Roger Chapin and Mira Tanna are heading to a run off for Orlando City Council

Roger Chapin was up by 13 votes over Mira Tanna in Tuesday's election.

Roger Chapin and Mira Tanna will face each other in a December runoff following the razor-thin margin in Tuesday’s election for Orlando City Council’s District 3.

It is Chapin, the candidate with the deeper pockets and a legacy last name, versus Tanna, who won the endorsement from progressive Democrats.

The difference between them? Thirteen votes, according to the unofficial election results.

Chapin won 2,477, or 34.01% of the vote, versus Tanna’s 2,464, which is 33.83% of the vote.

They emerged as the top two candidates out of a field of five candidates to replace Commissioner Robert Stuart, who did not seek a sixth term. Chris Durant had 18% of the vote, followed by Kimberly Kiss with 9% and Samuel Chambers with nearly 5%, according to unofficial election results.

District 3 covers Baldwin Park, Audubon Park, College Park, Rosemont and other neighborhoods.

The four-year City Commission term pays $79,343 annually.

Chapin, the son of former Orange County Mayor Linda Chapin, raised the most money by far with a war chest of more than $219,000 and won the endorsements of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association and the Orlando Sentinel’s editorial board.

“Some who haven’t been following this race might quickly dismiss Chapin after learning that he’s the son of local political powerhouse Linda Chapin, Orange County’s first elected Chair. That would miss the point entirely,” the Sentinel’s Oct. 31 endorsement said.

“Roger Chapin may have learned local government at his mom’s knee, but he stands on the merits of his own involvement that reaches across a wide array of charitable organizations and civic groups. Most notably, he’s on the Orlando Utilities Commission.”

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