Mayor of Opa-locka

Mayor of Opa-locka
Incumbent John Taylor since 2022
Term length	4 years
Formation	1926

The Mayor of the City of Opa-locka is the official head of the city of

In the November 2002 election, voters approved extending the term of the mayor from two to four years.[1]

Mayors of Opa-Locka

Image	Mayor	Years of service	Notes	Citation
	?	1960–1962
	?	1962–1964
	?	1964–1966
	Kenton N. Wells	1966–1968		[2]
	Robert J. Anderson	1968–1970		[3]
	Kenton N. Wells	1970–1972		[2]
	Ronald Pierson	1972–1974		[4]
	Kenton N. Wells	1974–1975*	*Wells tied with Albert Tresvant in the general election and they decided to split the two-year term with Wells serving the first year.[5]
	Albert Tresvant	1975–1976*	First African-American mayor of Opa-locka[6] *Tresvant tied with Kenton Wells in the general election and they decided to split the two-year term with Wells serving the first year.[5]
	Candido Giardino	1976–1977	Resigned in June 1977 after suspension by Governor Rubin Askew over corruption charges[7]
	C. William Hartman	1977–1978	Acting mayor[8]
	Willie Young (mayor)	1978–1980	[6]
	Willie Logan	1980–1982		[6]
	Helen L. Miller	1982–1984	First female African-American mayor in the state of Florida and the first female mayor of Opa-locka	[9][10]
	John Riley	1984–1986		[6]
	Robert B. Ingram	1986–1998	First directly elected African-American mayor of Opa-locka[11] Choose to not run for re-election in 1998 in order to run for the school board of Miami-Dade County[12]	[13]
	Alvin L. Miller	1998–2002	Son of former mayor Helen L. Miller	[6][14]
	Myra L. Taylor	2002–2004	First mayor elected to a 4-year term. Removed from office in 2004 by governor Jeb Bush after being indicted for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service later pleading guilty to a misdemeanor of failing to promptly file her taxes[15]	[16]
	Joseph L. Kelley	2004–2010	Finished term of Myra L. Taylor after special election in September 2004 then elected to a 4-year term in 2006	[17]
	Myra L. Taylor	2010–2018		[15][18]
	Matthew Pigatt	2018–2021	Resigned November 10, 2021[19]	[18]
	Veronica Williams	2021–2022	As the elected Vice Mayor, she filled the vacancy created by the resignation of Matthew Pigatt.
	John H. Taylor, Jr.	2022–present	John H. Taylor, Jr. was elected to the City of Opa-locka Commission in 2020, was appointed Vice Mayor in 2021 and was elected as Mayor in 2022.

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