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2026 candidates we're tracking in FL-4
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Aaron Bean
Republican
Incumbent
A community bank president who founded four small businesses, including an auction company, Aaron Bean was mayor of Fernandina Beach and then served in the Florida House and the Florida Senate, where he was Senate President Pro Tempore and chaired the Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, per his official House biography. He was first elected to the U.S. House in 2022, sits on the Ways and Means Committee, and founded and co-chairs the Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency Caucus, per that same biography. He is the youngest of nine children, the grandson of a coal miner and the son of teachers, per his campaign site.
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LaShonda "L.J." Holloway
Democratic
Supreme Court mediator and arbitrator with a University of Florida law degree who worked for Congresswoman Carrie Meek and at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, per her News4JAX questionnaire responses; she was the Democratic nominee against Aaron Bean in 2022 and 2024, per News4JAX. She says she does not accept PAC money, per the same questionnaire.
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Todd Schaefer
No Party Affil
Todd Schaefer is a retired Navy veteran running as an independent for Florida's 4th Congressional District in 2026, per his campaign site. His platform centers on ending government corruption, expanding healthcare access, and addressing housing affordability, per his campaign site. Todd Schaefer appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-4, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
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Mike Sell
Florida Forwar
Mike Sell is a healthcare and human resources operations executive running for Florida's 4th Congressional District, per his campaign site, which credits him with generating more than a quarter of a billion dollars in savings for industry leaders in those fields. His platform emphasizes fair wages, ending price gouging, and campaign finance and redistricting reform, per his campaign site. Mike Sell appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot as the Florida Forward candidate for FL-4, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
About this race
Florida's 4th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Florida primary is Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.