Who’s on the August primary election ballot? These are the South Florida candidates

Gabriela Henriquez Stoikow

June 17, 2024 at 11:25 a.m.·6 min read

Election season is back again in Florida, after Friday’s noon qualifying deadline solidified the list of candidates in races for the Aug. 20 primary election.

Florida is a “closed” primary state. That means that registered Democrats can only vote for candidates in the Democratic races, and registered Republicans will only vote for Republican candidates running for office.

Voters with no party affiliation cannot vote for partisan candidates, except when all the candidates running for a position are from the same party and the winner of the primary election won’t face opposition in the general election.

All voters, regardless of their party affiliation, will be able to cast their ballots in nonpartisan races. Those include circuit judges, school board members, county commissioners, county community council members and more.

Here is a full list of the candidates that you will see on the ballot on Aug. 20 at a federal, state and local level.

REGISTERED REPUBLICANS ONLY

UNITED STATES SENATOR

Rick Scott
John S. Columbus
Keith Gross

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, DISTRICT 22

Deborah Adeimy
Dan Franzese
Andrew Gutmann

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, DISTRICT 23

Gary Barve
Darlene Cerezo Swaffar
Joseph “Joe” Kaufman
Carla Spalding
Joe Thelusca
Robert S. Weinroth

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, DISTRICT 24

Patricia “Patti” Gonzalez
Jesus Gabriel Navarro

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, DISTRICT 25

Chris Eddy
Bryan E. Leib

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, DISTRICT 26

Mario Diaz-Balart
Richard Evans
Johnny Fratto

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, DISTRICT 27

Royland Lara
Maria Elvira Salazar

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 106

Melinda Almonte
Fabian Basabe

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 115

Moises I. Benhabib
Omar Blanco
Alian Alejandro Collazo

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR

Bryan Calvo
Dariel Fernandez

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SHERIFF

Ignacio Alvarez
Jose L Aragu
Rosanna Cordero-Stutz
Ruamen de Jesus DeLaRua
Alex Fornet
Jeffrey Giordano
Mario Knapp
Joe Martinez
John Rivera
Ernesto “Ernie” Rodriguez
Joe Sanchez

BROWARD COUNTY STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEWOMAN

Mery Lopez-Palma
Michele Merrell

REGISTERED DEMOCRATS ONLY

UNITED STATES SENATOR

Stanley Campbell
Rod Joseph
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
Brian Rush

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, DISTRICT 25

Jennifer “Jen” Perelman
Debbie Wasserman Schultz

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, DISTRICT 27

Lucia Baez-Geller
Mike Davey

STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 35

Rodney Jacobs
Chad Klitzman
Barbara Sharief

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS

Willis Howard
Juan Carlos “J.C.” Planas
Arnold “Arnie” Benjamin Weiss

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SHERIFF

John M. Barrow
Susan Khoury
Rickey Mitchell
James Reyes

BROWARD COUNTY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

Annette R Daniels
Brenda D. Forman
Charles Freddrick Hall Jr.

BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF

Steven Andrew Geller
David Howard
Alvin Pollock
Gregory Tony

BROWARD COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR

Abbey Ajayi
Dwight Forrest
Perry E. Thurston Jr.

BROWARD COUNTY SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS

Russell Bathulia
Joe Scott

NONPARTISAN (ALL VOTERS)

CIRCUIT JUDGE, 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, GROUP 8

Jason Edward Bloch
Bonita Jones-Peabody

CIRCUIT JUDGE, 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, GROUP 29

Heloiza Correa
Cristobal David Padron

CIRCUIT JUDGE, 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, GROUP 1

Christina Grace Arguelles
Carol-Lisa Phillips

CIRCUIT JUDGE, 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, GROUP 38

Stefanie C. Moon
John “Johnny” Weekes

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 98

Keith Abel
Shelton A. Pooler
Emily Rodrigues
Mitch Rosenwald

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 99

Joshauwa Brown
Daryl Nevroy Campbell

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 107

Wallace Aristide
Loreal Arscott
Monique Barley-Mayo
Wancito Francius
Faudlin Pierre
Christine Sanon-Jules Olivo

STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 109

James Bush III
Ashley Gantt
Roy Hardemon

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COUNTY COURT JUDGE GROUP 29

Christopher Benjamin
Scott Janowitz
Alina Salcines Restrepo

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COUNTY COURT JUDGE GROUP 31

Rita Maria Baez
Christopher Green

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 3

Joseph Scott Geller
Martin Karp
Brent W. Latham
Gustavo Ortega
Hayley Ross

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 7

Mary Blanco
Javier “Javi” Perez
Maxeme “Max” Tuchman

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 9

Kimberly T. Beltran
Luisa Santos

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MAYOR

Daniella Levine Cava
Manny Cid
Shlomo Danzinger
Carlos Garín
Alex Otaola
Miguel “el Skipper” Quintero
Eddy Rojas

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 3

Marion K. Brown
Audrey M. Edmonson
Keon Hardemon

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 7

Cindy Lerner
Richard Praschnik
Raquel A. Regalado

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 11

Roberto J. Gonzalez
Bryan Paz-Hernandez
Claudia Rainville

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 13

Rene Garcia
Ian Anthony Medina

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMUNITY COUNCIL AREA/SUBAREA 10/105

Anthony G. Atala
Paul R. Camacho

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COMMUNITY COUNCIL AREA/SUBAREA 14/144

Alicia Arellano
Manuel Ernesto Gutierrez
Marie-Flore Lindor-Latortue

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY CUTLER CAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SEAT 3

Albert Collazo
Christopher T. Musser

MIAMI-DADE CUTLER CAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SEAT 4

Donna Fishbein
Alexandra Penn Williams

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY DOWNTOWN DORAL SOUTH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SEAT 4

Adolfo William Alfonso
Francisco Bird
Guillermo J. Silva Malavé

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY DOWNTOWN DORAL SOUTH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SEAT 5

Lidy C Hernandez Perez
Jaime Mercado

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY ISLANDS AT DORAL III COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SEAT 4

Victoria Gonzalez
Gerardo A Verde

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY LANDMARK AT DORAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SEAT 5

Juan Javier De Maqua
Yasenka Peterson

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MAJORCA ISLES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SEAT 1

Reginald Andre
Theodis Tyrone Kendrick
Nathan Price

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY MAJORCA ISLES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SEAT 2

Eric Moss
Tamara Price

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TWO LAKES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SEAT 3

Orlando Bracho
Darily Ferrufino

BROWARD COUNTY COURT JUDGE, GROUP 6

Kathleen Mary “Katie” McHugh
Scott Russell Shapiro

BROWARD COUNTY COURT JUDGE, GROUP 10

Alejandro “Alex” Arreaza
Woody Clermont
Samuel Ford Stark

BROWARD COUNTY COURT JUDGE, GROUP 16

Kathleen Elaine Angione
Joseph Zager

BROWARD COUNTY COURT JUDGE, GROUP 25

Corey Brian Friedman
Tamar Hamilton

BROWARD COUNTY COURT JUDGE, GROUP 32

Emilio “Emi” Benitez
Lauren Nichole Peffer

BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, DISTRICT 1

Maura McCarthy Bulman
John Christopher Canter
Daniel Penha Foganholi Sr.

BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, DISTRICT 2

Torey Alston
Rebecca Lynne Larew Thompson

BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, DISTRICT 3

Sarah Margaret Kreuz Leonardi
Jason Lee Loring

BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, DISTRICT 5

Windsor Delano Ferguson Jr.
Jeff Holness

BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, AT LARGE 9

Debra Ann Hixon
Thomas Alberto Vasquez

BROWARD SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, GROUP 3

Celeste Shank Ellich
Roderick Antwan Newkirk

BROWARD SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, GROUP 4

Jessie Bastos
Mark Pilling

CENTRAL BROWARD WATER CONTROL DISTRICT, ZONE 5

Miguel Castillo
Massimo “Max” Pulcini

BROWARD COUNTY, CORAL BAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SEAT 1

Tina Hagen
Alan J Kapalka

BROWARD COUNTY CORAL SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, SEAT 1

Robert Rafanelli
Curt Tiefenbrun

BROWARD COUNTY CORAL SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, SEAT 2

Benjamin E. Groenevelt
Laurie Zotter

BROWARD COUNTY CORAL SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, SEAT 3

Mark Ritter
Teresa G. Sutton

BROWARD COUNTY HILLCREST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SEAT 3

Leonard Bushman
Abbey Sue Kessman

BROWARD COUNTY MAPLE RIDGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SEAT 3

Mark E. Kleiman
Carla L. Minyan

BROWARD COUNTY MONTERRA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SEAT 1

Greg Popowitz
Jason Yossi Sharf
Juan Carlos Sanchez
Jeffrey Yurgealitis Sr.

BROWARD COUNTY MONTERRA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SEAT 3

Valerie Borowski
Ricardo Lowe

BROWARD COUNTY OAKRIDGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SEAT 3

George Meza
Steven Nathasingh

BROWARD COUNTY ORCHID GROVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SEAT 2

Suzanne Courtade
Sheree Ann Davie

BROWARD COUNTY ORCHID GROVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SEAT 3

Matthew O’Brien
Susan Veitch

BROWARD COUNTY PALM AIRE SPECIAL RECREATION DISTRICT MEMBERS

Roger Gingerich
Derek Walker

BROWARD COUNTY PLANTATION ACRES IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

William (Bill) Beazley
Scott Brackney
Peter Gilmore
Stephen M. Nieset

SOUTH BROWARD DRAINAGE DISTRICT, ZONE 3

Laureano Chileuitt
Stanley Scott Hodges

BROWARD COUNTY WALNUT CREEK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, SEAT 5

Sorin Cruceru
Benjamin Kroker

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REGISTERED REPUBLICANS ONLY

REGISTERED DEMOCRATS ONLY

NONPARTISAN (ALL VOTERS)

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