Marly Métayer got here inside 1,576 votes of successful the Coral Springs Metropolis Fee seat as soon as held by her late daughter Vice Mayor Nancy Métayer, who was slain earlier this 12 months. Nevertheless, three different Haitian American ladies secured first college board seats throughout South Florida in Tuesday’s elections.
William “Bill” Capplis, a veteran Coral Springs police officer, received the five-candidate contest for Metropolis Fee Seat 3 with about 39%, in keeping with Broward County’s unofficial results. Métayer acquired 35%. Three different candidates within the nonpartisan race — Terry Ann Williams Edden, Kohy Holmes and Erick Nyatenya — shared the remaining votes.
Métayer, 57, a registered nurse, entered the race in Might after her daughter was killed in an obvious home violence final April. The 38-year-old was a rising determine in Florida Democratic politics and served because the state celebration’s vice chair. She turned the primary Black girl elected to Coral Springs’ fee, serving over 134,000 individuals within the northwest nook of Broward County, lots of whom are Haitians.
Métayer sought to complete the remaining two years of her daughter’s workplace time period and to proceed the general public service she had begun. Her marketing campaign additionally held specific which means for a lot of Haitians who mourned her homicide as a profound loss for the group.
Métayer fell quick in Coral Springs alongside Madline Noel, one other Haitian American girl who ran for commissioner in close by Lauderhill.
Nevertheless, three different Haitian American ladies — Cynthia Alcéus Dominique, Christina Romélus and Linda Cothière — received seats on public college boards in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Seashore counties, making historical past.
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