Registered Candidates

Any citizen who is a qualified elector of Miami-Dade County and has resided continuously in the Village of Palmetto Bay for at least two years preceding the date of qualifying is eligible to be a candidate for the office of the Village Council.

The Village is divided into three residential areas.  Section 2.03 of the City Charter requires that one Council member reside in the Northern Area (Seat 1), one Council member reside in the Central Area (Seat 2) and one Council member reside in the Southern Area (Seat 3).  Candidates for the office of Mayor & Vice Mayor are elected without regard to residence in a particular Residential Area.  Persons running from a particular Residential Area must be a resident of the Residential Area which she/he proposes to represent on the Council at the time of qualifying, at the time of his/her election and must continue to reside in such Residential Area during his/her term of office.  For the 2022 election, candidates may qualify for: Mayor, Councilmember Seat 1, and Councilmember Seat 3. 

Please note that candidates are not qualified until the completion of the qualifying period which begins at noon on August 1, 2022 and ends at noon August 12, 2022.


 Registered Candidates for the Seat of the Mayor
Karyn Cunningham (registered 03/01/2022) 
Alan "AlJohn" Farquharson (registered 05/06/2022) 
Eugene Flinn (registered 07/18/2022) 


 Registered Candidates for the Seat of Councilmember Seat 1
Patrick Fiore (registered 04/08/2022)
Pam Gorman (registered 08/09/2022)


 Registered Candidates for the Seat of Councilmember Seat 3
 Russell Thomas Jones (registered 01/13/2022) 
 Marsha Matson (registered 02/10/2022)