Eritha Cainion
Eritha Brandis Cainion ran for election to the St. Petersburg City Council to represent District 7 in Florida. She lost in the primary on August 20, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in St. Petersburg, Florida (2024)
General election
General election for St. Petersburg City Council District 7
Corey Givens defeated Wengay Newton in the general election for St. Petersburg City Council District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Corey Givens (Nonpartisan) | 52.5 | 60,256 | |
 | Wengay Newton (Nonpartisan) | 47.5 | 54,550 | |
| Total votes: 114,806 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for St. Petersburg City Council District 7
The following candidates ran in the primary for St. Petersburg City Council District 7 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wengay Newton (Nonpartisan) | 35.2 | 1,486 |
| ✔ | Corey Givens (Nonpartisan) | 22.7 | 960 | |
| Treva Davis (Nonpartisan) | 18.0 | 762 | ||
| Donald Bowens (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 422 | ||
| Daniel Soronen (Nonpartisan) | 9.2 | 388 | ||
| Eritha Brandis Cainion (Nonpartisan) | 4.9 | 207 | ||
| Total votes: 4,225 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cainion in this election.
2019
See also: City elections in St. Petersburg, Florida (2019)
General election
General election for St. Petersburg City Council District 7
Incumbent Lisa Wheeler-Bowman defeated Eritha Brandis Cainion in the general election for St. Petersburg City Council District 7 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lisa Wheeler-Bowman (Nonpartisan) | 81.9 | 27,233 |
| Eritha Brandis Cainion (Nonpartisan) | 18.1 | 6,033 | ||
| Total votes: 33,266 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for St. Petersburg City Council District 7
Incumbent Lisa Wheeler-Bowman and Eritha Brandis Cainion defeated Sarah Elizabeth Moore and Chico Cromartie in the primary for St. Petersburg City Council District 7 on August 27, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lisa Wheeler-Bowman (Nonpartisan) | 57.4 | 1,653 |
| ✔ | Eritha Brandis Cainion (Nonpartisan) | 23.9 | 689 | |
 | Sarah Elizabeth Moore (Nonpartisan) | 13.8 | 397 | |
| Chico Cromartie (Nonpartisan) | 4.9 | 142 | ||
| Total votes: 2,881 | |||
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2017
The city of St. Petersburg, Florida, held elections for mayor and city council on November 7, 2017. A primary took place on August 29, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was June 23, 2017. Four of eight council seats were up for election.
| St. Petersburg City Council, District 6 Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Justin Bean |
21.12% | 1,442 |
| Gina Driscoll |
17.81% | 1,216 |
| Robert Blackmon | 17.78% | 1,214 |
| Maria Scruggs | 15.80% | 1,079 |
| Corey Givens | 9.94% | 679 |
| Eritha Cainion | 7.32% | 500 |
| James Scott | 6.43% | 439 |
| James Jackson | 3.81% | 260 |
| Total Votes | 6,829 | |
| Source: Deborah Clark, Supervisor of Elections, Pinellas County, Florida Twitter account, "St. Petersburg Primary Election, Final Official Results image," accessed September 1, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Eritha Brandis Cainion did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Eritha Brandis Cainion completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cainion's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Ending gentrification of the southside black community and the creation of genuine affordable housing.
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See also
2024 Elections
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