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Who is on the ballot in 33955?

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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8 races and 3 ballot questions in your ZIP preview.

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County and municipal contests depend on your exact address: use the address lookup below for the full slate. Every race links to official sources on the Florida voter hub.

U.S. House

ZIP 33955 spans District 17 and District 19, so your U.S. House race depends on your street address. Enter a full address to pin down your district, or browse both fields on the Florida hub.

U.S. Senate
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Ashley Moody
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Ashley Moody is Florida's sitting U.S. senator, per the campaign site. She is a fifth-generation Floridian raised in Plant City, per the campaign site. She was elected a Thirteenth Judicial Circuit judge in Hillsborough County in 2006 and later served as Florida's 38th attorney general, per the campaign site. She was sworn into the U.S. Senate on January 21, 2025, after being appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, per the campaign site. The campaign site lists no issues as of October 13, 2026, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Law enforcement and public safety
  • Consumer protection and fraud enforcement
  • Human trafficking and opioid response
Campaign Finance
$8,400,000 raised · top industries: Lawyers/Law Firms, Real Estate, Retired
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the Senate 50-50 in July 2025 with the Vice President breaking the tie. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the Senate 77-20 in October 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the November 2025 funding agreement that ended the government shutdown, which passed the Senate 60-40 in November 2025. Supported
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Neil J. Gillespie
Biography
Neil J. Gillespie is a no-party-affiliation candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. Senate in Florida, per the Florida Division of Elections' certified candidate list.
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Angie Nixon
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Medicare for All
  • Universal child care and pre-K
  • Quality public education
Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Byron Donalds
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Lower property taxes, insurance costs, and cost of living
  • Continue conservative education and parental-rights policy
  • Keep Florida's economy and job growth strong
Campaign Finance
$90,000,000 raised · top industries: Friends of Byron Donalds political committee, Individual donors (about 37,000 contributions)
Key voting record
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
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David Jolly
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Tackle Florida's property-insurance and affordability crisis
  • Invest in public schools and teachers
  • Restore balance and accountability to state government
Campaign Finance
$5,000,000 raised · top industries: Individual donors, Jolly political committee
Attorney General
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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James Uthmeier
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
James Uthmeier is Florida's incumbent attorney general and the Republican candidate in the 2026 election. Appointed in February 2025 after serving as Governor DeSantis's chief of staff, he is seeking a full term. Per the state qualifying list, he and Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez advance directly to the November ballot. No 2026 campaign site was found as of October 15, 2026; jamesuthmeier.com redirects to a parked page.
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Jose Javier Rodriguez
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Crime: protect Florida's kids, seniors and homes and support public safety
  • Costs: rein in utilities, Big Insurance, corporate landlords and wage theft
  • Corruption: root out corruption in Tallahassee and recover stolen tax dollars
Chief Financial Officer
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Blaise Ingoglia
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Blaise Ingoglia is Florida's incumbent chief financial officer and the Republican nominee in the 2026 election. Appointed in July 2025, he previously served in the Florida Senate and House and as state party chair. No 2026 campaign site was found as of October 15, 2026; blaiseingoglia.com redirects to a parked page.
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Annette Taddeo
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Property-insurance accountability for homeowners
  • Fiscal transparency
  • Consumer protection
Agriculture Commissioner
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Wilton Simpson
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Protect Florida agriculture and farmland
  • Water policy and conservation
  • Consumer services oversight
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Joey Mendoza Atkins
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Crack down on grocery price-gouging and food monopolies
  • Support local farmers to strengthen Florida's food supply
  • Expand affordable housing and lower everyday costs
Florida Judicial Retention
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Carlos G. Muñiz
INCUMBENT
Biography
Justice Muñiz was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court by Gov. Ron DeSantis on January 22, 2019, and served two terms as Chief Justice from 2022 to 2026. He previously was general counsel of the U.S. Department of Education and deputy attorney general and chief of staff to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi; he is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Yale Law School.
About this race
Retention vote: each judge appears alone with a yes-or-no question on keeping the seat. 22 more district or county retention judges depend on your address: see /judges/florida.

Countywide races in Charlotte County

ZIP 33955 sits in Charlotte County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Charlotte County races (8).

Punta Gorda City Council District 1
2 candidates
County ▾
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Jeannine Polk
INCUMBENT
Biography
Jeannine Polk is the sitting Punta Gorda vice mayor for District 1, elected in 2024, and a longtime resident whose family develops and operates commercial property in Charlotte County, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Upgrading water, wastewater and stormwater drainage infrastructure
  • Government transparency and community involvement
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George Williamson
Biography
George Williamson is a businessman with more than 40 years of executive experience who was CEO of the Tampa Port Authority and settled in Punta Gorda in 2020, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Storm resiliency, drainage and flood mitigation
  • Competitive pay and equipment for police and firefighters
  • Fiscal discipline and core city services
About this race
This race was not on the August 18 primary ballot: Jeannine Polk and George Williamson meet in a nonpartisan race that all Punta Gorda voters choose, per the filings on the City of Punta Gorda's campaign finance portal (the city clerk's qualified-candidate list was not reachable).
Punta Gorda City Council District 4
2 candidates
County ▾
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Gary Butler
Biography
Gary Butler spent 35 years with the Boy Scouts of America, retiring as chief operating officer, and later worked with the Military Heritage Museum; he moved to Punta Gorda full time in 2012, per the Venice Gondolier. No campaign website was found as of October 6, 2026.
Top Priorities
From other published sources
  • Downtown revitalization and a historic-district flooding and infrastructure plan, per Venice Gondolier
  • An arts and culture district and a trolley system, per Venice Gondolier
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Janis Denton
INCUMBENT
Biography
Janis Denton is the sitting District 4 member of the Punta Gorda City Council, per the city's council page. Per her campaign site, she previously started a yacht brokerage, owned a tall-ship charter business and ran a boutique inn in Gig Harbor, Washington, and has served on the Charlotte County Tourism Development Committee and the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center board.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Restore Historic City Hall in a fiscally responsible manner
  • Update the Land Development Regulations with residents and businesses
  • Fix stormwater and drainage and invest in water and sewer infrastructure
About this race
This race was not on the August 18 primary ballot: Gary Butler and the sitting councilmember Janis Denton meet in a nonpartisan race that all Punta Gorda voters choose, per the filings on the City of Punta Gorda's campaign finance portal (the city clerk's qualified-candidate list was not reachable).

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