Good Wednesday morning.

Longtime lobbyist Maria Zack just earned her spot on the Dec. 9 Special Election ballot that will determine who takes the open House District 90 seat to represent a coastal portion of Palm Beach County through 2026.

With all 107 precincts reporting, a complete tally of early votes and a partial count of mail-in ballots, Zack had 53% of the vote to defeat businessperson Bill Reicherter in a head-to-head Republican Primary, according to unofficial numbers from the Supervisor of Elections website.

Zack won by a margin of 159 votes.

She now advances to the race’s General Election, where she faces Delray Beach Commissioner Rob Long , a Democrat, and no-party candidate Karen Yeh . Just 8.6% of HD 90’s 31,208 voters cast ballots Tuesday.

Long is thought to

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