Archer to succeed Wolfinger as Seminole-Brevard State Attorney
Voters in Seminole and Brevard counties Tuesday chose a long-time manager from the office of retiring State Attorney Norm Wolfinger as his successor.
With all but a few precincts reporting, Phil Archer, a 52-year-old Republican from Titusville, held a commanding lead, capturing 58 percent of the vote to 42 percent for Democrat Ryan Vescio of Oviedo, a 33-year-old prosecutor from the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office.
Archer will take over for Wolfinger, who has served since 1985 as elected state attorney in the 18th Judicial Circuit. He endorsed Archer. So did the sheriffs of both counties, Don Eslinger in Seminole and Jack Parker in Brevard.
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