Bradenton City Council Ward 2 · Nov 3, 2026
Marianne Barnebey
Candidate for City Council Ward 2 (incumbent)
Marianne Barnebey, the incumbent, is running for Bradenton City Council Ward 2 in the Nov 3, 2026 election, unopposed.
Voter registration deadline · Mon, Oct 5, 2026
TodayLongtime Bradenton councilwoman who held the Ward 2 seat from 1998 to 2012 and again since 2020. She chaired the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization in 2010 and sat on the Manatee County Library Board of Trustees from 2000 to 2016.
Marianne Barnebey is the only candidate for Ward 2. David Levin withdrew his candidacy before the general election. Bradenton Magazine
Where Marianne Barnebey stands: positions on the record
Council appointments1 sourced position
Seconded the motion to appoint Kemp Schuessler to the vacant Ward 3 seat (passed 3-1, July 2025).
Council voteThe Bradenton Times · Aug 2, 2025
Term limits1 sourced position
as reported by the Bradenton Herald
Said the council should listen to voters on term limits and that Bradenton already has them through elections.
“I think that we do have term limits here, and they’re called elections,”
Own statementBradenton Herald
Also running for City Council Ward 2
No one else is running for this seat.
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