Mayor John Cotugno and Taylor Dingle won two open seats on the Vero Beach City Council in Tuesday’s general election. Fred Jones, Bob McPartlan and Christopher Robert Nun won three open seats on the Sebastian City Council.
Votes were tallied after residents hit the polls to choose who will represent the city council in the Vero Beach and Sebastian municipal elections. Polls opened at 7 a.m. and closed at 7 p.m.
The general election had 30,461 active eligible voters, with 6,490 of those casting ballots, resulting in a 21.31 percent turnout, the Indian River County Supervisor of Elections website showed. There were 3,496 residents who voted by mail and 2,922 who cast their ballots on Election Day.
Here are the election results:
Note: As of 7:57 p.m., the votes by mail have been completely reported and the Election Day votes have been completely reported.
Unofficial election results
Vero Beach City Council
Taylor J. Dingle 31.75 percent 1,177 votes
Honey Minuse 27.60 percent 1,023 votes
John E. Cotugno 40.65 percent 1,507 votes
Sebastian City Council
Damien H. Gilliams 1.47 percent 175 votes
Damien L. ‘Junior’ Gilliams 1.34 percent 159 votes
Fred Jones 28.96 percent 3,444 votes
Sherrie Matthews 17.14 percent 2,039 votes
Bob McPartlan 26.55 percent 3,157 votes
Christopher Robert Nun 24.54 percent 2,919 votes
