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Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon will be in the runoff for St. Petersburg mayor.
St. Petersburg mayor’s race: It’s now between Ken Welch and Robert Blackmon
The first open mayoral race since 2009 could be a historic one, as Welch could be the city’s first Black mayor. The runoff is Nov. 2.
Here are the St. Petersburg City Council candidates going to November’s runoff
A St. Petersburg City Council meeting in November 2020, the first in-person meeting since the coronavirus pandemic.
See who is moving on to the general election in City Council Districts 1, 4 and 8.
St. Petersburg voters head to the polls, though turnout so far is ‘not great’
Poll workers disinfect the hand rails leading to the entrance in-between voters shortly after the doors opened for the St. Petersburg Primary Election at Lake Vista Recreation Center, 1401 62nd Ave S, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021 in St. Petersburg.
By noon, voter turnout in today’s mayoral and City Council elections hovered around 22 percent.
St. Petersburg primary election results: Mayor and city council
Complete results in the race for mayor and for City Council Districts 1, 4 and 8.

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