Term: Until March 2024.
Salary: $20,869 for commissioners. Who ever is appointed vice mayor will be paid $21,562.
Belle Glade, a 6.9-square-mile city southeast of Lake Okeechobee, has an estimated 19,654 residents. It is overseen by five commission members who serve three-year terms. Three seats are up for election this year.
Seat C: Joaquin Almazan is running against Stephen Messam.
Seat D: Robert C. Mitchell is running against Mary Ross Wilkerson.
Seat E: Andrew "Kenny" Berry is running against Johnny Burroughs Jr.
About the races: Joaquin Almazan, vice president of Palm Beach County Democratic Party's Hispanic chapter, says supporting local business can close the racial wealth gap in the majority Black and Hispanic city. He is endorsed by the Palm Beach County firefighters union the Palm Beach-Treasure Coast AFL-CIO.