Wellington, Florida sample ballot 2026

Jacob M. Noble is a trial attorney who began as an assistant public defender in Palm Beach County in 2004 and has run a private practice since 2007, per his campaign site and Town-Crier coverage.

Tonge has worked for nearly two decades as an assistant public defender in Florida's 15th Judicial Circuit, currently serving as chief of the Client Services and Felony Mental Health Division, per the campaign site. In that role she oversees cases involving competency and mental health issues and leads teams connecting people with community resources, per the campaign site. The Judicial Nominating Commission has recommended her for judicial appointment nine times, per the campaign site.

Blair J. Ciklin is the incumbent port commissioner and board chair, serving since 1977, and a first vice president at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, per the Port of Palm Beach official bios and the VOTE411 guide.

Serge D'Haiti is a certified public accountant who has run his own West Palm Beach firm since 2018, a former Florida Department of Revenue administrator and adjunct professor, per the VOTE411 guide and his campaign site.

Brian Lamb is a retired West Palm Beach Fire battalion chief with over 30 years in fire rescue; in July 2026 he was appointed to fill a vacant port board seat and is no longer an active candidate in this race, per Stet News and the VOTE411 guide.

Deandre J. Poole is the incumbent Group 5 port commissioner and board vice chair, elected in 2022, and a Florida Atlantic University communication instructor with a PhD from Howard, per the Port of Palm Beach directory and his campaign site.

Ted Sarandis is a former radio and TV talk show host and college basketball announcer who works in property management, a Syracuse graduate who retired from the State Guard as a major in 2024, per his campaign site.

Michael A. Caruso is a certified public accountant and former state representative appointed Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller by Gov. DeSantis in August 2025, per BocaNewsNow and Florida Jolt coverage. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Yvette Drucker is a Boca Raton city councilwoman who spent 13 years in human resources and strategic management at ADP TotalSource before entering politics, per Florida Politics and her campaign site.

Christina L. Romelus is a former Boynton Beach city commissioner and vice mayor, a former nurse who taught anatomy and physiology at Palm Beach State College, and now runs a government-affairs firm, per WLRN.

Daniel Zapata is a teacher with firsthand Palm Beach County classroom experience, per his campaign site.

John McGovern is an attorney with a Royal Palm Beach firm and a three-term Wellington Village Council member who has served as vice mayor, per Florida Politics and 1290 WJNO.

Widline Pierre is a mental health therapist and former county school counselor of more than nine years who serves on the district's diversity and equity committee, per 1290 WJNO and her campaign site.

Wanda Rosario-Schoenfeld is a career educator with 38 years in education, including principal of three Buffalo elementary schools, with a doctorate in educational leadership from SUNY Buffalo, per 1290 WJNO and her campaign site.

Douglas Richard Brown has more than a decade of professional accounting experience and is a student registered nurse at Keiser University, per the campaign site. Brown describes a regular presence in Palm Beach County's natural areas, including the Loxahatchee refuge and its levee trails, and meets the district's ten-year county residency qualification, per the campaign site.

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.