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Hundreds of uncounted ballots could send a pair of undecided midterm races in Central Florida to recounts this week.

As overseas and other ballots are being counted, candidates wait for razor-thin margins to find a winner.
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Arya at Oviedo would seek to bulldoze a 9.62 acre forested area, but may be less paved surface than a commercial project. - Photo by Isaac Benjamin Babcock
Oviedo charter amendments: one resounding win and a narrow victory
Oviedo residents heavily backed additional rural boundary protections in the same election night that saw Jason Brodeur, who attempted to reduce rural protections, ousted.
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Winter Springs to strengthen whistleblower protections after anonymous complaint
City attorney warns some added protections could run afoul of City Charter, state law and could cost ‘a hell of a lot of time and resources.’
Democrat Darryl Block upsets Rachel Plakon for Florida House seat
Block said the No. 1 priority in the Florida Legislature should be affordability issues, including property insurance reform.
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Santos stuns Lockhart in Seminole County Commission upset
Lockhart had served two terms before being swept up in what’s been dubbed a “blue wave” election. Santos will be the first Black woman to serve on the Seminole County Commission.
Winter Springs election decided by nail-biter finish
The tightly contested race for Winter Springs mayor came down to just over 100 votes, with Kevin McCann winning re-election. Others were blowouts.
Seminole County Democrats win every Florida House, Senate seat on the ballot
Republican supermajority is gone as Democrats gain 15 Florida House seats, but Republicans still in control

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