{"id":117552,"date":"2026-01-14T08:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/117552\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:33:13","slug":"emily-gregory-jon-maples-win-primaries-for-florida-house-district-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/117552\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Gregory, Jon Maples win primaries for Florida House District 87"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCOVERAGE ON WPBF.COM UNDER OUR LIVE UPDATE BLOG. NOW TO COMMITMENT 2026. IT IS ELECTION DAY FOR SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES IN OUR AREA IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, A SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTION TONIGHT FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 87. ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. UNOFFICIAL RESULTS SHOWING JOHN\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Emily Gregory, Jon Maples win primaries for Florida House District 87<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 11:38 PM EST Jan 13, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Republican and Democratic primaries for the Florida House of Representatives District 87 seat were held Tuesday.In both races, one candidate had the clear vote advantage.In the Democratic primary, Emily Gregory had 4,568 votes (88.19%), while challenger Laura Ann Levites had 612 votes (11.81%).In the Republican primary, Jon Maples had 5,327 votes (84.41%), while Gretchen L. Miller Feng had 984 votes (15.59%).As of Tuesday night, vote-by-mail totals had not been counted.The latest: WPBF 25 News coverage on PoliticsUnofficially, Gregory and Maples are set to advance to the Special General Election for State Representative, District 87 on Tuesday, March 24.President Donald Trump, who endorsed Maples prior to the primary election, congratulated Maples on his win on Tuesday night.CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DISTRICT 87Get the latest political updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.The winner of March’s Special General Election will replace Republican Mike Caruso, who resigned from the position last August to become the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, and will represent the district at the State Capitol in Tallahassee.According to the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, District 87 encompasses northern Palm Beach County including parts of Hypoluxo, Lantana, South Palm Beach, Lake Worth Beach, Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Shores, North Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, and Juno Beach.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The Republican and Democratic primaries for the Florida House of Representatives District 87 seat were held Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In both races, one candidate had the clear vote advantage.<\/p>\n

In the Democratic primary, Emily Gregory had 4,568 votes (88.19%), while challenger Laura Ann Levites had 612 votes (11.81%).<\/p>\n

In the Republican primary, Jon Maples had 5,327 votes (84.41%), while Gretchen L. Miller Feng had 984 votes (15.59%).<\/p>\n

As of Tuesday night, vote-by-mail totals had not been counted.<\/p>\n

The latest: WPBF 25 News coverage on Politics<\/a><\/p>\n

Unofficially, Gregory and Maples are set to advance to the Special General Election for State Representative, District 87 on Tuesday, March 24.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump, who endorsed Maples prior to the primary election, congratulated Maples on his win on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE<\/a> FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DISTRICT 87<\/p>\n

Get the latest political updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The winner of March’s Special General Election will replace Republican Mike Caruso, who resigned from the position last August to become the Palm Beach County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, and will represent the district at the State Capitol in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n

According to the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, District 87 encompasses northern Palm Beach County including parts of Hypoluxo, Lantana, South Palm Beach, Lake Worth Beach, Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Shores, North Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, and Juno Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COVERAGE ON WPBF.COM UNDER OUR LIVE UPDATE BLOG. NOW TO COMMITMENT 2026. IT IS ELECTION DAY FOR SEVERAL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4009,6873,59210,28,30,43019,29,17434,59212,13204,59211,3574,22438,58627,59213,37886,1464,13983,189],"class_list":["post-117552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-district","tag-emily-gregory","tag-emily-gregory-and-john-maples-win-primaries-for-florida-house-district-87","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-house-district","tag-florida-news","tag-hypoluxo","tag-john-maples","tag-march","tag-palm-beach-county-clerk","tag-part","tag-primary","tag-south-palm-beach","tag-special-general-election","tag-state-representative","tag-tuesday","tag-vote","tag-wpbf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}