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The News-Journal is pleased to announce that it will host and moderate a debate between all six candidates for Palm Coast mayor on Tuesday, July 6.
Cornelia Manfre, Alan Lowe, Doug Courtney, Carol Bacha, Kathy Austrino and David Alfin are vying to be the next mayor of the city which was incorporated in 1999.
A special mayoral election for the position will be held July 27. The election was called after the sudden resignation of former Mayor Milissa Holland in May.
News-Journal Editor Pat Rice will moderate the debate. Palm Coast is growing rapidly and has tremendous potential, but the city also is facing a variety of challenges, Rice said. City Hall has gone through significant management turnover during the past two years, including the most recent resignation of former City Manager Matt Morton.
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The death of Rep. Ron Wright (pictured above) triggered a special election to fill the seat he held in the House. Wright represented congressional district TX-06. Two Republican candidates emerged victorious in the primary race and now face a run-off. Though national Democrats were hopeful that the seat might go to a Democrat, there was never really any true hope for that to happen. TX-06 remains a Republican district.
Wright’s widow, Susan Wright and state Rep. Jake Ellzey won first and second place in the initial primary race on May 1. The strongest Democrat candidate, Jana Lynne Sanchez, the 2018 Democratic nominee for the seat, finished third. She came in 347 votes shy of making a second place finish. Governor Abbott set the date of the special election run-off as July 27. Early voting starts July 19.