Libertarian Brandon Kneeld, elected city councilmember in Davenport, Fla.
Florida Libertarian Brandon Kneeld was elected to the Davenport City Council on April 3.
Kneeld easily defeated his opponent, Headley Oliver, with 245 votes to Oliver’s 117.
“I’m just incredibly humbled they’re putting their trust in me,” Kneeld said of the residents, in an election-night interview with the local newspaper, the Ledger. “I’m just excited to try to do my part to keep Davenport a wonderful place to be.”
The term for the office is three years.
Kneeld’s election brings the Libertarian Party’s number of elected officials to 162. (They are listed at LP.org/elected-officials-2.)
To learn how you too can run for office, visit My.LP.org/run.