Candidates

2024 Election

All filed and qualified candidates received an invitation to participate in the BusinessVoice interview process in early July. Many candidates completes a questionnaire designed to highlight their knowledge of the issues facing the office they are seeking.

Candidate questionnaires are linked below as PDFs.

Florida Senate District 27

Senator Ben Albritton - BusinessVoice, Inc. Endorsed

Phillip Ray Carter

Florida House of Representatives District 48

Jonathan David Albert

Jerry Carter

Chad Davis - BusinessVoice, Inc. Endorsed

John Hill

Deborah Owens

Amilee Marie Stuckey

Benny Valentin

Florida House of Representatives District 49

Ashley Hermann

Jennifer Kincart Jonsson - BusinessVoice, Inc. Endorsed

Heather McArthur

Shawn Curtis McDonough

Randy Wilkinson

Florida House of Representatives District 50

Representative Jennifer Canady - BusinessVoice, Inc. Endorsed

Bonnie Patterson-James

Florida House of Representatives District 51

Octavio Hernandez

Representative Josie Tomkow - BusinessVoice, Inc. Endorsed

Polk Property Appraiser

Neil Combee

Gow Fields - BusinessVoice, Inc. Endorsed

Polk Supervisor of Elections

Melony Bell - BusinessVoice, Inc. Endorsed

Lori Edwards

Polk County Commission: District 1

Henry Coker

Kay Klymko

Judi New

Becky Troutman - BusinessVoice, Inc. Endorsed

Polk County Commission: District 5

John Hall

Mike Scott - BusinessVoice, Inc. Endorsed

Ricky Shirah

Polk County School Board District 1

William Allen - BusinessVoice, Inc. Endorsed

Bernnie Brandt

Polk County School Board District 2

Travis Keyes - BusinessVoice, Inc. Endorsed

Marcus Wright, Jr.

Polk County School Board District 4

Rebekah Ricks

Sara Beth Wyatt - BusinessVoice, Inc. Endorsed