Hours after Gary Farmer Jr. voted on Election Day, the then-candidate for a seat on the Broward Circuit Court bench hunkered down at his consultant’s office awaiting the results.

Farmer, an attorney for more than three decades who has served in the Florida Senate most recently in District 34 as the Democratic minority leader, was facing off against Tania Maria Williams, a trial attorney in North Miami Beach.

Broward County courthouse. (Credit: Raychel Lean/ALM) Broward County courthouse. (Credit: Raychel Lean/ALM)