Sunburn â The morning read of whatâs hot in Florida politics â 3.10.21
Good Wednesday morning:
Donald Trump over Joe Biden by a couple of points on Election Day, and not much has changed in the four months since, according to new polling from Mason-Dixon.
The pollster didnât put the former President head-to-head with his successor, but it did find that Bidenâs job approval rating is underwater, with 47% of voters approving and 49% disapproving. The balance is undecided.
Floridians still prefer Donald Trump to Joe Biden, a new survey finds.
Biden does hold a dominant plus-77 approval rating among Black voters and enjoys a plus-12 among Hispanic voters, but White voters are decidedly not fans, handing him a minus-21. Women and South Florida residents were also on his side, too, though men and voters from every other region are nonplussed.
WEST PALM BEACH – West Palm Beach voters returned an incumbent and added one new face to the five-member city commission.
In District 4 in the city s westernmost reaches, incumbent Joe Peduzzi brushed off a challenge from Jonathan E. Jones to win another two-year term. Peduzzi won by 69% to 31%.
Sickle Cell Foundation CEO Shalonda Warren beat Florida Atlantic University Instructor Deandre Poole by 55% to 45% for the District 2 city commission seat. The district runs roughly between Village Boulevard in the east and Military Trail in the west, from 45th Street in the north to Okeechobee Boulevard in the south. The two candidates competed for the seat vacated by Cory Neering.
By Joel Malkin
19 municipalities in Palm Beach County held elections on Tuesday and we have the results.
One of the biggest headlines coming off of the elections is that three longtime incumbents in Lake Worth Beach have lost to challengers.
They include three-term Mayor Pam Triolo, who was defeated by one-time city attorney Betty Resch.
In District 1, Sarah Malega beat incumbent Commissioner Scott Maxwell and incumbent Andy Amoroso fell to challenger Kim Stokes in District 3.
Triolo, Maxwell and Amoroso had all been in office nearly ten years and the other candidates in those races made term limits a big part of the discussions.
Belle Glade election: Three win commission seats
With all six of the city s precincts reporting,
Joaquin Almazan,
Andrew Kenny Berry finished first in the races for three city commission seats.
Almazan, vice president of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party s Hispanic Chamber, opposed Stephen Messam for Seat C. Incumbent Larry Underwood did not seek re-election.
Wilkerson, the incumbent in Seat B, faced a challenge from Robert C. Mitchell.
Berry, senior pastor of Grace Fellowship Worship Center in Belle Glade, challenged incumbent Johnny Burroughs Jr. for Seat E.
Boca Raton election: Two incumbents win
Voters returned two incumbents to the City Council by comfortable margins.