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Race for St. Petersburg Mayor down to two

Reported by: Kerri Cavanaugh
Email: kcavanaugh@abcactionnews.com
Contributor: Carly Timmons
Contributor: Jim Hice
Last Update: 9/02/2009 8:07 am

St. Pete mayor's race goes from ten to two

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ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- It didn't take long to see who the two top vote getters would be in the race for mayor in St. Petersburg. Before the final votes were counted Kathleen Ford and Bill Foster had commanding leads.

Ford took a little more than 25% of the vote while Foster took just over 27%. Scroll down to see the complete results.

Ten candidates were running for the position. It is currently held by Mayor Rick Baker who is stepping down because of term limits.

Also on the ballot were three city council seats and an amendment proposing the county canvas all city election returns.

Belle-Air Bluffs is also asking voters if the city should contract for fire services.

To read more about the candidates and see a sample ballot just click on the link below:

http://www.votepinellas.com/index.php?id=1558

Results

Mayor

Name	% of Votes
Jamie Bennett Paul Congemi Richard Eldridge Kathleen Ford Bill Foster Deveron Gibbons Ed Helm Scott Wagman John Warren Larry J. Williams	3.82% 0.32% 0.33% 25.69% 27.03% 19.52% 1.57% 15.15% 0.72% 5.85%

Council Member District 4

Name	% of Votes
Leslie Curran Jason Diviki Pamella Settlegoode	72.50% 11.14% 16.36%

Council Member District 5

Name	% of Votes
Steve Kornell Angela Rouson Joe Smith	48.68% 31.80% 19.52%

Council Member District 6

Name	% of Votes
Derrick Frohne Karl Nurse Vel Thompson	8.70% 62.54% 28.76%

PROPOSED CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT

Charter Amendment Providing that the Pinellas County Canvassing Board Shall Canvass City Election ReturnsShall the Charter be amended to provide that the Pinellas County Canvassing Board, instead of a City Canvassing Board, shall canvass all City election returns unless charges are initiated which are deemed excessive by City Council in a resolution approved by at least six affirmative votes or the Pinellas County Canvassing Board refuses to canvass the election returns, in which case the City Council shall approve an alternate canvassing board by resolution?

Yes
No

62.92%
37.08%

BELLEAIR BLUFFS REFERENDUM QUESTION

CONTRACTING FOR PRIMARY FIRE SERVICES
Shall the City of Belleair Bluffs contract with a third party for the provision of primary fire services within the City?

Yes
No

82.62%
17.38%

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Race for St. Petersburg Mayor down to two

Results

Mayor

Name

% of Votes

Council Member District 4

Name

% of Votes

Council Member District 5

Name

% of Votes

Council Member District 6

Name

% of Votes

PROPOSED CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT

BELLEAIR BLUFFS REFERENDUM QUESTION