Ex-commissioner Charles B. Smith sets up a 2022 rematch with Reggie Bellamy

Bellamy ousted Smith in 2018 in bitter campaign for Manatee commission seat representing Bradenton, Palmetto

Thanks to former Manatee County commissioner Charles B. Smith, each of the three county commissioners up for re-election in 2022, now has at least one challenger.

Smith, who filed on Monday, is setting up a rematch in the Democratic primary for the District 2 seat against Commissioner Reggie Bellamy, who beat Smith in 2018. Smith had been elected in 2014…