2016 Bay County Executive election

2016 Bay County Executive election
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee James Barcia
Party Democratic
Popular vote 37,507
Percentage 97.75%

Bay County Executive before election

Thomas L. Hickner
Democratic

Elected Bay County Executive

James Barcia
Democratic

The 2016 Bay County Executive election was held on November 8, 2016. Incumbent County Executive Thomas L. Hickner, who was first elected in 1992, ran for re-election to his seventh term. He was challenged in the Democratic primary by former Congressman James Barcia. Barcia ultimately defeated Hickner in the primary by a wide margin, winning 56 percent of the vote to Hickner's 38 percent, and was unopposed in the general election.