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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, Casa...

City-by-city election results: A look at who won, who lost in Tuesdays city elections in Palm Beach County Palm Beach Post Staff, Palm Beach Post © THOMAS CORDY, THE PALM BEACH POST A man drops off a ballot at the official ballot dropbox located at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office in unincorporated Palm Beach County on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. A look at Palm Beach Countys 19 municipal elections. All results were unofficial as of Wednesday morning, according...

BOCA RATON — Voters returned two incumbents to the Boca Raton City Council by comfortable margins Tuesday night. In the Seat C contest, Yvette Drucker bested Constance Scott and two other candidates. She got a bit more than 50 percent of the vote, with all precincts reporting. Drucker was appointed over 31 other candidates in October to fill the remainder of Jeremy Rodgers’ term after he went overseas on a military deployment. Drucker is a longtime community volunteer who has served on the...

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, Ma...

Belle Glade election: Three win commission seats With all six of the citys 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 Partys 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 Wor...

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Late Election Notes in Boca and Delray, BH3 Lawsuit Update and More Photo by Element5 Digital from Pexels Voters who never have cast ballots for elections in Boca Raton and Delray Beach may determine who wins those elections. Though local governments are closest to the people, city elections regularly attract far less turnout than national or state contests. Fifteen percent is high. A quirk could make this year different. Last year, with the COVID-19 pandemic making people wary of polling plac...

BOCA RATON — Boca Raton voters will choose from among six candidates in two nonpartisan city council races March 9, and decide the fate of two charter amendments.   Council members are elected at large to three-year terms. They may serve no more than two consecutive terms. The salary is $28,000 annually, plus a $450 monthly car allowance. A look at the candidates and charter amendments: Boca Raton election: Seat C  Yvette Drucker: Drucker, 45, was appointed over 31 other applicants in...

For two at-large seats on the Boca Raton City Council that are up in March's municipal election, the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board recommends the incumbents, Yvette Drucker and Monica Mayotte.

Delray Faces Water Crisis and City Manager Search as Elections Approach Facing a crisis involving the city’s water department, Delray Beach has mobilized. As I reported this week, a Jan. 7 draft report by the Florida Department of Health recommends that the city pay a $2.9 million fine for hundreds of violations related to the safety of drinking water. In addition, the department’s proposed consent order recommends that Delray Beach issue a public notice stating that the city “cannot att...