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2014 Safety Harbor Municipal Election By The Numbers

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The 2014 Safety Harbor municipal election saw a roughly 50 percent voter turnout for one of the closest mayoral races in recent memory

The 2014 Safety Harbor municipal election saw a roughly 50-percent voter turnout, an impressive figure for a special election held in a non-presidential year.

According to the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections website, of the nearly 13,000 registered voters in Safety Harbor, more than 6,000 total ballots were cast.

*Records show it was the highest voter turnout since 2008.

The high turnout led to a tight finish in the city’s  mayoral race, as former mayor Andy Steingold edged out incumbent Joe Ayoub by less than 100 votes, 2,699 – 2,609.

In addition, newly elected commissioners Andy Zodrow (3,268 votes) and Carlos Diaz (2,880) both garnered more votes than either mayoral candidate, a somewhat unusual occurrence that rarely happens in local elections.

A look inside the numbers uncovers some interesting trends and highlights just how close – or in the case of Seat 3, not so close – this election really was:

RACE

ELECTION DAY POLLS

ABSENTEE

VOTES

EARLY VOTES

PROVISIONAL

TOTAL

 

PCT.

MAYOR:
AYOUB

999

1,567

43

0

2,609

43.3

BESORE

229

477

11

0

717

11.9

STEINGOLD

1,091

1,578

30

0

2,699

44.8

SEAT 3:
HARMESON

801

1,384

32

0

2,217

40.4

ZODROW

1,283

1,946

39

0

3,268

59.6

SEAT 4:
DIAZ

1,138

1,694

48

0

2,880

51.4

IRVIN

1,014

1,689

29

0

2,732

48.6

*Note: This was supposed to read “the highest voter turnout in a non-presidential election year since 2008.” Sorry for the discrepancy. Ed.

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