With 345 votes and three percentage points separating Shelly Petrolia and Tracy Caruso, Tuesday’s election win showed a significantly divided electorate in the mayor’s race.
Boca and Delray Election Results & Ruminations
Shelly Petrolia was on Tuesday’s ballot.
She won. Barely.
He won. Big.
Petrolia and Singer, the mayors of Delray Beach and Boca Raton involved themselves in this year’s elections to an unusually high degree for these cities. Each was seeking to create a like-minded voting bloc.
Petrolia began her effort last year. She helped to defeat a well-financed, well-known incumbent, Bill Bathurst, and replace him with Juli Casale. In the last year, Casale has been a Petrolia loyalist on everything from firing the city manager to ignoring science on sea grape trimming.
This post has been updated.
Voters in Palm Beach County participated in more than a dozen municipal elections on March 9.
Here are few highlights from Lake Worth Beach, Boca Raton, and Delray Beach.
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City of Lake Worth Beach:
The Lake Worth Beach commission is known for its viral shouting matches during the early stages of the pandemic. Three incumbents sought re-election to Lake Worth Beach’s city commission, including the seat once held by now-State Rep. Omari Hardy.
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.