Ormond Beach, Florida sample ballot 2026

Nancy J. Miller has served as mayor of Daytona Beach Shores since 2018, per local election reporting. She was a qualified candidate for the open at-large County Council seat in the August 18, 2026 primary.

Mike Poniatowski spent more than four decades in Volusia County public safety as a firefighter, deputy sheriff, paramedic, flight medic, and ambulance operations director, per his campaign materials. He was a qualified candidate for the open at-large County Council seat in the August 18, 2026 primary.

Damien Curry is a Navy veteran, Volusia County lifeguard and owner of Garden Boys Landscaping, per the Ormond Beach Observer. He has lived in Ormond Beach since 2024, per the same source. Damien Curry was on the August 18, 2026 ballot for Ormond Beach Mayor, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

George Doran is a deputy chief at the Cross Creek Volunteer Fire Department in Alachua County, with part-time roles at Island Doctors and Daytona International Speedway as a firefighter, per the Ormond Beach Observer. He is a former U.S. Army National Guard member who completed two tours in Afghanistan and previously served four years on the Julington Creek Plantation Community Development District board in St. Johns County, per the same source. He has lived in Ormond Beach for about three years, per the Observer. George Doran was on the August 18, 2026 ballot for Ormond Beach Mayor, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Jason Leslie is the sitting mayor of Ormond Beach, elected in 2024, per the city's official roster, and a recipient of the Florida League of Cities' 2025 Home Rule Hero Award, per his VOTE411 responses.

Lori Tolland is a registered nurse serving as Zone 1 city commissioner since 2022 and current deputy mayor, with six prior years on the Planning Board and 24 on the parks advisory board, per her campaign site.

Alan Burton owns Burton Valuation, a real estate appraisal business, and previously served as the City of Ormond Beach's Leisure Services director, per the Ormond Beach Observer. He has lived in Ormond Beach since 1996 and served on the Volusia Soil and Water Conservation District board from 2014 to 2016, per the same source. Alan Burton was on the August 18, 2026 ballot for Ormond Beach Commission Zone 1, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Melissa DeVriese is a lifelong Ormond Beach resident with a background in law and business who runs a company with more than 370 employees, and a past Junior League president and Easterseals chair, per her campaign site and VOTE411 responses.

Coleen McMahon is a registered nurse who also holds a broker license, per the Ormond Beach Observer. She moved to Ormond Beach in 2023, after also living there from 2000 to 2006, per the same source. Coleen McMahon was on the August 18, 2026 ballot for Ormond Beach Commission Zone 1, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Travis Sargent has worked in the insurance industry for more than 20 years at Foundation Risk Partners and is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, per the Ormond Beach Observer. He has served as the Zone 2 city commissioner since 2022 and is seeking a third term, per the same source. Travis Sargent appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Ormond Beach Commission Zone 2, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Kristin Deaton is a sales manager and loan originator at Guild Mortgage, per her Ormond Beach Observer candidate letter. She is a lifelong Ormond Beach resident and Seabreeze High School graduate who serves on the city's Crime Stoppers board, per the Observer. Kristin Deaton appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Ormond Beach Commission Zone 3, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Ted Rhodes is a 28-year Army veteran with service in the Iraq War who owns rental properties in Arizona, per the Ormond Beach Observer. He previously worked on three congressional campaigns and served in a public information unit while stationed in Baghdad, and moved to Ormond Beach from Phoenix, Arizona in 2022, per the same source. Ted Rhodes appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Ormond Beach Commission Zone 3, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Bobak has lived in the Ormond Beach community for nearly 28 years and has been actively involved in neighborhood issues over the past two years, per the campaign site.

Harold Briley is a real estate agent with Realty Pros Assured, per the Ormond Beach Observer. Born and raised in Ormond Beach, he served 21 years on the city's Planning Board before his election to the City Commission's Zone 4 seat in 2022, per his Observer candidate letter. Harold Briley appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Ormond Beach Commission Zone 4, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Beery is a former teacher with classroom and school administration experience, and also has business leadership experience, per the campaign site.

Jamie Michele Haynes holds the District 1 seat on the Volusia County School Board, where she has served since 2018 and is the board's vice chair, per the district's official board roster. She was a qualified candidate for reelection in the August 18, 2026 primary.

Grace Kellermeier taught 18 years at New Smyrna Beach High School, was Volusia's 2015 Teacher of the Year, and spent nine years in the district curriculum office, per her News 6 questionnaire.

Jessie Thompson holds the District 3 seat on the Volusia County School Board, where she has served since 2022 and is the board's chair, per the district's official board roster; she is the only member with children in district schools, per her News 6 questionnaire.

Dean Condon is a nonprofit executive, per local election reporting on the qualified field. He was a qualified candidate for School Board District 5 on the August 18, 2026 ballot.

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.