Broward County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Caryl Sandler Shuham is a construction lawyer with a civil engineering degree from Johns Hopkins and a Hollywood City Commissioner since 2018, per her campaign site. She leads the four-way Democratic field's fundraising by a wide margin, per Supervisor of Elections filings and Florida Politics coverage of the race.

Priorities: Expand affordable housing through smart, resilient development, per her campaign site · Upgrade drainage and flood resiliency to protect homes, per her campaign site · Reduce congestion and expand safe, reliable transit, per her campaign site

Raised $339,285 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Archibald "A.J." Ryan IV is a small business owner in real estate and insurance, a former Mayor of Dania Beach, and a current Dania Beach City Commissioner who chaired the city's Community Redevelopment Agency, per his campaign site.

Priorities: Tackle rising housing costs, per his campaign site · Address property insurance costs breaking family budgets, per his campaign site · Fix infrastructure that can't keep up with growth, per his campaign site

Raised $96,920 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Eugen Mihai Bold served as director of public policy for Broward County Commissioner Tim Ryan from 2019 to 2024, working on infrastructure, housing, and public safety, and earlier worked on accountability issues in the U.S. Senate; he holds an MBA and a Master of Public Administration, per his campaign launch announcement.

Priorities: Accelerate drainage and flood-control upgrades, per his campaign announcement · Create a housing affordability package for seniors, teachers, first responders, and working families, per his campaign announcement · Launch a public dashboard so residents can track county projects in real time, per his campaign announcement

Raised $89,691.85 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Jeffery Jones is a Democrat on Broward County's qualified candidate roster in County Commission District 6, per Supervisor of Elections filings, and is campaigning through his Vote Jeffery Jones committee site.

Raised $9,380 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Veronica N. Walker is a lead prosecutor in the Broward State Attorney's Office, where she has worked since 2017 trying cases including homicide, hate crimes, and public corruption, and she chairs the Broward County Hate Crimes Task Force, per her campaign site.

Priorities: Apply the law with fairness, dignity, and compassion in county court, per her campaign site · Run an efficient courtroom with sound case management, per her campaign site · Strengthen public confidence in and access to the courts, per her campaign site

Raised $48,350 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Debi Gheorge Alten is a private-practice attorney who has run her own firm since 1999, with a 28-year career spanning civil litigation, criminal, family, bankruptcy, appellate, and immigration law, per her campaign site.

Priorities: Bring broad, multi-practice legal experience to the county bench, per her campaign site · Ensure every voice is heard in the judicial process, per her campaign site

Raised $27,095 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Maura McCarthy Bulman, of Hollywood, is the incumbent District 1 school board member, per the board's official roster. She is an attorney and former Peace Corps volunteer in Jamaica with four children in Broward County public schools, per her campaign site.

Priorities: Keep District 1 schools open through the district's restructuring, per her campaign site · Expand arts and sciences programming, per her campaign site · Provide watchful fiscal oversight of taxpayer dollars, per her campaign site

Raised $27,250 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Carmen Jackie Gimenez, of Hallandale Beach, is challenging the District 1 incumbent on the August 18, 2026 nonpartisan ballot, per League of Women Voters forum coverage and Supervisor of Elections filings.

Raised $3,000 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Dr. Sharry Kimmel, of Parkland, is a veteran educator with over 30 years in the field: a 1996 Broward County Teacher of the Year and a 22-year professor of teacher education at Broward College, per her campaign site and Coral Springs Talk coverage. She leads the open-seat race's fundraising, per Supervisor of Elections filings.

Priorities: Spend every dollar transparently, focused on classrooms over administrative excess, per her campaign site · Strengthen student safety with trained resource officers and security upgrades, per her campaign site · Invest in competitive teacher pay and professional development, per her campaign site

Raised $67,371 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Nicole Morst, of Coral Springs, is a longtime parent advocate who has held school- and district-level volunteer leadership roles and is the only candidate in the race with a child currently attending Broward County public schools, per Coral Springs Talk coverage. Sitting board member Debbi Hixon has endorsed her, per Coral Springs Talk.

Priorities: Fix delayed security projects and deteriorating school buildings, per Coral Springs Talk coverage · Redirect administrative spending toward teacher salaries, per Coral Springs Talk coverage · Expand student mental health services and bullying prevention, per Coral Springs Talk coverage

Raised $25,270 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Adam Cervera is a business-litigation attorney and the incumbent District 6 school board member, per the board's official roster and his campaign site. He has the race's largest fundraising total by far and endorsements from the Broward PBA and other first-responder unions, per Supervisor of Elections filings and Florida Politics coverage.

Priorities: Accountability and results-focused board leadership, per his campaign site · Put students first with academic success and classroom resources, per his campaign site · Safer schools through common-sense security measures, per his campaign site

Raised $340,997 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Jessie Bastos, a Davie mother of three, is a technology executive with over 20 years in the private sector, including leadership roles at Samsung and T-Mobile, per her campaign site. She launched her bid saying "our schools can do better," per Florida Politics coverage.

Priorities: Cut inefficiencies and demand accountability in the district budget, per her campaign site · Prioritize teacher pay in the budget, per her campaign site · Expand trades and career-technical education, per her campaign site

Raised $57,400 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Roberto Fernandez III is a 20-year Broward County Public Schools educator, currently an instructional facilitator in the district's school culture and student support department after teaching social studies at Boyd H. Anderson and Plantation High, and a U.S. Army Reserve veteran, per his campaign site.

Priorities: Put students, not politics, at the center of every decision, per his campaign site · Advocate for public education funding, per his campaign site · Support families and student service-learning programs, per his campaign site

Raised $29,225 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Lester L. Wilks Jr is running as an independent-minded candidate focused on student support needs, including academic success, mental health, safety, and life readiness beyond the classroom, per his GoodParty.org candidate profile.

Priorities: Student support: academics, mental health, and safety, per his GoodParty.org profile

Raised $8,800 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Makai Aline Henry is a 20-year-old Dominican-American challenger taking on the District 6 incumbent, per Florida Politics and Caribbean National Weekly coverage of his campaign launch.

Raised $2,364 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Rochelle "Shelly" Soffer, of Coconut Creek, is an educator with years of Broward classroom experience who argues the board needs classroom perspective rather than boardroom background, per her campaign site and League of Women Voters forum coverage.

Priorities: Ensure quality resources, experienced teachers, and safe schools for District 7 students, per her campaign site · Fair pay, manageable class sizes, and professional respect for teachers, per her campaign site · Honest, transparent board leadership accountable to the community, per her campaign site

Raised $5,500 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Cynthia Alceus Dominique, of Margate, is a nurse practitioner and nurse educator with 23 years in the U.S. Army Reserves who chairs the district's advisory council after nearly a decade volunteering in Broward schools, per her campaign site.

Priorities: Safe, supportive schools with adequate security staffing and mental health access, per her campaign site · Raise academic achievement and expand career-technical education, per her campaign site · Responsible budgets and competitive teacher compensation, per her campaign site

Raised $2,630 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Dr. Allen Zeman, of Fort Lauderdale, is the incumbent At-Large Seat 8 school board member, per the board's official roster. He is an economist and the owner of a data analytics company, with children attending Broward public schools, per his campaign site.

Priorities: Restore trust through ethical, transparent board leadership, per his campaign site · Build a top-rated school district, per his campaign site

Raised $22,068 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Sonja Azim, of Plantation, has spent nearly 20 years in education as a special education teacher, ESE specialist, dean of students, and district trainer, starting her career as a special-education paraprofessional, per her campaign site.

Priorities: Competitive teacher pay, sustainable workloads, and classroom resources, per her campaign site · Stronger school safety measures, per her campaign site · Accountability, transparency, and equity across the school system, per her campaign site

Raised $17,135 · per Supervisor of Elections filings