2018 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election

2018 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election
March 13, 2018
 
Candidate Dean Trantalis Bruce Roberts Charlotte Rodstrom
First round 7,805
46.28% 		5,270
31.25% 		3,789
22.47%
Runoff 12,908
64.57% 		7,084
35.43% 		Eliminated
Mayor before election

Jack Seiler
Nonpartisan

Elected Mayor

Dean Trantalis
Nonpartisan

The 2018 Fort Lauderdale mayoral election took place on March 13, 2018, following a primary election on January 16, 2018. Incumbent Mayor Jack Seiler was term-limited and could not seek a fourth term. Three candidates ran to succeed him: City Commissioner Dean Trantalis, who ran against Seiler for Mayor in 2009; City Commissioner Bruce Roberts, who also served as the city's former police chief; and former City Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom.

Trantalis placed first in the primary election with 46 percent of the vote, but did not receive a majority, so he proceeded to a runoff election with Roberts, who received 31 percent. In the runoff election, Trantalis defeated Roberts by a wide margin, winning 65 percent of the vote, becoming the city's first openly gay mayor.

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