SURFSIDE, Fla. — The results are in from a special election in Surfside as the beachfront Miami-Dade town elected its next mayor.

Voters took to the polls earlier this month to choose between current Surfside Vice Mayor Tina Paul and former Mayor Shlomo Danzinger.

Ultimately, in what was a very tight race, voters on Tuesday elected Danzinger back into office.

He received 50.54% of the ballots cast, defeating Paul by a total of just 22 votes.

Danzinger will unseat current Mayor Charles Burkett, who defeated Danzinger in 2024 and became the town’s mayor for a third time.

After both Danzinger and Paul failed to receive 50% of the ballots cast during the initial election in March, a special election was held on April 7, but a judge ruled to extend the mail-in ballot deadline to Tuesday due to a conflict with the Passover holiday.

Nearly half of the population of the town of Surfside is Jewish.

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