The lone municipal seat up for grabs this election cycle was decided on Tuesday, April 9th. Kenneth Vogel defeated Madison Hilt in the Orange Park Town Council Seat 4 race.
Vogel tallied nearly 75% of the votes in what can only be described as a decisive victory. Hilt was defeated despite being the only candidate who outlined a clear legislative agenda that opposed the town’s red light cameras and advocated for ambitious projects like reviving rail transportation in the town.
Down in Keystone Heights, a mail-in-only election was held to decide the fate of “Charter Amendment Number One.” The amendment changes the makeup of the town’s Airport Authority. It removes a requirement that one of the seats on the authority’s board be held by a member of the Florida National Guard and replaces it with a ‘city seat’ that can be filled by someone from the Keystone Heights area.
The measure passed, with the yes votes totaling 61% of the ballots cast. Clay County's next elections are slated for August 20th, when primaries for local races will be decided.