Election 2019: St. Pete Chamber straw poll shows blowouts in all but one City Council race
Results from a St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce straw poll Thursday night echo expectations for St. Pete City Council races on the Nov. 5 ballot.
The results show only one competitive race among the four seats up for election this year.
District 5 candidates Trenia Cox and Deborah Figgs-Sanders are in a close race, with Cox having the edge 53-47 percent. That’s a slightly larger lead than Cox had in the August 27 primary when she took the No. 1 spot in a five-way race. She earned 35 percent of the vote in that election. Figgs-Sanders came in second with 30 percent of the vote.
Cox and Sanders are running to replace Steve Kornell in the south St. Pete District 5 seat. Kornell is leaving office due to term limits.
The straw poll represents a small sampling of St. Pete voters. It was taken during a chamber “popcorn and politics” networking event in which candidates take on a sort of speed dating style of interviews with voters.
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