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Earlier this week, we covered the Greenacres City Council District 4 race in our Election Spotlight and for this entry we head back to Greenacres for Districts 2 and 3.
Nathan Galang is the challenger in District 2. He's 21-years old, and facing off against an 87-year old Incumbent.
"But I would hope that in the same way my opponent's age doesn't disqualify him, my age doesn't disqualify me and we focus mainly on policy both me and him."
So why is this FAU student running?
"I tuned in to a lot of local meetings online and based on what I've heard the majority block in the City Council is preventing a lot of progress from happening and the Council needs a bit of cleaning up."
Peter Noble has been on the Council since 1998. He didn't respond to my requests for an interview.
There's a common theme in the Greenacres elections this year from the challengers that the minorities in the city should have more representation on the Council.
Galang is the son of immigrants from the Philippines and El Salvador. Judith Dugo's challenger in the District 3 race is African-American.
Leonard Grant, a small business owner and a U.S. Army Reserve veteran, says it's important to have diversity on the dais.
"There's no way an all-white Council can understand the needs of a diverse community and what we've gone through. Now I don't consider white to be an opponent, because it's also a part of the diversity. We need that as well. It's not fair to think that any one race or color can understand everyone."
It should be noted that Mayor Joel Flores is Hispanic.
Dugo was unavailable for an interview due to an illness.
Election Day is March 8, but Early Voting continues through Sunday.