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Suzie Johnston and Eric Cooley late this afternoon, a distance from the polling station at City Hall in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive) Last Updated: 8:10 p.m. Suzie Johnston will carry on her family’s long tradition of public service in elected office: in her first run for office, she was decisively elected mayor of Flagler Beach in today’s election, and will replace Linda Provencher, who chose not to run again after nine years as mayor and four years as commissioner. Eric Cooley, who happens to be Johnston’s companion, won re-election to his second term by beating Paul Harrington. With all 1,568 ballots cast counted–Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart had the results posted some 12 to 13 minutes after polls closed–Johnston won with a decisive 50.3 percent share of the vote, beating former City Commissioner Kim Carney, who got 25.5 percent, and political newcomer Pat Quinn, who got 24 percent.

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