holmes County Commission District 2 and Holmes School Board Districts 1 and 3 have all been invited to participate. […]