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Kristin Dozier collected more than $12,000 in the three days following her close win in the mayors race.

With a recount in one county commission race now resolved, the field is set for Leon County and City of Tallahassee offices in November. Christian Caban edged out Lynda Bell to make the runoff for Leon County Commission District 2. He will face Hannah Crow in the general election. Caban is one of more than a dozen new names that jumped into local politics this year. Yet as the dust settled, most of the area’s incumbents secured their re-election during the primary.

The economy isn’t back to normal even though life is normalizing.

The Leon County Democratic Party spent little if anything in the primary while the Florida Young Democrats and local Environmental Caucus were active.

Five Leon County races are headed to a runoff. That happens when the minimum threshold of votes is not met, which is 50% plus 1.

As of Election Night, the Tallahassee mayor’s race is essentially a tie -- with whomever is elected in November as the swing vote on a divided commission.

Summer break is over. Tallahassee’s City Commission colleagues will have to reel in their primary campaign rhetoric and once again work together.

City Commissioner Dianne WIlliams-Cox is facing two challengers, Adner Marcelin and Shelby Green in her bid for re-election

Incumbent John Dailey and County Commissioner Kristin Dozier are among candidates squaring off in a bitterly contested race for Tallahassee mayor.

The tight race shows David O’Keefe led the pack with 27.23% of the votes, followed by Paula DeBoles-Johnson with 25.71%