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 · Convert aging mobile home parks into affordable condominiums · Flood resilience and lower property insurance costs (per the campaign site)
Raised $10,210 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
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 · Storm resilience and infrastructure improvements · Beach protection and renourishment (per the campaign site)
Raised $115,775 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
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 · Reduce property taxes and cut wasteful spending · Beach renourishment and support for law enforcement, veterans, and seniors (per the campaign site)
Raised $34,875 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
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
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 · Public safety and fiscal responsibility · Environmental protection and critical infrastructure (per the campaign site)
Raised $139,775 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
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
Dawn PetersIncumbent▾
Peters was elected to the Pinellas County School Board in November 2022 and serves as vice chairperson, per the campaign site. She works in property management, is a certified substitute preschool teacher, and has served as a PTA officer, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Diverse pathways: college, career-technical, trades, and military · Transparency and responsible governance · Support educators and keep students at the center (per the campaign site)
Raised $11,250 · per Supervisor of Elections filings
Nick DiCeglie (Republican), Karla Kemp (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Florida Senate District 18; Nick DiCeglie is the sitting member, per the Florida Senate' official roster. Major-party nominees were chosen at the August 18 primary or advanced unopposed; minor-party and no-party-affiliation candidates qualify directly for the November ballot. The field is the Florida Division of Elections' certified 2026 General Election candidate list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Nick DiCeglie · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Nick DiCeglie's occupation is listed as small business owner, according to the Florida Senate's official biography page, which also notes he served in the Florida House from 2018 to 2022 before his election to the Senate in 2022. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 11, 2026.
Karla Kemp · Democratic▾
Karla Kemp shifted her 2026 campaign from Florida's 13th Congressional District to Senate District 18 after the congressional map was redrawn, per Florida Politics. Nick DiCeglie in November.
Priorities: Directing taxpayer dollars to those who contribute rather than large corporations · Preserving local governments' authority over development decisions · Funding education, healthcare, homelessness services, veterans' needs and affordable housing (per the campaign site)
Adam C. Anderson (Republican), Wendy Hoy (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Florida House District 57; Adam C. Anderson is the sitting member, per the Florida House of Representatives' official roster. Major-party nominees were chosen at the August 18 primary or advanced unopposed; minor-party and no-party-affiliation candidates qualify directly for the November ballot. The field is the Florida Division of Elections' certified 2026 General Election candidate list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Adam C. Anderson · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Adam Anderson works as a financial planner and real estate investor and holds Florida State University degrees in real estate and finance, according to the Florida House's official member page. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 11, 2026.
Wendy Hoy · Democratic▾
Wendy Hoy is the Democratic candidate for Florida House District 57 in Pinellas County. She has worked as an assisted living administrator and a Head Start director, and has experience in education, home health and hospice care, according to her campaign site. She has also served as a guardian ad litem and a foster care charity board member.
Priorities: Lowering costs for Floridians and opposing government overreach into private decisions · Defending voting rights and local control over elections · Supporting public schools, libraries, and community services, and regulating data centers (per the campaign site)
Bryan Beckman (Democratic), Kimberly "Kim" Berfield (Republican) are on the November 3 ballot for Florida House District 58; Kimberly "Kim" Berfield is the sitting member, per the Florida House of Representatives' official roster. Major-party nominees were chosen at the August 18 primary or advanced unopposed; minor-party and no-party-affiliation candidates qualify directly for the November ballot. The field is the Florida Division of Elections' certified 2026 General Election candidate list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Bryan Beckman · Democratic▾
Bryan Beckman is a Democratic candidate for Florida House District 58 in Pinellas County. He earned a bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University in 1986 and serves as Executive Committee Chair of the Florida Suncoast Sierra Club, an environmental advocacy group, according to Florida Politics. No campaign website was found as of September 2026.
Priorities: Environmental and clean-energy advocacy through his work with the Sierra Club's Ready for 100 initiative, per Florida Politics
Kimberly "Kim" Berfield · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Kimberly "Kim" Berfield is the Republican candidate for Florida House District 58 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Florida Division of Elections' certified 2026 General Election candidate list. Kimberly "Kim" Berfield is a sitting member for the district, per the Florida House of Representatives' official roster. Kim Berfield has held healthcare leadership roles at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital and WellCare Health Plans and previously served as Deputy Secretary of the Florida Department of Health, according to her campaign site, which also notes her MBA from Northeastern University and bachelor's degree in communication from the University of Central Florida.
Priorities: Increasing criminal penalties for assault or battery on healthcare workers · Protections for vulnerable Floridians in end-of-life care decisions · Bringing state appropriations back to Pinellas County (per the campaign site)
Berny Jacques (Republican), Susan Rochelle Leff (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Florida House District 59; Berny Jacques is the sitting member, per the Florida House of Representatives' official roster. Major-party nominees were chosen at the August 18 primary or advanced unopposed; minor-party and no-party-affiliation candidates qualify directly for the November ballot. The field is the Florida Division of Elections' certified 2026 General Election candidate list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Berny Jacques · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Berny Jacques works as an attorney and previously served as an assistant state attorney in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, according to the Florida Department of State's Black History Task Force profile, which also notes his political science and history degree from Washington Adventist University and law degree from Stetson University College of Law.
Priorities: Protecting constitutional rights and liberties · Public safety, drawing on his background as a former prosecutor (per the campaign site)
Susan Rochelle Leff · Democratic▾
Susan Rochelle Leff is the Democratic candidate for Florida House District 59 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Florida Division of Elections' certified 2026 General Election candidate list. Leff, based in Largo, is the Democratic candidate for Florida House District 59 and has been endorsed by the Pinellas County Democratic Party for the November 3, 2026 general election, per Pinellas County Democratic Party endorsements page. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 11, 2026.
Lindsay Polega-Quigley (Democratic), Melissa Rutland (Republican) are on the November 3 ballot for Florida House District 60. Not on the November ballot: Lindsay Cross, the sitting member per the roster. Major-party nominees were chosen at the August 18 primary or advanced unopposed; minor-party and no-party-affiliation candidates qualify directly for the November ballot. The field is the Florida Division of Elections' certified 2026 General Election candidate list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Lindsay Polega-Quigley · Democratic▾
Lindsay Polega-Quigley is a Pinellas County attorney who has worked on behalf of families dealing with insurance companies, per her campaign site. She entered the open House District 60 race with the endorsement of outgoing Rep. Lindsay Cross, per Florida Politics.
Priorities: Standing up to insurance companies and utility monopolies · Ending pay-to-play influence in Tallahassee · Funding public schools and expanding affordable healthcare access (per the campaign site)
Melissa Rutland · Republican▾
Melissa Rutland has worked nearly three decades in real estate development and investment in Pinellas County, beginning her career at Raymond James before founding her own firm. She served as the first woman chair of the St. Petersburg Development Review Commission. She is the Republican candidate for the open Florida House District 60 seat, left by Democratic Rep. Lindsay Cross, and faces Lindsay Polega-Quigley in November, per her campaign site and Florida Politics.
Priorities: Help for struggling families and smart infrastructure · Strengthening education · Clean water and a resilient coast (per the campaign site)
Linda Chaney (Republican), May Thach (Democratic) are on the November 3 ballot for Florida House District 61; Linda Chaney is the sitting member, per the Florida House of Representatives' official roster. Major-party nominees were chosen at the August 18 primary or advanced unopposed; minor-party and no-party-affiliation candidates qualify directly for the November ballot. The field is the Florida Division of Elections' certified 2026 General Election candidate list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Linda Chaney · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Linda Chaney's occupation is listed as marketing and business development, and she holds a University of South Florida degree in mass communications, according to the Florida House's official biography page, which also notes she previously served as a St. Pete Beach City Commissioner from 2007 to 2009. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 11, 2026.
May Thach · Democratic▾
May Thach is the Democratic candidate for Florida House District 61 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Florida Division of Elections' certified 2026 General Election candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 11, 2026.
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