FLORIDA CITY, Fla. — Tuesday was election day in Florida City.

Ballots were cast by residents of the Miami-Dade County city for mayor and for two commission seats.

The mayoral race came down to Israel J. Andrews, Alphonso D. Bryant, Sharon “Sheep” Smith-Butler, Charlotte Thompson and Walter P. Thompson. Sr.

Ultimately, none of the candidates received more than 50% of the vote, so the race will head to a runoff.

Top vote-getters Charlotte Thompson, who received 39% of ballots cast, and Sharon Smith-Butler, receiving 26%, will go to the runoff.

For one of the commission seats, voters had to choose between Richard Brown Jr., Ronda Ferguson Cobb, Heniy L. Dixon, Verlene Tenner and Clifford Waterman Sr.

The second commission seat came down to James Brady, Takevess C. Hatcher and Trina Wilborn.

Both of those races will go to runoffs as well, with Cobb and Brown Jr. receiving enough votes for one commission seat runoff and Wilborn and Brady heading to a runoff for the second seat.

Florida City mayoral election will head to runoff

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