FORT PIERCE, Fla. \u2014 Chris Dzadovsky won a tight runoff election Tuesday for the Fort Pierce City Commission District 2, Seat 2, defeating Jaimebeth Galinis by just 31 votes and flipping the commission to Democratic control.<\/p>\n
Official results from the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections show Dzadovsky received 1,311 votes (50.60%) compared to Galinis’s 1,280 votes (49.40%). The election saw 2,591 ballots cast from 13,158 registered voters in the district, representing a 19.69% turnout.<\/p>\n
Chris Dzadovsky wins Fort Pierce commission seat<\/p>\n
All eight precincts reported complete results, including early voting and vote-by-mail totals.<\/p>\n
The Florida Democratic Party celebrated the victory, with Chair Nikki Fried issuing a statement congratulating Dzadovsky.<\/p>\n
“Fort Pierce had a choice \u2014 in the aftermath of a disgraced elected official’s departure from the Commission, they have chosen an experienced, ethical, and community-focused leader in Chris,” Fried said.<\/p>\n
Fried said the newly Democratic-leaning commission offers an opportunity to strengthen small businesses, clean up waterways and increase public safety.<\/p>\n
The statement also highlighted Dzadovsky’s involvement with the party’s Take Back Local program, which provided candidates with resources and on-the-ground support during the campaign.<\/p>\n
The narrow margin underscores the impact of turnout in local races and marks a significant shift in the balance of power on the Fort Pierce City Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. \u2014 Chris Dzadovsky won a tight runoff election Tuesday for the Fort Pierce City Commission…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-118369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}