2018 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election

2018 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election

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Candidate Dean Trantalis Bruce Roberts Charlotte Rodstrom First round 7,805 46.28% 5,270 31.25% 3,789 22.47% Runoff 12,908 64.57% 7,084 35.43% Eliminated

Mayor before election Jack Seiler Nonpartisan Elected Mayor Dean Trantalis Nonpartisan

The 2018 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election took place on March 13, 2018, following a primary election on January 16, 2018. Incumbent Mayor Jack Seiler was term-limited and could not seek a fourth term.^[1] Three candidates ran to succeed him: City Commissioner Dean Trantalis, who ran against Seiler for Mayor in 2009; City Commissioner Bruce Roberts, who also served as the city's former police chief; and former City Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom.

Trantalis placed first in the primary election with 46 percent of the vote, but did not receive a majority, so he proceeded to a runoff election with Roberts, who received 31 percent. In the runoff election, Trantalis defeated Roberts by a wide margin, winning 65 percent of the vote, becoming the city's first openly gay mayor.^[2]