August 18 primary result: incumbent Mike Kohler won the closed Republican primary over Glenn Dorsey, per WUWF, and meets Democrat Mathious Robinson on the November 3 ballot, where the qualified write-in line also prints. Results are unofficial until the county canvass.
Mike Kohler · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Mike Kohler is the sitting District 2 commissioner, a retired Navy captain with 33 years of service and a Florida registered nurse of more than 34 years, per the county's official roster and his campaign site; he chaired the commission from 2024 to 2025.
Priorities: Maintain low taxes, per his campaign site · Strong public safety, with pay increases already voted for firefighters and first responders, per his campaign site · Four-lane Gulf Beach Hwy and Sorrento Road to Blue Angel Hwy, per his campaign site
Raised $77,139 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Campaign site →Mathious Robinson · Democratic▾
Mathious Robinson is the sole Democratic qualifier in District 2 and advances directly to the November 3 ballot, per the Supervisor of Elections' certified list.
Raised $930 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
November-only race: one Republican and one no-party candidate qualified, so there is no August contest. Decided November 3, per the Supervisor of Elections' certified list.
Ashlee Hofberger · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Ashlee Hofberger is the sitting District 4 commissioner and county board chair, appointed by the governor in October 2024 and elected that November, per the county's official roster; a Pensacola native, UWF alumna and co-founder of The Wash Room laundromat chain, per her campaign site.
Priorities: Strengthen public safety and first responders with more funding and modern equipment, per her campaign site · Streamline government and cut permitting and zoning red tape for small business, per her campaign site · Responsible fiscal management and smart infrastructure investment, including OLF-8 and Bay Center upgrades, per her campaign site
Raised $97,375 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Campaign site →Joe Vinson · No Party Affiliation▾
Joe Vinson is a Pensacola historian and founder of the Pensapedia community encyclopedia with a master's degree in public history, and a lifelong no-party-affiliation voter, per Rick's Blog.
Priorities: Open, transparent government, per his remarks quoted in Rick's Blog · Long-term stewardship of major county decisions, including the future of the Bay Center, per his remarks quoted in Rick's Blog
Raised $36,228 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
DECIDED August 18: incumbent D.C. Reeves won reelection outright with 53.5 percent in the six-candidate field, clearing the city's majority threshold, per WUWF; there is no November runoff.
Jasmine Brown▾
Jasmine Brown is a community organizer and lifelong Pensacola resident whose campaign centers on housing affordability, per WUWF's candidate coverage.
Raised $11,389 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Ann Hill▾
Ann Hill is a former Pensacola City Council president who represented District 6 from 2018 to 2022, per her campaign site.
Priorities: Restore reliable basic city services and live within the city's means, per her campaign site · Free downtown parking, per her campaign site · Protect parks and expand public waterfront access, per her campaign site
Raised $8,428 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Campaign site →Darcy “D.C.” ReevesIncumbent▾
Darcy “D.C.” Reeves is the founder of Perfect Plain Brewing Co. and Pensacola's sitting mayor, elected in 2022 as the city's youngest mayor in over a century, per the city's official site and his campaign site.
Priorities: Public safety: continued investment in police and firefighters, per his campaign site · Attainable housing so the workforce can live where they work, per his campaign site · Attracting high-quality jobs, per his campaign site
Raised $124,505 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Campaign site →Eric Shorter▾
Eric Shorter is a qualified candidate for Pensacola Mayor on Escambia County's 2026 ballot, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.
Raised $22,483 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Alicia Trawick▾
Alicia Trawick is a disaster recovery and local government consultant and Pensacola native who wants to replace the strong-mayor system with council-manager government, per WUWF.
Raised $29,254 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Jermaine J. Williams▾
Jermaine J. Williams is a behavioral health professional, filmmaker and certified recovery peer specialist who takes 988 crisis line calls, per WUWF; his platform frames homelessness and public safety through a recovery and public health lens.
Priorities: Mental health and public safety, per his campaign site · Housing investment and stability, per his campaign site · Honest leadership, per his campaign site
Raised $16,374 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
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DECIDED August 18: incumbent Kevin Adams won outright with 60.9 percent over Erin Toler, per WUWF. This race will not appear on the November 3 ballot.
Kevin AdamsIncumbent▾
Kevin Adams holds the District 1 school board seat and retired in 2019 after 38 years with the Department of Defense, last at Naval Facilities Engineering Command, NAS Whiting Field, per the district's official board page.
Raised $15,745 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Erin Toler▾
Erin Toler is a former band director at Woodham Middle School and Escambia County educator whose campaign centers on arts education and teacher support, per her campaign site.
Priorities: Keep partisan politics out of classrooms, per her campaign site · Consistent, protected funding for arts programs and STEAM education in every school, per her campaign site · Teacher retention and recruitment with fair pay, mentoring and streamlined paperwork, per her campaign site
Raised $9,335 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
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DECIDED August 18: incumbent Paul Fetsko won outright with 66 percent over Gerald Washington, per WUWF. This race will not appear on the November 3 ballot.
Paul FetskoIncumbent▾
Paul Fetsko is a retired Navy veteran and educator who has held the District 2 seat since 2019 and previously served six years on the district's Half-Cent Sales Tax Watchdog Committee, per The Florida Trib.
Priorities: Expand the K-8 school model to keep families engaged with public schools, per his interview with The Florida Trib · Recover funding lost to vouchers and secure sustainable funding with legislators, per his interview with The Florida Trib
Raised $2,250 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Gerald Washington▾
Gerald Washington is a sanitation equipment operator for the City of Pensacola, a lifelong Pensacola resident and former Brent Athletics head coach now studying legal studies at UWF, per The Florida Trib.
Priorities: Pledges 20% of his board salary annually to sponsor student programs, per his campaign site · A Workforce Innovation Campus linking students to technology, healthcare and trade careers, per his campaign site · Teacher retention through better compensation and job security, per his campaign site
Raised $4,250 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
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DECIDED August 18: incumbent David Williams won outright with 59.2 percent over Isaac Williams, per WUWF. Escambia voters also approved returning to an elected school superintendent starting in 2028, 71 to 29 percent.
David Williams IIncumbent▾
David Williams is a retired educator with 35 years in Escambia schools as a teacher, coach, assistant principal and principal, on the board since 2022 with a doctorate from UWF, per his campaign site and the district's official board page.
Priorities: Data-driven school improvement plans with student achievement as the overall goal, per his campaign site · A cradle-to-college and career continuum, per his campaign site · Community partnerships with mentors, law enforcement, health services and afterschool care, per his campaign site
Raised $25,470 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Campaign site →Isaac Williams▾
Isaac Williams is the pastor of Greater True Vine Baptist Church since 2004 and a retired 23-year Marine Corps chief warrant officer who later worked as a chaplain supervisor with the Florida Department of Corrections, per The Florida Trib.
Priorities: Opposes book banning, per his interview with The Florida Trib · More funding for early education so students succeed by third grade, per his interview with The Florida Trib · Teacher funding so educators stop paying out of pocket for supplies, per his interview with The Florida Trib
Raised $32,166 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Nonpartisan City of Pensacola race on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the certified field and local election coverage. Only voters inside city limits vote in this race.
Charles BareIncumbent▾
Charles Bare is the chief executive of Keep Pensacola Beautiful and the sitting District 2 councilman elected in 2022, previously the council's last at-large member from 2012 to 2016, per the city's official website.
Raised $4,650 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Sherri Myers▾
Sherri Myers is a qualified candidate for Pensacola City Council District 2 on Escambia County's 2026 ballot, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.
Raised $2,990 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Nonpartisan City of Pensacola race on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the certified field and local election coverage. Only voters inside city limits vote in this race.
Brian Cole▾
Brian Cole is a licensed contractor in property restoration, youth sports coach and former volunteer firefighter, a lifelong Pensacola resident endorsed by the city's police and firefighter unions, per his campaign site.
Priorities: Restore first-responder readiness and replace aging police and fire equipment, per his campaign site · Expand affordable housing through restoration and Land Development Code reform, per his campaign site · Grow local jobs through economic gardening and cutting red tape for small businesses, per his campaign site
Raised $12,590 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Campaign site →Boyce T. White▾
Boyce T. White is a qualified candidate for Pensacola City Council District 4 on Escambia County's 2026 ballot, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.
Raised $25,665 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
November-only race: one Republican and one independent qualified, so there is no August contest, per the certified field. ECUA is the county's water and sanitation utility; only District 2 voters vote in this race.
Lois Benson · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Lois Benson is the sitting ECUA board member for District 2, on the utility board since 2004, per the authority's official board page.
Raised $32,550 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Gloria Horning · Independent▾
Gloria Horning is an environmental justice advocate with a Ph.D. who founded Higher Ground Pensacola in 2018 to fight flooding and overdevelopment in Pensacola's historic Tanyard neighborhood, per the Anthropocene Alliance member profile.
Raised $1,138 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
November-only race with at most one qualifier per party, per the certified field. This is an open seat: the sitting member's term expires in November 2026 and he is not on the ballot, per the authority's official board page. Only District 4 voters vote in this race.
Jacob Cavender · Democratic▾
Jacob Cavender is a qualified Democratic candidate for Emerald Coast Utilities Authority District 4 on Escambia County's 2026 ballot, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.
Greg Litton · Republican▾
Greg Litton played professional baseball for 12 years before working in the jewelry, mortgage and financial industries and on water damage restoration, by his own account at the Pensacola Beach Chamber candidate forum, per Island Times.
Priorities: Keep rates down and provide the best service possible, per his forum remarks reported by Island Times · Maintain infrastructure to prevent water damage, prioritizing beach piping projects, per his forum remarks reported by Island Times
Raised $10,700 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Ralph Schofield, Jr. · No Party Affiliation▾
Ralph Schofield, Jr. is a lawyer of 17 years focused on public health who counsels the Escambia County Health Department and serves on the Pensacola Environmental Advisory Board, by his own account at the Pensacola Beach forum, per Island Times.
Priorities: Reliable service and responsible stewardship of the environment, per his forum remarks reported by Island Times · Proactive modernization of aging infrastructure instead of reactive patching, per his forum remarks reported by Island Times
Raised $500 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
