Voter Guide – Primary Election 2026

Oviedo Community News’ mission is to empower readers with trustworthy, local information to help you make decisions. This nonpartisan voter guide has information on all of the candidates running in the 2026 Primary Election – a critical election as many of the races will be determined by your votes. For some races, this is it; whoever wins the primary wins it all.

The OCN team has spent months learning about Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs’ priorities and questions for the candidates through our online survey, hosting group discussions and through one-on-one interviews. We posed voter-submitted questions as well as questions based on your priorities to the local candidates.

We candidates in each race the same questions in writing and they were given a deadline to answer in their own words. Those who did not answer got multiple emails, phone calls and text messages from our reporters. Candidates who did not respond are identified in their profiles below.  

OCN is a nonprofit and does not endorse candidates or provide opinions. Find our ethics policy here. 

This guide would not be possible without the vital work of OCN editorial interns Mason Gray, Gio Gonzalez, Sophie Jackson, Sarah Morelli, Azlyn Cato and Demetrius Montero; reporters Abe Aboraya, Eric Orvieto; Senior Editor Alex Babcock; Managing Editor Isaac Babcock and Editor-in-chief Megan Stokes. Countless hours were spent reporting, fact checking, reaching out to candidates, laying out the guide and deliberating on how to produce the most useful, fair and equitable resource possible.

To make local elections even more accessible, this year OCN teamed up with the News Collaborative of Central Florida to share election content, helping the entire region be more informed at the ballot box.

This guide would also not be possible without contributions from OCN’s individual donors and our corporate and major donors. Thank you for helping us to provide this critical community service. Contribute here to keep work like this possible.

Thank you to those candidates who participated in the guide. It’s noted which candidates did not return the multiple phone calls and emails. Also of note, OCN used BillTrack50 to help you see how your representatives have voted on issues in the past. This resource was not available for those who have never previously been elected to office nor for those in local office.

• Primary Election: Aug. 18
• General Election: Nov. 3
• Find your polling location here. 
• Find information for military or overseas voters here.
• Interested in becoming an election worker? Click here.

• Deadline to register for Primary Election: July 20
• Deadline to register for General Election: October 5, 2026 
• Register to vote here.
• Check your voter registration status and record here.
• Fill out the Voter Registration Application here to update your signature, change your name, or if the online form provided by the state is not working.  

• Deadline to request a mail ballot to be mailed for the Primary Election: Aug. 6
• Deadline to request a mail ballot to be mailed for the General Election: October 22, 2026 
• Ballots must be received by the Supervisor of Elections Office by Election Day.
• Drop off mail-in ballots in person at Seminole County Supervisor of Elections, 1500 E. Airport Blvd. in Sanford. Alternatively, drop off mail-in ballots at any early voting location (find below). 
• Have questions about your mail-in ballot? Find answers here. 
• Did you know that you can track your ballot? Do that here. 

• Seminole County Primary Election Early Voting: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 8 – 15
• Seminole County General Election Early Voting days and times: Oct. 19 – Nov. 1, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• During the Early Voting period, you can vote at any Seminole County Early Voting Site, regardless of your residential precinct.
• Locations:
  • Supervisor of Elections: 1500 E. Airport Blvd., Sanford
  • West Branch Library: 245 N. Hunt Club Blvd., Longwood
  • Jean Rhein Central Branch Library: 215 Oxford Road, Casselberry
  • Northwest Branch Library: 580 Green Way Blvd., Lake Mary
  • Oviedo Aquatic Center: 148 Oviedo Blvd., Oviedo
  • East Branch Library: 310 N. Division St., Oviedo
  • North Branch Library: 150 N. Palmetto Ave., Sanford