Florida

Florida Voter Guide 2026

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State Snapshot

Primary ElectionAug. 18, 2026

General ElectionNov. 3, 2026

StateFlorida

Places Listed36

Profiles684

2026 Statewide Races

Candidates The Ballot Brief is tracking for Florida's statewide contests. Tap a name for their bio and campaign link, or enter your address for the full ballot with finance data.

Governor

7 candidates

Byron Donalds (R)
Byron Donalds is a Republican candidate for Florida governor and the U.S. representative for Florida's 19th congressional district. Endorsed by President Trump, he has led the Republican primary field in polling and fundraising ahead of the August 18 primary. His campaign emphasizes affordability, property-insurance and tax relief, education, and continuing Florida's conservative direction.
Priorities: Lower property taxes, insurance costs, and cost of living · Continue conservative education and parental-rights policy · Keep Florida's economy and job growth strong
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David Jolly (D)
David Jolly is a Democratic candidate for Florida governor and a former Republican congressman from the Tampa Bay area who left the GOP and joined the Democratic Party in 2025. He leads the Democratic primary field ahead of the August 18 primary, running with lieutenant-governor pick Gwen Graham. His campaign emphasizes affordability, property insurance reform, public schools, and ending one-party control of Tallahas
Priorities: Tackle Florida's property-insurance and affordability crisis · Invest in public schools and teachers · Restore balance and accountability to state government
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Jay Collins (R)
Jay Collins is a Republican candidate for Florida governor and the state's lieutenant governor, appointed in August 2025 after serving in the Florida Senate from Tampa. A retired Green Beret, he is widely seen as the contender closest to the DeSantis administration in the August 18 primary. His campaign emphasizes veterans, public safety, and continuing the current administration's agenda.
Priorities: Continue the current administration's Florida agenda · Support veterans and law enforcement · Conservative education and family policy
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Paul Renner (R)
Paul Renner is a Republican candidate for Florida governor, a Navy veteran, former prosecutor, and former speaker of the Florida House. His campaign argues he delivered on school choice, litigation reform, and conservative policy as speaker, and he is running on affordability, public safety, and parental rights.
Priorities: Affordability and property-insurance relief · Public safety and anti-trafficking enforcement · School choice and parental rights
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James Fishback (R)
James Fishback is a Republican candidate for Florida governor, an investor who founded the firm Azoria and the high-school debate nonprofit Incubate Debate. Running with lieutenant-governor pick Sean Lozano, his campaign emphasizes eliminating homestead property taxes, raising teacher pay, and an immigration moratorium.
Priorities: Eliminate property taxes on homestead properties · Raise public school teacher pay · Implement an immigration moratorium
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Bobby Williams (R)
Robert Edward "Bobby" Williams Jr. is a Republican candidate for Florida governor and the founder of a Florida-based food and disaster-relief nonprofit that has served families across the state since 2016. His campaign emphasizes family policy, disaster response, and service-first state leadership.
Priorities: Protect Florida families · Improve disaster relief and response · Bring service-first leadership to Tallahassee
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Charles Burkett (NPA)
Charles Burkett is a no-party-affiliation candidate for Florida governor and a four-term mayor of Surfside, where he led the town through the 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse. Qualified for the November general-election ballot rather than a party primary, his campaign emphasizes affordability, property-tax relief, insurance competition, and local control over growth.
Priorities: Property-tax and insurance affordability · Local-government autonomy and controlled growth · Government accountability and public services
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U.S. Senate

7 candidates

Ashley Moody (R)Incumbent
Ashley Moody is Florida's incumbent U.S. senator and a Republican candidate in the 2026 special election for the final two years of Marco Rubio's term. Appointed in January 2025 when Rubio became secretary of state, she previously served as Florida attorney general and as a circuit judge. Her campaign emphasizes law enforcement, border security, and her statewide record.
Priorities: Border security and immigration enforcement · Support for law enforcement and public safety · Consumer protection and anti-trafficking work
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Alex Vindman (D)
Alex Vindman is a Democratic candidate in Florida's 2026 U.S. Senate special election. A retired Army lieutenant colonel and former National Security Council official, he became nationally known as the whistleblower whose testimony featured in the first Trump impeachment. His campaign emphasizes national security experience, accountability, and lowering costs for Florida families.
Priorities: Bring national-security experience to the Senate · Government accountability and rule of law · Lower costs for Florida families
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Angie Nixon (D)
Angie Nixon is a Democratic candidate in Florida's 2026 U.S. Senate special election and a state representative from Jacksonville. A progressive community organizer, she is challenging Alex Vindman in the August 18 Democratic primary with a campaign focused on working families, housing, and economic justice.
Priorities: Affordable housing and renter protections · Economic justice for working families · Health care access
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Chris Gleason (R)
Chris Gleason is a Republican candidate in Florida's 2026 U.S. Senate special election, an Army veteran and forensic investigator challenging appointed incumbent Ashley Moody in the August 18 Republican primary. He is known for building forensic tools behind contested claims of fraud in ActBlue's small-dollar donation processing, and his platform centers on cost of living, housing, and border security.
Priorities: Cut regulations and federal spending to lower the cost of living · Stop Wall Street purchases of Florida neighborhoods and make homeownership attainable · Secure the border and stop fentanyl trafficking
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Neelam Taneja Perry (R)
Neelam Taneja Perry is a Republican candidate in Florida's 2026 U.S. Senate special election, a physician and author running against appointed incumbent Ashley Moody in the August 18 Republican primary. Her campaign emphasizes government accountability, medical freedom, and an America First platform.
Priorities: Government accountability and anti-corruption reform, including term limits · Medical freedom and health-care reform · Secure the border and restore law and order
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Ernie Rivera (R)
Ernest "Ernie" Rivera is a Republican candidate in Florida's 2026 U.S. Senate special election, running in the August 18 Republican primary. A minister, educator, and entrepreneur with nearly five decades of ministry work, he has organized pastors and community leaders across Florida, and his platform is built on affordability, security, and religious liberty.
Priorities: Deliver affordability for Florida families by confronting corruption · Secure the border while protecting long-settled working families · Defend religious liberty and constitutional rights
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Neil Gillespie (NPA)
Neil Gillespie is a no-party-affiliation candidate in Florida's 2026 U.S. Senate special election, qualified for the November general-election ballot. An Ocala-based justice-reform activist and frequent candidate, he paid the qualifying fee to run without party affiliation.
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Attorney General

2 candidates

James Uthmeier (R)Incumbent
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.
Priorities: Immigration enforcement and public safety · Defend Florida law in court · Consumer protection
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Jose Javier Rodriguez (D)
Jose Javier Rodriguez is the Democratic candidate for Florida attorney general, an attorney and former state senator and state representative from Miami. He served as an assistant secretary of labor in the Biden administration. His campaign emphasizes consumer protection, insurance accountability, and voting rights.
Priorities: Hold insurers accountable for Florida homeowners · Protect consumers and workers · Defend voting rights
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Chief Financial Officer

4 candidates

Blaise Ingoglia (R)Incumbent
Blaise Ingoglia is Florida's incumbent chief financial officer and a Republican candidate in the 2026 election. Appointed in July 2025, he previously served in the Florida Senate and House and as state party chair. He faces Frank Collige in the August 18 Republican primary.
Priorities: State fiscal oversight and DOGE-style spending review · Property-insurance accountability · Taxpayer protection
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Frank Collige (R)
Frank Collige is a Republican candidate for Florida chief financial officer, a public adjuster and Air Force veteran challenging appointed incumbent Blaise Ingoglia in the August 18 primary. He founded Property Pros Consulting, a public-adjusting firm operating in eight states, and campaigns on ending what he calls the cozy relationship between the insurance industry and state government.
Priorities: Financial transparency and accountability, with real-time reporting and stronger audits · Insurance market stability and stronger consumer protections for policyholders · Disaster preparedness and long-term financial resilience
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Annette Taddeo (D)
Annette Taddeo is a Democratic candidate for Florida chief financial officer, a businesswoman and former state senator from Miami-Dade. She faces Earle Ford in the August 18 Democratic primary.
Priorities: Property-insurance accountability for homeowners · Fiscal transparency · Consumer protection
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Earle Ford (D)
Earle Ford is a Democratic candidate for Florida chief financial officer, running in the August 18 Democratic primary. An Army Airborne Infantry veteran, he served as a state prosecutor in the 9th Judicial Circuit and as a federal IRS investigator, and moved from a congressional bid in Florida's 13th District to the CFO race in May 2026. He campaigns as an independent watchdog for taxpayers.
Priorities: Property-insurance reform that puts homeowners first · Protect taxpayers by uncovering waste and demanding accountability · Consumer protection against unfair claim denials, fraud, and financial scams
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Agriculture Commissioner

4 candidates

Wilton Simpson (R)Incumbent
Wilton Simpson is Florida's incumbent agriculture commissioner and a Republican candidate for re-election in 2026. A former president of the Florida Senate and an egg farmer, he faces Matt Taylor in the August 18 Republican primary.
Priorities: Protect Florida agriculture and farmland · Water policy and conservation · Consumer services oversight
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Matt Taylor (R)
Matt Taylor is a Republican candidate for Florida agriculture commissioner, a Plant City welder and mechanic who campaigns as "Matt the Welder" and is challenging incumbent Wilton Simpson in the August 18 primary. Raised around cattle, horses, and FFA in rural Florida, he has spent his career fixing farm equipment and working alongside small producers.
Priorities: Close the Greenbelt "rent-a-cow" loophole and protect farmland from overdevelopment · Ease regulatory burdens on small family farms · Strengthen water-quality oversight
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Joey Mendoza Atkins (D)
Joey Mendoza Atkins is a Democratic candidate for Florida agriculture commissioner, running in the August 18 Democratic primary. 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.
Priorities: 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
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Don Prichard (D)
Donald "Don" Prichard is a Democratic candidate for Florida agriculture commissioner, a retired police captain, rancher, and Iraq War veteran running in the August 18 Democratic primary.

Statewide Ballot Measures

3 statewide measures are on Florida's 2026 ballot. Tap a measure for the plain-language summary.

Amendment 1: Budget Stabilization Fund
Increase the amount of funds that may be retained in the budget stabilization fund from 10% to 25% of general revenue collections, require the Legislature to transfer the lesser of $750 million or the amount required to reach 25% each year unless certain conditions are met, and allow the Legislature to withdraw funds for critical state needs..
Constitutional amendment (legislative referral, HJR 5019)
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Amendment 2: Exemption of Tangible Personal Property on Agricultural Land from Taxation
Exempt tangible personal property habitually located on land classified as agricultural, used in the production of agricultural products or for agritourism activities, and owned by the landowner or leaseholder, from ad valorem taxation. Would first apply for tax years beginning January 1, 2027..
Constitutional amendment (legislative referral, CS/HJR 1215)
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Amendment 3: Save Our Homes From Excessive Property Taxes
Exempt the first $250,000 of a homestead's value from taxation for all levies other than school district levies and require a schedule for full elimination; require local governments to use remaining property taxes solely for core public needs; limit future property tax assessments on businesses; and require new residents to maintain Florida residency for five years before receiving the increased homestead exemption. Would take effect January 1, 2027..
Constitutional amendment (legislative referral, HJR 1F)
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Places We’re Tracking

Open a local guide to preview candidate profiles by county, city, or jurisdiction. A ZIP code lookup is the fastest way to narrow this to a specific ballot.

Palm Beach County

87 candidates

87 tracked candidate profiles
28 office types represented

Hillsborough

71 candidates

71 tracked candidate profiles
51 office types represented

Orange County

62 candidates

62 tracked candidate profiles
17 races covered

Manatee County

28 candidates

28 tracked candidate profiles
7 races covered

Duval

27 candidates

27 tracked candidate profiles
27 office types represented

Collier County

25 candidates

25 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

Flagler County

21 candidates

21 tracked candidate profiles
7 races covered

Lee County

21 candidates

21 tracked candidate profiles
9 races covered

Osceola County

20 candidates

20 tracked candidate profiles
7 races covered

Broward

19 candidates

19 tracked candidate profiles
7 races covered

Hernando County

19 candidates

19 tracked candidate profiles
7 races covered

Pasco County

19 candidates

19 tracked candidate profiles
12 office types represented

Marion County

18 candidates

18 tracked candidate profiles
6 races covered

Miami-Dade

18 candidates

18 tracked candidate profiles
5 races covered

Martin County

14 candidates

14 tracked candidate profiles
5 races covered

Seminole

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
6 races covered

Polk County

12 candidates

12 tracked candidate profiles
6 races covered

Miami Beach city

10 candidates

10 tracked candidate profiles
2 office types represented

Putnam County

41 candidates

41 tracked candidate profiles
25 office types represented

Monroe

32 candidates

32 tracked candidate profiles
29 office types represented

Jacksonville city

22 candidates

22 tracked candidate profiles
3 office types represented

Escambia County

20 candidates

20 tracked candidate profiles
9 office types represented

Balance of Marion County

15 candidates

15 tracked candidate profiles
5 office types represented

Balance of Seminole County

14 candidates

14 tracked candidate profiles
7 office types represented

Leon County

14 candidates

14 tracked candidate profiles
8 office types represented

Balance of Orange County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
6 office types represented

Boca Raton city

12 candidates

12 tracked candidate profiles
4 office types represented

Balance of Brevard County

10 candidates

10 tracked candidate profiles
4 office types represented

Balance of Palm Beach County

10 candidates

10 tracked candidate profiles
3 office types represented

Tampa city

9 candidates

9 tracked candidate profiles
2 office types represented

Port St. Lucie city

8 candidates

8 tracked candidate profiles
4 office types represented

Balance of Alachua County

7 candidates

7 tracked candidate profiles
5 office types represented

Daytona Beach city

7 candidates

7 tracked candidate profiles
5 office types represented

Miami Gardens city

7 candidates

7 tracked candidate profiles
3 office types represented

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Election Calendar

Track major 2026 dates and upcoming election milestones.

Note: State hubs summarize tracked places; exact ballot results depend on address and district boundaries.Profiles: Candidate data updates as official filings and campaign materials publish.