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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Orlando Gudes Wins City Council District 5 Race
JOSEPH CITRO ... Won District 1 Representative
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Three City Council seats
JOHN DINGFELDER... Won District 3
Representative
were also part of the runoff election on April 23rd. Voters cast ballots by mail, during Early Voting period, or by
ORLANDO GUDES ... Won District 5 Representative
JEFFREY RHODES ... Lost by 157 Votes
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voting on Election Day.
In the end, the winners were declared in each of the three races. Orlando Gudes defeated Jeffrey Rhodes in the District 5 Race by a slim
margin of 157 votes.
Joseph Citro defeated
Walter L. Smith, II. Citro
received 57.35% or 26,906 votes to Smith’s 42.65% or 20,007 votes. Citro will rep- resent the at-large Council District 1. This is his first time serving on City Council.
In the race for District 3, John Dingfelder won 64.03% or 31,076 votes to de- feat Stephen Lytle, who won 35.97% or 17,458 votes. Dingfelder has served on the City Council in the past. District 3 is an at-large seat.
Gudes captured 50.82% or 4,885 votes to Rhodes’ 49.18 or 4,728 votes.
Election officials said there will not be a recount in the race. Gudes will repre- sent the District 5 con- stituents on the City Council.
A retired Tampa Police of- ficer, this is the first time Gudes has been elected to serve on the City Council.
The new City Council members will be adminis- tered the Oath Of Office in a ceremony at Armature Works at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, May 1st.
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