Fernandina Beach City Commission elections set with six candidates for three seats on Nov. 5

Qualifying for the Fernandina Beach city commission election has ended with six candidates that includes two incumbents running for three commission seats in November.

In addition, two sitting commissioners - James Antun and Darron Ayscue - will run for Mayor.

Here are the candidates and their respective commission seats.

Seat 1

Mayor Bradley Bean's term expires in December. He was elected to the city commission in 2020 and was elected mayor in 2022. Bean is employed by RYAM.

Phone: (904) 415-5181

Email: bradley@bradleybean.com

Campaign Treasurer: Bradley M. Bean

Joyce Tuten is a retired AP Environmental Science teacher and a NOAA Climate Steward Educator.

Phone: (301) 471-9531

Email: joyce.tuten@gmail.com

Campaign Treasurer: Joyce Tuten

Deputy Campaign Treasurer: James E. Tuten

Seat 2

Vice Mayor David Sturges was elected to the city commission in 2020 and his term expires in December. Sturges owns a residential construction company and owns multiple properties in Fernandina Beach and Nassau County.

Phone: (904) 624-4596

Email: beachwalker25@yahoo.com

Campaign Treasurer: Kelly Sturges

Genece Minshew is a retired BellSouth executive with more than 35 years of experience in all phases of Customer Operations, Customer Relationship Management, Product Management, and Field Operations.

Phone: (404) 314-0148

Email: minshewforcitycommission@gmail.com

Campaign Treasurer: Genece Minshew

Deputy Campaign Treasurer: Angela Hall

Seat 3

Commissioner Chip Ross' term expires in December and he is termed out.

Former city commissioner Tim Poynter (2014-2017), is a high-profile downtown business owner with restaurants, a putt-putt facility, a duckpin bowling establishment, and two other projects in the works.

Phone: (904) 415-6533

Email: tpoynter@gmail.com

Campaign Treasurer: Steven Filkoff

Christy Kelly is a Fernandina Beach resident, who provided no background information on her candidacy.

Phone: (904) 557-4482

Email: kellychristy@rocketmail.com

Campaign Treasurer: Christy Kelly

A third candidate, Tony Morris, withdrew from the race.