PJ Perez

City Hall will be under new leadership as of mid November when newly elected officials are sworn in. We talk about local election results on Speaking Of.

Teacher PJ Perez has defeated local business executive Tom Derzypolski in the race for Tallahassee City Commission Seat three. Perez received 64 percent of the vote, outpacing Derzypolski by almost 20,000 votes.

Tom Derzypolski will face off against PJ Perez for City Commission Seat 3 after a machine recount over the weekend and a manual recount Monday morning.

City commission seat 3 candidates Tom Derzypolski and Talethia Edwards will need a recount. The winner of the two will face PJ Perez in a Nov. 3 runoff election.

A text, claiming to be from the Build Data Centers Now Political Action Committee, endorses both Talethia Edwards and PJ Perez for city commission. But, according to federal and state election financial reporting websites, that PAC doesn’t exist, and both Edwards and Perez are denouncing its contents.

The field for City Commission seat three has already begun to take shape. So far, four candidates have filed to run. Those four are community advocate Talethia Edwards, teacher PJ Perez, political consultant Max Herrle and current Costco employee and former Pinellas County Commissioner Norm Roche.

Dailey has already endorsed community advocate Talethia Edwards in the race. Perez referenced that while criticizing the direction of growth in Tallahassee at his launch party.