St Petersburg Florida Mayoral Municipal elections 2017 Results Live Voting
St Petersburg Florida Mayoral Municipal Election 2017 Primary Dates: 29th August 2017
- The 2017 St. Petersburg, Florida, mayoral election is scheduled to take place on November 7, 2017, to elect the next mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, in a general election, with a primary election scheduled to take place earlier on August 29, 2017.
- Incumbent mayor Rick Kriseman, a Democrat, opted to seek re-election. Polls indicate his likely opponent is to be Republican former Mayor Rick Baker (2001–2010). The election is officially non-partisan.
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St Petersburg Florida Mayoral Municipal 2017 Results Live
92% reporting completed. 400 Mail Ballots remain to be counted. Both go for Run Off since no one could get more that 50% votes. The difference of votes between Baker and Kriseman is just 4 votes as of now.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Democratic | Rick Baker | 48.30% | 27032 |
| Republican | Rick Kriseman | 48.31% | 27036 |
| Jesse Navel | 1.66% |
St Petersburg Florida Mayoral Municipal 2017 Voting Live
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Results will be declared once votes are counted after voting gets over.
- Voting is underway for Florida Mayoral municipal elections 2017.
- According to opinion polls Rick Baker is ahead with 46.70% vote base and Rick Kriseman is close behind with 40.30%
- Incumbent Democratic Mayor Rick Kriseman is running against former Republican Mayor Rick Baker.
- If one of the mayoral candidates gets 50 % or more of the vote, that candidate wins the seat.
- If no candidate receives a majority, the two candidates receiving the most votes will have a Nov. 7 runoff election.
- Among those registered to vote:
- 78,253 are registered as Democrats
- 47,011 are registered as Republicans
- 44,506 are registered as no party affiliation or others
St Petersburg Florida Mayoral Municipal General election Opinion Poll
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Date(s) | Sample | Margin of | Rick Kriseman | Rick Baker |
| St. Pete Polls | August 7, 2017 | 862 | ±3.3% | 39.30% | 45.70% |
| St. Pete Polls | August 23, 2017 | 1524 | ±2.5% | 40.30% | 46.70% |
St Petersburg Florida Mayoral Municipal election Date 2017
- St Petersburg Florida, Mayoral Municipal elections General election on November 7, 2017.
- A primary election on August 29, 2017.
St Petersburg Florida Mayoral Municipal election 2017 Voting Live
Voting for primary elections for all 3 Mayoral Municipal will take place on 29th August from 7 am to 7 pm.
St Petersburg Florida Mayoral Municipal Primary election Candidates
- In December 2016, advocate and singer-songwriter Paul Congemi announced his bid for mayor.
- In January 2017, current incumbent mayor Rick Kriseman filed for re-election.
- In March 2017, African People's Socialist Party activist Jesse Nevel filed for election.
- In May 2017, former St. Petersburg mayor Rick Baker filed for re-election.
- In June 2017, activist Theresa Lassiter announced her bid for mayoral office.
- Anthony Cates III, a salesman,and
- Ernisa Barnwell also filed for office sometime before the cut-off date
