Milton, Florida sample ballot 2026

Jeff Ates is a sixth-generation Santa Rosa County resident with decades of experience in land management, earthworks and infrastructure projects, per his campaign site and his candidate statement filed with the Supervisor of Elections.

Jeff Snow served eight years on the Milton City Council for Ward 3 and six years on the county Tourist Development Council, including one year as chairman, per South Santa Rosa News.

Casper Pittman is a business owner with more than 40 years operating three businesses, including 30 years as a marine contractor, per his campaign site.

Dean Light retired from the U.S. Air Force after 26 years and owns Pik-itz Art & Antiques in Navarre with his wife, per his candidate statement filed with the Supervisor of Elections and WUWF.

Ray Eddington is the sitting District 4 commissioner, first elected in 2022, and moved to Navarre after a career in Chattanooga, Tennessee, per WUWF and the county's commissioner page.

Linda Sanborn is a retired teacher with 35 years in the classroom, 28 of them at Milton High School, and co-owner of Adventures Unlimited Outdoor Center, per the Florida Trib and the school district's board page.

David Farrow owned and operated businesses for more than four decades, including an appliance repair store, and served in the U.S. Army, per the Florida Trib.

Carol Boston holds a business and marketing degree from Kent State University and has served on the Santa Rosa County School Board since 2014, per her campaign site.

Jill Broxson Teston is a real estate specialist with a background in medical sales and insurance, a fifth-generation Santa Rosa County resident and a parent of four in the county's schools, per her campaign site and South Santa Rosa News.

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.