It’s going to be a quiet election season for Anna Maria voters.
With the qualifying closed, the only people to qualify with the Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Office before the Aug. 29 deadline, Commissioners John Lynch, Kathleen Morgan and Charlie Salem will retain their seats without opposition.
The incumbents’ current terms will expire in November, which opened their seats to challengers in November.
Lynch, Morgan and Salem qualified to run for reelection and no others stepped up to run, so the incumbents automatically will be awarded new two-year terms on the dais.
For Lynch, who was appointed in January to serve the remainder of Jon Crane’s term, it will mark his first full two-year term on the commission.
The same goes for Morgan, who was appointed to the city commission in January 2024 to serve the remainder of a two-year term vacated by Robert Kingan.
Salem was originally appointed to the commission in January 2023 to serve the remainder of Carol Carter’s term and was reelected without opposition later the same year.
Salem’s new term will mark his second full two-year term on the city commission.
Anna Maria city commissioners receive a $4,800 annual salary.
The automatic wins mean Anna Maria voters will not vote on Election Day, as this is an off-year, with no county, state or federal races to decide.