caruso - News - The Coastal Star2024-03-28T21:20:11Zhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/carusoAlong the Coast: Caruso cruises to 2nd term in legislaturehttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/along-the-coast-caruso-cruises-to-2nd-term-in-legislature2020-11-04T11:32:05.000Z2020-11-04T11:32:05.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming<div><div class="I_52qC D_FY W_6D6F">
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<div>State Rep. Mike Caruso easily won re-election to his District 89 seat, buoyed by in-person votes both early and on Election Day. </div>
<div>The final margin was 56% for the incumbent Republican to 44% for Democrat Jim Bonfiglio. </div>
<div>Bonfiglio outpaced Caruso in the vote by mail, 29,034 to 21,601.</div>
<div>But Caruso was the early voters' choice, 20,918 to 11,312, and the Election Day favorite, 13,480 to 4,354.</div>
<div>The outcome was vastly different from their first race in 2018 which included an automatic voting machine recount, a state-required recount by hand and a lawsuit by Bonfiglio to have the result tallied before the governor's contest was counted. Caruso won by a mere 32 votes out of 78,474 cast.</div>
<div>This year's unofficial ballot total was 100,699 as of early morning Nov. 4 and Caruso enjoyed an 11,299 cushion.</div>
<div>District 89 runs from Boca Raton north along the barrier island to Singer Island. </div>
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<p>May storms turned into floodwaters in some parts of the county. Especially hard hit were the County Pocket and Briny Breezes.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960948056,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960948056,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960948056?profile=original" /></a><em>By May 29, the waters on Winthrop had receded, but not disappeared as state Rep. Mike Caruso and County Commissioner Gregg Weiss toured the area and sought input from a dozen of the neighbors.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><br /> ‘This is Palm Beach County and we should not have homes underwater,’ Caruso said.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">On June 24, Caruso sent a letter to the Palm Beach County administrator requesting a meeting to clarify road ownership and discuss health and public safety in the County Pocket.<br /></p></div>Along the Coast: Caruso wins District 89 racehttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/along-the-coast-caruso-wins-district-89-race2018-11-18T18:00:00.000Z2018-11-18T18:00:00.000ZMary Kate Leminghttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/MaryKateLeming769<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960816493,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960816493,original{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="7960816493?profile=original" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>State Rep.-elect Mike Caruso of Delray Beach (2<sup>nd</sup> from left) celebrates with members of his campaign staff after the final recount of votes revealed the <i>Republican</i> maintained his election victory over Democratic candidate Jim Bonfiglio of Ocean Ridge.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Democratic candidate Jim Bonfiglio (second from right) talks with Palm Beach Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher and some of his supporters after a recount of ballots. He lost his bid for State House District 89 by just 32 votes.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em> Candidates for Florida House District 89, Democrat Jim Bonfiglio (left) and Republican Mike Caruso, shake hands surrounded by supporters for both candidates after the final recount of 78,474 ballots was completed at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office. The 32-vote margin of victory held for Caruso, who now pledges to make election process reform the first thing he will pursue after he is sworn into office.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em><strong>Photos by Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star</strong></em></p></div>