2026 Voter Guide: Citrus County

Elections

Oct 10

Part of our Tampa Bay Voter Guide 2026. Your county Supervisor of Elections is the official source; when in doubt, check with them. Information current as of Oct. 11, 2026.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and anyone in line at 7 p.m. can vote. On Election Day you must vote at your assigned precinct; during early voting you can use any early voting site in your county. Bring a current photo ID with a signature.

Your elections office

Supervisor of Elections: Maureen "Mo" Baird
Website: votecitrus.gov
Phone: 352-564-7120 (toll-free 800-655-6645)
Office: West Citrus Government Center, 1500 N. Meadowcrest Blvd., Crystal River

Early voting

Thu., Oct. 22 through Sat., Oct. 31, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, weekends included. Five sites:

Central Ridge Community Center, 77 Civic Circle, Beverly Hills (new this year)
Supervisor of Elections office, Crystal River
Homosassa Public Library
Inverness City Hall
Central Ridge Library, Beverly Hills

Voting by mail

The deadline to request a mail ballot is 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22. Requests from 2024 have expired, so if you haven't asked for a 2026 ballot, you need to. Your ballot must reach the Supervisor of Elections by 7 p.m. Nov. 3. A postmark is not enough, and mail ballots cannot be dropped off at Election Day polling places. If your signature is missing or doesn't match, you have until 5 p.m. Nov. 5 to fix it with a cure affidavit.

Request a mail ballot online or by phone. Drop it off at any early voting site or the Crystal River office until 7 p.m. on Election Day.

Your sample ballot

Use Voter Search for your sample ballot and precinct.

On every Florida ballot

Governor: Byron Donalds (R), with running mate Bryan Avila, vs. David Jolly (D), with running mate Gwen Graham, plus several no-party and Libertarian candidates. Gov. Ron DeSantis is term-limited.
U.S. Senate (special election): Sen. Ashley Moody (R) vs. state Rep. Angie Nixon (D), plus no-party candidates. The winner serves the last two years of Marco Rubio's term.
Attorney General: James Uthmeier (R, incumbent) vs. José Javier Rodríguez (D).
Chief Financial Officer: Blaise Ingoglia (R, incumbent) vs. Annette Taddeo (D).
Agriculture Commissioner: Wilton Simpson (R, incumbent) vs. Joey Mendoza Atkins (D).
Amendments 1, 2 and 3, all placed on the ballot by the Legislature. Each needs 60% yes to pass. What each amendment does.
Merit retention: Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos Muñiz, plus appeals court judges for your district.

Local races and questions in Citrus County

U.S. House

District 12: Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R) vs. Kimberly Overman (D) vs. Branden Scrivener (no party).

Florida House

District 23: Rep. J.J. Grow (R) vs. Mark Baker (D).

Already decided

Both County Commission seats and the School Board seats were settled in August. Stacey Worthington and Holli Herndon both unseated incumbent commissioners. Also on the ballot: Mosquito Control, Homosassa Special Water District and Charitable Foundation seats.

Sources

How we reported this: compiled Oct. 10, 2026, from the Citrus County Supervisor of Elections, the Florida Division of Elections and the news reports linked above, with AI research help. Candidate lists from primary results can change; your sample ballot is final. Spot an error? Tell us.

Joseph Jackson