Florida Voter Guide 2026
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2026 Statewide & Congressional Races
Candidates The Ballot Brief is tracking for Florida's statewide contests. Tap a name for their bio and campaign link, or enter your address for the full ballot with finance data.
Governor
2 candidatesByron Donalds (R)
Byron Donalds is the Republican nominee for Florida governor and the U.S. representative for Florida's 19th congressional district. Endorsed by President Trump, he won the August 18 primary with 810,675 votes, roughly 48 percent of an eleven-way field, to Jay Collins's 426,787, per the AP count with 99 percent of the expected vote; results are unofficial until certification. His campaign emphasizes affordability, proPriorities: Lower property taxes, insurance costs, and cost of living · Continue conservative education and parental-rights policy · Keep Florida's economy and job growth strongCampaign site →David Jolly (D)
David Jolly is the Democratic nominee for Florida governor, a former Republican congressman from the Tampa Bay area who left the GOP and joined the Democratic Party in 2025. Running with lieutenant-governor pick Gwen Graham, he won the August 18 primary with 761,674 votes, roughly 61 percent, to Dayna Foster's 189,234, per the AP count with 99 percent of the expected vote; results are unofficial until certification.Priorities: Tackle Florida's property-insurance and affordability crisis · Invest in public schools and teachers · Restore balance and accountability to state governmentCampaign site →
U.S. Senate
2 candidatesAshley Moody (R)Incumbent
Ashley Moody is Florida's incumbent U.S. senator and the Republican nominee in the 2026 special election for the final two years of Marco Rubio's term. Appointed in January 2025 when Rubio became secretary of state, she previously served as Florida attorney general and as a circuit judge. She won the August 18 primary with 1,320,048 votes to Chris Gleason's 227,843, per the AP count with 99 percent of the expected voPriorities: Border security and immigration enforcement · Support for law enforcement and public safety · Consumer protection and anti-trafficking workCampaign site →Angie Nixon (D)
Angie Nixon is the Democratic nominee in Florida's 2026 U.S. Senate special election, a state representative from Jacksonville first elected in 2020 and a longtime community organizer. She won the August 18 primary with 705,192 votes, about 56 percent, to Alex Vindman's 552,774, per the AP count with 99 percent of the expected vote; results are unofficial until certification.Priorities: Affordable housing and renter protections · Economic justice for working families · Health care accessCampaign site →
Attorney General
2 candidatesJames Uthmeier (R)Incumbent
James Uthmeier is Florida's incumbent attorney general and the Republican candidate in the 2026 election. Appointed in February 2025 after serving as Governor DeSantis's chief of staff, he is seeking a full term. Per the state qualifying list, he and Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez advance directly to the November ballot.Priorities: Immigration enforcement and public safety · Defend Florida law in court · Consumer protectionCampaign site →Jose Javier Rodriguez (D)
Jose Javier Rodriguez is the Democratic candidate for Florida attorney general, an attorney and former state senator and state representative from Miami. He served as an assistant secretary of labor in the Biden administration. His campaign emphasizes consumer protection, insurance accountability, and voting rights.Priorities: Hold insurers accountable for Florida homeowners · Protect consumers and workers · Defend voting rightsCampaign site →
Chief Financial Officer
2 candidatesBlaise Ingoglia (R)Incumbent
Blaise Ingoglia is Florida's incumbent chief financial officer and the Republican nominee in the 2026 election. Appointed in July 2025, he previously served in the Florida Senate and House and as state party chair. He won the August 18 primary with 967,676 votes, 61.3 percent, over Frank Collige, per the Florida Division of Elections' unofficial results.Priorities: State fiscal oversight and DOGE-style spending review · Property-insurance accountability · Taxpayer protectionCampaign site →Annette Taddeo (D)
Annette Taddeo is the Democratic nominee for Florida chief financial officer, a former state senator from Miami-Dade and businesswoman. She won the August 18 primary with 796,088 votes, 65.6 percent, over Earle Ford, per the Florida Division of Elections' unofficial results.Priorities: Property-insurance accountability for homeowners · Fiscal transparency · Consumer protectionCampaign site →
Agriculture Commissioner
2 candidatesWilton Simpson (R)Incumbent
Wilton Simpson is Florida's incumbent agriculture commissioner and the Republican nominee for reelection, a former Florida Senate president and egg farmer. He won the August 18 primary with 1,110,927 votes, 68.9 percent, over Matt Taylor, per the Florida Division of Elections' unofficial results.Priorities: Protect Florida agriculture and farmland · Water policy and conservation · Consumer services oversightCampaign site →Joey Mendoza Atkins (D)
Joey Mendoza Atkins is the Democratic nominee for Florida agriculture commissioner. A lifelong Floridian, he earned a political science degree cum laude and a law degree, worked as a family-law attorney, and represented athletes as a Miami-area sports agent. He won the August 18 primary with 716,585 votes, 60.3 percent, over Don Prichard, per the Florida Division of Elections' unofficial results. His platform focusesPriorities: Crack down on grocery price-gouging and food monopolies · Support local farmers to strengthen Florida's food supply · Expand affordable housing and lower everyday costsCampaign site →
U.S. House - FL-1
3 candidatesJimmy Patronis (Republican)Incumbent
Fourth generation Northwest Floridian who worked his way up in his family's Capt. Anderson's restaurant in Panama City Beach and served two terms as Florida's Chief Financial Officer before winning the April 2025 special election for this seat by double digits, per his campaign site. He sits on the Transportation and Infrastructure and Small Business committees, per his campaign site.Priorities: Cut taxes and rein in federal spending · Invest in the military and reform veterans services · Support the America First agendaCampaign site →Gay Valimont (Democratic)
Gay Valimont appears on the Democratic primary ballot for FL-1, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.Tyler L. Davis (No Party Affiliation)
Tyler L. Davis appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-1, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-2
2 candidatesAmanda Marie Green (Democratic)
International development and emergency management professional who directed operations for programs delivering HIV and antimalarial medicines worldwide and led contract negotiations for cybersecurity services in Ukraine after the Russian invasion, per Florida Politics. Former U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd, who once held this seat, has endorsed her, per Florida Politics.Priorities: Ban stock trading by members of Congress and support term limits · Regular in-person and virtual town halls across District 2 · Get big money out of politicsCampaign site →Austin Rogers (Republican)
Panama City attorney and former general counsel to U.S. Sen. Rick Scott who worked on legislation, congressional hearings, and investigations on the Hill, per his campaign site. A Mosley High graduate with a Duke University law degree, he has endorsements from Jim Jordan, Steve Scalise, and Tom Emmer, per Florida Politics.Priorities: Secure the border · Back law enforcement and the military · Be a reliable vote for the America First agendaCampaign site →
U.S. House - FL-3
3 candidatesKat Cammack (Republican)Incumbent
A former congressional aide who managed Ted Yoho's 2012 campaign and then spent nearly a decade as deputy chief of staff in Florida's Third District office, Kat Cammack was first elected in 2020 and serves on the House Agriculture Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee, per her official House biography. That biography says she chairs the Emerging Tech Task Force, co-founded the Republican Women's Caucus in 2Priorities: Securing the southern border, per her campaign site · Advocating for small businesses and keeping taxes and government spending low, per her campaign site · Supporting veterans and first responders, per her campaign siteCampaign site →Seth Harp (Democratic)
Teacher and talk show host, per his campaign site, running on a 13-point affordability platform he calls the 13 Stripes of Strength, covering housing, insurance and utility costs, per his Central Florida Public Media questionnaire responses.Priorities: Housing and insurance affordability · Expanding affordable health care · Government transparency and accountabilityCampaign site →Mike Klein (No Party Affiliation)
Mike Klein appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-3, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-4
4 candidatesAaron Bean (Republican)Incumbent
A community bank president who founded four small businesses, including an auction company, Aaron Bean was mayor of Fernandina Beach and then served in the Florida House and the Florida Senate, where he was Senate President Pro Tempore and chaired the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, per his official House biography. He was first elected to the U.S. House in 2022, sits on the Ways and Means CPriorities: Lowering taxes on Floridians, per his campaign site · Pro-business and pro-family initiatives, per his campaign site · Reducing government spending, fraud, waste and abuse, per his official House biographyCampaign site →LaShonda "L.J." Holloway (Democratic)
Supreme Court mediator and arbitrator with a University of Florida law degree who worked for Congresswoman Carrie Meek and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, per her News4JAX questionnaire responses; she was the Democratic nominee against Aaron Bean in 2022 and 2024, per News4JAX. She says she does not accept PAC money, per the same questionnaire.Priorities: Affordability for working families · Refusing PAC money · Bringing federal experience to constituent serviceCampaign site →Todd Schaefer (No Party Affiliation)
Todd Schaefer appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-4, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.Mike Sell (Florida Forward)
Mike Sell appears on the Florida Forward primary ballot for FL-4, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-5
2 candidatesJohn H. Rutherford (Republican)Incumbent
Congressman and former three-term Jacksonville sheriff seeking a sixth House term, per News4JAX; he serves on the House Appropriations Committee and spent 12 years as sheriff, per his News4JAX questionnaire responses. His campaign site leads with President Trump's endorsement.Priorities: Border security · Lowering the cost of living · Military installations and veteransCampaign site →Rachel Grage (Democratic)
Biomedical engineer with bachelor's and master's engineering degrees from Tulane who researched cardiac interventions and therapies for children with cerebral palsy, per her campaign site; a mother of four running on affordability, education funding and protecting earned benefits, per her News4JAX questionnaire responses.Priorities: Housing and insurance affordability · Public education funding · Protecting Medicare and Social SecurityCampaign site →
U.S. House - FL-6
4 candidatesRandy Fine (Republican)Incumbent
Congressman who won the April 2025 special election for this seat and is seeking his first full term, per News4JAX; his campaign site leads with President Donald Trump's endorsement.Priorities: Lower insurance rates · Protecting Social Security and Medicare · Border securityCampaign site →Eric Yonce (Democratic)
Small business owner who spent 22 years in retail and says he is the only Democrat in the race who grew up in the district, per his News4JAX questionnaire responses.Priorities: Affordability and ending tariffs · Campaign finance reform · Federal investment in local infrastructureCampaign site →Michael Gist (No Party Affiliation)
Michael Gist appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-6, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.Andrew Parrott (Libertarian)
Andrew Parrott appears on the Libertarian primary ballot for FL-6, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-7
3 candidatesRyan Elijah (Republican)
Emmy-winning television news anchor who co-anchored Good Day Orlando on FOX 35 for 11 years and worked as an NFL sideline reporter, per Florida Politics and Florida's Voice. His campaign site cites 14 years of community ties and endorsements from Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood and Seminole Sheriff Dennis Lemma.Priorities: Affordability and American energy independence · Lower health care costs · Parental rights and school choiceCampaign site →Bale Dalton (Democratic)
Navy captain and combat helicopter pilot with 24 years of service who later served as NASA chief of staff, overseeing 16,500 employees, per his campaign site. Florida Politics reports he was named to the DCCC's Red to Blue program, the first Florida name on that list this cycle.Priorities: Lower cost of living · Ban congressional stock trading · Reverse health insurance premium increasesCampaign site →Christopher Dennison (Libertarian)
Christopher Dennison appears on the Libertarian primary ballot for FL-7, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-8
2 candidatesMike Haridopolos (Republican)Incumbent
A U.S. history and political science instructor at what is now Eastern Florida State College and at the University of Florida's Bob Graham Center, Mike Haridopolos served in the Florida House and Senate from 2000 to 2012 and was President of the Florida Senate from 2010 to 2012, per his official House biography. That biography credits him with putting Florida's budget online and with sponsoring the 2008 state constitPriorities: Banning congressional stock trading, per his campaign site · Restoring the Indian River Lagoon, per his campaign site · Supporting the space industry, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Jennifer Jenkins (Democratic)
Jennifer Jenkins appears on the Democratic primary ballot for FL-8, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-9
3 candidatesDarren Soto (Democratic)Incumbent
A Kissimmee attorney who practices commercial, civil rights and real estate law, Darren Soto served three terms in the Florida House beginning in 2007 and then in the Florida Senate, where his official House biography credits him with the Firefighter Death Benefit Act and with legislation on environmental restoration and education funding. He won his U.S. House seat in 2016 and is the first member of Congress of PuerPriorities: Jobs and the economy, per his campaign site · Protecting Social Security, per his campaign site · Health care access, per his campaign siteBen Butler (Republican)
Ninth-generation Florida dairy farmer and cattle rancher who helped build and operate Butler Oaks Farm and has served on the South Florida Water Management District Governing Board since Gov. Ron DeSantis first appointed him in 2019, per his campaign site. A former Florida FFA state president with University of Florida degrees in animal science, he is endorsed by U.S. Reps. Greg Steube and Kat Cammack.Priorities: Affordability and cost of living · Housing supply and attainable workforce housing · Food security and support for family farmsCampaign site →Dan Green (Republican)
Navy Reserve officer and national security author who was working at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development from 2019 to 2021, per his campaign site. He deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan and advised a State Department reconstruction team in southern Afghanistan.Priorities: Affordability and cutting regulation · Balanced budget and constitutional government · Peace through strength defense policyCampaign site →
U.S. House - FL-10
1 candidateMaxwell Alejandro Frost (Democratic)Incumbent
An organizer who served as national organizing director for March For Our Lives and worked on voting rights restoration and abortion access at the ACLU, Maxwell Alejandro Frost was elected in 2022 as the first member of Generation Z to serve in Congress, per his official House biography. He is ranking member of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs aPriorities: Ending gun violence, per his campaign site · Medicare for All, per his campaign site · Ending the climate crisis, per his campaign site
U.S. House - FL-11
4 candidatesCarey Baker (Republican)
Former Florida state senator and state representative who served 12 years as Lake County property appraiser and 31 years in the Florida Army National Guard, including a combat deployment to Iraq, per his campaign site. He owns A.W. Peterson Gun Shop in Eustis and is endorsed by retiring Rep. Daniel Webster and the Florida State Fraternal Order of Police.Priorities: Border security · Cut taxes and federal spending · Defend the Second AmendmentCampaign site →Joe Strada (Republican)
Founder of Strada Services, a Sanford-based air conditioning, electrical, plumbing and security company with more than 4,000 employees across 13 states and revenue above $1.1 billion, per his campaign site. He and his sons built the company's paid trades apprenticeship program, and his endorsers include House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Rep. Jim Jordan.Priorities: Ban insider trading by members of Congress · Enact congressional term limits · Support a balanced budget amendmentCampaign site →James Pericola (Democratic)
Attorney and former presidential appointee with more than 30 years in public service, congressional staff work and senior government affairs roles, per his answers to Vox Populi published by WKMG News 6. He has worked on climate legislation and says his wife's immigrant story shapes his focus on voting rights and due process.Priorities: Lower housing and insurance costs · Protect Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act · Voting rights and election protectionCampaign site →Ralph Groves (Libertarian)
Ralph Groves appears on the Libertarian primary ballot for FL-11, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-12
3 candidatesGus Michael Bilirakis (Republican)Incumbent
Gus Bilirakis chairs the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade and is a senior member of that committee's health and communications and technology subcommittees, per his official House biography, which says he has authored 78 provisions signed into law and was ranked the 31st most effective lawmaker in Congress by Vanderbilt University's Center for Effective Lawmaking. First elected inPriorities: Lowering the cost of living, per his campaign site · Homeowners and flood insurance affordability, per his campaign site · Expanding mental health and addiction services, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Kimberly Overman (Democratic)
Certified Financial Planner and small business owner who served as a Hillsborough County Commissioner from 2018 to 2022, including a term as commission chair, and led county pandemic response efforts supporting small businesses, childcare providers and affordable housing, per her campaign site. Creative Loafing Tampa and Florida Politics reported she shifted from CD 15 to CD 12 after the new map placed her home in thPriorities: Affordable housing and cost of living · Healthcare access and lower prescription costs · Veterans and military familiesCampaign site →Branden Scrivener (No Party Affiliation)
Branden Scrivener appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-12, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-13
3 candidatesAnna Paulina Luna (Republican)Incumbent
A U.S. Air Force veteran with a biology degree from the University of West Florida, Anna Paulina Luna was first elected in 2022 and is the first Mexican American woman elected to Congress from Florida, per her official House biography. She serves on the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and chairs the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, per that biography.Priorities: Eliminating taxes on seniors' Social Security benefits, per her campaign site · Capping student loan interest rates at 3 percent, per her campaign site · Designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, per her campaign siteCampaign site →Leela Gray (Democratic)
Retired U.S. Army brigadier general with 35 years in uniform who later advised Army Cyber Command on national cyber policy, and a small business leader and attorney who has lived in Tampa Bay for 23 years, per her campaign site and Florida Politics. Endorsements include EMILY's List and former Florida CFO Alex Sink, per Florida Politics.Priorities: Tackling the cost of living crisis · Growing economic opportunities · Protecting beaches, land and the coastal economyCampaign site →Tony D'Arrigo (No Party Affiliation)
Tony D'Arrigo appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-13, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-14
3 candidatesKathy Castor (Democratic)Incumbent
A land use and environmental attorney who began her career enforcing Florida's growth management and environmental laws, Kathy Castor went on to serve as a Hillsborough County commissioner and chair of the county's Environmental Protection Commission, per her official House biography. That biography says she was first elected to the U.S. House in 2006 and was the first woman to represent both Hillsborough and PinellaPriorities: Lowering costs for families, per her campaign site · Championing environmental protections, per her campaign site · Securing federal investments that create local jobs, per her campaign siteCampaign site →Mike Beltran (Republican)
Harvard Law-trained Tampa attorney who represented parts of this district in the Florida House from 2018 to 2024 and built a reputation for breaking with Republican leadership in Tallahassee, per Florida Phoenix. He argues he is the only one in the field who has won an election in Hillsborough County, per WUSF.Priorities: Border security and immigration enforcement · Second Amendment rights · Cutting federal spending and lowering costsCampaign site →Brian Lambert (Libertarian)
Brian Lambert appears on the Libertarian primary ballot for FL-14, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-15
2 candidatesRobert People (Democratic)
Retired 21-year Army veteran with three combat tours, two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, who served as an ammunition specialist and Army journalist before retiring in 2018, per his campaign site; he grew up in inner-city Baltimore, raised by a single mother.Priorities: Affordability: utility rate reform, housing, and food costs · Medicare for All · Protecting and strengthening Social SecurityCampaign site →Laurel Lee (Republican)Incumbent
A former federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida who was lead attorney on its Child Exploitation Task Force, Laurel Lee later spent six years as a Hillsborough County circuit judge and three years as Florida's secretary of state, per her campaign site. She was elected to the U.S. House in 2022 and now sits on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and House Administration commPriorities: Securing the border and protecting America, per her campaign site · Growing the economy and leading in innovation, per her campaign site · Supporting the military and veterans, per her campaign siteCampaign site →
U.S. House - FL-16
3 candidatesKelly Kirschner (Democratic)
Former Sarasota mayor and city commissioner, Peace Corps veteran, and former Eckerd College vice president who grew the nonprofit UnidosNow, which has helped more than 1,000 first-generation students reach college debt-free, per his campaign site; he raised over $100,000 in his first week in the race, per Florida Politics.Priorities: Lower the cost of living, including insurance and prescription drugs · Protect Gulf Coast waters: no offshore drilling, enforce the Clean Water Act · Restore Medicaid and Medicare cutsCampaign site →Sydney Gruters (Republican)
Former executive director of the New College Foundation who served as district director for U.S. Rep. Greg Steube and as USDA Rural Development state director for Florida under President Trump, per her campaign site; she is married to RNC Chair Joe Gruters and carries President Trump's endorsement, per Florida Politics.Priorities: Cut taxes and fight the rising cost of living · Secure the border · Protect Social Security, Medicare and veterans' benefitsCampaign site →Mark Davis (No Party Affiliation)
Mark Davis appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-16, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-17
3 candidatesMatthew Montavon (Democratic)
Retired public administrator who worked in local government planning and helped run a department with a $50 million budget at the United Nations' food and agriculture agency in Rome, per WSLR reporting; his campaign site shows this is his second run at the Southwest Florida seat after a 2024 bid.Priorities: Protecting Social Security and Medicare · Environment and disaster recovery · Affordable housing, jobs and prosperityCampaign site →Greg Steube (Republican)Incumbent
Greg Steube enlisted in the U.S. Army while attending law school at the University of Florida and served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, including as chief of detainee operations in Iraq in 2006 and 2007, per his official House biography. Before Congress he spent six years in the Florida House of Representatives and two years in the Florida Senate, and that biography describes him as serving his fourth term rePriorities: Border and immigration policy, per his official House issues page · Agriculture, per his official House issues page · Second Amendment rights, per his official House issues pageMichael J. Quirk (No Party Affiliation)
Michael J. Quirk appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-17, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-18
3 candidatesCurtis Gibson (Democratic)
Curtis Gibson appears on the Democratic primary ballot for FL-18, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.Scott Franklin (Republican)Incumbent
A 1986 U.S. Naval Academy graduate, Scott Franklin flew combat missions as a naval aviator across 26 years of active and reserve service before running an insurance business in Lakeland for two decades, per his campaign site. He was first elected to Congress in 2020 and is now in his third term, and that site lists him as vice chair of the House Appropriations subcommittee covering agriculture, rural development andPriorities: Fueling economic growth, per his campaign site · Strengthening national security, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Deva Simmons (No Party Affiliation)
Deva Simmons appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-18, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-19
3 candidatesVictor Arias (Democratic)
Owner and managing attorney of the Arias Law Firm since 1992, representing working families in personal injury and workers' compensation cases across Southwest Florida, per local election reporting by Sparker's Soapbox; he ran for Lee County Superintendent of Schools in 2024.Priorities: Bipartisan reform · Improving the environment and economy · Transforming healthcare and delivering results for veteransJim Schwartzel (Republican)
President of Fort Myers-based Sun Broadcasting and Gulfshore Life Media, operator of conservative talk station 92.5 FOX News and publisher of Gulfshore Life magazine, per his campaign site; a lifelong Southwest Florida resident, he led the June Victory Insights poll of the field at 13 percent, per WGCU.Priorities: Protecting Southwest Florida's water quality · Securing the border · Term limitsCampaign site →Seth Haskin (No Party Affiliation)
Seth Haskin appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-19, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-20
3 candidatesDebbie Wasserman Schultz (Democratic)Incumbent
Sitting U.S. Representative, 21-year House member, and Florida's longest-serving Democratic member of Congress, per Axios and the Miami Herald; she entered the District 20 race after the new map made her current seat Republican-leaning, per Axios, and as a breast cancer survivor and senior appropriator says she has brought billions of dollars home to South Florida, per her campaign site.Priorities: Making life more affordable, including prescription drug costs · Protecting Social Security and Medicare · Defending reproductive freedomCampaign site →Brent Andersen (Republican)
Pompano Beach insurance broker who founded the commercial brokerage Pilgrim Bay Insurance Agency in 2010, per Axios and his campaign materials; the Sun Sentinel editorial board recommended him in the Republican field, per the Sun Sentinel.Priorities: Public safety · Education · Lowering insurance costs through tort reform and cutting red tapeKedner Maxime (Independent)
Kedner Maxime appears on the Independent primary ballot for FL-20, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-21
4 candidatesJames T. Martin (Democratic)
U.S. Coast Guard veteran and fourth-generation Floridian who chased drug runners, served overseas in combat zones, and advised leaders in the White House, per his campaign site; he is endorsed by Kamala Harris and the Palm Beach Post, per Florida Politics and the Palm Beach Post.Priorities: Cost of living, including ending tariffs driving up grocery prices · Clean water, Everglades restoration, and stopping toxic discharges · Anti-corruption, including a congressional stock trading banCampaign site →Bernard Taylor (Democratic)
Firefighter and EMT/paramedic who spent his career in emergency services, per his campaign site and Florida Politics; he topped $1 million in grassroots fundraising, per Black America Web.Priorities: Affordable healthcare · Stronger public education · Economic stability and cost of livingCampaign site →Brian Mast (Republican)Incumbent
Brian Mast served more than 12 years in the U.S. Army, working as a bomb disposal expert with Joint Special Operations Command and losing both legs to an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, for which he received the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and the Army Commendation Medal for Valor, per his official House biography. He later worked as an explosives specialist for the Department of Homeland Security, andPriorities: Fighting for clean water, per his campaign site · Making health care more affordable, per his campaign site · Improving care for veterans, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Alexander Cooke (No Party Affiliation)
Alexander Cooke appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-21, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-22
2 candidatesPia Dandiya (Democratic)
Former high school principal who founded a Harlem charter school at 28 and later led public sector education initiatives at Apple after serving as a White House Fellow, per her campaign site; she shifted her run to the newly drawn open 22nd District in May 2026 after redistricting and was named to the DCCC's Red to Blue program, per Florida Politics.Priorities: Lowering the cost of living for middle-class families · Protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid · Strengthening public schools and workforce trainingCampaign site →Casey Askar (Republican)
U.S. Marine Corps veteran and chairman and CEO of Askar Family Office, a family investment company in franchising, commercial real estate, energy and construction, per his campaign site; born in Iraq, he came to the United States at age 7 after his family fled religious persecution as Christians, and he holds endorsements from CPAC and former Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, per The Floridian.Priorities: Tax cuts and economic growth · Border security and immigration enforcement · Expanding American energy productionCampaign site →
U.S. House - FL-23
2 candidatesLois Frankel (Democratic)Incumbent
Sitting member of Congress who has represented Palm Beach County since 2013, and a former eight-year West Palm Beach mayor who served 14 years in the Florida Legislature as its first woman Democratic minority leader, per her campaign site and Florida Phoenix; she shifted her candidacy to the new 23rd District in May 2026 after the redrawn map moved much of her Palm Beach County constituency there, per Florida PoliticPriorities: Protecting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid · Lowering costs for families · Defending democracyCampaign site →Deborah Adeimy (Republican)
Investment advisor and Certified Financial Planner who has advised families and businesses at JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Citi Global Markets, and a fifth-generation West Palm Beach native, per her campaign site; the Palm Beach Post editorial board recommended her on the Republican side this cycle, per the Post.Priorities: Fighting inflation and cutting taxes · Legal immigration and border enforcement · Protecting Florida's water systemsCampaign site →
U.S. House - FL-24
3 candidatesOliver G. Gilbert III (Democratic)
Chairman of the Miami-Dade County Commission and mayor of Miami Gardens from 2012 to 2020, and the retiring incumbent's endorsed choice, per NBC 6 Miami and the Florida Phoenix; on his campaign site he says he grew up in Miami Gardens and is running because of rent that eats half a paycheck and healthcare families cannot afford.Priorities: Housing and rent costs · Healthcare affordability · Transportation and commute timesCampaign site →Te Mayonna Brown (Republican)
Te Mayonna Brown appears on the Republican primary ballot for FL-24, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.Andy Daro (No Party Affiliation)
Andy Daro appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-24, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-25
3 candidatesJared Moskowitz (Democratic)Incumbent
Florida's former emergency management director and a Broward County native who has served in the U.S. House since 2023, per WUSF and WLRN; his campaign site highlights his role in crafting the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school safety law and his seats on the House Foreign Affairs and Judiciary committees.Priorities: Bipartisan problem solving and government accountability · Disaster preparedness and emergency response · Gun violence prevention and school safetyCampaign site →Scott Singer (Republican)
Boca Raton's mayor for three terms until 2026, a lawyer and small-business owner educated at Harvard and Georgetown Law, and the inaugural chair of the America First Policy Institute's Mayors' Council, per his campaign site; he leads the Republican field in fundraising with about $1.99 million and is endorsed by Attorney General James Uthmeier, per Local 10 News and Florida Politics.Priorities: Keeping taxes and costs low · Border security and national defense · Cutting government waste, fraud and abuseCampaign site →Peter Jassenoff (Libertarian)
Peter Jassenoff appears on the Libertarian primary ballot for FL-25, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-26
3 candidatesNicole Locklin (Democratic)
Nicole Locklin appears on the Democratic primary ballot for FL-26, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican)Incumbent
Mario Diaz-Balart spent 14 years in the Florida Legislature and became the youngest person elected to the Florida Senate at age 31 before winning his U.S. House seat, per his campaign site. Now in his eleventh congressional term, he serves as vice chair of the House Appropriations Committee and chairs its National Security Subcommittee, according to that site. It also says he founded the bipartisan Everglades CaucusPriorities: Lowering the cost of living, per his campaign site · Securing the border, per his campaign site · Protecting the Everglades, per his campaign siteCampaign site →Deborah Ann Meidinger Hosey (No Party Affiliation)
Deborah Ann Meidinger Hosey appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-26, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
U.S. House - FL-27
2 candidatesEliott Rodriguez (Democratic)
Retired CBS News Miami anchor who spent about 40 years telling South Florida's story on television, per his campaign site and WLRN; he says he entered the race over the region's affordability crisis and immigration enforcement, writing that his own daughters built their lives in other cities because South Florida housing costs made staying unrealistic.Priorities: Making South Florida affordable through housing supply and insurance stability · Defending Social Security and Medicare · Investing in educationCampaign site →Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican)Incumbent
The district's representative since 2021 and previously an award-winning television journalist who reported across Latin America, per Local 10 News; she co-authored the Dignity Act to speed asylum processing and sided with Democrats seeking to extend temporary protected status for Haitians and Venezuelans, per Local 10, and her legislative wins include the Take It Down Act on nonconsensual intimate images.Priorities: Immigration reform through the Dignity Act · Small business and the economy · Public safetyCampaign site →
U.S. House - FL-28
3 candidatesPhil "Felipe" Ehr (Democratic)
Phil "Felipe" Ehr appears on the Democratic primary ballot for FL-28, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.Carlos A. Gimenez (Republican)Incumbent
Carlos Gimenez joined the Miami Fire Department in 1975 and spent 25 years as a firefighter-paramedic, rising to become the first Cuban American to serve as chief of the department, per his official House biography. He went on to be Miami city manager from 2000 to 2004, a Miami-Dade County commissioner, and county mayor from 2011 to 2020, and that biography says he was first elected to Congress in 2020 and is the onlPriorities: Supporting small businesses through economic and tax policy, per his official House issues page · Countering China as the nation's leading geopolitical adversary, per his official House issues page · Trade policy for South Florida, per his official House issues pageEddy Rojas (No Party Affiliation)
Eddy Rojas appears on the November ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-28, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
Statewide Ballot Measures
3 statewide measures are on Florida's 2026 ballot. Tap a measure for the plain-language summary.
Amendment 1: Budget Stabilization Fund
Increase the amount of funds that may be retained in the budget stabilization fund from 10% to 25% of general revenue collections, require the Legislature to transfer the lesser of $750 million or the amount required to reach 25% each year unless certain conditions are met, and allow the Legislature to withdraw funds for critical state needs..Constitutional amendment (legislative referral, HJR 5019)Full measures guide →Amendment 2: Exemption of Tangible Personal Property on Agricultural Land from Taxation
Exempt tangible personal property habitually located on land classified as agricultural, used in the production of agricultural products or for agritourism activities, and owned by the landowner or leaseholder, from ad valorem taxation. Would first apply for tax years beginning January 1, 2027..Constitutional amendment (legislative referral, CS/HJR 1215)Full measures guide →Amendment 3: Save Our Homes From Excessive Property Taxes
Exempt the first $250,000 of a homestead's value from taxation for all levies other than school district levies and require a schedule for full elimination; require local governments to use remaining property taxes solely for core public needs; limit future property tax assessments on businesses; and require new residents to maintain Florida residency for five years before receiving the increased homestead exemption. Would take effect January 1, 2027..Constitutional amendment (legislative referral, HJR 1F)Full measures guide →
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Palm Beach County
87 candidates- 87 tracked candidate profiles
- 28 office types represented
Volusia County
72 candidates- 72 tracked candidate profiles
- 33 races covered
Hillsborough
71 candidates- 71 tracked candidate profiles
- 51 office types represented
Orange County
36 candidates- 36 tracked candidate profiles
- 17 races covered
Duval
27 candidates- 27 tracked candidate profiles
- 27 office types represented
Collier County
25 candidates- 25 tracked candidate profiles
- 11 races covered
Escambia County
25 candidates- 25 tracked candidate profiles
- 10 races covered
Sarasota County
22 candidates- 22 tracked candidate profiles
- 10 races covered
Lee County
19 candidates- 19 tracked candidate profiles
- 9 races covered
Leon County
19 candidates- 19 tracked candidate profiles
- 10 races covered
Pasco County
19 candidates- 19 tracked candidate profiles
- 12 office types represented
Brevard County
17 candidates- 17 tracked candidate profiles
- 9 races covered
Broward
17 candidates- 17 tracked candidate profiles
- 14 office types represented
Hernando County
17 candidates- 17 tracked candidate profiles
- 7 races covered
Port St. Lucie city
17 candidates- 17 tracked candidate profiles
- 8 races covered
Flagler County
15 candidates- 15 tracked candidate profiles
- 8 office types represented
Marion County
15 candidates- 15 tracked candidate profiles
- 5 office types represented
Osceola County
15 candidates- 15 tracked candidate profiles
- 7 races covered
Manatee County
14 candidates- 14 tracked candidate profiles
- 7 races covered
Martin County
13 candidates- 13 tracked candidate profiles
- 5 races covered
Pinellas County
13 candidates- 13 tracked candidate profiles
- 7 races covered
Miami-Dade
12 candidates- 12 tracked candidate profiles
- 5 races covered
Seminole
12 candidates- 12 tracked candidate profiles
- 6 races covered
Polk County
11 candidates- 11 tracked candidate profiles
- 6 races covered
Miami Beach city
10 candidates- 10 tracked candidate profiles
- 2 office types represented
St Lucie County
10 candidates- 10 tracked candidate profiles
- 5 races covered
Lake County
5 candidates- 5 tracked candidate profiles
- 3 races covered
Putnam County
41 candidates- 41 tracked candidate profiles
- 25 office types represented
Monroe
32 candidates- 32 tracked candidate profiles
- 29 office types represented
Jacksonville city
22 candidates- 22 tracked candidate profiles
- 3 office types represented
Balance of Marion County
15 candidates- 15 tracked candidate profiles
- 5 office types represented
Balance of Seminole County
14 candidates- 14 tracked candidate profiles
- 7 office types represented
Balance of Orange County
13 candidates- 13 tracked candidate profiles
- 6 office types represented
Boca Raton city
12 candidates- 12 tracked candidate profiles
- 4 office types represented
Balance of Brevard County
10 candidates- 10 tracked candidate profiles
- 4 office types represented
Balance of Palm Beach County
10 candidates- 10 tracked candidate profiles
- 3 office types represented
Tampa city
9 candidates- 9 tracked candidate profiles
- 2 office types represented
Balance of Alachua County
7 candidates- 7 tracked candidate profiles
- 5 office types represented
Daytona Beach city
7 candidates- 7 tracked candidate profiles
- 5 office types represented
Miami Gardens city
7 candidates- 7 tracked candidate profiles
- 3 office types represented
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