/ Panama City Pastor Jesse Nelson won the Lynn Haven mayoral special runoff election on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.
Panama City Pastor Jesse Nelson will become Lynn Haven s first mayor since former Mayor Margo Anderson s arrest and subsequent resignation nearly a year ago.
Panama City Pastor Jesse Nelson won Lynn Haven s mayoral race by a thin margin after Tuesday s special runoff election.
Nelson eked out a victory against fellow first-time candidate Ellyne Fields, winning by less than 30 votes. Fields had secured the most votes in April s special election, in which there were three candidates running. No candidate secured more than 50% triggering a runoff election. After the poll s closed on Tuesday evening, Nelson had secured 50.46% of the vote.
Recreational marijuana dispensaries will be unable to seek approval to open within a large portion of Park Ridge’s Uptown commercial district, members of the City Council have decided.