Lakeland Mayor Bill Mutz routs challenger Saga Stevin as incumbents take 2 city commission races

Gary White, The Ledger
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Lakeland Mayor Bill Mutz easily won re-election Tuesday night against challenger Saga Stevin.
Lakeland Mayor Bill Mutz easily won re-election Tuesday night against challenger Saga Stevin.

LAKELAND – The incumbent Mayor Bill Mutz beat his challenger Saga Stevin on Tuesday for the top seat in Lakeland, according to unofficial results posted to the Polk County Supervisor of Elections website.

Tallies cast at the polls and mail-in ballots were cast by only 20.13% of the 106,443 registered voters on Election Night around the three cities holding elections in the county.

Mutz won 66.8% of the total votes with 10,919, and Stevin received 33.2% of votes with 5,427.

Election Day: Voters cast ballots in Lakeland, Winter Haven, Fort Meade elections

Live results: See latest Polk County, Lakeland election results 2021

Lakeland city commissioner Sara Roberts McCarley beat challenger Allyson Lewis with 62% of the vote.
Lakeland city commissioner Sara Roberts McCarley beat challenger Allyson Lewis with 62% of the vote.

Incumbent Sara Roberts McCarley won the City Commission District C Southwest seat in Lakeland with 9,660 votes vs. challenger Allyson "Al" Lewis' 5,771 votes.

In Lakeland's City Commission District D Southeast race, incumbent Mike Musick won with 3,962 votes to Shandale Terrell's 2,586.

Lakeland City Commissioner Mike Musick retained his seat against Shandale Terrell with 55% of the vote. It was the third time this year the two candidates faced off for the seat.
Lakeland City Commissioner Mike Musick retained his seat against Shandale Terrell with 55% of the vote. It was the third time this year the two candidates faced off for the seat.

Both City Charter amendments gained approval from the electorate at all 25 precincts by more than 61% each.

With passage of the amendments, the procedure for filling vacancies on the City Commission now will be amended in the City Charter, and the city attorney and city manager will join the canvassing board if fewer than three members of the panel are available to canvass the returns of a city election.

J.P. Powell won Winter Haven's Seat 5 with 62% of the vote Tuesday.
J.P. Powell won Winter Haven's Seat 5 with 62% of the vote Tuesday.

In Winter Haven, James H. "J.P." Powell defeated Matthew Logan Crowley for City Commission Seat 5. Powell gained 2,434 votes to Crowley's 1,455 votes cast in six precincts.

In Fort Meade, City Commission Seat 1 was won by Jim "Possum" Schaill with 76.04% of the votes. Herlinda Resendez was second with 12.26% and Ashlee Dishong finished last with 11.7% of votes.

Barbara Arnold won City Commission Seat 5 with 580 votes to Samuel Berrien's 470 votes.

This article originally appeared on The Ledger: Lakeland, FL elections: Mayor Bill Mutz routs challenger Saga Stevin

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