Marion County · Ocala · November 3, 2026 general · Independent editorial · Not a sample ballot
Marion still decides School Board District 5: Barber versus James on November 3
Ocala is the county seat. This is Marion, not Martin County (Stuart). The county-only values gap on the live November 3 file is Marion School Board District 5: Donald (Donny) Barber versus incumbent Sarah James, both printed nonpartisan. Ualthan Bigby lost August 18 (15.59 percent). Official ENR MRN/4007: James 49.18 percent and Barber 35.23 percent advanced as the top two. Pull the style from Marion County Supervisor of Elections (votemarion.gov) with your full residential address, not a 34470 / 34471 ZIP.
Featured: Marion School Board District 5
Both cards are researchGrade B. The Gospel sentence is on one card, not both.
Donald (Donny) Barber (NPA) 30 / 22 / 12 · Grade B. On the November 3, 2026 general ballot. votedonny.com / meet_donald names “repentance and faith through the Lord Jesus Christ.” Issues/Plan are safety / fiscal / tech with no iVG life/gender stack — 30, not 34. leftover 24 skipped the Gospel line. GOP 12 from opened Republican, not NPA 0.
Sarah James (NPA, inc) 28 / 19 / 13 · Grade B. On the November 3, 2026 general ballot. Sitting District 5 / chair. Not Duval Clarence James. 2026 ClickOrlando chaplain-revival plus 2024 God-in-classrooms plus a recorded 2-2 chaplain vote — not Jesus-as-Lord 34. keepdrjames.com. GOP 13 from opened Republican.
Marion School Board District 4 and Commission District 4
School Board District 4 is also on November 3: Mike Mills versus Brigitte Smith. Brewer 21.12 percent and Wyckoff 11.18 percent lost August 18. Official ENR: Mills 36.86 percent and Smith 30.84 percent advanced. Not St. Lucie Donna Maria Mills.
Mike Mills (NPA) 4 / 16 / 12 · Grade B. On the November 3, 2026 general ballot. Star-Banner Q&A opened. Empty Jesus — leftover 28 is gone. GOP 12 from opened registered Republican.
Brigitte Smith (NPA) 27 / 24 / 17 · Grade B. On the November 3, 2026 general ballot. Marion County REC chair. Parental rights from God plus books plus CFC self-report plus missionary bio, no Jesus-as-Lord — 27, not leftover 22 and not 32–34 Lord. GOP 17 as MCREC chair.
Commission District 4 is partisan. Closed Republican primary, not a UPC. Jeff Bairstow (R) 7 / 26 / 17 · Grade B is on November 3 versus write-in Leonard Michael Racioppi (not numbered). ENR: Bairstow 39.02 percent. Alvord, Meadows, and Lasher lost August 18. Youth minister at Blessed Trinity without Jesus-as-Lord is 7, not leftover 26.
Fill still carries Commission District 2: Mike Crimi won the closed Republican primary 44.91 percent over Cretul and Weidemiller. We will not invent a numbered November opponent. 5th Circuit Group 27 and School Board District 3 (Cummings / Swett) that used to pad this landing are not on the live November 3 file. Statewide offices: interactive guide for Marion.
How to pull a Marion sample ballot
Use votemarion.gov and your full residential address. Early-voting sites are set in Ocala, not on this page. One walkthrough: How to vote in Florida 2026. Scores: open Marion in the Florida guide.
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Last content pass 2026-09-08. Data may lag filings — SOE is authoritative.