Rachelle Litt (D) elected, Dana Middleton (D) re-elected to Palm Beach Gardens Council
Voters in Palm Beach Gardens kept one sitting City Council member on the dais and elected a former member to rejoin the panel Tuesday.
After polls closed, incumbent Dana Middleton took 57% of the vote to defeat challenger Damien Murray and keep her Group 5 seat.
In a race for the panel’s Group 3 seat, former Council member Rachelle Litt outpaced two others — Heather Deitchman and David Levy — with 45% of the vote. She will replace Council member Chelsea Reed, who must leave office due to term limits.
Palm Beach Gardens, an affluent, suburban municipality in northern Palm Beach County with approximately 65,300 residents, has a plurality system for its elections, meaning candidates need only secure the most votes in a given race to win outright.
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