Greenacres election results: Former school board member Chuck Shaw is city's new mayor

GREENACRES — Charles "Chuck" Shaw is the new mayor of Greenacres after on Tuesday defeating Jonathan Pearce for the city's top office, according to preliminary results from Palm Beach County's Supervisor of Elections.

The March 19 municipal election pitted the two longtime local elected officials against each other.

Shaw, 75, is a former City Council member. He spent 57 years in the Palm Beach County schools as a teacher, principal and school board member.

Pearce, 65, served two terms in the Greenacres City Council and as deputy mayor in 2015 and 2016.

Incumbents John Tharpe and Paula Bousquet secured a second and third term in the City Council, respectively.

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Tharpe won a new term in Seat 1 with about 57% of the vote, defeating Edward Ayala, a U.S. military veteran who has lived in Greenacres for 13 years.

In Seat 5, Bousquet took more than 80% of the vote in defeating Fule Dogic, made his first run for office.

The results of the election will be certified in the next several days.

Valentina Palm covers Royal Palm Beach, Wellington, Greenacres, Palm Springs and other western communities in Palm Beach County for The Palm Beach Post. Email her at vpalm@pbpost.com and follow her on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, at @ValenPalmB. Support local journalism: Subscribe today.

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