Marquis won because the female Family Court candidates beat all the male candidates including the incumbents. Judge Marquis used Dave Thomas, spent a lot of money, and ran commercials. She was also first on the ballot with a very long ballot. Female voters vote overwhelmingly for female candidates especially family court judges. There was no way Scalia could win that race even if he had no baggage and ran a half way decent campaign. The female edge is only against male candidates and does not apply to two females running against each other.