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Steve Swett
Nonpartisan · Florida · 2026Retired U.S. Postal Service manager and former Dunnellon postmaster (34 years per the Ocala Gazette; 36 years per his VOTE411 profile); Vietnam-era Air Force veteran with a public administration degree from Florida International University. He lost to Cummings in the 2022 primary.
Priorities
- Back to educational fundamentals - 'reading, writing, arithmetic' with phonics-based early literacy, per Ocala Gazette
- Restore dignity, respect and institutional support for teachers, including merit pay and classroom authority, per VOTE411
- Fiscal accountability and hands-on oversight of a district he says 'is not performing well and has not for over a decade,' per VOTE411
On the ballot
Marion County School Board District 3 · Florida · 2026
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