Two challenge incumbent for Cape Coral City Council District 2 job in Lee County
Two candidates are challenging the incumbent to become the next Cape Coral council member for District 2 in Lee County.
District 2 includes southwest Cape Coral, but the voting is done citywide for the four-year term. All eligible voters, regardless of party affiliation, will be able to cast their ballots in the non-partisan elections scheduled for Aug. 20. The two with the highest totals advance to the Nov. 5 general election.
Cape Coral has a council-manager form of government with seven districts with population sizes that are as equal as possible and follow the center lines of streets or canals. Council members are paid a base annual salary of $37,400. Last year, the council approved monthly stipends worth another $40,000 annually.
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Here are the three candidates:
Dan Sheppard
Laurie Lehmann
Craig Unroe
What are employment backgrounds of the Cape District 2 candidates?
Elected in 2020 and a resident for about 25 years, Sheppard owns a pair of landscaping related businesses.
A resident since 2004, Lehmann worked in commercial construction accounting prior to retiring from nursing.
Originally from Detroit and on the Cape since 2016, Unroe is a network technician with Lumen Technologies.
Look for more on the races, the candidates and what they have to say in future editions of the News-Press.
Based at the Naples Daily News, Columnist Phil Fernandez (pfernandez@gannett.com) grew up in Southwest Florida and has led Pulitzer Prize-winning efforts. He writes In the Know, one of USA TODAY Network's most read local news columns in the state. Support democracy. Subscribe to a newspaper.
This article originally appeared on Naples Daily News: Cape Coral Elections 2024 Trio battle in council District 2 election
