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Newcomers defeat incumbents in City of Alachua elections [View all]
Two new faces will soon frequent Alachua’s City Hall.
Walter Welch and Jacob Fletcher beat incumbent Mayor Gib Coerper and Vice Mayor Ed Potts, respectively, in Tuesday’s election.
Their victories are the latest in a series of changes to the city’s personnel, spurred on by a rapid period of local development.
Welch won by a margin of just 21 votes, ending Coerper’s nearly 15-year tenure as mayor.
https://www.wuft.org/politics/florida-votes/2025-04-09/newcomers-defeat-incumbents-in-city-of-alachua-elections
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