Pinellas County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Tim Hughes is a retired environmental specialist who spent 20 years in watershed management for a Virginia public works department, per the Tampa Bay Beacon's qualifying report. He is conservation chair of the Suncoast Sierra Club and serves on Clearwater's community resiliency board, per his campaign site.

Priorities: Preserve green space and fund parks and stormwater projects, per his campaign site · Convert aging mobile home parks into affordable condominiums, per his campaign site · Flood resilience and lower property insurance costs, per his campaign site

Raised $10,210 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Brian Scott is president of Escot Bus Lines, a family-owned Pinellas transportation company, and the sitting District 2 commissioner, serving as board chairman in 2025, per his campaign site and the county's official board roster.

Priorities: Reduce the millage rate and deliver property tax relief, per his campaign site · Storm resilience and infrastructure improvements, per his campaign site · Beach protection and renourishment, per his campaign site

Raised $115,775 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Dave Eggers is a businessman and former mayor of Dunedin with an engineering degree from Duke and an MBA from Pitt, per his campaign site and the Tampa Bay Beacon. First elected to the commission in 2014, he is the sitting District 4 commissioner, per the county's official board roster.

Priorities: Storm recovery and community resilience, per his campaign site · Reduce property taxes and cut wasteful spending, per his campaign site · Beach renourishment and support for law enforcement, veterans, and seniors, per his campaign site

Raised $34,875 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Anthony Ringelspaugh is a qualified Republican candidate for Pinellas County Commissioner District 4 on Pinellas County's 2026 ballot, per the Supervisor of Elections' official qualified-candidate list.

Priorities: Mandatory infrastructure capacity studies before approving large multifamily developments, per his campaign site · Major investment in lift stations and stormwater systems, per his campaign site · Faster storm-recovery permitting with developers paying their fair share, per his campaign site

Raised $18,000 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

David Glenn Jr. is an architect and a qualified Democratic candidate for Pinellas County Commissioner District 6 on the 2026 ballot. His stated campaign priorities include carefully planned growth, workforce housing, and support for transit, libraries, and parks, per his campaign materials.

Priorities: Planned growth and land use · Workforce and affordable housing · Transit, library, and parks funding

Raised $11,515 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Kathleen Peters ran a local Pinellas business before entering public office, served six years in the Florida House, and has been the District 6 commissioner since 2018, per her campaign site and the Tampa Bay Beacon's qualifying report.

Priorities: Behavioral health treatment reform, per her campaign site · Public safety and fiscal responsibility, per her campaign site · Environmental protection and critical infrastructure, per her campaign site

Raised $139,775 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Nick Fiorentino is an attorney with over 20 years of practice in Pinellas County spanning civil, criminal, family, small claims, traffic, and probate law, including work as a critical incident attorney representing police officers, per his campaign site.

Raised $50,468 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Zachariah Wade is a qualified candidate for Pinellas County Court Judge Group 10 on the August 18, 2026 ballot. Per his campaign materials, he served as an assistant state attorney in Pinellas County and now represents clients in criminal cases in private practice.

Raised $25,473 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Lisa Cane is executive director of The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Academy and has held the At Large District 2 school board seat since 2018, per the League of Women Voters VOTE411 guide and the district's official board roster.

Priorities: Student achievement through targeted interventions, per the VOTE411 voter guide · Expand arts, athletics, and career-technical programs, per the VOTE411 voter guide · College and career readiness via career academies and business partnerships, per the VOTE411 voter guide

Raised $15,050 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Nancy Velardi is a retired high school English teacher who spent over 20 years in Pinellas public schools, 22 of them at Pinellas Park High, and is a former president of the Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association, per the VOTE411 voter guide.

Priorities: Quality education with critical thinking for every student, per the VOTE411 voter guide · Support teachers by cutting bureaucracy, per the VOTE411 voter guide · Transparent school-parent partnerships, per the VOTE411 voter guide

Raised $4,597 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Curtis Campogni is the founder of Speak4MC, which trains professionals in empathy-based communication and leadership; his Pinellas career includes work as a case manager, youth program director, and high school coach, per his campaign site. He is a first-time candidate, per the Tampa Bay Beacon.

Priorities: Physically and emotionally safe schools, per his campaign site · Teacher recruitment and morale, per his campaign site · Addressing enrollment declines, per the Tampa Bay Beacon

Raised $6,402 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Dawn Douglas is a veteran Pinellas district teacher and union leader who has previously run for the state House, per the Tampa Bay Beacon's qualifying report and her Activate Pinellas candidate profile.

Priorities: Bring classroom-experienced representation to the school board, per the Tampa Bay Beacon

Raised $4,165 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Dawn Peters is a businesswoman with a career in property management, elected to the school board in 2022 and now its vice chairperson, per her campaign site and the district's official board roster.

Priorities: Diverse pathways: college, career-technical, trades, and military, per her campaign site · Transparency and responsible governance, per her campaign site · Support educators and keep students at the center, per her campaign site

Raised $11,250 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Nancy Nelis Bostock runs a family chemical manufacturing lab, per the Tampa Bay Beacon's qualifying report, and previously served ten years on the Pinellas School Board and four years on the County Commission, per her campaign site.

Priorities: Student success and academic outcomes, per her campaign site · School safety and secure learning environments, per her campaign site · Fiscal responsibility so each expenditure benefits students, per her campaign site

Raised $31,046 · per Supervisor of Elections filings

Amanda Lord has spent 24 years as a senior project manager at Franklin Templeton Investments and taught as an adjunct professor at St. Petersburg College; she is a North Shore Elementary PTA leader with two children in district schools, per her campaign site and the Tampa Bay Beacon.

Priorities: Academic excellence, citing PTA leadership behind North Shore Elementary's A rating, per her campaign site · Teacher support and parental partnership, per her campaign site · Fiscal responsibility with project-management discipline, per her campaign site

Raised $18,125 · per Supervisor of Elections filings