Brooksville, Florida sample ballot 2026

Kathryn Birren is a small business owner and chair of the county Planning and Zoning Commission, per the Hernando Sun's candidate Q&A and qualifying-week coverage. Her campaign reports the largest fundraising total in the race, per Supervisor of Elections filings.

Silvia Dukes is a realtor and community volunteer with more than 20 years in the county, per the Hernando Sun's candidate Q&A.

Glenn has worked in the Medicare industry with seniors for six years and holds a business administration degree from Saint Leo University, per the campaign site. He is a lifelong Hernando County resident, per the campaign site.

Diane M. Greenwell is a longtime community volunteer with more than 10 years of volunteer service who qualified hours before the deadline after the incumbent withdrew from the race, per the Hernando Sun.

James Scavetta is a gun shop owner and 40-year county resident, per the Hernando Sun's candidate Q&A and his campaign site.

Jeff Holcomb works as a software consultant and college professor, holds degrees in economics and intelligence studies, and served eight years as a Hernando County Commissioner before being elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2022, per the campaign site. Holcomb is also a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserves with more than 20 years of service, per the campaign site.

Mark Johnson owns a private investigation agency and is the District 1 incumbent, first elected in 2014 and returned to the board in 2022, per the Hernando Sun's candidate Q&A.

Dana Lynne Pearce is the recently retired principal of F.W. Springstead High School with more than 30 years in education, per the Hernando Sun's candidate Q&A.

Shannon Rodriguez owns Dynasty Collision and Auto Repair in Weeki Wachee and is the District 3 incumbent and board vice chair, first elected in 2022, per the Hernando Sun's candidate Q&A.

Luciano Vignali has a background in human resources and operations and serves on his church vestry; he ran for county commission in 2024, per the Hernando Sun's candidate Q&A.

Kara Leigh Champion is a 2020 University of Central Florida graduate who lists the family business, American Gun and Pawn, as her primary source of income, per WUSF. She has a stepdaughter in Hernando County Schools and a young son, per the same source, and is running for the District 5 seat against incumbent Susan Duval. Kara Leigh Champion appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Hernando County School Board District 5, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Susan Duval is a career educator with a bachelor's in social science education, a master's in administration, and an educational specialist degree from USF; she is the District 5 incumbent, first elected in 2014, per the Hernando Sun's candidate Q&A. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

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.