Jay High Teacher Beats Incumbent Santa Rosa County Commissioner Calkins

August 21, 2024

A Jay High School teacher has defeated the incumbent for a seat on the Santa Rosa County Commission.

Rhett Rowell received 11,979 (43.53%) votes. Jerry Couey finished second with 7,872 (28.61%), while incumbent James Calkins had 7,668 (27.86%).

Rowell is a native of Santa Rosa County and is a social studies teacher at Jay High, his alma mater.

Rowell will not face a Democrat in November, but he will appear on the ballot due to two qualified write-in candidates.

Comments

3 Responses to “Jay High Teacher Beats Incumbent Santa Rosa County Commissioner Calkins”

  1. MJ Jayberry on August 21st, 2024 12:22 pm

    Congratulations, Rhett! Here’s to a brighter future for Santa Rosa County. We appreciate your ethics, wisdom, hard work, dedication and empathy for others. May God continue to bless you and your precious family and Santa Rosa County.

  2. Ronnie Cloud on August 21st, 2024 9:59 am

    Congratulations Rhett!!! So deserving I am sure you will do a great job…

  3. Thomas.Paine on August 21st, 2024 8:42 am

    Give the pink slip to incumbents…vote them out!





Have a comment on this story?

We welcome your comments on this story, but there are some rules to follow::

(1) Be Nice. No comments that slander another, no racism, no sexism, no personal attacks.

(2) No Harrassing Comments. If someone says something bad about you, don't respond. That's childish.

(3) No Libel. That's saying something is not true about someone. Don't do it.

(4) Keep it clean. Nothing vulgar, obscene or sexually related. No profanity or obvious substitutions. Period.

(5) NorthEscambia.com reserves the right to remove any comments that violate our rules or we think to be inappropriate. We are not responsible for what is posted. Comments may not appear right away until they are approved by a moderator.

(6) Limit your comments to the subject in this story only, and limit comments to 300 words or less. Do not post copyrighted material. Comments will not be added to stories that are over 30 days old.

(7) No posts may advertise a commercial business, political candidate or political group, or link to another commercial web site or political site of any kind.

Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under FRONT FEATURE 

  NEfb