Kilsheimer defeats Land in Apopka mayoral race; Lynum, Hill in runoff

APOPKA, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) -

Voters in Apopka have elected a new mayor.

Joe Kilsheimer, 56, has defeated 93-year-old incumbent John Land. Kilsheimer captured 54 percent of the vote to Land's 46 percent.

Tuesday's runoff election was called since neither Land nor Kilsheimer got a majority of the nearly 5,000 votes cast during last March's mayoral election in what was a four-candidate race. Kilsheimer and Land were the two top vote-getters.

Land had run unopposed in the last dozen years.

Also in Apopka, Sam Ruth has defeated Linda Ann Laurendeau, 51 percent to 49 percent in the race for Apopka City Council.

Apopka has a population of 44,000 residents.

Lynum, Hill will face each other in runoff for Orlando Council seat

In the city of Orlando, there was no clear winner in the race for the District 5 City Council seat. Juan Lynum was widely considered the favorite, but he will have to go to a runoff election after not getting more than 50 percent of the vote.

The race has been closely watched, because Juan Lynum is the son of longtime City Commissioner Daisy Lynum. She qualified to run for reelection early and it discouraged many challengers. In the last hour of the last day of qualifying, Juan Lynum entered the race. The following Monday, Daisy Lynum withdrew from the race, seemingly clearing the path for her son. Juan Lynum says he never just assumed he would win.

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Kilsheimer defeats Land in Apopka mayoral race; Lynum, Hill in runoff