Daytona Beach, Florida sample ballot 2026

Nancy J. Miller has served as mayor of Daytona Beach Shores since 2018, per local election reporting. She is a qualified candidate for the open at-large County Council seat in the August 18, 2026 primary.

Mike Poniatowski spent more than four decades in Volusia County public safety as a firefighter, deputy sheriff, paramedic, flight medic, and ambulance operations director, per his campaign materials. He is a qualified candidate for the open at-large County Council seat in the August 18, 2026 primary.

John Navarra, a teacher at Pine Ridge High School for more than two decades, per the Palm Coast/Ormond Beach Observer, has lived in Daytona Beach for more than 40 years and previously ran for Florida House District 28 in 2022 and 2024, per his VOTE411 responses. He serves on the city's Flooding Research Committee, per VOTE411. John Navarra appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Daytona Beach Commissioner Zone 1, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Monica Paris, Daytona Beach's City Commissioner for Zone 1, was born in Italy and raised in Brooklyn, New York, per the city's official website. She has lived in Daytona Beach since 2016 and was first elected to the commission in 2022, seeking a second term, per the Palm Coast/Ormond Beach Observer. Monica Paris appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Daytona Beach Commissioner Zone 1, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

Miller has operated an accounting and tax consulting practice in Daytona Beach for nearly four decades, serving families, small business owners and retirees, per the campaign site. He is a former IRS revenue officer and previously served as a Daytona Beach city commissioner for Zone 5 from 1993 to 1995, per the campaign site. He holds a bachelor's degree in criminology from Florida State University, per the campaign site.

John Counts is a Navy veteran who served as a submarine electrician's mate from 2011 to 2017, now a Daytona State College student and part-time machine-shop worker, per the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Aaron Harrison is a U.S. Army veteran and electronics assemblyman at AudioScape Engineering, and a community organizer who experienced homelessness after leaving the Army, per the Daytona Beach News-Journal and his campaign site.

Willie F. Williams is a retired Volusia County Schools educator whose last post was assistant principal of Highbanks Learning Center, and a lifelong Daytona Beach resident, per the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Wendy Anderson is a biologist and environmentalist who serves on the Volusia Soil and Water Conservation District board, per local election reporting. She is a qualified candidate for County Council District 1 in the August 18, 2026 primary.

Don Dempsey is a DeLand criminal defense attorney who began his legal career as a Volusia assistant state attorney in 1990, per his campaign site; he is the sitting District 1 council member, per the county's official roster.

Robins has served as the Volusia County Council District 3 councilman since 2021 and became owner and captain of Make Way Fishing Charters in 2024, per the campaign site. He worked as a Daytona Beach police officer from 2005 to 2014 in patrol, motor squad and SWAT assignments, and later owned Halifax Supply, an online firearms dealership, and Daytona Dirt Works & Danny's Dumpster, per the campaign site. He holds a U.S. Coast Guard captain's license and completed the Daytona State College Police Academy, per the campaign site.

Bryon White is a former Volusia County beach safety captain who spent nearly seventeen years in ocean rescue and is the founder of Yaupon Brothers American Tea, per local election reporting. He is a qualified candidate for County Council District 3 in the August 18, 2026 primary.

Sosa is a former Deltona city commissioner and owner of Sosa Martial Arts Inc., per the campaign site. He was born in New York, lived in Puerto Rico as a child and now lives in Deltona, per the campaign site.

Beery is a former teacher with classroom and school administration experience, and also has business leadership experience, per the campaign site.

Jamie Michele Haynes holds the District 1 seat on the Volusia County School Board, where she has served since 2018 and is the board's vice chair, per the district's official board roster. She is a qualified candidate for reelection in the August 18, 2026 primary.

Grace Kellermeier taught 18 years at New Smyrna Beach High School, was Volusia's 2015 Teacher of the Year, and spent nine years in the district curriculum office, per her News 6 questionnaire.

Jessie Thompson holds the District 3 seat on the Volusia County School Board, where she has served since 2022 and is the board's chair, per the district's official board roster; she is the only member with children in district schools, per her News 6 questionnaire.

Ruben Colón holds the District 5 seat on the Volusia County School Board, per the district's official board roster. He is a qualified candidate for reelection on the August 18, 2026 ballot.

Dean Condon is a nonprofit executive, per local election reporting on the qualified field. He is a qualified candidate for School Board District 5 on the August 18, 2026 ballot.

Ashley Moody is Florida's incumbent U.S. senator and the Republican nominee 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.

• 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
• Voted yes on the March 2025 full-year stopgap funding bill, which passed the Senate 54-46 in March 2025. Supported

Nixon is a Florida state representative from Jacksonville and a former union organizer running for the U.S. Senate, per the campaign site. She has said her mother worked two jobs and that she lost a cousin to gun violence, and she has led opposition to congressional and legislative maps drawn under Governor DeSantis, per the campaign site.

Donalds is a member of Congress representing Florida's 19th District since 2020, per the campaign site. 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.

• 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
• Voted yes on the November 2025 funding agreement that ended the government shutdown, which passed the House 222-209 in November 2025. Supported
• Voted yes on the September 2025 stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-212 in September 2025. Supported
• Voted yes on the March 2025 full-year stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-213 in March 2025. Supported

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.

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.

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. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.

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.

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.

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.

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.