County Court Judge Group 13
Duval County, Florida
My vote power
Normal
Election date
August 18, 2026 · Primary election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 64 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 1,023,153 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(22,416,077 ÷ 1,023,153) ÷ ln(50,000) = 64.27, measured against a statewide vote in FL (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Housing Affordability, Civil Rights,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · declared
Marquita H. Green is an attorney, former General Magistrate and community servant whose career reflects a commitment to fairness and the rule of law. For 25 years she has served people through law, mental health, child welfare and judicial education.
Records: Civil Rights 2 for, Legal Competence 1 for
Nonpartisan · declared
Melina Buncome is a longtime Fourth Judicial Circuit public defender and candidate for Duval County Court Judge, Group 13. She has nearly three decades of courtroom experience, formerly supervised felony attorneys, and has worked with Duval specialty-court programs.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for, Legal Competence 1 for, Public Safety and Crime Control 1 for
Nonpartisan · declared
Octavius A. Holliday Jr. is a Fourth Judicial Circuit prosecutor and candidate for Duval County Court Judge, Group 13. He has served in the State Attorney's Office across two periods since 2003 and currently leads its Human Rights Division and Community Crime Strategies Unit.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 2 for, Civil Rights 1 for
Sources: duvalelections.gov23 · voterfocus.com