Manatee County · Bradenton · November 3, 2026 general · Independent editorial · Not a sample ballot
Manatee still decides School Board District 5: Bedinghaus versus Mullis on November 3
Bradenton is the county seat. The county-only values gap on the live November 3 file is Manatee School Board District 5: Camden Bedinghaus versus Jonathan Mullis. That pair would be wrong in Sarasota or Hillsborough. Pull the style from Manatee County Supervisor of Elections (votemanatee.com) with your full residential address, not a 34205 / 34209 ZIP.
Featured: Manatee School Board District 5
Chantal Wilford is not on the live November 3 file we quote here. Open-seat runoff.
Camden Bedinghaus (NPA) 32 / 26 / 16 · Grade B. On the November 3, 2026 general ballot. Campaign camforschoolboard.com About names Jesus as Lord and Savior. 1776 Project PAC endorsee. Registered Republican. Christian 32 is that Lord line. The live “No Jesus grid” note was false after the site was opened.
Jonathan Mullis (NPA) 18 / 21 / 13 · Grade B. On the November 3, 2026 general ballot. Campaign votemullis.com (parental rights, school choice, fiscal, civics). Registered Republican. Christian 18 is conservative family/education policy without naming Jesus. Same letter. The bars are not.
Manatee School Board District 2
Cindy Spray (NPA, incumbent) 28 / 24 / 16 · Grade C versus Sharon Jefferson (NPA) 4 / 5 / 0 · Grade C. Spray: board chair; parental-rights / books-follow-statute (Herald Q); registered Republican plus Patriots/Tea Party trail. Jefferson: ~27-year educator; jefferson4schoolboard.com; empty Jesus after hunt; EQFL names Manatee D5 Wilford, not D2. James T. Golden, Margi Nanney, and JT White are not on the live November 3 file we quote here.
Commission names still on the live November file
The live file has one November 3 name in each of these commission races — we will not invent the old six-way back onto the page:
District 1: Elizabeth Arnold (R) 29 / 26 / 17 · Grade C. District 2: incumbent Amanda Ballard (R) 27 / 23 / 14 · Grade C. District 4: incumbent Mike Rahn (R) 30 / 25 / 16 · Grade C (Marine veteran; Commission Chair 2024). At-large District 6: Tara Poulton (R) 29 / 26 / 17 · Grade C.
John Dunn, Glen Gibellina, Edward A. Bailey Jr., and the rest of the old primary packs are not on the live November 3 file we quote here. School Board District 4 (Wesley Choate III) is not on that file either. Statewide offices: interactive guide for Manatee.
How to pull a Manatee sample ballot
Use votemanatee.com and your full residential address. Early-voting sites are set in Bradenton, not on this page. One walkthrough: How to vote in Florida 2026. Scores: open Manatee in the Florida guide.
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Last content pass 2026-09-07. Data may lag filings — SOE is authoritative.