In a surprising turn on election night, Brian Welch won the Leon County Commission District 4 race, unseating longtime Commissioner Bryan Desloge. As of the most recent reports, Welch received 56.87% of the vote, and Desloge received 43.13%. Welch, a social studies teacher at Chiles High School, focused his campaign on representing residents of Northeast […]
Updated 6:25 a.m. City Commission Seat 2 Curtis Richardson 60,649 69.54% Bill Schack 26,564 30.46% Leon County At-Large Kelly Otte 61,329 43.89% Carolyn Cummings 76,698 54.89% Leon County District 4 Bryan Desolge 15,999 43.12% Brian Welch 21,106 56.88% Leon County Superintendent Rocky Hanna 93,062 59.59% Pam Hightower 62,425 39.97% Children’s Services Council Yes 100,357 65.83% […]
Tallahassee Reports has provided a number of profiles and interviews of local candidates. All of our coverage can be found in the local races tab. Listed below are links for specific races. City Commission Seat 2 Curtis Richardson Bill Schack Leon County Commission District 4 Bryan Desloge Brian Welch Leon County Commission At-Large Carolyn Cummings […]
Leon County Superintendent Rocky Hanna recently appeared on Tallahassee Reports Editor Steve Stewart’s radio show Above the Fold. During the interview, the two discussed the upcoming election in which the Superintendent is attempting to defend his incumbency against opponent Pam Hightower. The interview began with Hanna offering part of his biography, in which he shared […]
City Commission Seat 2 candidate Curtis Richardson appeared on Above the Fold with Tallahassee Reports Editor Steve Stewart on Thursday, Sept. 24 to discuss his campaign. Richardson is running against Bill Schack which will be decided in the general election. At the beginning of the episode, Richardson was asked about what his priorities would be […]
Tallahassee City Commission Seat 2 candidate Bill Schack appeared on Above the Fold with Tallahassee Reports editor Steve Stewart on Oct. 27. During the interview, Schack commented on crime, Blueprint projects and the Children’s Services Council. Schack is running against City Commissioner Curtis Richardson on Nov. 3. At the beginning of the episode, Schack was […]
TR’s weekly report (October 25-November 1) on Leon County COVID cases, hospitalizations, and testing positivity rates is detailed below. TR’s October 25th weekly report can be reviewed here. The weekly report, ending November 1st, shows an increase in all three measures when compared to the seven day average one week ago. However, the positivity rate was […]
Last week, Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president. Dailey is a long-standing Democrat, but he received Republican support in his narrow victory in the 2018 Tallahassee mayoral race. Elections for the city commission and the mayor are non-partisan. When Tallahassee Reports asked Thomas Whitely, Dailey’s aide, for insight about […]
With one day left in early voting, the Republican and Democrat make-up of those that have voted appears remarkably similar to the partisan make-up in 2016. After early voting in 2016, Democrats had a 1.5% edge over Republicans, 39.8% – 38.3%. This translated into a 96,450 vote advantage, 2,629,812 to 2,533,362. In 2020, Democrats built […]
The Florida State University Student Supreme Court has reinstated Jack Denton as president of the Student Senate. The Court found that Denton’s First Amendment rights were violated when he was previously ousted from the presidency. Earlier this year, Denton was removed from his position as president after making controversial political statements—including criticizing the Black Lives […]