May 22, 2024, (Orlando) — It ain’t over. Registered voters in the city’s District 5 will go to their polling places on Tuesday, June 18 for Run-Off Election Day because none of the seven candidates hoping to fill the open commission seat got a majority of the votes in yesterday’s election.

According to the unofficial election results posted on the Orange County Supervisor of Elections Office website, Shaniqua “Shan” Rose and Travaris McCurdy got the highest and second highest number of votes cast in the May 21 Special Election for District 5 Interim City Commission seat. Rose, executive director of the Eatonville Community Redevelopment Agency, got 24.80% of the votes cast and McCurdy, former state representative, got 23.29%, according to the elections office.

The rest of the 2,134 votes counted were spread among the other five candidates. Ericka Dunlap and Lawanna Gelzer came close with 21.60% an 18.96% of the votes cast, respectively. TiaKeysha Ellison got 1.55%, Cameron Hope got 4.09% and Miles Mulrain Jr. got 5.69%.

The official results will be available on Friday, May 24, when Canvass Board members meet and certify the results.

The District 5 commission seat opened in April when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Commissioner Regina Hill after her arrest on charges of exploitation of the elderly and fraud, according to reports. She maintains her innocence, reports say.

Whomever wins the June 18 run-off election will begin serving and continue until the case against Hill is resolved or the current term for her seat is over (in 2025), according the election officials. Hill has been District 5 commissioner for 10 years.