Voters wait outside of the Alachua County Agriculture and Equestrian Center in Newberry on Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, 2022. (Rae Riiska/WUFT News)
Follow below as WUFT News photographers spread out across Alachua County to document the election process on Tuesday, from polls opening to closing to the final celebrations at election watch parties late in the night.
(Photos appear from top to bottom in reverse chronological order.)
Mary Alford, Marihelen Wheeler and Ken Cornell, the District 1, 2 and 4 County Commissioners, respectively, celebrate their victorys at Heartwood Soundstage on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2022. (Lexi Ashby/WUFT News)
Marihelen Wheeler addresses her supporters at Heartwood Sound Stage on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
Florida Senate candidate Keith Perry hugs a supporter as he hears news of his victory at his election watch party at Spurrier's Gridiron Grille in Gainesville, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov 8, 2022. (Caleb Ross/WUFT News)
Sherri Rodriguez, niece of Florida House of Representatives candidate Chuck Clemons, hugs a friend in celebration of Florida Senate candidate Keith Perry's victory during Perry's election watch party at Spurrier's Gridiron Grille in Gainesville. Fla., on Tuesday, Nov 8, 2022. (Caleb Ross / WUFT News)
Bryan Eastman records a video of Casey Willits’ winning speech at Depot Park in Gainesville, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Willits won the Gainesville District 3 City Commission seat. (Ericka Garcia/WUFT News)
Danielle Hawk, Bryan Eastman, Casey Willits and David Arreola cheer at Willits' victory at Depot Park in Gainesville, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Willits won the Gainesville District 3 City Commission seat. (Ericka Garcia/WUFT News)
Rodrigo de la Mora, a supporter of Danielle Hawk, watches the election results at Depot Park in Gainesville, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Ericka Garcia/WUFT News)
Candidate for District 21 State Representative Yvonne Hayes Hinton bites her nails as she watches the votes come in at her watch party in Gainesville, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2022. Hinton won against other candidate Hollye Merton by a 44% margin. (Rae Chan/WUFT News)
District 9 Senate candidate Rodney Long examines the incoming voter precinct data at his election watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Zachary Carnell/WUFT News)
Decorated in an American Flag, Betty Johnson, 75, voted on Nov. 8, 2022, at the T.B. McPherson Recreational Complex. Johnson's voting tradition is casting her ballot every election night. (Thandie Brown/WUFT News)
Gainesville City Commission candidate Dejeon Cain pauses to take in incoming election results at his watch party held at the Gainesville Technology Entrepreneurship Center on Nov. 8, 2022. (Thandie Brown/WUFT News)
Gainesville mayoral candidate Ed Bielarski waits for the result to come out at his watch party at Depot Village in Gainesville, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Xinyue Li/WUFT News)
Ed Bielarski's supporters wait for the result to come out during his watch party at Depot Village in Gainesville, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (Xinyue Li/WUFT News)
A truck is parked on the curb outside of the polls at Trinity United Methodist Church in Gainesville, Fla., on Nov. 8, 2022. The rear windshield reads
A campaign worker waits outside of the J. Wayne Reitz Union at the University of Florida on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2022, in Gainesville, Fla. (Javier Palacios/WUFT News)
Santiago Hatadis, an aerospace engineering sophomore at the University of Florida, waits outside of the J. Wayne Reitz Union to vote on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 8, 2022. (Javier Palacios/WUFT News)
Voters wait outside of the J. Wayne Reitz Union at the University of Florida on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Gainesville, Fla. (Javier Palacios/WUFT News)
Rev. Rick Johnson,57, enters T.B. McPherson Recreation Complex Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, 2022. Johnson voted by mail, but as a member of the Election Protection coalition, he checked voter accessibility from solicitor lines. (Thandie Brown/WUFT News)
Just before voting at the T.B. McPherson Recreational Complex, Lonnie Barton, 69, talks with a NAACP solicitor concerning single-member districts on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Barton planned to vote and attend his grandson's football game later in the day Tuesday. (Thandie Brown/WUFT News)
A woman hands out voting information near the polls at Trinity United Methodist Church on Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, 2022. (Rae Chan/WUFT News)
Voting precinct worker Steve Martin sits outside of Trinity United Methodist Church and directs voters toward the polls on Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, 2022. (Rae Chan/WUFT News)
Sean Brewer, a candidate for an 8th Judicial Circuit Civil judge seat, stands outside of Trinity United Methodist Church drawing voters' attention to his campaign signs on Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, 2022. His opponent on Tuesday is AuBroncee Martin. (Rae Chan/WUFT News)
Voters wait outside of the Alachua County Agriculture and Equestrian Center in Newberry on Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, 2022. (Rae Riiska/WUFT News)
Cars pull into the Alachua County Agriculture and Equestrian Center for Election Day in Newberry on Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, 2022. (Rae Riiska/WUFT News)
Kelly Brew, who works in the school system (right), talks with a campaign worker outside of the polling location at the Thomas Center on election day in Gainesville, Fla., Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, 2022. Brew lives in the neighborhood and decided to stop by even though she has already voted.
Campaign workers wait to greet voters outside of the Thomas Center on election day, Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, 2022, in Gainesville, Fla. (Xinyue Li/WUFT News)