UP TO THE MINUTE TALLAHASSEE ELECTION RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\nMatlow had 14,541 votes, or 35.95%, while Ausley had 13,744 votes, or 33.98%.<\/p>\n
Former Leon County Commissioner Daryl Parks was third with 10,156 votes, or 25.11%, while Michael Shawn Foust had 2,009 votes, or 4.97%.<\/p>\n
With neither Matlow nor Ausley reaching 50%, the two leading candidates are positioned to advance to a November runoff if the standings hold as remaining ballots are counted.<\/p>\n
Matlow, Ausley lead race to become Tallahassee mayor<\/p>\n
The mayor’s race is one of the biggest changes facing Tallahassee city government this election cycle.<\/p>\n
Matlow entered the contest after serving on the City Commission, while Ausley brought experience from the Florida Legislature. Parks previously served on the Leon County Commission.<\/p>\n
Tuesday’s preliminary numbers show just 797 votes separating Matlow and Ausley for first place.<\/p>\n
The November contest would give Tallahassee voters a direct choice between the top two finishers after a primary campaign divided among four candidates.<\/p>\n
P.J. Perez leads crowded Seat 3 race<\/p>\n
The contest for Tallahassee City Commission Seat 3 was even more fragmented, with six candidates competing.<\/p>\n
P.J. Perez led the field Tuesday night with 11,340 votes, or 29.03%.<\/p>\n
Behind Perez was Tom Derzypolski, who had 10,414 votes, or 26.66%.<\/p>\n
Talethia O. Edwards was close behind in third with 10,169 votes, or 26.03% \u2014 leaving only 245 votes separating second and third place in the preliminary count.<\/p>\n
The remaining candidates were:<\/p>\n
Darryl “Dar Wavemaker” Alfred \u2014 2,839 votes, 7.27%<\/p>\n
Maxwell “Max” Herrle \u2014 2,379 votes, 6.09%<\/p>\n
Norm Roche \u2014 1,920 votes, 4.92%<\/p>\n
Because Perez remained well below 50%, the top two candidates would advance to November.<\/p>\n
But with Derzypolski and Edwards separated by fewer than 250 votes in the latest results, the battle for the second runoff position remained one of Tallahassee’s closest races Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Williams-Cox leads Seat 5, Inman-Johnson second<\/p>\n
The City Commission Seat 5 race also appears headed for a November runoff.<\/p>\n
Incumbent Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox led the three-candidate field with 15,321 votes, or 39.78%.<\/p>\n
Former Tallahassee Mayor and City Commissioner Dot Inman-Johnson was second with 14,100 votes, or 36.61%.<\/p>\n
Tifany Hill was third with 9,093 votes, or 23.61%.<\/p>\n
That put Williams-Cox approximately 1,200 votes ahead of Inman-Johnson, but neither candidate was close to the majority needed to avoid a runoff.<\/p>\n
If the results hold, Williams-Cox and Inman-Johnson will meet head-to-head in November.<\/p>\n
Municipal races reshape Tallahassee political landscape<\/p>\n
The three contests could significantly reshape Tallahassee City Hall.<\/p>\n
Voters are selecting a mayor while simultaneously deciding two of the commission’s four other seats, meaning this election cycle could alter a majority of the five-member commission.<\/p>\n
The results are particularly significant because Tallahassee’s municipal elections are nonpartisan, allowing registered city voters to participate regardless of political party.<\/p>\n
The races appeared on the same Aug. 18 ballot as Florida’s partisan primary contests.<\/p>\n
Results remain unofficial<\/p>\n
The numbers remained unofficial Tuesday night, with 72 of the 80 participating precincts reporting when the Leon County Supervisor of Elections posted the results used in this report.<\/p>\n
Leon County election officials will continue processing outstanding results before conducting the canvass and certification process.<\/p>\n
That remaining count could be particularly important in Seat 3, where Derzypolski and Edwards were separated by just 245 votes for the second position.<\/p>\n
If the current standings hold, Tallahassee voters would return to the polls Nov. 3 for three major municipal matchups: Matlow against Ausley for mayor, Perez against the eventual second-place Seat 3 finisher, and Williams-Cox against Inman-Johnson for Seat 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeremy Matlow and Loranne Ausley lead the mayoral field, while P.J. Perez tops Seat 3 and Dianne Williams-Cox…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-375192","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\/375192","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=375192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}