Pahokee, Florida sample ballot 2026

Susan O'Rourke is a transportation engineer who rose to vice president at Kimley-Horn before running her own firm, O'Rourke Engineering and Planning, which she sold in 2024, per her VOTE411 profile.

Author, Realtor and chef Althea Wiley ran for the open Martin County Commission District 2 seat, per CBS12, campaigning on housing affordability and the cost of daily life for residents, per Hometown News. Althea Wiley was on the August 18, 2026 ballot for Martin County Commissioner District 2, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Business owner John Dial runs an international marine management and sales business and works as a Realtor, per WJNO 1290. He has lived in Martin County for more than two decades, raising his family and building businesses there, per his campaign site, and ran for the District 4 seat against incumbent Sarah Heard, per AOL. John Dial was on the August 18, 2026 ballot for Martin County Commissioner District 4, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Heard is a Martin County Commissioner with more than 24 years of public service, per the campaign site. She has worked on securing state and federal funding for the Indian River Lagoon South Plan, per the campaign site.

John Kazanjian had a 30-year law enforcement career spanning patrol, narcotics, and SWAT, and served as president of the Florida Police Benevolent Association, per his campaign site.

Christia Li Roberts is a Florida registered investment advisor since 1979 and a school board member since 2014, per her VOTE411 profile.

White brings a background in government and education to her campaign, saying it has shaped her understanding of constituent needs and problem-solving, per the campaign site.

Jackie Gary Clarke is a school paraprofessional and Florida Department of Health public health professional who founded Indiantown Community Outreach and served as Indiantown council member, vice mayor, and mayor, per her VOTE411 profile.

Jen Russell is the sitting District 3 school board member, on the board since 2022 including terms as chair and vice chair, with a background in the building supply industry and school administration, per her VOTE411 profile.

Anthony Anderson is an educator with more than 30 years in education, including roles as student advisor, occupational specialist, and civics teacher, per his VOTE411 profile.

Amy Pritchett is the incumbent District 4 school board member, retired from executive communications at Orange and Rockland Utilities, and an FSBA advanced certified board member, per her VOTE411 profile. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 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.