- Eric Atria won the Alachua County judge race with 61% of the vote, defeating AuBroncee Martin, both former public defenders.
- Atria raised $73,000 for his campaign, more than double Martin’s $30,000, with both candidates personally funding at least half their contributions.
Eric Atria will work from behind the judicial bench in Alachua County from now on after securing 61% of voter approval on Tuesday, ending the campaign between two public defenders.
Atria and AuBroncee Martin told Mainstreet that the skills that make a good public defender translate to making a good judge. Both campaigned behind their decades of public service and legal skills from trying thousands of cases.
Atria said his campaign created excitement around a county judge race that typically fails to break through the noise of the election season…