Collier County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Cody Davis is a historian who moved to Naples full-time in 2019, per his campaign materials. He is the Jeffersonian Party's qualified candidate for Collier County Commissioner District 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot.

$8,277 raised, per Supervisor of Elections filings.

Chris Hall is the sitting District 2 member of the Collier County Commission and its current chairman, per the county's official board roster. First elected in 2022, he is a qualified Republican candidate for reelection on the November 3, 2026 ballot.

$70,107 raised, per Supervisor of Elections filings.

A real estate professional with a 38-year career in the field, Don Antonacchio has lived in Naples for more than 50 years and previously owned a local business, per his Collier County Supervisor of Elections candidate statement. His wife worked in the airline industry and his son trained as a pilot at Naples Airport and now works in aviation, per that statement. Don Antonacchio appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Naples Airport Authority Seat 5, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

$2,300 raised, per Supervisor of Elections filings.

A Naples native whose family has lived in the area since 1952, Jason Brooke is chief executive of Aerostructure Architecture and Management and chief operating officer of Worldwide Aviation Operations Group, with more than 35 years in aviation, engineering, and infrastructure development, per his Collier County Supervisor of Elections candidate statement. He is a U.S. Navy veteran who served as an aviation electronics technician on F/A-18 systems, per that statement. Jason Brooke appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Naples Airport Authority Seat 5, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

David A. MacGregor Jr. was born in New Hampshire and has lived in Collier County since 1980, per MacGregor's candidate statement filed with the Collier County Supervisor of Elections. MacGregor worked as an aircraft mechanic and inspector for Provincetown-Boston Airline and later spent 25 years with Golden Gate Fire and Rescue, retiring as a shift and logistics officer, per the same source. MacGregor has owned a hangar and aircraft at Naples Airport since 2014 and is active with EAA Chapter 1226's Young Eagles youth flying program, per the statement. MacGregor holds aviation and business degrees from Nathaniel Hawthorne College, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 29, 2026.

Keith West is a lifelong aviator who began flight training as a teenager and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, per his candidate statement filed with the Collier County Supervisor of Elections. After naval service flying the A-6 Intruder, he built an early internet travel reservation business and was later elected to the Richmond, Virginia school board, per the same source. He went on to manage a regional flight school and serve as a director at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and in 2021 acquired Rexair, a Naples Airport flight school he now runs; he also founded and leads the Naples Airport Tenants' Council, per his statement.

A registered nurse and Licensed Healthcare Risk Manager with about 30 years of healthcare administration experience, Sandra Lee Buxton is the incumbent Collier Mosquito Control District Seat 2 commissioner seeking a third term, per her campaign site and the district's board roster. Sandra Lee Buxton appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Collier Mosquito Control District Seat 2, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

$100 raised, per Supervisor of Elections filings.

Bebe Kanter is a public policy analyst and ecological consultant with a career in commercial real estate finance, holding a Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, per her campaign site and her official candidate statement filed with the Collier County Supervisor of Elections. She has lived in Naples, Florida since 2015.

$30,000 raised, per Supervisor of Elections filings.

Ed Brandt is the sitting Collier Mosquito Control District commissioner for Seat 3, serving as the board's vice chair and secretary, per the district's board roster. He served 32 years in the National Guard, retiring as Chief Chaplain of the National Guard Bureau, and now serves Lely Presbyterian Church, per his campaign site.

$2,700 raised, per Supervisor of Elections filings.

Jay Kohlhagen is a senior superintendent in high rise construction with more than 46 years in the field, per his campaign site. He is seeking Seat 3 on the Collier Mosquito Control District board, where he says he would press for science based decisions, tighter accounting for chemical use and more transparency in district spending.

$1,000 raised, per Supervisor of Elections filings.

Chief executive officer of Gulf Coast Agency and founder of Stix Sushi & Seafood and Zen Fusion Restaurant Group, per his candidate statement filed with the Collier County Supervisor of Elections. He holds a bachelor's degree in business management and an MBA from Florida Gulf Coast University, serves on the boards of East Naples Civic & Commerce and the Autism Collier Resource Center, and was named to Gulfshore Business and Business Observer 40 Under 40 lists, per the same statement. No campaign website was found as of September 29, 2026.

$100 raised, per Supervisor of Elections filings.

Lauren Melo currently represents Florida House District 82 and is running for Senate District 28, per her campaign site. She founded a trucking company that grew to more than 100 trucks and now owns and operates a real estate brokerage.