Miami-Dade County · Miami / South Florida · November 3, 2026 general
Miami-Dade County November 3, 2026 general voter guide
Miami-Dade is Florida’s most populous county and the only one whose precinct map runs from downtown Brickell and Little Havana through Hialeah and Doral, then south to Homestead and Florida City and north to Miami Gardens. Spanish is a working language of campaigns here in a way it is not in Orlando or Tampa; Haitian Creole precincts and English-only condo towers can sit a few miles apart and still share the same statewide races. PortMiami, Miami International Airport, and the county public-school system — the largest district in Florida — dwarf a typical county government. JesusVoter scores the public footprint on Christian / faith policy, Constitution & liberty, and GOP alignment. The numbers on this page are those values scores plus the 100-point letter. They are not poll results and not a call of who will win on August 18.
Not an official ballot. Not published by any Supervisor of Elections or the Florida Division of Elections. Your legal ballot is by precinct and full residential address. Always verify with Miami-Dade County Elections sample ballot tool.
Miami-Dade ballots change more by address than almost anywhere else in the state. A voter on Miami Beach does not automatically see the same school-board district as Coral Gables, Kendall, or Florida City. Municipal races such as Miami Gardens council seats appear only for those city residents. Florida City’s spring mayor and commission races already voted — they are not on the August 18 primary. The 11th Judicial Circuit groups are countywide in the sense that they are circuit offices, but they still share a ballot with whatever municipal and school-board lines your precinct carries. Use the county sample ballot with your full street address. This landing lists scored fields on file; it does not replace miamidade.gov/elections.
Key facts
- Primary (over): August 18, 2026
- Closed primary: party registration is generally required to vote in a Republican or Democratic nomination. No Party Affiliation voters typically vote nonpartisan contests (school board, many municipals, judicial) and any measures on their ballot.
- Book-closing / registration for this primary: July 20, 2026 (confirm party changes with Elections)
- General election: November 3, 2026
- On file for this county: 54 local races / 82 local candidates in the guide inventory (fields can change — Elections is authoritative)
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Statewide races (every Miami-Dade voter)
A Hialeah Republican and a South Dade NPA voter still share the governor and special Senate lines even when their school-board and city races never overlap. Insurance, ports, and statewide education rules hit this metro differently than a Panhandle county — which is why the scored statewide names belong on a Miami-Dade page, not only on a generic Florida essay.
Governor of Florida
Open Republican primary for a term-limited seat. Scored Republican field on file:
- James Fishback (R) 41 / 35 / 15 A
- Paul Renner (R) 36 / 33 / 19 B
- Byron Donalds (R) 36 / 29 / 20 B (Trump endorsement)
- Jay Collins (R) 34 / 32 / 19 B
U.S. Senate (Special)
Special Senate election on the statewide ballot. Scored name on file: Ashley B. Moody (R) 42 / 28 / 20 A.
Local primary races on file for Miami-Dade
Featured local field here is the Miami-Dade School Board District 1 (Special) multi-candidate race. Other races below are August 18 fields on this guide. Confirm every name on the official sample ballot — some municipal contests are city-only and some judicial groups are easy to miss.
Miami-Dade School Board District 1 (Special)
This special is a crowded progressive-municipal field: no continuous Jesus/Gospel campaign grid on file for the eight names, with public-safety or classroom biography doing most of the modest culture work. James Wright (22 / 22 / 10 F) has a law-enforcement background treated as a Constitution/public-safety plus in this field; Linda Cothiere (20 / 18 / 8 F) is a teacher/parent-safety brand; the remaining names cluster in a mid-low progressive municipal band, including Katrina Wilson (16 / 14 / 6 F) with a progressive municipal plus Gallon-machine endorsement note and an institutional education path.
- James Wright (NPA) 22 / 22 / 10 F
- Linda Cothiere (NPA) 20 / 18 / 8 F
- Erhabor Ighodaro (NPA) 18 / 16 / 7 F
- Joy Jackson (NPA) 18 / 16 / 7 F
- Bernard Jennings (NPA) 18 / 16 / 7 F
- Thera Johnson (NPA) 18 / 16 / 7 F
- Wrendly Mesidor (NPA) 18 / 16 / 7 F
- Katrina Wilson (NPA) 16 / 14 / 6 F
Miami Gardens City Council Seat 2
North-end council seat with civic-service mid-low Christian-adjacency and no paleo land-use/tax package on file. Lavern V. Deer (17 / 14 / 7 F) is scored on women’s-development advocacy plus government-ops competence; Paul V. Wilson Jr. (16 / 12 / 6 F) is a Democratic dynasty / public-education executive profile; Linnette Smith (14 / 11 / 5 F) has an insufficient public values trail after a thin-source pass.
- Lavern V. Deer (NPA) 17 / 14 / 7 F
- Paul V. Wilson Jr. (NPA) 16 / 12 / 6 F
- Linnette Smith (NPA) 14 / 11 / 5 F
Miami Gardens City Council Seat 4
Seat 4 is a slightly higher mid band than Seat 2: youth-mentor and small-business family language without a continuous faith package. Rod Mack (20 / 17 / 9 F) combines safety, anti-displacement, and fiscal-professional framing; Angela Maria Wynter (19 / 16 / 8 F) is small-business / family caregiver with trades and patrols language; Mykita Cherry-Prime (18 / 14 / 7 F) is an education-career profile with Progressive Young Advisory branding that lowers guide fit.
- Rod Mack (NPA) 20 / 17 / 9 F
- Angela Maria Wynter (NPA) 19 / 16 / 8 F
- Mykita Cherry-Prime (NPA) 18 / 14 / 7 F
Florida 11th Circuit Court Group 5
Alex Annunziato (26 / 24 / 13 D) and Monica Segura (26 / 24 / 13 D) are both listed on the Florida Family Action 2026 Judicial Primary guide (biblical-worldview vetting) with no full Jesus/Gospel campaign because judicial canons limit issue races. Arthur McNeil (18 / 20 / 10 F) is not FFA-listed and sits in a mid Constitution judicial band below the listed pair on this guide’s values axis.
- Alex Annunziato (NPA) 26 / 24 / 13 D
- Monica Segura (NPA) 26 / 24 / 13 D
- Arthur McNeil (NPA) 18 / 20 / 10 F
Florida 11th Circuit Court Group 69
Yaneth Baez is scored 26 / 24 / 13 D as Florida Family Action listed on the 2026 Judicial Primary guide, again with no full Jesus/Gospel judicial campaign. Rita Maria Baez (18 / 20 / 10 F) and Bonita Jones-Peabody (18 / 20 / 10 F) are not FFA-listed and share the mid Constitution judicial band used for non-listed opponents.
- Yaneth Baez (NPA) 26 / 24 / 13 D
- Rita Maria Baez (NPA) 18 / 20 / 10 F
- Bonita Jones-Peabody (NPA) 18 / 20 / 10 F
Miami-Dade School Board District 8
Monica Colucci is scored 34 / 28 / 17 C on a parental-rights conservative school-board brand plus a Christian Family Coalition highly-qualified rating — the widest values gap in the Miami-Dade fields on this page. Samuel Joseph (16 / 15 / 6 F) has no continuous Jesus grid on file and is a progressive/D-adjacent challenger with a minimal Constitution package.
- Monica Colucci (NPA) 34 / 28 / 17 C
- Samuel Joseph (NPA) 16 / 15 / 6 F
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