2026 School Board Candidates

Click on the names below to see candidate responses to a series of questions relating to parental rights, book objections, censorship and the overall importance of the school library. All Florida school board candidates, excluding those who ran uncontested, were invited to answer these questions. The names below with a hyperlink are the candidates who chose to do so. The website will be updated as more responses come in. Please note that responses are directly from the candidates and have not been modified in any way.
*indicates incumbent candidate

Alachua
District 1
Gabriel Lopez
Hunter Miller
Janine Plavac
District 3
Gregory Pelham
Sarah Rockwell
District 5
Janice Vinson
Baker
District 2
Jack Baker Jr.
District 3
Clayton Lyons
District 4
Mandi Canaday
Bay
District 2
Ginger Littleton
Michael Petty
District 3
Dr. John L. Haley
Colleen Koch
Glenn Manley
Christopher Moore
District 5
Steve Moss
Bradford
District 1
Sheila Fayson Cummings
District 2
Gayle Nicula
District 5
Lacey Coleman
Brevard
District 1
Tara "Coach T" Gibson
Megan Wright*
District 2
Kyle Savage
Gene Trent*
Kelly Wentworth
District 5
Tammy Dennis
Michele McCormack
Cecilia Trotter
Broward
District 1
Maura McCarthy Bulman
Carmen Jackie Gimenez
District 4
Sharry Kimmel
Nicole Morst
District 6
Jessie Bastos
Adam Cervera
Roberto Fernandez III
Makai Aline Henry
Lester L. Wilks Jr
District 7
Cynthia Alceus Dominique
Rochelle "Shelly" Soffer
At-Large 8
Sonja Azim
Allen Zeman
Calhoun
District 2
Scott Barton
Ray Howell
District 3
Laurinda Smith Faircloth
Craig Lipford
District 5
Janet Price Edewaard
Danny M. Hassig
Charlotte
District 1
Cara Marie Reynolds
District 4
John Henry LeClair
Citrus
District 1
Thomas Kennedy
District 3
Mike Mullen
John Thrumston
District 5
Joseph "Joe" Faherty
Clay
District 1
Lara Libretto
Erin Skipper*
District 4
Michele Hanson*
Michael Rathjen
District 5
Gerald Beasley
Ashley Gilhousen*
Veronica Powell-Faison
Collier
District 1
Jeff Donaldson
District 3
Kelly Mason
District 5
Ford Dalusma
Timothy Moshier
Columbia
District 1
Niki Goswami
Narragansett Smith
District 3
Cherie Hill
District 5
Hunter Peeler
DeSoto
 District 1
 Jami Schueneman
District 3
Asena Mott
District 5
Kelly Mercer
Dixie
District 2
Amanda Mills NesSmith
District 3
John Duane Driggers Jr
District 5
Lucas Jackson Rollison
Duval
District 2
Donovan Bradley
Terence Lavele Myers
Donna Mae Westrich
District 4
Alfreda Denson Butler
Rhodesia "Rho" Butler
James "Coach" Jacobs
Gracie Bell Kearse-McCastler
District 6
Lindsey Denmark
Clarence "CJ" James
Michelle Petty
Robert Stafford
Tammyette Thomas
Escambia
District 1
Erin Toler
Kevin Adams*
District 2
Paul Fetsko*
Gerald Washington
District 3
David Williams I*
Isaac Williams
Flagler
District 1
Cathy Moon
Jill R. Woolbright
District 2
Will Furry*
Rob Wood
District 4
Christy Chong*
Ron Long
Trevor Tucker
​Franklin
District 2
Wilburn Ray Messer
Vance B. Pedrick
District 4
Karen Day Ward

Gadsden
District 2
Jefferson Flores
Rodney Moore
Tracey Stallworth
Donnie Washington
District 3
Leroy McMillan
District 4
Jamel David
Charlie Frost
Gilchrist
District 1
David Biddle
District 3
Raymond Robbins
Roy Smith
District 5
Charlotte Kearney
D. Deen Lancaster*
Glades
District 1
Angie Woodward Hough
Anita Thielen Sauls
District 4
Kimberly Clement
District 5
Patricia Pearce
Lauren V. Thompson
Gulf
District 1
Chad Bailey*
Pamela Palmer
Dennis Peak
District 2
Brooke Wooten*
District 3
Lisa Pridgeon
District 5
Ruby Sue Knox*
Hamilton
District 1
Cheryl Deas McCall
District 4
Jamie Bowen Sr
Kizzy Burch
Larry D. Ogburn
Timothea Scott
District 5
Menieca Mathis Kennedy
Sammy McCoy
Hardee
District 1
Stacy Sharp
District 3
Marie Dasher
District 5
Mark Gilliard
Hendry
District 3
Amanda Nelson
District 4
Stephanie Busin
District 5
Jon Basquin
Hernando
District 1
Mark Johnson*
Dana Lynne Pearce
District 3
Shannon Lean Rodriguez*
Luciano Stefan Vignali
District 5
Kara Leigh Champion
Amana Rae Cunningham-Rud
Susan Duval*
Highlands
District 1
James Jonsten
Chantel Parris
Kari Pritchett
District 4
Hilary Hathaway
Reese E. Martin
District 5
Gary Brown
Savannah Casto
Andy Tuck
Hillsborough
District 2
Brittany Lyssy
Daniela Simic
Chris Taylor
District 4
Patricia "Patti" Rendon
District 6
Kenneth "Ken" Gay
Karen Perez*
Sally Harris Williamson
Holmes
District 1
Jeffrey Amerson
Milton (Ted) Wilson
District 3
Natalie Miller
District 5
Leesa Lee
Indian River
District 1
Ryan Matthews
District 2
Thomas Lange
Jacqueline Rosario*
District 4
Teri L. Barenborg*
Jackson
District 1
Chephus D. Granberry
Christopher Bryan King
District 4
Chris Johnson
District 5
Phyllis T. Daniels
Michael MJ Jackson
Danielle Walker
Jefferson
District 2
Jamia Bradley
Donnie Burdick
Miranda Gillyard Gilley
District 3
Brenda Bentley Wirick
Shirley Alexander Washington
District 5
Magdalen "Mags" Flynt
Lafayette
District 1
Darren Driver
District 3
Mark Beach
Mary Anne McCray
District 5
Kristyn Folsom
Ann Murphy
Lake
District 1
Pat Kelley
Eric Schwalbach
James Smith
District 3
Marc A. Dodd
District 5
Stephanie Luke
Lee
District 1
Sam Fisher
Jenn McDaigle
District 4
Carl Baxter
Tony Beougher
Gisele "Gigi" Gentile
Debbie Jordan
District 5
Crystal Johnson
Armor Persons
Carline Saintilus
At-Large 6
Jada Langford-Fleming
India Palencia

Leon
District 1
James Richard Billingsley
Alva Swafford Smith
District 3
Darryl Eugene Jones
District 5
Marcus Bernard Nicolas
James G. Reilly Jr
Levy
District 1
Cameron Asbell
District 3
Jaime Handlin
Tricia Horvath
District 5
Devin Whitehurst
Liberty
District 3
Thornton Davis
Tommy Duggar Jr.
Erica Nobles Smith
District 4
Melissa Kincaid
Jason Singletary
District 5
Charles "Boo" Morris
Madison
District 1
Katie Knight
Byron Poore
District 3
VeEtta Hagan
District 5
Donnell Davis
Michael Maurice
Jonathan Mazzella
Manatee
District 2
James T. Golden
Sharon Jefferson
Margi Nanney
Cindy Spray*
JT White
District 4
Chad Choate*
District 5
Camden T. Bedinghaus
Jonathan Mullis
Chantal Wilford
Marion
District 3
Eric R. Cummings
Steve Swett
District 4
Jeff Brewer
Mike Mills
Brigitte Smith
Buddy Wyckoff
District 5
Donald "Donny" Barber
Ualthan Bigby
Sarah James
Martin
District 1
Christia Li Roberts
Cherie White
Charles J. (Chuck) Winn
District 3
Jackie Gary Clarke
Jen Russell
District 4
Anthony "Tony" Anderson
Milly Blanco
Amy Pritchett
Miami-Dade
District 1
Linda Cothiere
Erhabor Ighodaro
Joy L. Jackson
Bernard Wh Jennings
Thera Johnson
Wrendly Mesidor
Katrina Wilson
James Wright
District 2
Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall
District 4
Roberto J. Alonso
District 6
Maria "Mari Tere" Rojas
District 8
Monica Colucci
Samuel "Sam" Joseph
Monroe
District 1
Theresa Axford
Darren Horan
District 4
Luis Gonzalez
District 5
Chelyn Shaw
Sue Woltanski*
Nassau
District 1
Shannon G. Hogue
District 3
Joe Zimmerman
District 5
Lissa Braddock
Angel Foster Cole
Okaloosa
District 1
*No Qualifiers
District 3
Linda Evanchyk
Mitch Reed
District 5
Brett Hinely
Cynthia West
Okeechobee
District 1
Christina Brennan Bishop
District 3
Melisa Jahner
District 5
Jill Clericuzio Holcomb
Orange
Chair
Alicia Farrant
Angie Gallo
District 1
Melissa Lopez Marantes
David Shepard
District 2
Marisol Lugo
Gloria Reina O'Neal
District 3
Ilia Adorno
Diana Moore
Susanne Pena
Osceola
District 1
Greg Filak
Jay Wheeler
District 3
Natalie Guzman
Alyssa Noel
Carl Velasquez
District 4
Heather Kahoun
District 5
Paula Bronson
Palm
District 3
Karen Brill
District 4
Tiffany Bryant
Dr. Anthony Hamlet
Christina L. Romelus
Daniel Zapata
District 6
John McGovern
Widline Pierre
Wanda Rosario-Schoenfeld
District 7
Edwin Ferguson

Pasco
District 1
Gino Collura
Kimberly D. Coward
Christopher A. King
Brian Perras
District 3
Matt Geiger
Sean M. O'Flannery
Kirk N. Phillips
Erin R. Stroupe
Mollyanna Ward
District 5
Megan C. Harding
Michelle R. Mandarin
Pinellas
At-Large 2
Lisa Cane
Nancy Velardi
At-Large 3
Curtis Campogni
Dawn Douglas
Dawn Peters*
District 6
Nancy Nelis Bostock
Amanda Lord
District 7
Caprice Edmond*
Polk
District 3
Sarah Corona
Victor Sims
Kate Wallace*
District 5
Kay Fields*
Sam Neelam
District 6
Kasen Hampton
Justin Sharpless*
District 7
Lisa Miller*
Putnam
District 1
Holly Pickens
District 4
Linda Wagner
District 5
Phil Leary
Santa Rosa
District 1
David Farrow
Linda Sanborn
District 3
Carol Boston
Kyle Connolly
District 5
Marie Locklin
Scott Peden
Jill Broxson Teston
Sarasota
District 1
Heidi Brandt
Teresa DeWitt
Jimmy Glover
District 4
Frank Dicicco
Megan Tennimon
District 5
Beth Mayberry
Michelle Pozzie
Seminole
District 1
Kristine Kraus*
Antonio Pizza
District 2
Joshua Memminger
Holton Mills
District 5
Autumn Garick*
Brian T. Newsome
St Johns
District 1
Kevin Allen
Beverly Slough
District 3
Jennifer Collins
District 4
Leif M. Jonassen III
Tammie McClafferty
Jillian Tozer
St Lucie
District 1
Brian K. Capp
Debbie Hawley
District 3
Donna Mills
Ben "Zag" Zagrobelny
District 5
Charles V. Cerami
Troy Ingersoll
Lisa Kessler
Sumter
District 1
Sally Moss
Leslie Russell
District 3
Gerald Loomer
David A. Williams
District 5
Michael Johnson
Troye Joiner
Suwannee
District 3
Clifford Bean
Malcolm Hines
District 4
Edward daSilva
District 5
Aaron Bass
Ronald White
Taylor
District 1
Bonnie Sue Agner
Liddie Davis
District 2
Brenda Carlton
District 4
David Stephens
Union
District 1
Christopher Hodgson*
Calvin "Cal" Jr Petter
District 3
Curtis Clyatt
District 5
Terra Johnson
Volusia
District 1
Brenda Beery
Jaclyn Carrell
Jamie Michele Haynes*
District 3
Grace Kellermeier
Jessie Thompson*
District 5
Ruben Colon*
Dean Condon
Wakulla
District 1
Eddie Hand
District 3
Cale Langston
District 5
Laura Lawhon
Walton
District 2
Jenny "J.J." Barton
District 3
Bill Eddins Jr.
Gordon M. Porter
District 5
Jason Catalano
Washington
District 1
Cynthia "Cindy" Johnson Brown
Sabrina Woods
District 4
Will "Tonka" Taylor
District 5
Cheryl Williams