Newcomer Vos, incumbents Moore and Carroll win Vero City Council seats

Recap in photos: 2024 General election in Indian River County

In a historic Tuesday election, voters across the nation made their choices for city, county and state government candidates, while also deciding to re-elect former president Donald Trump to serve as commander-in-chief. Locally, political newcomer Aaron Vos won a seat for a two-year term on the Vero Beach City Council. Incumbents Linda Moore and John M. Carroll Jr. won two other seats on the Vero Beach City Council. Moore, vice-mayor for the city of Vero Beach, and Carroll, both initially elected to the council in 2022, each will serve a second two-year term. Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers was re-elected to office for a second four-year term. Commissioner Laura Moss, who represents District 5 and is a former Vero ...

Votes in for 2024 General Election for Indian River County

All votes were in for local elections as incumbents retained several city and county seats for Tuesday's general election. Sheriff Eric Flowers and Commissioner Laura Moss were re-elected to office, while Linda Moore and John Carroll were re-elected to Vero Beach City Council. Political newcomer Aaron Vos won the remaining seat that was vacated by council member Tracey Zudans. The constitutional amendments on the ballots needed a 60 percent of votes to pass. Voters agreed to pass Amendment 2, the right to hunt and fish, along with Amendment 5, providing an annual inflation adjustment for the value of the homestead property tax exemption. Voters rejected Amendment 1, which means school board races will remain nonpartisan. The voters also turned down ...

Cotugno, Dingle win Vero seats; Jones, McPartlan and Nun win Sebastian seats

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 ...