JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Duval County Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland announced Friday that the local candidate qualifying period has ended.<\/p>\n
Qualified local candidates for the 2026 primary election are now listed on the Active Candidates and Committees page at duvalelections.gov\/Active-Candidates-Committees.<\/a><\/p>\n Qualified candidates for federal and state offices can be found at dos.elections.myflorida.com\/candidates<\/a>. Local candidates who face opposition will appear on the Primary Election ballot.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Holland noted that the 2026 Primary Election will include nonpartisan judicial and school board races, in which all registered voters may participate regardless of party affiliation.<\/p>\n The deadline to register to vote or change party affiliation ahead of the Primary Election is July 20. Voters can register online at duvalelections.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more information, residents can visit duvalelections.gov<\/a> or call the Duval County Elections Office at 904-255-VOTE (8683).<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n Arrest made in 2018 fatal shooting of 28-year-old West Augustine man<\/a>Action News Jax is working to host a GOP Gubernatorial Primary Debate: Here\u2019s where things stand<\/a>\u2018It\u2019s disgusting\u2019: Moms speak out after arrest of volunteer wrestling coach at Clay County schools<\/a>\u2018A bloody mess\u2019: Pickleball player witnesses paddle attack at St. Augustine court<\/a>World Cup watch parties score big with the Jacksonville economy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Duval County Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland announced Friday that the local candidate qualifying period…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[3017,22439,57086,4320,71654,38677,5142,3646,40154,2811,21535,2161,116,118,117,2895,22306,130669,90066,130670,157,22438,130671,130672,130673,4571,1617,13983,4220],"class_list":["post-313924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-ballot","tag-booth","tag-candidate","tag-citizen","tag-citizenship","tag-congress","tag-democracy","tag-duty","tag-election","tag-flag","tag-government","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-party","tag-poll","tag-polling-booth","tag-polling-station","tag-presidential","tag-pride","tag-primary","tag-proud","tag-stars-and-stripes","tag-thoughtful","tag-united-states","tag-usa","tag-vote","tag-voting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313924","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=313924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}