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The Tallahassee mayor’s race is going to a runoff. Current Mayor John Dailey and Leon County Commissioner Kristin Dozier are separated by just half a percent, and it’s likely an already bitterly fought race will only grow more contentious between now and November.
Mayor John Dailey and Leon County Commissioner Kristin Dozier have traded barbs in the four-candidate race.
More than $160,000 was spent by local candidates during the last week of July in races ranging from county judge to school board.
Local candidates have dropped their first television commercials and glossy mailers of the election season, with some going into attack mode in the run-up to the Aug. 23 primary.
The Mayor spent more than twice the amount he raised in June.