General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 · Local and district races
Source: Ballotpedia, Sarasota County, Florida, elections, 2026 (secondary source, not the official ballot) (accessed Oct 16, 2026). Names are shown as listed by the source. Which district races you see depends on where you live; check yours at Florida voter information lookup (Division of Elections).
| Office | Candidates |
|---|---|
| County offices | |
| Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District Board Seat 3 | Tryn Stimart vs. Henry White Jr. |
| Sarasota County Board of County Commissioners District 4 | Julie London (D) vs. Jim DeNiro (R) |
| Sarasota County Charter Review Board District 3 | Jim Tate (D) vs. Chip Adams (R) |
| Sarasota County Charter Review Board District 4 | Robin Williams (D) vs. Taylor T. Collins (R) |
| Sarasota County Charter Review Board District 5 | Andrea Doria Kale (D) vs. Erin Halstead (R) |
| Schools, colleges & special districts | |
| Blackburn Creek Community Development District Board Seat 4 | Kevin J. Johnson vs. Thomas Ratzki |
| Bobcat Trail Community Development District Board Seat 1 | Dave Filler vs. Kristine Kaplan vs. Paula Johnson Taylor |
| Lakeside Plantation Community Development District Board Seat 2 | Bud Sabol vs. Frank Wilmer |
| Sarasota National Community Development District Board Seat 4 | Jim Centner vs. Douglas J. Kasl |
| Windward at Lakewood Ranch Community Development District Seat 5 | John Noakes vs. Roy Martin Winters |
| Sarasota County Schools school board District 1 | Heidi Brandt vs. Jimmy Glover |
| City & town offices | |
| Lakewood Ranch Community Development District 2 Board Seat 5 | Jonathan Dayton vs. Bill Mariotti vs. Arthur R. Taber |
| North Port City Commission District/Seat 5 | Oleg Mikhaylovich Lisitsyn vs. Philip Michael Stokes |
| North Port City Commission Seat 4 | Elaine Allen-Emrich vs. Ludmila Dunchyk |
| Sarasota City Commision At-large Vote for 2 | Jen Ahearn-Koch, Florence Entler, John Harshman |
| Venice City Council Seat 2 | Christopher Allen Derbak vs. Jenny Lynn Heussner vs. Susan A. Perry |
| Venice City Council Seat 5 | David Lee Gress vs. Richard A. Howard |
Also on every Sarasota County ballot: U.S. Senate, Governor, the Cabinet, U.S. House and legislative districts, judicial retention and the statewide amendments.
Party labels are shown only where Ballotpedia lists one. Florida school board and judicial races are nonpartisan. Many county races were settled in the Aug. 18 primary; only races still on the Nov 3 ballot are listed.
This list comes from Ballotpedia, a secondary source, not the official ballot, and Ballotpedia notes its local lists may be incomplete. Your exact ballot: Florida voter information lookup (Division of Elections).
One candidate per seat on the list (write-ins may still be possible).
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