NORTHEAST TALLAHASSEE, FL (WTXL) — Tallahassee voters selected Jeremy Matlow and Loranne Ausley as the top two candidates in the mayoral primary election, sending the race to a runoff in the November general election.
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The pair ran against 2 other candidates — attorney Daryl Parks and IT entrepreneur Mike Foust.
Matlow led with about 36% of votes and Ausley followed with 34% out of a total 41,384 votes cast.
Ausley said she is encouraged by the community support she received throughout the primary.
"I'm very humbled by the support of people from all across this community, everyone who waved signs and put signs in their yard and really I spent a lot of time listening," Ausley said.
Matlow pointed to outside spending as a defining factor in the race, crediting grassroots organizing for his first-place finish.
"I mean, it feels incredible. You know, this campaign, we saw $2 million of negative ad money flood our community against us, and we've launched a people-powered campaign, just talking to people directly, door-to-door, about how we can change City Hall, and the people put us in first place tonight," Matlow said.
Both candidates say they are not slowing down heading into the general election.
Matlow said his campaign will continue its ground-level approach.
"This has been a campaign of the people, by the people. We're going to get our volunteers together. We're going to continue to knock doors and spread the message that we're ready for a new day in Tallahassee," Matlow said.
Ausley echoed that commitment, saying she plans to keep engaging with residents across the city.
"I'm going to keep doing what I've been doing, meeting with folks all across this community, listening to people all across this community and finding out what we can do, how we can work together to move this community forward," Ausley said.
Both candidates will appear on the ballot in November.
Early voting starts Oct. 19th, and Election Day is Nov. 3rd.
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