CLAY COUNTY – There’s a new sheriff in town.

Clay High graduate and former Atlantic Beach Police Chief Michelle Cook received 37% of the vote to emerge from a crowded field of candidates, including embattled Sheriff Darryl Daniels, to become the first woman to hold the county’s highest law enforcement post.

Daniels, who was arrested on Aug. 13 on one felony and three misdemnor charges related to an affair, finished eight points behind, while Ben Carroll was a distant third with 15.4%.

Cook was supposed to face a write-in candidate in November, but Francis Bourrie withdrew from the race on Wednesday.

In other key races, David Broskie officially dropped his interim label as Superintendent to easily beat former Superintendent Charlie Van Zant 47.66%-37.59%, while Diane Hutchings ousted Ronnie Robinson to become the next tax collector.

Voters also elected three new members of the Clay County Commission. Jim Renninger won the District 3 seat, while Betsy Sistrunk Condon will represent District 4 and Kristen Burke won the District 5 seat.

Jennifer Bradley, wife of current Florida Sen. Rob Bradley (R-Orange Park), defeated Jason Holifield for the Republican nomination. She now will face Democrat Melina Barratt, who ran unopposed, in the primary election.

Kat Cammack, the former aide to Con. Ted Yoho, took a significant step to replace him by winning the crowded Republican Party field for the District 3 seat. Cammack won 22% of the vote in Clay County and 25.2% statewide to advance to the general election ballot against Adam Christensen, who narrowly beat Tom Wells by less than 800 votes.

Cook started her campaign 242 days ahead of Tuesday’s primary. She has 28 years of law enforcement experience and is a graduate of the FBI Law Enforcement Executives.

Daniels was suspended on Aug. 14 by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after an investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and State Attorney’s Office determined he asked the IT department at the sheriff’s office to destroy information on his cellphone that may have provided details of his affair with a subordinate when they both worked at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Jail. Daniels also was charged with three counts of making false claims to have the woman arrested for stalking.

Moments after being declared the winner, Cook told a raucous crowd of supporters at Whitey's Fish Camp, " I promise I’ll give you a sheriff you can be proud of.”

DeSantis appointed FDLE’s Matt Walsh to serve as the interim sheriff. His roll now will end when Cook is sworn in.