12 Vie for Council Seats, Five for School Board
- Published:
- 2018-08-17
- Retrieved:
- 2026-05-23
Indy 2018-cycle roster piece. Primary-source confirmation that 2018 was a contested 5-for-3 race and that Jim Kelly's first run was 2018, not earlier. Earliest contemporaneous Indy framing of Kelly as "retired college president."
Key points
- 2018 LBUSD candidate field (5-for-3 contested race): incumbents Dee Perry and Carol Normandin seeking reelection; challengers Christine de Bretteville ("attorney"), Jim Kelly ("retired college president"), Mark Nelson ("business owner").
- Open seat created by Ketta Brown "not seeking a fourth term" — i.e., Brown had served at least three terms (12+ years, since at least 2006).
- Confirms Kelly's first run as 2018; his official LBUSD biographical framing (Menlo College president; CSU East Bay Interim Provost) matches the 2018 Indy "retired college president" descriptor.
- Contrasts with the 2022 cycle (3 candidates for 3 seats; uncontested) — different filing dynamic.
- Adjacent City Council piece names "Elizabeth Bates" as a 2018 council candidate ("real estate agent"); disambiguation against the 2026-05-19 Stu News LTE writer of the same name is an open vault follow-up.