Most voters don’t pay much attendtion to the details of candidates until it’s time to vote. As of April 29, there are 46 registered as candidates for the office of Florida Governor.
Actual Qualification will be on June 14, so we won’t know until then who will actually be on the Primary ballot on August 18, 2026.
Below is a list of the current candidates, segregated by Party, and arranged in alphabetical order.
Republicans
Jay Collins
Shea Cruel
Jenny Curtman
Byron Donalds
James Fishback
Jim Holcomb
Daniel Imperato
John Mercadante
Daniel Nokovich
Paul Renner
Rachel Rodriguez
James Shaw
Caneste Succe
Bobby Williams
14 Republican candidates
Democrats
Faith Antonio
Evelyn Castillo-Bach
Kevin Cichowski
Richard Dembinsky
Jerry Demings
Thomas Fernandez
Dayna Foster
David Jolly
Charles Lewis
Kenneth Norman
Donald Peterson
Bill Slater
Jessica Vernekar
Randy Zapata
14 Democrat candidates
No Party Affiliation
Dean Abrams
Surindar Bedi
Jeffrey Datto
Moliere Dimanche
Ansaun Fisher
Mourice Hylton
Evans Insley
Jennifer Pearl
Frank Russo
Yerucham Winer
Independent Party
James Brown
Andrea Klink
Reginald Strachan
There is actually a registered Political Party in Florida named the Independent Party
Minor Parties
Brandon McIntyre
Scott Jewett
There are several registered Political Parties in Florida besides the Republican and Democrat Parties
Write In
Rodney Glover
Erik Morris
Christopher Powell
Write In candidates must register as candidates, but are not required to pay fees or collect petition signatures, as is the case with other candidates.