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Escambia County, Florida

Escambia County School Board District 1

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Decided at the 2026 primary — Kevin Adams won the seat

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.

Winner

Kevin Adams

Nonpartisan · Incumbent

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.

Reported fundraising: $15,745 (county campaign-finance filings).

Also ran in the primary

Erin Toler

Nonpartisan

Profile

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.

  • 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
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Candidate roster from official Escambia County Supervisor of Elections filings, last verified 2026-08-19. Bios and priorities carry their attribution inline.
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