Coral Gables voters elected their new Group 3 city commissioner in the city’s runoff election on Tuesday.
Richard Lara, executive vice president and general counsel for the Spanish Broadcasting System, defeated Tom Wells, a long-time accounting and corporate law attorney with 55% of the vote.
Lara, a newcomer to municipal politics, will fill the fifth and final commission seat. He is expected to be the swing vote on the commission that has been split on several occasions.
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