Who is running for Pensacola Mayor in 2026?

The Pensacola Mayor race was decided at the 2026 primary - Darcy “D.C.” Reeves won the seat - and does not appear on the November 3, 2026 ballot. 6 candidates were on the primary ballot: Jasmine Brown, Ann Hill, Darcy “D.C.” Reeves, Eric Shorter, Alicia Trawick and Jermaine J. Williams. Candidate information follows official Escambia County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.

Escambia County, Florida

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Decided at the 2026 primary — Darcy “D.C.” Reeves won the seat

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.

Winner

Darcy “D.C.” Reeves

Nonpartisan · Incumbent

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.

2026 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

Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-08-19.

Reported fundraising: $124,505 (county campaign-finance filings).

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Also ran in the primary

Jasmine Brown

Nonpartisan

Profile

Jasmine Brown is a community organizer and lifelong Pensacola resident whose campaign centers on housing affordability, per WUWF's candidate coverage.

Ann Hill

Nonpartisan

Profile

Ann Hill is a former Pensacola City Council president who represented District 6 from 2018 to 2022, per her campaign site.

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

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Eric Shorter

Nonpartisan

Profile

Eric Shorter is a qualified candidate for Pensacola Mayor on Escambia County's 2026 ballot, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Alicia Trawick

Nonpartisan

Profile

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.

Jermaine J. Williams

Nonpartisan

Profile

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.

Mental health and public safety, per his campaign site
Housing investment and stability, per his campaign site
Honest leadership, per his campaign site

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Verify this race
Candidate roster from official Escambia County Supervisor of Elections filings, last verified 2026-08-19. Bios and priorities carry their attribution inline.
Cross-check with the official Florida Division of Elections, or see the full Escambia County sample ballot and your exact ballot by address.