Racetracker: City Council, At-Large A

The Pensacola City Council is the legislative body of the City of Pensacola. It is comprised of seven members elected by district and two members elected at large. Beginning with the 2010 elections, the Mayor of Pensacola will no longer be a member of the City Council; he will instead be an elected executive.

Members of Council earn an annual salary of $13,998. Elections for the Pensacola City Council are non-partisan. In accordance with the new City Charter, Council members elected in 2010 for Districts 2, 4, 6, and At-Large “A” will serve four-year terms.

The District

The two at-large seats on the City Council are elected at-large. All registered City electors are eligible to vote in the at-large races.

Declared candidates

Megan Pratt (i)

Megan Pratt is current serving her first term as an at-large representative on the Pensacola City Council. On December 18, 2009, she filed to run for reelection.

Mrs. Pratt is an educational outreach coordinator at the Institute of Human and Machine Cognition. She holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a masters degree in chemistry from Harvard University. She is the daughter of ECUA Board member Lois Benson, and the sister of former State Rep. and current Florida Attorney General candidate Holly Benson.