Flagler Beach Commissioner Eric Cooley reelected for third term

Cooley and Patti King, Flagler Beach's new mayor, will be sworn into their seats at the March 28 City Commission meeting.

By Sierra Williams
| 7:47 p.m. March 19, 2024

Commissioner Eric Cooley campaigning for reelection with his dog, Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Cooley

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Flagler Beach City Commissioner Eric Cooley has been reelected for another three years on the City Commission.

Cooley beat candidate Bob Cunningham with 55.63% of the vote, as of 7:31 p.m. on March 19, Florida’s primary election day, according to the Flagler County Supervisor of Elections website. One Flagler Beach seat and the mayor’s seat were up for election this year.

Cooley received 820 of 1,474 votes. Cooley was first elected in 2018 and then reelected in 2021 with over 54% of the vote.

Because Mayor Suzie Johnston decided not run for reelection, Patti King, as the only candidate to file and qualify for candidacy, will be Flagler Beach’s new mayor. King is the executive director of the Flagler Beach Historical Museum.

Cooley and King will be sworn into the commission on March 28, the next commission meeting.

Flagler County residents also overwhelmingly voted for former President Donald Trump in the primary race, with 84.72% of the vote.

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Sierra Williams

Sierra Williams is a staff writer for the Palm Coast Observer covering a variety of topics, including government and crime. She graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2021 with her bachelor's degree in print/digital journalism and a minor in political science. Sierra moved to Palm Coast in September 2022 and is a Florida native from Brevard County.