Incumbent Jacqueline Porter wins re-election to Tallahassee City Commission; incumbent Curtis Richardson and Dorothy Inm

Incumbent Jacqueline Porter won the nonpartisan primary for Tallahassee City Commission Seat 1 outright on Aug. 20, 2024. Incumbent Curtis Richardson and Dorothy Inman-Johnson advanced to the general election on Nov. 5, 2024, for Seat 2.

Seven candidates ran for two seats on the Tallahassee City Commission in nonpartisan primaries on Aug. 20, 2024. Four led in endorsements, fundraising, and local media attention: Porter and Rudolph Ferguson in the election for Seat 1, and Richardson and Inman-Johnson in the election for Seat 2.

The election had the potential to determine majority control of the city commission. Mayor John Dailey and political allies held three of the five seats. Dailey endorsed Ferguson and Richardson. Commissioner Jeremy Matlow, who served with Porter in the minority, endorsed Porter and Inman-Johnson.

According to the radio station WFSU, Dailey and Matlow had been engaged in a “years-long feud…[involving] personal attacks in and out of city hall, as well as both backing candidates against each other’s political allies.” Tallahassee Reports described Matlow as “the face and leader of the local progressive movement” and Dailey as having “pushed back on progressive proposals with a number of 3-2 votes.”




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