Pinellas County, Florida

Pinellas County School Board District 6

What this office does

School board member. The school board is the governing body of a public school district. It hires and evaluates the superintendent, adopts the district budget, sets policies on curriculum, discipline, attendance boundaries and facilities, and approves contracts and collective bargaining agreements. Day-to-day operations belong to the superintendent; the board sets direction and holds the administration accountable.

This race. Nonpartisan: candidates appear without party labels.

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Decided at the 2026 primary: Nancy Nelis Bostock won the seat

DECIDED August 18: Nancy Nelis Bostock won by seven votes over Amanda Lord after a machine recount and a manual recount, with the result final once the canvassing board tabulated the remaining mail, provisional and cured ballots, per the Tampa Bay Times and WUSF reports on the recount. This race will not appear on the November 3 ballot.

Winner

Nancy Nelis Bostock

Nonpartisan

Top priorities

Student success and academic outcomes
School safety and secure learning environments
Fiscal responsibility so each expenditure benefits students

Per the campaign site.

Biography

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.

Campaign finance

$31,046 raised · county campaign-finance filings

Campaign site (opens in a new tab)

Also ran in the primary

Amanda Lord

Nonpartisan

Top priorities

Academic excellence, citing PTA leadership behind North Shore Elementary's A rating
Teacher support and parental partnership
Fiscal responsibility with project-management discipline

Per the campaign site.

Biography

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.

Campaign finance

$18,125 raised · county campaign-finance filings

Campaign site (opens in a new tab)

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Questions about this race

Who is running for Pinellas County School Board District 6 in 2026?

The Pinellas County School Board District 6 race was decided at the 2026 primary - Nancy Nelis Bostock won the seat - and does not appear on the November 3, 2026 ballot. 2 candidates were on the primary ballot: Nancy Nelis Bostock and Amanda Lord. Candidate information follows official Pinellas County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.

When is the Pinellas County School Board District 6 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 Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections filings, last verified September 25, 2026. Bios and priorities carry their attribution inline.

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Candidate profiles

Nancy Nelis Bostock, full profile Amanda Lord, full profile Official Florida election office