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St. Petersburg election results: Mayor, city council and amendments
Richie Floyd and Jeff Danner’s race for city council is within recount range late Tuesday evening.
Ken Welch is victorious in St. Petersburg mayoral race
Ken Welch speaks to supporters Tuesday in St. Petersburg.
The Tampa Bay Times declares Ken Welch winner in St. Pete’s mayoral race, defeating Robert Blackmon to become the city’s first Black mayor.
Tight District 8 race, historic mayoral win: St. Petersburg election updates
Ken Welch is seen during a watch party Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 in St. Petersburg. Welch was declared the projected winner for St. Petersburg mayor.
Voters cast ballots for mayor and several City Council races, and weighed in on proposed changes to the city charter.
Here’s how St. Petersburg voted on 7 City Charter amendments
St. Petersburg City Hall. [DIRK SHADD | Times]
After months of debate, the St. Petersburg City Charter will remain largely unchanged.

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  1. In Clearwater, emotions flare over election decorum
    Yesterday• Clearwater
    Clearwater City Council member Hoyt Hamilton talks about election decorum during Tuesday's work session.
  2. Florida Democrat Cherfilus-McCormick sworn in as newest House member
    Yesterday• Politics
    Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi administers the House oath of office Tuesday to Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla. during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  3. Clearwater council member works to end dismal turnout for city elections
    Jan. 17• Clearwater
    Clearwater City Council member Kathleen Beckman talks to Porferio Deguznan at his home off Sunset Point Road while going door to door to encourage voter participation in the March 15 municipal election.
  5. Bill banning abortion after 15 weeks filed by Florida Republican lawmakers
    Jan. 11• Politics
    Sen. Kelli Stargel, R-Lakeland, presents her parental consent abortion bill during a Senate judiciary committee hearing on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, in Tallahassee.
  6. A new mayor for Melrose fifth graders on a historic day for St. Petersburg
    Jan. 6• St. Petersburg
    Travis Flowers, 11, reacts with surprise Thursday after learning that he won an election for Melrose Elementary School fifth grade president in Natalie El Amrani’s class. The class also watched Melrose alumnus Ken Welch’s inauguration Thursday as St. Petersburg’s first Black mayor.
  7. No need to test for COVID-19 if asymptomatic, Florida health department says
    Jan. 6• Health
    Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a news conference Thursday that prioritizing tests for people most likely to suffer severe outcomes from COVID-19 is the best way to allocate resources during a spike in cases.
  8. Watch Mayor Ken Welch, St. Petersburg City Council’s inauguration ceremonies here
    Jan. 6• St. Petersburg
    Ken Welch is sworn in today as the city of St. Petersburg's 54th mayor. The swearing in is being conducted virtually from his home because he has tested positive for COVID-19.
  9. Meet incoming St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch’s top City Hall administrators
    Jan. 5• St. Petersburg
    Incoming St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch has hired (clockwise from top left) Stephanie Owens, Tom Greene, Doyle Walsh and Janelle Irwin Taylor as his top staff in City Hall.
  10. Mayor-elect Ken Welch’s historic ride to St. Petersburg City Hall
    Jan. 5• St. Petersburg
    Mayor-elect Ken Welch poses on his Harley Davidson on 18th Street S, near Melrose Elementary School and his grandmother's house on December 30, 2021.
  11. Community activist arrested ahead of DeSantis news conference
    Jan. 4• Politics
    Ben Frazier, the president of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville, confronts a DeSantis aide ahead of the governor's news conference in Jacksonville on Jan. 4, 2022.
  12. St. Petersburg mayor-elect Ken Welch has COVID-19. His inauguration will be virtual
    Jan. 3• St. Petersburg
    Mayor-elect Ken Welch will be sworn in from his Lakewood Estates home and will give a short speech in a virtual ceremony after testing positive for COVID-19.
  13. Florida opposes federal government over monoclonal antibodies — again
    Dec. 29, 2021• Health
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  14. St. Petersburg mayor, city council inaugural receptions postponed due to COVID-19
    Dec. 29, 2021• St. Petersburg
    Ken Welch is seen during a watch party Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 in St. Petersburg. Welch was declared the projected winner for St. Petersburg mayor.
  15. The Color of Justice: Here are the people who lead Florida’s criminal legal system
    Dec. 19, 2021• Investigations & Narratives
    Images of people in power in the Tampa Bay area, arranged by White, shown with ivory background or Black, Hispanic or Asian, shown with green background.
  16. St. Petersburg’s new City Council avoids a coin flip to pick chair, vice chair
    Dec. 17, 2021• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg City Council member Gina Driscoll, left, will serve as council chair and fellow member Brandi Gabbard, right, will be vice chair.
  17. UF rushed Ladapo tenure vote, downplayed COVID-19 controversy, letter alleges
    Dec. 17, 2021• Politics
    The new State Surgeon General and Florida Department of Health Secretary Joe Ladapo, right, speaks at a news conference with Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, in Kissimmee on Sept. 22.
  18. 3 voters from The Villages charged with voting fraud
    Dec. 15, 2021• Crime
    In this Aug. 12 file photo, people sit in an outdoor dining area of a restaurant in the Lake Sumter Landing Market Square in The Villages. Three voters from the Florida retirement community that's a GOP stronghold have been arrested on charges of voting more than once. The arrests come weeks after Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a pledge to create a law enforcement agency to investigate election crimes, despite there being little evidence of such in the Sunshine State.
  19. Tampa General Hospital can’t give to Florida politicians. Its coffee shops can.
    Dec. 14, 2021• Politics
    Tampa General Hospital operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Federal law prohibits it from giving money to political candidates. However, its coffee shop is a for-profit business, so it can make political donations.
  20. Ken Welch invited to White House along with other newly elected mayors
    Dec. 13, 2021• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg Mayor-elect Ken Welch will be joining nine other newly elected mayors at the White House on Tuesday. Welch will meet with the secretaries of Housing and Urban Development, the Environmental Protection Agency and other high-ranking officials in President Joe Biden's administration.
  21. Florida Democrats plot for 2022 as GOP voting numbers grow
    Dec. 12, 2021• Elections
    Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, speaking to media members Nov. 18 in Brandon, is heading into a re-election campaign buoyed by a national profile and a cash reserve unmatched by any of his Democratic challengers in Florida. And Republicans control virtually all of state government.
  22. UF free speech controversy becomes an issue in Florida governor’s race
    Dec. 9, 2021• Education
    From left, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and agriculture commissioner Nikki Fried. Crist and Fried have made recent events at the University of Florida an issue in the governor's race as they vie to unseat DeSantis.
  23. Pinellas approves slight changes to County Commission maps
    Dec. 8, 2021• Pinellas
    An aerial view of Pinellas County, which grew by about 67,000 people since 2010, according the U.S. Census. The growth was evenly distributed across the county and factored into a redistricting process that completed this week.
  24. Diverse candidates enter field for Clearwater City Council
    Dec. 7, 2021• Clearwater
    From left, Maranda Douglas, Leslie Lightsy and Jonathan Wade Sr. The three have filed paperwork to run in the March 15 Clearwater City Council election.
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