Cocoa, Florida sample ballot 2026

Tucker has more than 30 years of legal experience in government and private practice, including work at the Kentucky Court of Appeals, SunTrust Bank, the Office of the Public Defender, and the Department of Children and Families, per the campaign site. Tucker founded a Brevard County law firm in 2004, has tried more than 25 jury trials in the county, and served as president of the Brevard County Bar Association in 2011, per the campaign site.

Randall May, known as Randy May, has more than 40 years of experience in marine, rail, and terminal port operations dating to 1981, per his campaign site. He founded R&L May Steamship Agency and later Ambassador Services, and is now an investor in cargo terminal operator Enstructure, per his campaign site. The Propeller Club of Port Canaveral named him its 2025 Maritime Person of the Year, per Space Coast Daily. Randall May was on the August 18, 2026 ballot for Canaveral Port Authority Commissioner District 5, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Gibson, known as Coach Tara Gibson, has a background in sports coaching and experience serving students, families and educators, per the campaign site.

Wright founded and operated a home health agency for more than a decade specializing in care for people with developmental disabilities, per the campaign site. Wright is a lifelong Brevard County resident and Brevard Public Schools graduate who was elected to the school board in 2022, per the campaign site.

Kyle Savage is a U.S. Army veteran and former 5th-6th grade math and science teacher, now working in IT, per his Space Coast Rocket candidate questionnaire. He was a qualified candidate on the August 18, 2026 nonpartisan ballot.

Gene Trent is the incumbent District 2 school board member, elected in 2022, with more than 20 years as a classroom educator, per local election reporting. He was a qualified candidate on the August 18, 2026 nonpartisan ballot.

Dennis holds a degree in education, has been a military spouse for 35 years, and served more than four years on an independent citizen oversight committee reviewing school facility funding, per the campaign site. Dennis is a lifelong Brevard County resident and mother of four who has raised children across six public school systems, per the campaign site.

McCormack has more than 20 years of classroom experience as a Brevard County educator and is also a parent in the district, 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.