{"id":379882,"date":"2026-08-24T17:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/379882\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:56:08","slug":"tom-derzypolski-to-face-pj-perez-for-tallahassee-city-commission-seat-3-after-recount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/379882\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Derzypolski to face PJ Perez for Tallahassee City Commission Seat 3 after recount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; A machine and manual recount have been completed in the race to the general election for Tallahassee City Commission Seat 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Tom Derzypolski will take on PJ Perez in November, just narrowly beating out Talethia Edwards by 15 votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/08\/22\/recount-underway-tallahassee-city-commission-seat-3-race\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/08\/22\/recount-underway-tallahassee-city-commission-seat-3-race\/\"> machine recount took place on Saturday<\/a>, reducing the margin to just 13 votes between the pair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"> The manual recount on Monday looked at 25 votes and brought the margin to 15 votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Perez received 11,634 votes in the primary. Derzypolski received 10,533 votes and Edwards had 10,518.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Leon County Supervisor of Elections Mark Early said recounts are standard procedure when races are this close. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">There will be no more recounts after Monday\u2019s manual one, according to Earley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/08\/24\/tom-derzypolski-face-pj-perez-tallahassee-city-commission-seat-3-after-recount\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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