Fort Lauderdale, Broward’s largest city, has three district elections for City Commission and a citywide mayoral contest in November. Every seat is critical on this closely divided five-member board. Here are our recommendations in two district races. City of Fort LauderdaleA map of Fort Lauderdale’s four city commission districts. District 1 John Herbst won this seat convincingly two years ago, beating three rivals with 40% of the vote — an impressive debut for an untested candidate. He’s no typical politician.