Kennedy and Felton Cruise to Victory in Manatee County School Board Races

MANATEE COUNTY — Former teacher Manatee County School Board member Charlie Kennedy and longtime educator Heather Felton easily won non-partisan school board runoffs on Tuesday.

Both Kennedy and Felton lead three-candidate races on the August primary ballot.

Kennedy defeated Jon Lynch 57.5% to 42.5%, nearly the exact same margin that Felton earned (57.54% to 42.46%) in defeating Mark Stanoch.