Shan Rose is the projected winner in Orlando's District 5 special election

YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. GOT A COMMITMENT 2020 FOR THE RESULTS ARE IN AND SHAN ROSE IS THE WINNER OF THE DISTRICT FIVE COMMISSIONER’S SEAT. AFTER DEFEATING TRAVARIS MCCURDY DURING TODAY’S SPECIAL RUNOFF ELECTION, SHE WILL REPLACE SUSPENDED COMMISSIONER REGINA HILL, WHO IS ACCUSED OF STEALING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM A 96 YEAR OLD WOMAN. WESH 2’S PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA HEARD FROM BOTH CANDIDATES TONIGHT. PEOPLE LIVING IN DISTRICT FIVE HAVE A NEW CITY COMMISSIONER, AFTER GETTING NEARLY 55% OF TOTAL VOTES, SHAN ROSE SAYS SHE’S READY TO GET TO WORK. AND WE’RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THE BEST DISTRICT FIVE. AND I STAND BY THAT. WE’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY HERE. ROSE GATHERED WITH HER SUPPORTERS AT A WATCH PARTY CELEBRATING HER WIN AGAINST TRAVARIS MCCURDY. BOTH WERE THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES IN A WIDER FIELD OF PEOPLE RUNNING FOR THE SEAT IN A SPECIAL ELECTION LAST MONTH. IN TUESDAY’S SPECIAL ELECTION, PEOPLE MADE THEIR WAY TO THE POLLS, OFFICIALS SAID. IN TOTAL, NEARLY 1900 PEOPLE VOTED BY MAIL VOTED EARLY OR VOTED ON ELECTION DAY, MARKING LESS THAN A 9% VOTER TURNOUT. BUT THOSE WHO CAST THEIR BALLOTS SAID IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHOW UP ALL VOTES COUNTS. AND SO I WANT TO BE COUNTED IN. THE RACE CAME WITH CONTROVERSY, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SEAT LEFT VACANT BY SUSPENDED CITY COMMISSIONER REGINA HILL, BUT ALSO ALLEGATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES ROSE ADDRESSED THE TOPIC DURING HER PARTY. MR. MCCURDY AND I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION. I TOLD HIM, LET’S SET UP AN APPOINTMENT AND LET’S GET TO WORK RIGHT. SO WE BOTH BELIEVE IN THIS DISTRICT AND SO LET’S WORK TOGETHER. MCCURDY ALSO SPOKE TO US ABOUT WHAT COMES NEXT. WE’RE STILL EXPLORING OUR OPTIONS. UM, FOR FOR THE THINGS THAT TRANSPIRED THROUGHOUT THIS CAMPAIGN. BUT TONIGHT WE CONGRATULATE MISS ROSE ON HER VICTORY. UM, AND WE JUST WAKE UP TOMORROW AND GET BACK TO WORK. ROSE TELLS US THAT SHE IS READY TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY, AND SHE WANTS THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT FIVE TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN TRUST HER. MCCURDY SAYS MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION, AND HE SAYS HE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A VOICE FOR RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT FIVE. IN ORLANDO PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA WESH TWO NEWS NOW. THE RESULTS STILL NEED TO BE CERTIFIED AND TH