2016 Bay County Executive election
November 8, 2016
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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.