State Rep. Dave Kerner, D-Lake Worth, is launching a 2016 campaign for the Palm Beach County commission District 3 seat of term-limited Shelley Vana.
“The decision to run for County Commission came easily, but also after much reflection and encouragement,” Kerner said in a statement this morning. “Our county is entering a new era, with new leaders, ambitious goals, and limitless potential. I want to be a part of that conversation. I want my hometown to have the same passionate, effective, and honest leadership they’ve found in Commissioner Vana. I want this County to be the best it can be; for you, for me, for our families.”
Kerner’s interest in the commission seat was among the reasons he passed up a run for Congress after talking with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee about running for the open seat of Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Jupiter. Vana, who served in the state House before her election to the commission in 2008, has considered running for Kerner’s state House District 87 seat in 2016.
Kerner, 31, grew up in Lake Worth and graduated from Suncoast High School in Riviera Beach. He got undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Florida. Kerner was a police officer in Alachua from 2004 to 2008 and with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission from 2008 to 2012. He currently works as an attorney.
He was elected to the state House in 2012 and re-elected in 2014.
Lake Clarke Shores Councilman Greg Freebold has also opened a Democratic campaign in commission District 3, where Democrats have a 44.1-to-25.3 percent registration advantage over Republicans.
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