2026 General Election — Brevard County, Florida

Every Brevard County ballot on November 3, 2026 carries three state constitutional amendments, the SOIRL (Indian River Lagoon) sales tax renewal and two School Board tax referendums, with county races and city questions added by district (Supervisor of Elections).

The Brevard County Supervisor of Elections lists the general election as open to all Brevard County registered voters (Supervisor of Elections, Current Elections). What changes from one ballot to the next is the local layer: a voter in Palm Bay sees a city charter question, a voter in Malabar a different one, and a voter in Barefoot Bay sees the Barefoot Bay Recreation District trustee race (Supervisor of Elections, 2026 Candidates).

Many Brevard County races were settled in the 2026 primary, so only one county commission seat and two School Board seats are still contested on November 3 (Supervisor of Elections, 2026 Candidates). The same Supervisor of Elections page also lists federal, statewide and legislative offices for 2026, including United States Senator, Governor and Attorney General.

Brevard County Commission District 1 and School Board Districts 2 and 5 are the county-level contests left for November 3; District 2, District 4 and School Board District 1 were settled without a general election contest (Supervisor of Elections, 2026 Candidates).

In County Commission District 1, the Supervisor of Elections lists three candidates who will appear in the general election: Micah Loyd (REP), Aldon Bookhardt (DEM) and Nathan Slusher (LPF) (2026 Candidates). Commission District 2 had a single qualified candidate, Tyler Sirois (REP), listed as unopposed, and in Commission District 4 Rob Feltner (REP) is listed as elected in the primary.

Brevard School Board candidates appear without party labels on the Supervisor of Elections list. In School Board District 2, Kyle Savage and Gene Trent will appear on the general election ballot, and in District 5 the two names are Tammy Dennis and Michele McCormack; Megan Wright is listed as elected in the primary for District 1 (Supervisor of Elections, 2026 Candidates).

One judicial race dropped off the Brevard County list entirely. The 18th Judicial Circuit, Group 8 judge submitted a retirement letter on April 15, 2026, effective December 31, 2026, and the Governor will fill that seat by appointment, so it is no longer up for election (Supervisor of Elections). Soil and Water Conservation District Seats 1 to 3 had unopposed candidates.

Brevard County voters are asked to renew two existing half-cent sales taxes, one for the Indian River Lagoon and one for school facilities, and a one mill School Board property tax (Supervisor of Elections, 2026 Amendments and Referenda).

The county referendum asks whether Brevard County should renew the existing SOIRL (Indian River Lagoon) half-cent sales tax for ten years, deposit all revenue to a trust fund solely for lagoon purposes, and keep citizen committee oversight and annual independent audits (Supervisor of Elections). The listed purposes include muck removal, reduced pollution and better fish and wildlife habitat.

The first Brevard Public Schools question renews a one mill ad valorem levy for four years to sustain increased teacher and staff pay and fund technical training for students, with charter schools receiving a proportionate share and an independent citizens oversight committee reviewing spending (Supervisor of Elections). The second asks whether the half-cent sales surtax approved by Brevard voters in 2014 and 2020 should be renewed for ten years for school facility projects, security improvements and technology upgrades.

The Florida Department of Revenue surtax table lists Brevard at 1% made of two half-cent pieces, one effective January 1, 2015 and one effective January 1, 2017, each with an expiration date of December 31, 2026 (Florida Department of Revenue, DR-15DSS). The table does not name the two Brevard levies; the ballot asks to renew the existing SOIRL (Indian River Lagoon) half-cent tax and the school half-cent surtax approved in 2014 and 2020.

Brevard County ballots list three state constitutional amendments: a larger budget stabilization fund, a tax exemption for tangible personal property on agricultural land, and a bigger homestead exemption with a lower cap on non-homestead assessments (Supervisor of Elections).

Amendment No. 1 would raise the budget stabilization fund limit from 10% to 25% of general revenue collections and require the Legislature to transfer the lesser of $750 million or the amount needed to reach 25% each year unless certain conditions are met, according to the ballot text posted by the Brevard County Supervisor of Elections (2026 Amendments and Referenda). Amendment No. 2 would exempt tangible personal property on land classified as agricultural from ad valorem tax, first applying for tax years beginning January 1, 2027.

Amendment No. 3 is the measure that would change Brevard County homestead tax bills. Its ballot summary raises the homestead exemption for all non-school taxes to $150,000 in 2027 and $250,000 in 2028, with inflation adjustments after that, lowers the annual cap on assessment increases for non-homestead property from 10% to 5%, and requires counties and cities to use property taxes solely for listed purposes such as public safety, education and schools, and infrastructure, with other spending allowed in some cases (Supervisor of Elections).

The Florida Senate bill page for CS/HJR 1-F (2026F), a joint resolution to increase the homestead exemption and revise the limit on annual assessment increases, records House passage 75 to 26 and Senate passage 30 to 9 on June 2, 2026, filing with the Secretary of State on June 16, 2026, and an effective date of January 1, 2027 if approved (The Florida Senate, HJR 1-F), the same effective date as the Amendment No. 3 ballot text posted by the Brevard County Supervisor of Elections.

Palm Bay, Malabar, Melbourne and Melbourne Beach each have a local question on November 3, and Melbourne, Malabar, Grant-Valkaria and West Melbourne also elect council members (Supervisor of Elections).

Palm Bay Ordinance 2026-20 asks whether a City Council vacancy with 12 months or less left may be filled by appointment by the remaining council members, while a vacancy with more than 12 months left would be filled by election (2026 Amendments and Referenda). Malabar Ordinance 2026-05 asks whether Town Council members should be elected at large. Melbourne Ordinance 2026-25 would let the City Council delegate Board of Adjustment duties to the Planning and Zoning Board, and Melbourne Beach Resolution 2026-03 asks to issue up to $5,000,000 in general obligation bonds for stormwater and road projects, repaid from property taxes.

Palm Bay's two council seats on the 2026 cycle are already decided: the Supervisor of Elections lists Kenny Johnson for Seat 4 and Mike Jaffe for Seat 5 as elected in the primary (Supervisor of Elections, 2026 Candidates). In Melbourne, District 2 and District 4 each have two qualified candidates and District 6 has one, listed as unopposed. In Malabar, District 2 has two qualified candidates, Wayne Abare and Brian Vail, while Districts 1 and 3 are unopposed.

Elsewhere in South Brevard, Grant-Valkaria has two qualified candidates for mayor and a town council contest for four seats, and West Melbourne lists five qualified candidates for three council seats (2026 Candidates). Barefoot Bay Recreation District has three qualified candidates for two trustee seats, and the Port Malabar Holiday Park Recreation District has one unopposed candidate for Seat 6 and no qualified candidates for Seats 2, 4 and 8.

Early voting at any Brevard County site runs October 19 to October 31, 2026, and the polls open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on November 3 at each precinct's assigned location (Supervisor of Elections).

Early voting sites in Brevard County are open 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on weekends, and any registered Brevard voter may use any site regardless of home address (Supervisor of Elections, Early Voting). The Supervisor of Elections calendar lists November 5 as the deadline to fix a missing or mismatched signature on both mail and provisional ballots (Supervisor of Elections calendar). Last verified: October 12, 2026, on the Brevard County Supervisor of Elections website.