Indian River County ballot — November 3, 2026
Official candidate line-up from the Florida Division of Elections (downloaded September 17, 2026), plus the districts that cover Indian River County. Where a district covers only part of the county, your address decides which one you vote in: use the state's voter lookup ↗ or your county sample ballot.
This page is the official line-up from the state's candidate list. For researched positions and the match tool on the races you actually vote in, enter where you vote; races this guide has researched are linked below where they apply.
Statewide (same everywhere in Florida)
U.S. Senate (special election)
Governor & Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Chief Financial Officer
Commissioner of Agriculture
Constitutional amendments 1, 2 and 3
Official language, what Yes and No mean, and who supports and opposes each.
Congress
U.S. House, District 8
- Mike Haridopolos Republican
- Jennifer Jenkins Democratic
Florida Legislature
Florida Senate, District 29
Not on the 2026 ballot: odd-numbered Senate districts are next up in 2028.
Florida House, District 34
Covers: Indian River, Part of Brevard
- Robert Brackett Republican
- Jordyn Guadalupe Balderas Democratic
Judges
Fourth District Court of Appeal — merit retention
Indian River County is in the 19th Judicial Circuit, whose appeals go to this court. Each judge is a separate Yes/No question.
- Shall Judge Alan O. Forst be retained in office?
- Shall Judge Mark W. Klingensmith be retained in office?
- Shall Judge Johnathan D. Lott be retained in office?
- Shall Judge Shannon K. Shaw be retained in office?
- Shall Judge Caroline Cahill Shepherd be retained in office?
Circuit Judge, 19th Circuit
No contested circuit-judge seat on the November ballot in this circuit (contested groups were decided in August or all candidates were unopposed).
Indian River County offices
Board of County Commissioners
District 2
- Jennifer Pippin Republican
- Robert D Hardingham III Democratic
- Write-in line (1 qualified write-in candidate: Nicole Paradiso; write-in names are not printed on the ballot)
District 4
- Marc Jaffe Democratic
School Board
District 4
Teri Barenborg Nonpartisan Elected without opposition — no vote held
"Elected without opposition" seats do not appear on the ballot. Seats decided in the August primary are not listed. City and town elections and local referendums are run by each county and are not in the state candidate list: check your county's sample ballot.
Special districts (Soil & Water Conservation Districts, Hospital Authority, Mosquito Control Districts) — contested seats and unopposed members
Soil & Water Conservation Districts
Seat 1
Robert Adair Nonpartisan Elected without opposition — no vote held
Hospital Authority
Seat 2
Michael Kint Nonpartisan Elected without opposition — no vote held
Seat 4
Wayne Creelman Nonpartisan Elected without opposition — no vote held
Seat 6
Kerry Bartlett Nonpartisan Elected without opposition — no vote held
Mosquito Control Districts
Seat 2
- Anna Kirkland Nonpartisan
- Craig MacCoy Nonpartisan
Seat 3
Thomas Lowther Nonpartisan Elected without opposition — no vote held
Indian River County Supervisor of Elections
- Supervisor
- Leslie Rossway Swan
- Phone
- 772-226-4700
- Address
- 4375 43rd Avenue Vero Beach, FL 32967
Sample ballot, early voting and mail ballots ↗
Statewide deadlines: register by Oct. 5, 2026; request a mail ballot by 5 p.m. Oct. 22; mandatory early voting Oct. 24–31 (counties may add days); polls open 7 a.m.–7 p.m. on Nov. 3.
Sources for this page
- Florida Division of Elections Candidate Tracking System, 2026 General Election (ElectionID 20261103-GEN), state and local candidate extracts downloaded 2026-09-17 from https://dos.elections.myflorida.com/candidates/downloadcanlist.asp. Contact fields removed. Status meanings per the Division: Qualified = qualified for the ballot; Unopposed = no opponent (elected without a vote); Defeated = lost in the primary; Withdrew / Did Not Qualify / Removed = not on the ballot.
- U.S. Census Bureau 2020 relationship file, 118th Congress districts (Florida 2022 plan) to counties: https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/cd-sld/tab20_cd11820_county20_natl.txt. Percent is the share of county land area in the district.
- House: https://www.flhouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/representatives.aspx (2024-2026 term, fetched 2026-09-17). Senate: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/ (2024-2026 term, fetched 2026-09-17). Even-numbered Senate districts are on the 2026 ballot per the Division of Elections candidate list.
- Judicial circuits: s. 26.021, Fla. Stat. Appellate districts: ss. 35.02-35.044, Fla. Stat. (as amended by ch. 2022-163, effective Jan. 1, 2023). Fetched from leg.state.fl.us 2026-09-17.
- Florida Division of Elections supervisor directory, https://dos.elections.myflorida.com/supervisors/countyInfo.asp?county=<code>, fetched 2026-09-17. The state directory can lag local changes (for Sumter it still lists the previous supervisor); the county website is authoritative.