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Four candidates are vying for three seats on the Petersburg City Council. Incumbent Mayor James Holeman is running unopposed. Elections 2023: New candidates contest three Petersburg City Council seats
PETERSBURG – In the race for the city’s Ward 4 council seat, incumbent Charlie Cuthbert is being challenged by Michael Edwards. As part of our ongoing campaign coverage, The Progress-Index ...
PETERSBURG – In the only contested race for the city School Board, Ward 4 incumbent Celeste Wynn is being challenged by Linda “Latifah” Muhammad, Marcus Omar Squires and Taccarri Tucker.
Kriseman ran for a seat on the St. Petersburg City Council in 1999, challenging incumbent City Councilman Robert Kersteen. Though voter turnout was low, the city's purchase of the Sunken Gardens, which was on the ballot as a referendum, increased voter enthusiasm about the election [7] and Kriseman lost to Kersteen by a wide margin, receiving 41% of the vote to Kersteen's 59%. [8]
In 1992, Peterman ran to replace Charles Shorter as councilman for District 6 of the St. Petersburg City Council. He ran on a change platform, saying he would work toward economic development, crime prevention, and diversity in government. He had recently been appointed by Governor Lawton Chiles to the Pinellas County Housing Authority. He was ...
Newton first ran for the St. Petersburg city council in 2007. His opponent was Gershom Faulkner, outreach director for Congresswoman Kathy Castor. Despite Faulkner being considered the establishment candidate, Newton ultimately prevailed and was elected to the city council. [4] In 2011, while running for reelection, Newton faced Faulkner in a ...
Baker criticized Kriseman's handling of the city's sewage crisis where the city has dumped about 200 million gallons of wastewater into the bay and St. Petersburg's neighborhoods as well as the recent loss of major South-side businesses such as the only grocery store. [13] [14] Baker ultimately came second in the 2017 mayoral election.
The Times Editorial Board has already published recommendations on St. Petersburg’s four ballot questions, the Clearwater Bluffs project and the Largo recreation center proposal.