{"id":347314,"date":"2026-07-21T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/347314\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:30:09","slug":"tallahassee-mayoral-poll-ausley-leads-matlow-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/347314\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee Mayoral Poll: Ausley Leads Matlow \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img width=\"650\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mayor-Collage-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>                                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new St. Pete Polls survey suggests the race for Tallahassee mayor remains highly competitive, with former state Sen. Loranne Ausley holding a narrow lead over City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The poll results were first reported by FloridaPolitics.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a four-candidate ballot test, Ausley received 29% support, while Matlow followed closely at 24%, a five-point difference that falls within the poll\u2019s stated margin of error. Attorney Daryl Parks placed third at 14%, and businessman Michael Shawn Foust trailed with 3%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey also found that 31% of likely voters remain undecided, leaving the contest far from settled as the campaign continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The poll highlights a pronounced generational divide among voters. Matlow leads among voters younger than 30, while Ausley enjoys overwhelming support among the oldest voters. Nearly 47% of respondents age 70 and older backed Ausley, giving her a commanding advantage with that demographic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With nearly one-third of voters still undecided, the race remains fluid heading toward the primary election. If no candidate gets over 50% in the primary, the top two vote getters will face off in November.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784644209_989_a3a0aa1abb3a437c31d2fcb36e3daa871ab962337aec6126509e2dc7f6bf9bd1.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new St. Pete Polls survey suggests the race for Tallahassee mayor remains highly competitive, with former state&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-347314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347314","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=347314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}