Altamonte Springs, Florida sample ballot 2026

Sylvia Grunor is a sitting Seminole County judge seeking to keep the seat, per her campaign materials and local election reporting. She was a qualified candidate on the August 18, 2026 nonpartisan ballot.

Nathan Skop is an attorney and former Assistant State Attorney in Seminole County's 18th Judicial Circuit, per his campaign site. He holds a JD, an MBA and a BS in aerospace engineering and has been a Florida Bar member for more than 19 years, per the ClickOrlando 2026 Voter's Guide. He previously served as a commissioner on the Florida Public Service Commission and was raised in Seminole County, per his campaign site. Nathan Skop was on the August 18, 2026 ballot for Seminole County Court Judge, Group 3, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Alena Chaban is an attorney who co-founded a Seminole County law firm in 2021, per her campaign site. Her practice covers family law, criminal defense, traffic law and estate planning, per the ClickOrlando 2026 Voter's Guide, with litigation focused on parental rights and custody disputes, and she volunteers as a Guardian ad Litem, per her campaign site. Alena Chaban appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Seminole County Court Judge, Group 6, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Wayne Culver serves as Seminole County Court Judge, Division S Civil, having been elected in 2020, per the 18th Judicial Circuit's official biography. He previously worked as an Assistant State Attorney, in private practice, and as an Assistant Public Defender, all in the 18th Judicial Circuit, per the same source. He holds a B.A. in History from the University of Central Florida and a J.D. from Suffolk University School of Law, per the 18th Judicial Circuit. Wayne Culver appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Seminole County Court Judge, Group 6, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Amy Lockhart is the sitting Seminole County Commissioner and previously chaired the Seminole County School Board, per the campaign site. She has worked for the Seminole County Board of County Commissioners since 2004 and earlier ran her own marketing and sales consulting business, per the campaign site.

Charline L. Santos works as a strategist for an advertising firm and previously worked as a realtor, per the Oviedo Community News. She has served as chair of the diversity committee for the Seminole County Democratic Party, per the Oviedo Community News. She is running for the Seminole County Commission District 4 seat, per her campaign site. Charline L. Santos appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Seminole County Commissioner District 4, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Kristine Kraus is the sitting Seminole County School Board member for District 1, first elected in 2018, and previously worked as a preschool teacher, per the campaign site. She is the mother of four children who attended Seminole County Public Schools, per the campaign site.

Antonio Pizza is a recent graduate of Paul J. Hagerty High School and a current University of Central Florida student, per the campaign site. He is an Eagle Scout who moved to Florida at age 14, per the campaign site.

Joshua Memminger has spent nearly 20 years working with students, families, and community organizations in Seminole County, including as a School Resource Officer and supervisor of the district's School Resource Unit, per the campaign site. He also coaches youth football and has led the Police Explorers Program for more than a decade, per the campaign site.

Holton Mills chairs the Foundation for Seminole County Public Schools, per local election reporting. He was a qualified candidate on the August 18, 2026 nonpartisan ballot.

Newsome worked as a sales manager in the chemical sector for companies including Engelhard Corporation, BASF and Vantage Specialty Chemicals, conducting business across the United States, Europe and Asia, per the campaign site. He is a former U.S. Army military intelligence officer and ordained minister who holds degrees including an MBA and a doctorate in theology, per the campaign site.

Angie Nixon is a Florida state representative from Jacksonville, a union organizer and a mother, per the campaign site. She is executive director of Florida for All, a statewide coalition, and runs a bookstore and community hub in Jacksonville, per the campaign site. The campaign site says she expanded child care in the State House and led the fight against the state's new voting maps, per the campaign site.

Donalds is a member of Congress representing Florida's 19th District since January 2021, per the chamber's membership roster. Before Congress, he worked in the finance, insurance and banking industries in Southwest Florida and served in the Florida House of Representatives, where he chaired the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee and led the effort to enact Hope Scholarships for school choice, per the campaign site. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from Florida State University in 2002, per the campaign site.

• Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
• Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
• Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
• Voted yes on the November 2025 funding agreement that ended the government shutdown, which passed the House 222-209 in November 2025. Supported
• Voted yes on the September 2025 stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-212 in September 2025. Supported
• Voted yes on the March 2025 full-year stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-213 in March 2025. Supported

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. His campaign emphasizes affordability, property insurance reform, public schools, and ending one-party control of Tallahassee.

Jose Javier Rodriguez is an attorney, a former Florida state representative and state senator from Miami, and a former U.S. assistant secretary of labor, per the campaign site. His campaign says he would focus the office on crime, costs and corruption and serve as an independent-minded enforcer of the law, per the campaign site.

Annette Taddeo is a Florida state senator, the first Latina Democrat elected to the Florida State Senate, first elected in a 2017 special election, per the campaign site.

Simpson is a fifth-generation Floridian and lifelong farmer who operates a large-scale egg-laying operation supplying Florida supermarkets, per the campaign site. He currently serves as Florida's Agriculture Commissioner and previously served in the state Senate, per the campaign site.

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. His platform focuses on grocery costs, local farmers, and affordability.