TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) – The political stage is set!

Leon County Elections Supervisor Mark S. Earley announced the qualified local candidates for the 2024 election cycle.

The qualifying period ended at noon on Friday, June 14. To qualify for local office and appear on the ballot, candidates must submit all required documents and any fees to the election office by the deadline.

A list of qualified candidates for local races can be found below.

Please note that unopposed candidates will not appear on the ballot paper but will automatically take office after the general election.

Local Candidates in Leon County – 2024 Election Cycle

• Clerk of the Court

  • Gwendolyn Marshall Knight (DEM) elected without opposition

• sheriff

  • Walt McNeil (DEM) elected without opposition

• Real estate appraiser

  • Akin S Akinyemi (DEM) Universal Primary School
  • Kenneth “Ken” Preston (DEM) Universal Primary

• Tax collector

  • Doris Maloy (DEM) elected without opposition

• Superintendent of Schools

  • Joseph Lamar Burgess (NPA)
  • Rocky Hanna (GER)
  • Genleah Swain (DEM)

• Election Officer

  • Mark Earley (DEM) elected without opposition

• District Judge, Seat 3

  • Monique Ricardson elected without opposition

• District Judge, Seat 4

  • Cyndee Brown
  • Robert Churchill
  • LaShawn Riggans

• District Commissioner, general 1

  • Carolyn D. Cummings
  • David T Hawkins

• District Commissioner, District 2

  • Christian Caban elected without opposition

• District Commissioner, District 4

  • Isaac Montilla
  • Brian Welch

• School Board, District 2

  • Rosanne Wood
  • Daniel Zeruto

• School Board, District 4

  • Laurie Lawson-Cox
  • Jeremy Rogers

• Tallahassee City Council, Seat 1

  • Louis Dilbert
  • Rudolph “Rudy” Ferguson, Sr.
  • Jacqueline “Jack” Porter

• Tallahassee City Council, Seat 2

  • Dorothy Inman Johnson
  • Donna Nyack
  • Curtis Richardson
  • Bernard Stevens Jr

• Soil and Water Protection District, Headquarters 2

  • Kim O'Connor elected without opposition

• Soil and Water Protection District, Seat 3

• Soil and Water Conservation District, Seat 4

• Canopy Community Development District, Seat 3

  • Steven Durie
  • Elisabeth Wills

• Canopy Community Development District, Seat 4

  • Toby Thompson elected without opposition

• Capital Regional Community Development District, Seat 2

  • Matthew Vogel elected without opposition

• Capital Regional Community Development District, Seat 4

  • Ryan Culton elected unopposed

• Piney Z Community Development District, Seat 2

• Piney Z Community Development District, Seat 4

For more information about local candidates, visit LeonVotes.gov [leonvotes.gov]. Candidates for federal, state and multi-county offices qualify at the Florida Division of Elections. For more information on these candidates, visit dos.fl.gov/elections [dos.fl.gov].

Voters with questions are asked to contact the election office by email: [email protected]or call (850) 606-8683, Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.