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2 candidates are tracked for Emerald Coast Utilities Authority District 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Lois Benson and Gloria Horning. Candidate information follows official Escambia County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
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.
Republican · Incumbent
Lois Benson is the sitting ECUA board member for District 2, on the utility board since 2004, per the authority's official board page.
Reported fundraising: $32,550 (county campaign-finance filings).
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.
Reported fundraising: $1,138 (county campaign-finance filings).