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Escambia County, Florida

Pensacola Mayor

What this office does

Mayor. The mayor is the city's chief elected official. In a strong-mayor city the mayor runs the city government, prepares the budget and appoints department heads; in a council-manager city the mayor presides over the council and a hired manager runs operations. Which model applies depends on the city charter.

This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels. The sitting officeholder, Darcy “D.C.” Reeves, is on the ballot.

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Decided at the 2026 primary: Darcy “D.C.” Reeves won the seat

DECIDED August 18: incumbent D.C. Reeves won reelection outright with 53.5 percent in the six-candidate field, clearing the city's majority threshold, per WUWF; there is no November runoff.

Winner

Darcy “D.C.” Reeves

Nonpartisan Incumbent

Top priorities
  • Public safety: continued investment in police and firefighters
  • Attainable housing so the workforce can live where they work
  • Attracting high-quality jobs

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Darcy “D.C.” Reeves is the founder of Perfect Plain Brewing Co. and Pensacola's sitting mayor, elected in 2022 as the city's youngest mayor in over a century, per the city's official site and his campaign site.

Campaign finance

$124,505 raised · county campaign-finance filings

Campaign site (opens in a new tab)

Also ran in the primary

Jasmine Brown

Nonpartisan

Top priorities
  • Lowering housing and utility costs
  • Empowering working people and shifting city priorities away from developers
  • Advocating for vulnerable residents and social justice

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Jasmine Brown is a community organizer and lifelong Pensacola resident whose campaign centers on housing affordability, per WUWF's candidate coverage.

Campaign finance

$11,389 raised · county campaign-finance filings

Campaign site (opens in a new tab)

Ann Hill

Nonpartisan

Top priorities
  • Restore reliable basic city services and live within the city's means
  • Free downtown parking
  • Protect parks and expand public waterfront access

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Ann Hill is a former Pensacola City Council president who represented District 6 from 2018 to 2022, per her campaign site.

Campaign finance

$8,428 raised · county campaign-finance filings

Eric Shorter

Nonpartisan

Top priorities
  • Economic opportunity
  • Affordable housing and neighborhood revitalization
  • Education

Per the Florida Politics.

Biography

Eric Shorter is a retired colonel who ran for Pensacola mayor in 2026 on priorities of economic opportunity, affordable housing, neighborhood revitalization, and education, per Florida Politics. Eric Shorter was on the August 18, 2026 ballot for Pensacola Mayor, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Campaign finance

$22,483 raised · county campaign-finance filings

Alicia Trawick

Nonpartisan

Biography

Alicia Trawick is a disaster recovery and local government consultant and Pensacola native who wants to replace the strong-mayor system with council-manager government, per WUWF.

Campaign finance

$29,254 raised · county campaign-finance filings

Jermaine J. Williams

Nonpartisan

Top priorities
  • Mental health and public safety
  • Housing investment and stability
  • Honest leadership

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Williams has spent his career working directly in social services and mental health support, helping people navigate addiction, mental health crises, homelessness and unemployment, per the campaign site. He was named the National Peer Specialist of the Year by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing, per the campaign site.

Campaign finance

$16,374 raised · county campaign-finance filings

Campaign site (opens in a new tab)
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Questions about this race

Who is running for Pensacola Mayor in 2026?

The Pensacola Mayor race was decided at the 2026 primary - Darcy “D.C.” Reeves won the seat - and does not appear on the November 3, 2026 ballot. 6 candidates were on the primary ballot: Jasmine Brown, Ann Hill, Darcy “D.C.” Reeves, Eric Shorter, Alicia Trawick and Jermaine J. Williams. Candidate information follows official Escambia County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.

When is the Pensacola Mayor election in Florida?

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Florida are on the Florida election hub at theballotbrief.com.

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Candidate roster from official Escambia County Supervisor of Elections filings, last verified September 27, 2026. Bios and priorities carry their attribution inline.

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Candidate profiles
Darcy “D.C.” Reeves, full profileJasmine Brown, full profileAnn Hill, full profileEric Shorter, full profileAlicia Trawick, full profileJermaine J. Williams, full profileOfficial Florida election office