Nick Howland wins special election runoff for Jacksonville City Council seat
Republican Nick Howland clinched the necessary number of votes to take the City Council At-Large Group 3 seat. The seat was left vacant when Tommy Hazouri, who was a former council president and mayor, died in September.
The election went to a runoff in December, when none of the four candidates were able to get more than 50% of the vote. The top two vote-getters — Howland and Polson — advanced.
Howland won with 51.69% of the vote to his opponent Democrat Tracye Polson’s 48.31%.