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Amanda Ballard

Republican · Florida · 2026 · Incumbent

Per her official Manatee County commissioner biography on mymanatee.org, Ballard worked for nearly eight years as an attorney in the local child welfare system before being elected to the County Commission in November 2022; she holds a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2015.

Priorities

Housing affordability and reducing homelessness, per her official commissioner biography on mymanatee.org
Addiction recovery and job training, per her official commissioner biography on mymanatee.org
Strengthening families in Manatee County, per her official commissioner biography on mymanatee.org

On the ballot

Manatee County Commissioner District 2 · Florida · 2026

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