Martin County School Board, District 4
School board members set the district budget and school-tax rate, hire the superintendent (where appointed), approve school boundaries, curriculum policy and construction, and set district policies. Nonpartisan. Term: 4 years.
Partly verified. Either the November opponent could not be confirmed from available sources, or only a few positions are documented. Confirm the full candidate list on your county sample ballot; unknown positions are shown as such.
How we verified who is on the ballot
Candidate list taken from the Florida Division of Elections, 2026 general election candidate list on 2026-09-18 ; both candidates are marked Qualified, which for a nonpartisan seat means the August vote did not produce a majority winner (or the seat is decided only in November). Check the county Supervisor of Elections sample ballot.
Debates and forums
- 2026-10-12 · League of Women Voters of Martin County, The Flagler Center, 201 SW Flagler Ave., Stuart, 6-8 p.m. (District 1 and 4 school board races). Listed by the Supervisor of Elections; no report, recording or write-up found, so whether it happened is unconfirmed.
District 4: Amy Pritchett and Anthony 'Tony' Anderson (participation not confirmed)
Candidates
Report an error ↗Anthony "Tony" Anderson
Anderson served on the Martin County School Board from 2018 to 2022 and spent about three decades in education. He has said his 2022 loss to Amy Pritchett was tied to his vote requiring students to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. He took about 41% of the Aug. 18, 2026 primary vote and faces Pritchett again in…
Amy Pritchett
Pritchett, 70, of Rocky Point was elected to the District 4 seat in 2022 after working as a teaching assistant in New York. She points to the district's return to an A rating and to reading proficiency rising from about 53% to about 65% during her term. She led the Aug. 18, 2026 primary with about 43% and faces former…
Side-by-side on the major issues
Each row is a statement. The chips show how each candidate's stated positions or record relate to that statement. Expand a row to read the evidence and sources. "No public position found" means we could not find a statement or record on the topic, not that the candidate has none.
| Issue | Anthony "Tony" Anderson Nonpartisan | Amy Pritchett Nonpartisan |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes & spendingCutting taxes should be a top priority, even if it means less government spending on services. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Property taxesFlorida should eliminate or sharply reduce homestead property taxes, even if local governments must cut services or find other revenue. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Education & school choicePublic money should follow students to private, charter or home schools (universal school vouchers). | Leans disagree· stated position Anderson argues that the district is losing money as students leave for other options and has questioned the effect of the state's school-choice funding on public schools. | Leans agree· stated position Pritchett rejects the argument that Florida's expansion of parental choice has weakened public education, saying that view is a misconception. |
| Gender identity lawsFlorida's laws restricting gender-affirming care for minors and classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity should remain in place. | No public position found | No public position found |
| Library and classroom materialsParents' objections should be enough to pull a book or lesson from a school, even when other families want it kept. | Leans disagree· stated position On library challenges, Anderson favors a balanced review committee that brings in broader community input rather than acting on a single objection. | Leans agree· stated position On library materials, Pritchett says the district must follow state requirements on age-appropriate content and notes that families who want a removed book have other options, such as public libraries. |
| Teacher and staff payRaising teacher and staff pay should be the district's top budget priority, even if other spending has to be cut. | Mixed / neutral· stated position Anderson's focus on teacher retention is on working conditions rather than pay; he says the core problem is the support and respect teachers get from administration. | Leans agree· based on record Pritchett cites pay increases during her term, including starting teacher salaries rising to $51,300 and supplements for early-career teachers increasing from $800 to $3,000. |
| School safety approachCampus safety depends more on police officers and firm discipline than on counselors and mental-health staff. | No public position found | No public position found |
Where they sit on the map
Each candidate is placed by the average of their documented stances. It is a summary of the table above, not an extra judgment.
How the axes are computed
Each axis is the average of a candidate's coded stances (+2 to −2) on a fixed set of statements, so it comes straight from the documented positions and nothing else. A candidate needs at least three documented statements on an axis to be placed.
Economic issues (toward "Smaller government (lower taxes, less spending)"): Taxes & spending (agree), Property taxes (agree), Health care (disagree), Housing affordability (disagree), Property insurance (disagree), Energy & utilities (disagree), Social Security & Medicare (disagree), Teacher and staff pay (disagree).
Social & legal issues (toward "Conservative side of the statements"): Immigration (agree), Abortion (disagree), Guns (disagree), Education & school choice (agree), Elections & voting (disagree), Crime & policing (agree), Gender identity laws (agree), Marijuana (disagree), Environment & water (disagree), Trump administration (agree), Library and classroom materials (agree), School safety approach (agree).
| Candidate | Economic issues | Social & legal issues |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony "Tony" Anderson | not enough data | not enough data |
| Amy Pritchett | not enough data | not enough data |
Other issues the candidates have raised
Priorities each candidate has brought up on their own, beyond the major-issue list above.
Anthony "Tony" Anderson
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.
Amy Pritchett
No additional issues found in public statements as of the last data review.