Failed mayoral candidate Ken Cooper has decided to walk away from the lawsuit he filed contesting the results of the Nov. 3 race. Cooper, 68, lost the Fort Lauderdale mayor’s race to incumbent Dean Trantalis, 67, by 12,820 votes. Cooper’s lawsuit demanded that he be named mayor and that all 43,803 mail-in ballots cast in the election be thrown out. The suit, filed in Broward Circuit Court on ...