Elections 2026: Know Your Federal, State Candidates
Want to know which candidates are in your district and what they stand for? The WLRN News team and our public media partners across Florida have put together a guide for the federal and state races in the 2026 election cycle.
We have gathered details like candidate websites, their priorities and the stance they have on issues like the affordability, abortion and immigration.
Below you can find which districts you are in for these races, followed by our guide with information on candidates for the Aug. 18 primaries, ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms. Use the buttons to switch between U.S. Senate, U.S. House, State Senate and State House races. We will be updating entries as and when we receive more information.
We also have a detailed explainer with everything on how and where to vote and a guide to voter guides to help you choose. Let us know what local concerns you have as you look to vote by emailing talktous@wlrnnews.org.
These are the candidates competing in the Aug. 18 primaries:
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ELECTION 2026 COVERAGE
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The ad touts his bipartisan leadership in advancing school safety legislation following the tragic 2018 mass shooting at his alma mater, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. -
The Florida Realtors trade group is getting behind Amendment 3, the major property tax cut on the November ballot, putting $10 million to support the measure. -
The district was redrawn earlier this year when Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-majority Florida Legislature reconfigured the congressional maps to help Trump and Republicans maintain their slim control of the House. -
The Ocasio-Cortez endorsement comes after Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the nation's most influential liberal and progressive voice, announced his support of Nixon. -
President Donald Trump on Tuesday endorsed Republican congressional candidate Scott Singer, who is running against U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz for Florida's 25th congressional district.
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Democratic congressional candidate Pia Dandiya says her Republican opponent, Casey Askar, wants to end the Affordable Care Act for millions of Americans, including hundreds of thousands of Floridians. -
Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly ripped into Republicans again Friday over the grand jury report on Hope Florida. -
Meade was one of several independent candidates in the race for governor, in which Republican Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly are the frontrunners in the November election. -
One of the top political prediction websites in the country says Byron Donalds remains the favorite for Florida governor but sees some shift toward Democrat David Jolly. -
A new report from the Florida Policy Institute finds Amendment 3 could put hundreds of millions of dollars in public hospital funding at risk. FPI estimates Florida’s public hospital districts and health systems could lose $323 million over the next three years. -
Donalds announced he had selected Avila to be his lieutenant governor on social media and at a campaign rally Tuesday at the Freedom Tower at Miami Dade College. -
Florida state Rep. Angie Nixon, who won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, joined the Democratic Socialists of America in June. She said she doesn’t support all of its policies.
