Cynthia Keller of Bradenton has announced a campaign for the at-large countywide seat on the Manatee County Board of Commissioners.
Carol Whitmore, who also has served as Holmes Beach mayor and city commissioner, holds the District 6 seat.
Keller, in a statement to The Islander, said, she would “stage a grass-roots, no-party campaign” in which she plans to “inject some new blood into the downtown county-seat headquarters.”
Keller previously resided in Holmes Beach and worked as a reporter for The Islander newspaper. In her statement, she said she’s a native of Long Island, New York, and New York City, and has been a full-time homeowner in the county since 1983. She lived on AMI 1989-96 and also lived on Longboat Key.
“It was the era of year-round, close knit neighborhoods, where our barefoot kids could safely run and bike free,” Keller said in the release.
The general election will be Tuesday, Nov. 6.
The Manatee County Supervisor of Elections website as of April 30 showed four active candidates in the race for the District 6 seat.
Whitmore and James A. Satcher are listed in the Republican primary. Melony Fletcher Howard is listed as a candidate in the Democratic primary. Candace M. Luther is running as an independent in the general election.