Election 2025: A city-by-city guide to the upcoming Palm Beach County municipal races
Palm Beach County residents living within the boundaries of a municipality have important choices to make Tuesday, March 11.
Voters in 12 local towns, cities and villages will be voting in the March 11 election. Some ballots will contain just one town council race, while others will see multiple races and ballot questions.
Here are some key dates ahead of Election Day:
To see if your information is up to date:
Visit VotePalmBeach.gov
Call 561-656-6200
Make sure you have your Florida driver license, Florida ID card or the last four digits of your Social Security number available when updating your address.
The elections office uses the signatures it has on file to verify your identity on petitions, provisional ballots and vote-by-mail ballots. Signature updates can be made:
Online at RegisterToVoteFlorida.gov. Using the online application will update your voter record with the most recent signature from your Florida driver license or Florida ID card.
By completing and returning a Florida voter registration application form to a voter registration agency or a Supervisor of Elections offices. Forms are available online at VotePalmBeach.gov and at any voter registration agency.
The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to you is 5 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 27.
You can do this by visiting votepalmbeach.gov, calling (561) 656-6208 or in person at any of the four offices. Hours for all offices are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Main Office: 4301 Cherry Road, West Palm Beach, 561-656-6200
North County Courthouse: 3188 PGA Blvd., Room 2401, Palm Beach Gardens, 561-624-6555
Southeast PBC Administrative Complex: 345 S. Congress Ave., Room 103, Delray Beach, 561-276-1226
West County Office Building: 2976 State Road 15, Belle Glade, 561-992-1114
There is no early voting for the March 11 municipal elections.
Election Day polls are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
You must vote at the polling place that is assigned to your precinct.
Polling places may change. Visit VotePalmBeach.gov to confirm your polling place before you go vote.
Run-offs will be Tuesday, March 25.
Here's a look at who and what will be on the ballot:
Four candidates are running for mayor in the county's third biggest municipality. The office is currently held by Ty Penserga, who has served three years and is term-limited. Golene Gordon, Court McQuire, David Merker and Rebecca Shelton are running for the vacant position.
For District 3, incumbent Thomas Turkin faces challenger Dominick Vargas in a race that has already been contentious. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has been investigating an 'altercation' between the two, according to the Boynton Beach Police Department and the State Attorney's Office.
According to the incident report, Vargas said Turkin grabbed his phone then refused to give it back to him after they met at City Hall on Friday, Jan. 10.
For District 1, incumbent Angela Cruz is running unopposed and will retain the seat.
There are no candidates running for office, but there is one amendment question on the ballot that asks if the Village Council should consist of three or five members.
There are no candidates running for office, but there is one amendment question on the ballot that asks if the the Town will be authorized to spend up to $3.5 million for two safety projects — rehabilitation of the old fire station and apparatus bays and construction of a public safety marine facility for docking and water rescue service.
Voters will elect a mayor and two Town Council members.
Incumbent mayor Jim Kuretski faces a challenge from council member Cameron May.
Three candidates will compete in each of the two races for council seats. In District 1, Phyllis Choy, Terri Grooms and Andy Weston are running to replace council member Andy Fore, who did not seek reelection. In District 2, incumbent Malise Sundstrom faces challenges from Linda McDermott and Willie Puz.
Six people are competing for three-year terms on the Town Commission.
Four are incumbents: Kimberly Glas-Castro, Michael Hensley, Mary Beth Taylor and Judith Thomas.
The other two candidates are former Mayor Michael O'Rourke and commission member John Linden.
District 2 incumbent commissioner Christopher McVoy is being challenged by Carla Blockson in a rematch of the 2021 race between the two.
McVoy defeated Blockson, who had been appointed to the commission in December 2020, in a 2021 runoff. McVoy also defeated Blockson in November 2010 so it will mark the third time the two have squared off for the District 2 seat on the commission, which consists of five seats.
McVoy represented District 2 from 2011 to 2017 before losing the seat to Omari Hardy.
The Group 1 Town Council seat will be contested between incumbent Lynn 'Doc' Moorhouse, 81, and challenger Jesse Rivero, a 50-year-old firefighter. The seat comes with a three-year term and there are no term limits.
Kem Mason, who holds the Group 2 spot on the council, was elected automatically when no one else filed to run for the position during the election qualifying period. Mason, 66, is a retired firefighter and is completing his first term.
Paul T. Coleman II, Steven Hoffman and Brian Wiliam Zdunowski are competing for a seat on the Town Council.
Clara "Tasha" Murvin and James H. Scott are competing for a term on the City Commission.
Voters will elect two members of the City Council.
In Group 2, incumbent Marcie Tinsley faces a challenge from Scott Gilow. In Group 4, John D. Kemp and Charles Millar are running to succeed Carl Woods, who is leaving office because of term limits.
There are two seats open on the Riviera Beach commission. In District 1, Bruce Guyton will run against Tradrick McCoy and in District 3, Shirley Lanier will run against Cedrick Thomas.
The upcoming election has been filled with controversy after five candidates were disqualified from races after they used debit cards instead of checks to pay their qualifying fees.
Mayoral candidates Kendra Wester and Kendrick Wyly, along with city council candidates Madelene Irving-Mills (District 5 candidate), Joseph Bedford, Sr. (District 1 candidate) and Douglas Lawson (District 5 incumbent), were disqualified from the municipal races.
The village will elect a new mayor after the death of longtime leader Fred Pinto last year.
Competing for the seat are three candidates: acting Mayor Jeff Hmara, Village Council member Selena Samios and Justin K. Plaza.
Competing for a seat on the council are Steve Avila, Doniele Pinto and Sylvia L. Sharps. Pinto is the widow of Fred Pinto.
Staff Writer Tom Elia contributed to this report.
James Coleman is a journalist at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach him at jcoleman@pbpost.com and follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) at @JimColeman11. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.
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