{"id":255679,"date":"2026-05-02T18:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T18:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255679\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T18:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T18:22:14","slug":"stuart-mayor-christopher-collins-resigns-to-run-for-martin-county-commission-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/255679\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart Mayor Christopher Collins resigns to run for Martin County Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA mayor of a Treasure Coast city has stepped down from his position to seek a county commission seat.Stuart Mayor Christopher J. Collins announced on his Facebook page that he is a candidate for the Martin County Commission for Seat 2.A spokesperson for the city of Stuart confirmed to WPBF 25 News on Thursday afternoon that Collins resigned from the city commission effective immediately.The latest: WPBF 25 News coverage on PoliticsCollins stated in his resignation letter dated April 30, 2026, to the city, citing the city charter that he could not hold his position and run for a county commission seat at the same time.CLICK HERE TO READ RESIGNATION LETTERThat led to his resignation.According to Martin County Supervisor of Elections records, Collins has filed as a Republican candidate for the commission seat.The city of Stuart website now lists Vice Mayor Sean Reed as Mayor of Stuart. Get the latest political updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tSTUART, Fla. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

A mayor of a Treasure Coast city has stepped down from his position to seek a county commission seat.<\/p>\n

Stuart Mayor Christopher J. Collins announced on his Facebook page<\/a> that he is a candidate for the Martin County Commission for Seat 2.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\tCity of Stuart\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChristopher Collins resigned as mayor of the city of Stuart on Thursday, April 30, 2026. He is a candidate to become a Martin County Commissioner for seat 2.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the city of Stuart confirmed to WPBF 25 News on Thursday afternoon that Collins resigned from the city commission effective immediately.<\/p>\n

The latest: WPBF 25 News coverage on Politics<\/a><\/p>\n

Collins stated in his resignation letter dated April 30, 2026, to the city, citing the city charter that he could not hold his position and run for a county commission seat at the same time.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE<\/a> TO READ RESIGNATION LETTER<\/p>\n

That led to his resignation.<\/p>\n

According to Martin County Supervisor of Elections records, Collins has filed as a Republican candidate for the commission seat.<\/p>\n

The city of Stuart website now lists Vice Mayor Sean Reed as Mayor of Stuart. <\/p>\n

Get the latest political updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A mayor of a Treasure Coast city has stepped down from his position to seek a county commission…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252977,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[5337,171,173,172,110363],"class_list":["post-255679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-content","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-stuart-mayor-christopher-collins-resigns-to-run-for-martin-county-commission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255679","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=255679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}