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Jay Cohen
Prior offices:
Florida 6th District Court of Appeal
Years in office: 2023 - 2023
Florida 5th District Court of Appeal
Years in office: 2008 - 2023
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2022
Education
Bachelor's
University of Florida, 1974
Law
University of Florida College of Law, 1978
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Jay Cohen was a judge of theFlorida 6th District Court of Appeal. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. He left office in 2023.

Cohen ran for re-election for judge of theFlorida 5th District Court of Appeal. He won in the retention election onNovember 8, 2022.

Cohen was recommissioned toFlorida's Sixth District Court of Appeal by Gov.Ron DeSantis (R). The Sixth District Court of Appeal was established on January 1, 2023.

Cohen retired in 2023.[1]

Education

Cohen earned his B.A. in English in 1974 from the University of Florida and hisJ.D. in 1978 from the University of Florida College of Law.[2]

Career

Cohen began his legal career in Sarasota County and then served as a prosecutor in Orlando from 1980 to 1982, when he entered private practice. In 1990, Republican Governor Bob Martinez appointed Cohen to the county court bench. He served in the traffic, criminal, and civil divisions. He was appointed to the circuit court by Democratic Governor Lawton Chiles in 1993, where he served in the domestic relations, juvenile, criminal, and civil divisions until his 2008 appointment to theFifth District Court of Appeal.[2]

Elections

2022

See also: Florida intermediate appellate court elections, 2022

Florida 5th District Court of Appeal, Jay Cohen's seat

Jay Cohen was retained to theFlorida 5th District Court of Appeal onNovember 8, 2022 with 64.7% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
✔
Yes
 
64.7
 
1,100,786
No
 
35.3
 
600,767
Total Votes
1,701,553

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2016

See also:Florida judicial elections, 2016

Judge Cohen filed to stand forretention in 2016.[3]

In aretention election, voters respond "yes" or "no" when asked if a judge whose term is ending should remain on the court for another term. In most states, judges must receive more than 50 percent "yes" votes to win another term.

Election results

November 8 general election

Jay Cohen was retained in the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal, Cohen's Seat election with 67.95% of the vote.

Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal, Cohen's Seat, 2016
NameYes votes
Green check mark transparent.pngJay Cohen67.95%
Source:Florida Division of Elections Official Results

2010

Cohen wasretained onNovember 2, 2010 with 63.36% of voters in favor.[4][5]

Main article:Florida judicial elections, 2010

Campaign themes

2022

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    Joseph Lewis  •  L. Clayton Roberts  •  Ross L. Bilbrey  •  Lori S. Rowe  •  Stephanie Williams Ray  •  Timothy D. Osterhaus  •  Susan Kelsey  •  Thomas D. "Bo" Winokur  •  Robert E. Long Jr.  •  M. Kemmerly Thomas  •  Rachel Nordby  •  Adam Tanenbaum  •  

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    Fourth District

    Robert Gross  •  Cory Ciklin  •  Martha Warner  •  Melanie May  •  Dorian Damoorgian  •  Burton C. Conner  •  Jonathan D. Gerber  •  Spencer D. Levine  •  Mark W. Klingensmith  •  Alan O. Forst  •  Edward Artau  •  Jeffrey T. Kuntz  •  

    Fifth District

    Eric Eisnaugle  •  Brian D. Lambert  •  Frederic Rand Wallis  •  John M. Harris  •  Norma S. Lindsey  •  Adrian Soud  •  Harvey Jay III  •  Scott D. Makar  •  James A. Edwards (Florida)  •  Paige Kilbane  •  Joe Boatwright  •  Jordan Pratt  •  John MacIver  •  

    Sixth District

    Jay Cohen  •  John K. Stargel  •  Keith F. White  •  Daniel Traver  •  Jared Smith  •  Paetra Brownlee  •  Mary Alice Nardella  •  Joshua Mize  •  Carrie Ann Wozniak  •  


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