Pensacola, Florida sample ballot 2026

Adams holds dual degrees in Accounting Technology and Business Administration from Pensacola State College and has 38 years of experience within the Department of Defense in financial management, facilities management and contract compliance monitoring, per his campaign site. He is a 56-year Escambia County resident and currently chairs the Escambia County School Board, per his campaign site.

Erin Toler is a lifelong resident of Escambia County and a graduate of its public schools who previously worked as a teacher in the district, per the campaign site. Toler is running for the Escambia County School Board seat representing District 1, per the campaign site.

Fetsko is a US Navy veteran and life-long educator who served the Escambia County School System for almost 46 years, including 12 years as Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction from 2000 to 2012, per his campaign site. He is currently the District 2 School Board Member and holds degrees from Lenore Rhyne University and a master's degree from Troy University, per his campaign site.

David Williams is a retired educator with 35 years in Escambia schools as a teacher, coach, assistant principal and principal, on the board since 2022 with a doctorate from UWF, per his campaign site and the district's official board page.

Isaac Williams is the pastor of Greater True Vine Baptist Church since 2004 and a retired 23-year Marine Corps chief warrant officer who later worked as a chaplain supervisor with the Florida Department of Corrections, per The Florida Trib.

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.