{"id":285315,"date":"2026-05-26T22:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285315\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T22:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T22:30:08","slug":"official-qualifying-dates-for-local-candidates-in-lee-county-with-pre-qualifying-underway-wgcu-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285315\/","title":{"rendered":"Official qualifying dates for local candidates in Lee County with pre-qualifying underway | WGCU News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Official qualifying dates have been announced in Lee County for local countywide, independent special district and municipal candidates seeking office.<\/p>\n

The official qualifying period will begin at noon, Monday, June 8, and end at noon, Friday, June 12.<\/p>\n

Per Florida Statute 99.061(8), candidates may submit qualifying paperwork and associated filing fees up to 14 days before official qualifying begins. This pre-qualifying period is underway and continues through 5 p.m., Friday, June 5.<\/p>\n

All qualifying activities take place at the Lee County Elections Main Office, located in the Melvin Morgan Constitutional Complex, 2480 Thompson St., third floor, Fort Myers.<\/p>\n

Candidate qualifying packets, along with the list of candidates running for office in Lee County, are available online at lee.vote\/179\/Candidates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Candidates for the City of Bonita Springs and the City of Fort Myers qualify with their city clerk.<\/p>\n

Federal, state and multi-county special district candidates qualify with the Florida Division of Elections.<\/p>\n

WGCU is your trusted source for news and information in Southwest Florida. We are a nonprofit public service, and your support is more critical than ever. Keep public media strong and\u00a0donate\u00a0<\/a>now. Thank you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Official qualifying dates have been announced in Lee County for local countywide, independent special district and municipal candidates…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-285315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}