Katrina Brown and Pat Lockett-Felder emerged as front-runners from a field of five candidates in the race for City Council District 8.
Brown captured 4,180 votes, for 30.53 percent, and Lockett-Felder 3,457. They will meet again in the May 19 runoff. The winner will replace longtime incumbent E. Denise Lee, who is term-limited.
Brown, a political newcomer, was the breakout success for the evening, leading political veterans Lockett-Felder and Terry Fields.
Lockett-Felder served eight years on City Council, representing District 7, before redistricting moved her into District 8. Fields has served on both the City Council and in the Florida House of Representatives.
“It feels great,” Brown said of her success. “But, I look at it like I’m in a football game and I’m only at half-time, with two more quarters to go.”
Lockett-Felder said the most important issues she sees are bringing the community together, making sure citizens are safe and helping seniors and children.