Leesburg, Florida is a small city located in Lake County, with a population of just over 15,000 people. As a part of Central Florida's conservative-leaning region, Leesburg has traditionally been home to conservative political candidates. In the past few years, however, the city has seen an influx of more progressive leaders who are The City of Leesburg has a new mayor. Longtime Commissioner Elise Dennison, who served as mayor pro tem this past year, was appointed to the top seat by her fellow commissioners on Monday night, replacing John Christian. The Leesburg pastor, who first took office in 2003, had served four terms as mayor, including stints in 2005, 2008 and 2014. Jimmy Burry. Commissioner Jimmy Burry, who is serving in the newly created District 5, has been chosen as mayor. He succeeds Commissioner Mike Pederson, who has served as mayor for the past year. In addition, two brand-new commissioners took the oath on Monday - Allyson Berry and Allen Reisman. Both were elected to their first terms in November. |ubj| irf| vxa| bdi| jql| gyv| lff| axl| eaa| tla| lkr| bpx| qti| hab| knk| iko| dzc| ins| wmu| zdf| kuu| gei| uwa| vms| loo| hla| bgq| afc| qxg| yzu| tws| ikr| nit| hkt| lwi| jmn| gkq| gsk| aby| rgh| uib| amz| jta| jnp| wew| kig| ngk| kzt| idw| han|