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Charlotte County, FL

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

12 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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U.S. House, Florida District 17
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Matthew Montavon
DEM
Biography
Retired public administrator who worked in local government planning and helped run a department with a $50 million budget at the United Nations' food and agriculture agency in Rome, per WSLR reporting; his campaign site shows this is his second run at the Southwest Florida seat after a 2024 bid. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Protecting Social Security and Medicare
  • Environment and disaster recovery
  • Affordable housing, jobs and prosperity
Full profile
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Greg Steube
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Greg Steube enlisted in the U.S. Army while attending law school at the University of Florida and served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps, including as chief of detainee operations in Iraq in 2006 and 2007, per his official House biography. Before Congress he spent six years in the Florida House of Representatives and two years in the Florida Senate, and that biography describes him as serving his fourth term representing a district covering Sarasota County, Charlotte County and part of Lee County. He sits on the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, per the same biography.
Top Priorities
  • Border and immigration policy
  • Agriculture
  • Second Amendment rights
Per the official House issues page.
Key voting record
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
Campaign siteFull profile
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Michael J. Quirk
Biography
Michael J. Quirk, a cybersecurity professional with a thirty-year career protecting banks, airlines and critical systems, is running for Florida's 17th Congressional District as a no-party-affiliation candidate, per his campaign site. He relocated to Sarasota in 2024 and started a small business there, per his campaign site. Michael J. Quirk appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot as a no-party-affiliation candidate for FL-17, per the Florida Division of Elections certified candidate list.
Top Priorities
  • Lowering costs and protecting retirement
  • Fixing insurance, coastal protection, and evacuation planning
  • Defending privacy in the AI age
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
August 18 primary results (unofficial until certification): Matthew Montavon won the Democratic primary with 27,610 votes to Allen Spence's 22,257, per the AP count. He meets Republican incumbent Greg Steube on the November 3 ballot. A qualified write-in line also prints in November without the candidate's name.
U.S. Senate
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Ashley Moody
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Border security and immigration enforcement
  • Support for law enforcement and public safety
  • Consumer protection and anti-trafficking work
Campaign Finance
$8,400,000 raised · top industries: Lawyers/Law Firms, Real Estate, Retired
Key voting record
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
Campaign siteFull profile
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Neil J. Gillespie
Biography
Neil J. Gillespie is a no-party-affiliation candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. Senate in Florida, per the Florida Division of Elections' certified candidate list.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Angie Nixon
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Affordable housing and renter protections
  • Economic justice for working families
  • Health care access
Campaign siteFull profile
Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Byron Donalds
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Lower property taxes, insurance costs, and cost of living
  • Continue conservative education and parental-rights policy
  • Keep Florida's economy and job growth strong
Campaign Finance
$90,000,000 raised · top industries: Friends of Byron Donalds political committee, Individual donors (about 37,000 contributions)
Key voting record
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
Campaign siteFull profile
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David Jolly
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Tackle Florida's property-insurance and affordability crisis
  • Invest in public schools and teachers
  • Restore balance and accountability to state government
Campaign Finance
$5,000,000 raised · top industries: Individual donors, Jolly political committee
Campaign siteFull profile
Attorney General
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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James Uthmeier
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Immigration enforcement and public safety
  • Defend Florida law in court
  • Consumer protection
Campaign siteFull profile
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Jose Javier Rodriguez
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Hold insurers accountable for Florida homeowners
  • Protect consumers and workers
  • Defend voting rights
Full profile
Chief Financial Officer
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Blaise Ingoglia
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • State fiscal oversight and DOGE-style spending review
  • Property-insurance accountability
  • Taxpayer protection
Campaign siteFull profile
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Annette Taddeo
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Property-insurance accountability for homeowners
  • Fiscal transparency
  • Consumer protection
Campaign siteFull profile
Agriculture Commissioner
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Wilton Simpson
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Protect Florida agriculture and farmland
  • Water policy and conservation
  • Consumer services oversight
Campaign siteFull profile
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Joey Mendoza Atkins
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Crack down on grocery price-gouging and food monopolies
  • Support local farmers to strengthen Florida's food supply
  • Expand affordable housing and lower everyday costs
Campaign siteFull profile
Florida Judicial Retention
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Carlos G. Muñiz
INCUMBENT
Biography
Justice Muñiz was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court by Gov. Ron DeSantis on January 22, 2019, and served two terms as Chief Justice from 2022 to 2026. He previously was general counsel of the U.S. Department of Education and deputy attorney general and chief of staff to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi; he is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Yale Law School.
About this race
Retention vote: each judge appears alone with a yes-or-no question on keeping the seat. 22 more district or county retention judges depend on your address: see /judges/florida.

Countywide races in Charlotte County

ZIP 33950 sits in Charlotte County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Charlotte County races (8).

Punta Gorda City Council District 1
2 candidates
County ▾
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Jeannine Polk
INCUMBENT
Biography
Jeannine Polk is the sitting Punta Gorda vice mayor for District 1, elected in 2024, and a longtime resident whose family develops and operates commercial property in Charlotte County, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Upgrading water, wastewater and stormwater drainage infrastructure
  • Government transparency and community involvement
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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George Williamson
Biography
George Williamson is a businessman with more than 40 years of executive experience who was CEO of the Tampa Port Authority and settled in Punta Gorda in 2020, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Storm resiliency, drainage and flood mitigation
  • Competitive pay and equipment for police and firefighters
  • Fiscal discipline and core city services
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
This race was not on the August 18 primary ballot: Jeannine Polk and George Williamson meet in a nonpartisan race that all Punta Gorda voters choose, per the filings on the City of Punta Gorda's campaign finance portal (the city clerk's qualified-candidate list was not reachable).
Punta Gorda City Council District 4
2 candidates
County ▾
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Gary Butler
Biography
Gary Butler spent 35 years with the Boy Scouts of America, retiring as chief operating officer, and later worked with the Military Heritage Museum; he moved to Punta Gorda full time in 2012, per the Venice Gondolier.
Top Priorities
  • Downtown revitalization and a historic-district flooding and infrastructure plan
  • An arts and culture district and a trolley system
Per the Venice Gondolier.
Full profile
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Janis Denton
INCUMBENT
Biography
Janis Denton is the sitting District 4 member of the Punta Gorda City Council, per the city's council page. Per her campaign site, she previously started a yacht brokerage, owned a tall-ship charter business and ran a boutique inn in Gig Harbor, Washington, and has served on the Charlotte County Tourism Development Committee and the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center board.
Top Priorities
  • Restore Historic City Hall in a fiscally responsible manner
  • Update the Land Development Regulations with residents and businesses
  • Fix stormwater and drainage and invest in water and sewer infrastructure
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
This race was not on the August 18 primary ballot: Gary Butler and the sitting councilmember Janis Denton meet in a nonpartisan race that all Punta Gorda voters choose, per the filings on the City of Punta Gorda's campaign finance portal (the city clerk's qualified-candidate list was not reachable).

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