{"id":447314,"date":"2026-11-04T15:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/447314\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T15:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T15:30:10","slug":"local-election-recap-who-won-races-across-southwest-florida-in-2026-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/447314\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Election Recap: Who won races across Southwest Florida in 2026 | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The polls closed for the 2026 midterm elections on Tuesday. Votes are still being tabulated for some national races as of Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Below are the results of local elections across Southwest Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lee County elections<\/p>\n<p>Supervisor of Elections<\/p>\n<p>Jenna Persons-Mulicka (REP)Chris Vignieri (DEM)<\/p>\n<p>Board of County Commissioners &#8211; District 2<\/p>\n<p>Cecil L. Pendergrass (REP)Elliot Taylor (DEM)<\/p>\n<p>Board of County Commissioners &#8211; District 4\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brian Hamman (REP)DeMaria &#8220;Princess&#8221; Artis (NPA)<\/p>\n<p>School Board Member &#8211; District 4<\/p>\n<p>Tony Beougher (NON)Debbie Jordan (NON)<\/p>\n<p>School Board Member &#8211; District 5<\/p>\n<p>Crystal Johnson (NON)Armor Persons (NON)<\/p>\n<p>City of Bonita Springs City Council &#8211; District 3<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Condit (NON)Ray Sandelli (NON)<\/p>\n<p>City of Bonita Springs City Council &#8211; District 5<\/p>\n<p>James Anderst (NON)Nigel Patrick Fullick (NON)<\/p>\n<p>City of Cape Coral Mayor<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Cohen-Adkinson (NON)Rick Erickson (NON)<\/p>\n<p>City of Cape Coral City Council &#8211; District 1<\/p>\n<p>Dave Newton (NON)Tom Shadrach (NON)<\/p>\n<p>City of Cape Coral City Council &#8211; District 4<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Nelson Lastra (NON)James Vargas (NON)<\/p>\n<p>City of Cape Coral City Council &#8211; District 6\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Liza King (NON)Annette Warren (NON)<\/p>\n<p>City of Fort Myers City Council &#8211; Ward 3<\/p>\n<p>Chantel &#8220;Telly&#8221; Rhodes (NON)Terolyn P. Watson (NON)<\/p>\n<p>Town of Fort Myers Beach Town Council<\/p>\n<p>Tom Brady (NON)Anita Cereceda (NON)Rebecca Link (NON)John McLean (NON)Edward J. Schoonover (NON)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enr.electionsfl.org\/LEE\/4111\/Summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> to see the full list of Lee County election results.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Collier County elections<\/p>\n<p>County Commissioner, District 2<\/p>\n<p>Chris Hall (REP)Cody Davis (JEF)<\/p>\n<p>Marco Island City Council<\/p>\n<p>Jason Bailey (NON)Dennis Bartolucci (NON)Darrin Palumbo\u00a0(NON)Chris Ricci (NON)Teri Sommerfeld (NON)Rick Woodworth (NON)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enr.electionsfl.org\/CLL\/4083\/Summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> to see the full results for the Collier County Elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeSoto County<\/p>\n<p>Arcadia City Council<\/p>\n<p>Ashley BrownJerome C. ReavesAddison ReesorDee WashingtonJudy Wertz Strickland<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enr.electionsfl.org\/DES\/4094\/Summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> to view the full results of the DeSoto County Elections.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte County elections<\/p>\n<p>Punta Gorda City Council District 1<\/p>\n<p>Jeannine Polk (NON)George Williamson (NON)<\/p>\n<p>Punta Gorda City Council District 4<\/p>\n<p>Gary P. Butler (NON)Janis Denton (NON)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enr.electionsfl.org\/CHA\/4062\/Summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> to see the full results of the Charlotte County elections.<\/p>\n<p>Glades County elections<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enr.electionsfl.org\/GLA\/4065\/Summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> to see the full results of the Glades County elections.<\/p>\n<p>Hendry County elections<\/p>\n<p>Port LaBelle Community Development District Seat 5<\/p>\n<p>Rebekah LewisAlexandra Platonova<\/p>\n<p>City of Clewiston Commissioner<\/p>\n<p>Barbara Edmonds (NON)Jennifer Evans (NON)Mali Soto Gardner\u00a0(NON)Derrick S. Hughes (NON)Hillary Hyslope (NON)Congressional races<\/p>\n<p>9th Congressional District (not called as of 9:00 am November 4th)<\/p>\n<p>Darren Soto (DEM)Dan Green (REP)<\/p>\n<p>16th Congressional District<\/p>\n<p>Sydney Gruters (REP)Kelly Kirschner (DEM)Mark Davis (NPA)<\/p>\n<p>17th Congressional District<\/p>\n<p>Greg Steube (REP)Matthew Montavon (DEM)Michael J. Quirk (NPA)<\/p>\n<p>19th Congressional District<\/p>\n<p>Jim Schwartzel (REP)Victor Arias (DEM)<\/p>\n<p>22nd Congressional District<\/p>\n<p>Pia Dandiya (DEM)Casey Askar (REP)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enr.electionsfl.org\/HEN\/4077\/Summary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here<\/a> to see the full results for the Hendry County elections.<\/p>\n<p>Jim Schwartzel is the president of Sun Broadcasting, which owns local media outlets, including 92.5 FOX News, The CW and FOX Florida, which air WINK News. Schwartzel has no involvement in WINK News editorial decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The polls closed for the 2026 midterm elections on Tuesday. 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