2020 General Election Candidates

Click the names below to view candidates' responses to our questionnaires.

Federal

U.S. House of Representatives

District 16

• Vern Buchanan
• Margaret Good

District 17

• Allen Ellison (DEM)
• Theodore Murray (NPA)
• Greg Steube (REP)

State

Florida Senate

District 23

• Joe Gruters (REP)
• Robert Kaplan (NPA)
• Katherine Norman (DEM)

Florida House of Representatives

District 71

• Andy Mele (DEM)
• Will Robinson (REP)

District 72

• Drake Buckman (DEM)
• Fiona McFarland (REP)

District 73

• David Reeves Fairey (DEM)
• Tommy Gregory (REP)

District 74

• James Buchanan (REP)
• Lisa Stortstrom (DEM)

Sarasota County

County Commission

District 1

• Mike Moran (REP)
• Mark Pienkos (DEM)

Charter Review Board

District 1

• Kennedy Legler (REP)
• Krista Lohr (DEM)

District 1 (two-year term)

• Alexandra Coe (REP)
• Walter Gilbert (NPA)

District 2

• Ray Collins (REP)
• Doreen Dupont (DEM)

District 3

• Mary Ellen Palermo (DEM)
• David Samuel (REP)

District 4

• Wilson Pava (DEM)
• Scott Williams (REP)

District 5

• Anthony "Tony" Dunbar (DEM)
• Elaine Miller (REP)

Hospital Board At Large

Seat 1

• Sharon Wetzler DePeters (REP)
• Everett "Bud" Weber (NPA)

Seat 2

• Tramm Hudson (REP)
• Laurie Kreindler (DEM)

Seat 3

• Finolia Idahosa (DEM)
• Britt Riner (REP)

Hospital Board Central District

Seat 1

• Sarah Lodge (REP)
• Vicki Lynn Nighswander (DEM)

City Commission

District 1

• Kyle Scott Battie
• Willie Charles Shaw

District 2

• Liz Alpert
• Terry Turner

District 3

• Erik Arroyo
• Daniel A. Clermont

Manatee County

County Commission

District 1

• James A Satcher III (REP)
• Dominique Shauntel Brown (DEM)

District 3

• Matthew Bower (NPA)
• Kevin Van Ostenbridge (REP)

District 5

• Vanessa Baugh (REP)
• Carol Ann Felts (write-in)
• Christopher Gilbert (write-in)

District 7, At-Large

• George Kruse (REP)
• Thomas Whitten Dell (write-in)

County Court Judge

Group 4​

• Melissa Gould
• Kristy Zinna

School Board

District 3

• Mary Foreman
• Dave "Watchdog" Miner

Supervisor of Elections

• Mike Bennett (REP)
• Charles Williams Jr (DEM)

Lakewood Ranch CDD 5

Seat 2

• Steven Peters
• Glenda Robertson

Lakewood Ranch CDD 6

Seat 4

• Sandra Keenan
• Clarissa Moore

Tara CDD

Seat 2

• Richard Lurk
• Peyton Phillips