Palm Coast, Florida sample ballot 2026

Attorney and law-firm partner (Lesak, Hamilton, Calhoun & Pontieri) practicing business litigation and family law, per her FlaglerLive Live Interview; currently a Palm Coast City Council member, described as Vice Mayor of Palm Coast in her Supervisor of Elections candidate statement.

Navy veteran, tradesman and retired firefighter, per his Supervisor of Elections (VoterFocus) candidate statement; FlaglerLive's Tiger Bay forum recap describes him as a veteran and union member. Independent Party of Florida candidate. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

About 30 years in banking, including due-diligence auditing for Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch and internal investigations for JPMorgan Chase; currently a fraud strategist for a large Canadian bank while serving as county commissioner, per her FlaglerLive Live Interview. Described as County Commission chair in FlaglerLive's Tiger Bay forum recap.

Cathy Moon is a retired federal executive with roughly 30 years of government service, rising from letter carrier to executive roles at the U.S. Postal Service and later a supervisory business and industry specialist at NIST; managed a $280 million budget, per her FlaglerLive Live Interview and SOE candidate statement.

Jill R. Woolbright is a retired educator who taught 28 years in Flagler County Schools, per her Supervisor of Elections candidate statement; former School Board member (2020-2022) defeated in 2022, per FlaglerLive. She declined FlaglerLive's 2026 Live Interview.

First-term incumbent School Board member elected in 2022, who has served as board chairman for two years and is currently vice chair, per his Supervisor of Elections candidate statement and FlaglerLive; his personal website (willfurry.com) identifies him as a Realtor and broker associate with over 30 years in real estate. He declined FlaglerLive's 2026 Live Interview.

Air Force veteran (F-15 crew chief, ~11 years) with an MBA who leads the leaders managing program faculty at Western Governors University's School of Business and owns an exterior cleaning business, per his FlaglerLive Live Interview and SOE candidate statement; prior roles include Target logistics executive and federal-contract facilitator.

Owner of Sun Country Pest Control and Shoreline Pest Control (merged January 2026), per his FlaglerLive Live Interview; previously ran an educational consulting business working with low-performing Duval County schools. Served on the School Board 2010-2022 before losing in 2022; not the incumbent. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Christy Chong is chair of the Flagler County School Board and works as a family nurse practitioner, per the campaign site. Chong is a parent of children enrolled in Flagler Schools and is running for reelection to the school board, District 4, per the campaign site.

Self-employed owner of Amaral Homes and Pools (construction) and a property management/real estate company, per his FlaglerLive Live Interview; his SOE candidate statement lists state licenses as certified building, pool and roofing contractor and real estate broker, and past presidency of the Flagler Home Builders Association. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Jeani Duarte is a retired business owner who formerly owned a bakery and managed rental properties in Palm Coast, per her FlaglerLive Live Interview; her SOE candidate statement says she worked as a dispatcher for the Flagler County Sheriff's Office until June 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Darlene Shelley has worked 25 years as an operations manager for a corporation and 10 years managing a family garden business, per the campaign site. Shelley holds an associate's degree in human resource management and is running for Palm Coast City Council, District 4, per the campaign site.

UCF political science graduate from a military family who works with deaf/blind students and previously managed large remodeling operations, per FlaglerLive's Tiger Bay forum recap; her SOE candidate statement cites leadership experience managing teams and budgets across multiple states.

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.