Pinellas County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

This race was not on the August 18 primary ballot: with one Republican and one Democrat there was no primary, and incumbent Brian Scott and Tim Hughes meet on the November 3 general ballot.

• Tim Hughes · Democratic▾

  Tim Hughes is a retired environmental specialist who spent 20 years in watershed management for a Virginia public works department, per the Tampa Bay Beacon's qualifying report. He is conservation chair of the Suncoast Sierra Club and serves on Clearwater's community resiliency board, per his campaign site.

  Priorities: Preserve green space and fund parks and stormwater projects, per his campaign site · Convert aging mobile home parks into affordable condominiums, per his campaign site · Flood resilience and lower property insurance costs, per his campaign site

  Raised $10,210 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

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• Brian Scott · RepublicanIncumbent▾

  Brian Scott is president of Escot Bus Lines, a family-owned Pinellas transportation company, and the sitting District 2 commissioner, serving as board chairman in 2025, per his campaign site and the county's official board roster.

  Priorities: Reduce the millage rate and deliver property tax relief, per his campaign site · Storm resilience and infrastructure improvements, per his campaign site · Beach protection and renourishment, per his campaign site

  Raised $115,775 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

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August 18 primary result: incumbent Dave Eggers won the Republican primary with 78.5 percent (34,457 votes) over Anthony Ringelspaugh, per unofficial results, and advances to the November 3 ballot.

• Dave Eggers · RepublicanIncumbent▾

  

  Dave Eggers is a businessman and former mayor of Dunedin with an engineering degree from Duke and an MBA from Pitt, per his campaign site and the Tampa Bay Beacon. First elected to the commission in 2014, he is the sitting District 4 commissioner, per the county's official board roster.

  Priorities: Storm recovery and community resilience, per his campaign site · Reduce property taxes and cut wasteful spending, per his campaign site · Beach renourishment and support for law enforcement, veterans, and seniors, per his campaign site

  Raised $34,875 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

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This race was not on the August 18 primary ballot: with one Republican and one Democrat there was no primary, and incumbent Kathleen Peters and David Glenn Jr. meet on the November 3 general ballot.

• David Glenn Jr. · Democratic▾

  David Glenn Jr. is an architect and a qualified Democratic candidate for Pinellas County Commissioner District 6 on the 2026 ballot. His stated campaign priorities include carefully planned growth, workforce housing, and support for transit, libraries, and parks, per his campaign materials.

  Priorities: Planned growth and land use · Workforce and affordable housing · Transit, library, and parks funding

  Raised $11,515 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

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• Kathleen Peters · RepublicanIncumbent▾

  Kathleen Peters ran a local Pinellas business before entering public office, served six years in the Florida House, and has been the District 6 commissioner since 2018, per her campaign site and the Tampa Bay Beacon's qualifying report.

  Priorities: Behavioral health treatment reform, per her campaign site · Public safety and fiscal responsibility, per her campaign site · Environmental protection and critical infrastructure, per her campaign site

  Raised $139,775 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

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August 18 result: no candidate won a majority, so Dawn Peters (36.4 percent) and Curtis Campogni (34.8 percent) advance to a November 3 runoff, per unofficial results.

• Curtis Campogni▾

  Curtis Campogni is the founder of Speak4MC, which trains professionals in empathy-based communication and leadership; his Pinellas career includes work as a case manager, youth program director, and high school coach, per his campaign site. He is a first-time candidate, per the Tampa Bay Beacon.

  Priorities: Physically and emotionally safe schools, per his campaign site · Teacher recruitment and morale, per his campaign site · Addressing enrollment declines, per the Tampa Bay Beacon

  Raised $6,402 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

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• Dawn PetersIncumbent▾

  Dawn Peters is a businesswoman with a career in property management, elected to the school board in 2022 and now its vice chairperson, per her campaign site and the district's official board roster.

  Priorities: Diverse pathways: college, career-technical, trades, and military, per her campaign site · Transparency and responsible governance, per her campaign site · Support educators and keep students at the center, per her campaign site

  Raised $11,250 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

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UNCALLED: Nancy Nelis Bostock leads Amanda Lord 50.17 to 49.83 percent, a margin of about 140 votes that triggers a machine recount, per Spectrum Bay News 9. Both candidates are shown until the recount and canvass settle the outcome.

• Nancy Nelis Bostock▾

  

  Nancy Nelis Bostock runs a family chemical manufacturing lab, per the Tampa Bay Beacon's qualifying report, and previously served ten years on the Pinellas School Board and four years on the County Commission, per her campaign site.

  Priorities: Student success and academic outcomes, per her campaign site · School safety and secure learning environments, per her campaign site · Fiscal responsibility so each expenditure benefits students, per her campaign site

  Raised $31,046 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

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• Amanda Lord▾

  Amanda Lord has spent 24 years as a senior project manager at Franklin Templeton Investments and taught as an adjunct professor at St. Petersburg College; she is a North Shore Elementary PTA leader with two children in district schools, per her campaign site and the Tampa Bay Beacon.

  Priorities: Academic excellence, citing PTA leadership behind North Shore Elementary's A rating, per her campaign site · Teacher support and parental partnership, per her campaign site · Fiscal responsibility with project-management discipline, per her campaign site

  Raised $18,125 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

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• Ken Welch▾

  Listed from official election filings. The Ballot Brief has not yet researched a profile for this candidate; confirm the race and candidate with the official election office linked at the bottom of this page.
• Brandi Gabbard▾

  Listed from official election filings. The Ballot Brief has not yet researched a profile for this candidate; confirm the race and candidate with the official election office linked at the bottom of this page.
• Charlie Crist▾

  Listed from official election filings. The Ballot Brief has not yet researched a profile for this candidate; confirm the race and candidate with the official election office linked at the bottom of this page.

• Bianca Latvala · Republican▾

  Listed from official election filings. The Ballot Brief has not yet researched a profile for this candidate; confirm the race and candidate with the official election office linked at the bottom of this page.