New Port Richey, Florida sample ballot 2026

Vazquez served in the United States Air Force and was raised in poverty, an experience she says shaped her, per the campaign site. She has led national efforts to combat human trafficking and is now running for Pasco County Commission District 2, per the campaign site.

Weightman is a small business owner and Pasco County native, per the campaign site. Governor DeSantis appointed him to the Southwest Florida Water Management District Board, where he voted twice to cut taxes, per the campaign site.

Lisa M. Yeager is a former director of Pasco County Schools' Teen Parent Program, preschool teacher, and Pasco-Hernando State College development officer, appointed to the commission by Gov. DeSantis after the previous commissioner's death, per Florida Politics and the Hernando Sun. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Collura is a former teacher and local businessman with expertise in school safety, per the campaign site. He is a Pasco County native and father who has focused his career on education and children's safety, per the campaign site.

Coward served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General corps and has worked as an attorney, educator, and guidance counselor, per the campaign site. She brings that background advocating for students and families to her school board campaign, per the campaign site.

Matt Geiger is an educator with 28 years of experience as a teacher, guidance counselor, principal, and district administrator, now school director for a residential soccer academy, per the Hernando Sun, his VOTE411 questionnaire, and the Tampa Bay Beacon. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Ward is a business leader with experience in early childhood education and family services, per the campaign site. Described on her site as a mom and grandmother, she has held several education leadership roles, per the campaign site.

Megan C. Harding is a certified educator with a master's in reading education who works as a substitute teacher and Saint Leo University adjunct professor; a former district elementary teacher, she is the incumbent, first elected in 2018, per her campaign site and the Tampa Bay Beacon.

Mandarin describes herself on her campaign site as a dedicated parent, community advocate, and entrepreneur, per the campaign site. A longtime school board meeting attendee, she has been active in education advocacy on issues facing students, teachers, and families, per the campaign site.

Gregory J. Fuher is a Navy veteran and senior manager with over 20 years of leadership across military, law enforcement, and executive roles, currently with Shellback Executive Consulting, per his VOTE411 questionnaire and campaign announcement. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Shanon R. Holm is on Pasco County's qualified candidate roster in the nonpartisan Mosquito Control Board Seat 2 race in the 2026 cycle, per Supervisor of Elections filings. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.

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.