The races are locked in: Your final run-down of who is running in the 2022 elections

Jeff Burlew, Tallahassee Democrat
·3 min read

With the candidate qualifying period over, the fields have been set for a number of city, county and state races. Below is a list of all the candidates who have qualified to run for city, county, School Board and legislative races in Tallahassee and Leon County.

Leon County Commission at-large

  • Rudy Ferguson Sr.

  • Josh Johnson

  • Nick Maddox

  • Dominique Danielle Zumbo

More on the race: County Commissioner Nick Maddox facing two newcomers in August primary

County Commission District 1

  • Terrance Barber

  • Donna Pearl Cotterell

  • Bill Proctor

County Commission District 2

  • Sabrina M. Allen

  • Lynda Gayle Bell

  • Christian Caban

  • Hannah Crow

  • Will Crowley

  • Max Epstein

  • Manny Joanos

Background:

County Commission District 3

  • Joey Lamar

  • Rick Minor

  • Damon Victor

County Commission District 5

  • Paula DeBoles Johnson

  • David O’Keefe

  • Jay Revell

  • Dustin Ryan Rivest

Covering the race:

School Board District 1

  • Marianne Arbulu

  • Anthony DeMarco

  • Alva Swafford Striplin

School Board District 3

  • Darryl Jones

  • Harrison Arencibian (write-in candidate)

School Board District 4

  • Laurie Lawson Cox

  • Susan Elaine Hodges

  • Alex Stemle

School board spotlight: Meet two of the candidates vying for Dee Dee Rasmussen's school board seat

School Board District 5

  • Marcus Nicolas, elected automatically without opposition

Tallahassee City Commission Seat 3

  • David Bellamy

  • Jeremy Matlow

The first debate: City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow, David Bellamy debate for first time in NAACP forum

Tallahassee Mayor

  • John Dailey

  • Kristin Dozier

  • Michael Ibrahim

  • Whitfield Leland III

The first debate: Few fireworks as John Dailey, Kristin Dozier square off in first Tallahassee mayor debate

City Commission Seat 5

  • Shelby Green

  • Adner Marcelin

  • Dianne Williams-Cox

The first forum: City Commission candidates weigh in on gun violence, Doak Campbell during forum

Florida House District 7

  • Jason Shoaf

Florida House District 8

  • Curt Bender

  • Hubert Brown

  • Gallop Franklin

  • Gregory James

  • Sharon Lettman-Hicks (resigned)

  • Marie Rattigan

The back story on the race:

Florida House District 9

  • Allison Tant

  • Ashley Guy (resigned)

UPDATE: Rep. Tant likely to be re-elected without a fight after challenger reportedly disqualified

A challenge from the right: CBD juice bar entrepreneur challenging Rep. Allison Tant, calls out 'most extreme views'

Florida Senate District 3

  • Loranne Ausley

  • Corey Simon

A challenge from the right: Former FSU football star hopes to ride 'a really big red wave' over Sen. Loranne Ausley

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Virtual candidate forum schedule

  • June 21 - County Commission District 1

  • June 23 - County Commission District 3

  • June 28 - County Commission District 5

  • June 30 - County Commission At Large Group 2

  • July 6 - City Commission Seat 4 / mayoral

  • July 12 - City Commission Seat 3

  • July 14 - City Commission Seat 5

  • July 19 - School Board District 1

  • July 21 - School Board District 4

  • July 26 - Judge Seat 1

  • July 28 - County Commission District 2

  • TBD - Florida House District 8

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This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Qualifying ends: Final list of who's running in Tallahassee, Leon County