Tommy Hazouri and Geoff Youngblood will be the candidates on the ballot May 19 for City Council At-Large Group 3.
Hazouri, a Republican, received 80,205 votes to Republican Youngblood’s 75,504 votes. The third candidate, Democrat Mincy “Praya” Pollack, received 23,285 votes and was eliminated.
“It’s a new ball game. We’re not going to miss a beat,” said Hazouri, who is a former state representative, mayor of Jacksonville and member of the Duval County School Board.
“I expected a runoff. Now it’s six more weeks of winning,” he said.
Youngblood could not be reached for comment after the votes were counted.