Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner oversees the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which supports and promotes Florida agriculture, protects the environment, safeguards consumers, and ensures the safety and wholesomeness of food. The incumbent, Republican Wilton Simpson, is seeking re-election. He faces one opponent, Matt Taylor, in the Republican primary. There are two candidates in the Democratic primary, Joey Atkins and Donald “Don” Prichard.

Republican incumbent Jennifer Bradley is seeking re-election in District 6, which consists of Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Gilchrist, Union counties and part of Alachua County. She faces no primary challengers. Jason Bellamy-Fults is the sole Democratic candidate in the race, and there is also a candidate from the American Solidarity Party, Joseph Thornton. All three candidates will appear on the general election ballot in November.

Democratic incumbent Kimberly Daniels drew one challenger, Rhian Tutson, also a Democrat. As no other candidates qualified in this race, the August primary will be a Universal Primary Contest, open to all voters in the district.

Incumbent District 1 board member Christopher Hodgson is seeking re-election, and faces one opponent, Calvin “Cal” Peterson, Jr. This is a non-partisan race, so candidates run without party affiliation, and it will appear on the ballots of all voters in the district.

The incumbent District 2 commissioner, Channing Dobbs, faces one challenger in the Republican primary, Casey Clark. As the two Republicans are the only candidates who qualified for the race, the August primary will decide the race, so it will be a Universal Primary Contest open to all voters.

The incumbent District 2 commissioner, Channing Dobbs, faces one challenger in the Republican primary, Casey Clark. As the two Republicans are the only candidates who qualified for the race, the August primary will decide the race, so it will be a Universal Primary Contest open to all voters.

The current District 4 commissioner, Republican Leann Pennington, is seeking re-election, and faces who challengers in the Republican primary in August. No Democrats qualified for the race. However, a write-in candidate did qualify, so the Republican primary will remain closed to Republican voters, and the winner will advance to the general election.

Two seats on Lake City’s City Council are up for election this year, in District 10 and District 14. The races will only appear on the ballot for voters in those council districts. The races are non-partisan, meaning they will appear on the ballots of all voters in those districts, regardless of party affiliation.

The current District 1 school board member, Narragansett “Narrie” Smith, is seeking re-election, and faces one challenger, Niki Goswami. This is a non-partisan race that will appear on the August primary ballot for all voters in District 1, regardless of party affiliation.

District 2 commissioner Rocky Ford is seeking re-election, facing two opponents, Jody Dupree and Clint Pittman. Columbia County’s commission elections are non-partisan, meaning candidates run without party affiliation, and the race appears on the August ballot for all voters in District 2.

Two candidates are running in this non-partisan race, which will appear on the August ballot for all Columbia County voters. Sara Carter is seeking re-election, facing Mark Pionessa.

The current District 4 commissioner, Danny Riddick, is not seeking re-election this year. Two Republicans, Tom Germano and Paul Huntley, are seeking the open seat. As they are the only candidates who qualified for the race, the August primary will decide the election. It will be a Universal Primary Contest open to all voters.

The current District 2 commissioner, Kenny Thompson, is not seeking re-election this year. Four candidates are in the Republican primary: Jason Bennett, Jeff Clemons, Jimmy Smith, and Brad Thomas. The winner of the primary will face the sole Democrat in the race, Jenna Talleda, in the general election in November.

District 4 commissioner Blake Iverson is seeking re-election, and faces one opponent in the Republican primary, CJ Thompson. As no other candidates qualified for this race, the August election will be a Universal Primary Contest and will appear on the ballots of all voters in the county.

The current District 2 commissioner, Republican Jimmy Anderson, is seeking re-election. He faces one challenger in the Republican primary, Ricky Horne. As there are no other candidates in the race, it becomes a Universal Primary Contest and the August primary will be open to all voters in the county.

District 5 board member Lissa Braddock is seeking re-election in this non-partisan race. She faces one challenger, Angel Foster Cole. This race will appear on the August primary ballot for all voters in the county, regardless of party affiliation.

The District 2 incumbent, Republican A.M. “Hupp” Huppman, is seeking re-election this year. He faces two challengers in the Republican primary, Douglas Greene and Laura Dotson. As they are the only candidates in the race and the primary will decide the election, it will be a Universal Primary Contest, open to all voters regardless of party affiliation.

Incumbent District 4 commissioner Krista Keating-Joseph faces two challengers in this election, James Austin Galloway and Sam Williams. As all three candidates are Republicans, the primary will be a Universal Primary Contest, meaning it will be open to all voters, regardless of party affiliation.

Three of the seven seats on the Duval County School Board are up for election this year. These are nonpartisan races that will appear on the August primary ballot. The District 6 incumbent, Charlotte Joyce, is term-limited, so this is an open seat this election. There are five candidates in the race. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote in the August primary, the top two vote-getters will advance to the November general election.

Republican incumbent Chad Johnson is seeking re-election District 22, which covers western Alachua County and extends west to the Gulf Coast, including Gilchrist and Levy counties. He will face Democrat Amy Trask in the general election. Neither candidate faces any opposition in their party primaries.

Incumbent Republican Judson Sapp is seeking re-election in Florida House District 20, which covers Putnam County and parts of Clay, St. Johns, and Marion counties. The only other candidate who qualified for the race is Democrat Lee Butler. Since they are the only candidates, and they are unopposed for their party’s nomination, the race will only appear on the November ballot.

Republican incumbent Sam Greco is seeking re-election in this legislative district which covers southeastern St. Johns County, including St. Augustine, and extends south, mostly east of U.S. 1, plus all of Flagler County. The only other candidate in the race is Democrat Suzanna Pavelle. With the candidates unopposed in their party primaries, the race will only appear on the general election ballot.

Republican Jessica Baker is seeking re-election in Florida House District 17, which covers the portion of Mandarin that is east of Old St. Augustine Road and Hood Landing Road, as well as a large portion of the Southside south of Beach Boulevard. She’ll face Democrat Jacob Guerrero in November. Because there is only one candidate from each party in the race, it only appears on the general election ballot.

Incumbent Republican Wyman Duggan is term-limited and can’t seek re-election in District 12, which includes portions of Duval County, including neighborhoods west of the river stretching from Ortega to Chimney Lakes, and neighborhoods east of the river from San Marco to Mandarin. There are two candidates in the race: Republican Terrance Freeman and Democrat Benjamin Sandlin.

The Republican incumbent, James Uthmeier, was appointed as attorney general by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2025, after the governor named Ashley Moody to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Marco Rubio, when Rubio became President Trump’s Secretary of State. Uthmeier is now seeking a full four-year term. The only other candidate in the race is Democrat Jose Javier Rodriguez. As both are unopposed in their party primaries, this race will first appear on the ballot in November for the general election.

The current District 4 commissioner, Democrat Ken Cornell, is seeking re-election. The only other candidate in the race is Dewayne Baines, running with no party affiliation. As they are the only candidates in the race, it will only appear on the ballot for voters in the general election in November.

The current District 3 board member, Sarah Rockwell, is seeking re-election. She faces one challenger, Gregory Pelham. As it’s a non-partisan race, it will be open to all voters on the August primary ballot.

The current District 1 board member, Tina Certain, is running for the Alachua County Commission, so this is an open seat in this election. Three candidates are in the non-partisan race: Gabriel Lopez, Hunter Miller, and Janine Plavac. As it’s a non-partisan race, it will be open to all voters on the August primary ballot.

District 1 board member Erin Skipper is seeking re-election in this non-partisan race. She faces one challenger, Lara Libretto. This race will appear on the August primary ballot for all voters in the county. As there are only two candidates in the race, it will be decided in the August election.

Republican incumbent Alexandra Compere is not seeking re-election this year, so the District 2 commission seat is an open race. One Republican and one Democrat qualified for this race, so it will not appear on the August primary ballots. Democrat Leroy Edwards and Republican Lolita Smoak will appear before voters in the November general election.

Like all judicial elections in Florida, the race for Duval County Court Judge, Group 13 is non-partisan, open to all voters in the county. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote in the August primary, the top two vote-getters will advance to the general election in November.

This judicial race will appear on the August ballot and will be open to all voters in the 7th Judicial Circuit, which includes St. Johns, Flagler, Putnam and Volusia counties. Judicial races are nonpartisan, meaning the candidates run without any party affiliation. With only two candidates in the race, this election will be decided in August.

The current Group 2 commissioner, Justin Campbell, is running for the Group 4 commission seat this year, making Group 2 an open seat. Two candidates, Jamaad C. Batts, Sr. and James Norwood, Jr. have qualified for this non-partisan race. It will appear on the ballot for all voters in the city of Palatka in the November general election.

Two former Jacksonville business owners say they invested thousands of dollars into their dreams, only to watch them collapse — along with the ceilings above them.

The Jaguars opened training camp on Wednesday morning at the Miller Electric Center. News4JAX had photographer Amber Milton capture the day in this photo gallery.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is responding to a reported drowning in the San Pablo neighborhood on Wednesday.

District 1 incumbent Beverly Slough is seeking re-election, and faces one challenger, Kevin Allen. As this is a non-partisan election, the candidates run without party affiliation, and the race appears on the ballot for all voters in District 1. Since there are only two candidates, it will be decided in the August primary.

Republican Dean Black is seeking re-election in Florida House District 15, and will face a no party affiliation candidate on the general election ballot.

As incumbent Democrat Angie Nixon is running for the U.S. Senate, it’s an open race for House District 13 this year. Two Democrats will be on the ballot for their party’s August primary. No Republicans are in the race, but a write-in candidate did qualify for the general election. That means the race will not become a Universal Primary Contest, and the Democratic primary will remain closed.

A domestic dispute at a Callahan home Monday afternoon left one person critically injured and a 17-year-old facing an attempted murder charge, according to deputies.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery.

A St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office corrections sergeant has been arrested, terminated and transferred to a neighboring county jail following a criminal investigation launched last week.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery. Each day over the next week, News4JAX will roll out a photo gallery from that day.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery. Each day over the next week, News4JAX will roll out a photo gallery from that day.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery. Each day over the next week, News4JAX will roll out a photo gallery from that day.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery. Each day over the next week, News4JAX will roll out a photo gallery from that day.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery. Each day over the next week, News4JAX will roll out a photo gallery from that day.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says detectives are now actively investigating a case involving a woman who says she was followed through a River City Marketplace HomeGoods by a man who was sexually gratifying himself while watching her.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said it transported two adults with critical injuries after an accident at the CSX ramp.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery. Each day over the next week, News4JAX will roll out a photo gallery from that day.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery. Each day over the next week, News4JAX will roll out a photo gallery from that day.

The video, recorded Monday in the San Jose neighborhood, has been viewed more than one million times across social media platforms. It shows a woman — identified as Tynika Munn, who is Black — being verbally and physically harassed while sitting in her car after pulling into a driveway to pick up a friend.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery. Each day over the next week, News4JAX will roll out a photo gallery from that day.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery. Each day over the next week, News4JAX will roll out a photo gallery from that day.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery. Each day over the next two weeks, News4JAX will roll out a photo gallery from that day.

A Jacksonville tattoo artist says scammers stole her videos, photos and tattoo portfolio to create fake TikTok accounts that tricked customers into sending deposits for appointments that didn’t exist.

News4JAX toured Jones Technical Institute (J-Tech Institute), a nonprofit vocational school with programs ranging from HVAC to diesel, welding, marine/RV – even commercial truck driving.

A 20-year-old man was arrested July 17 after deputies said he was driving 111 mph in a 45 mph zone on County Road 215, according to a Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery. Each day over the next two weeks, News4JAX will roll out a photo gallery from that stop.

When you think of scratch off or general lottery tickets, you probably think the odds are against you -- and there’s no rhyme or reason to it.

As students prepare to return to classrooms, more than 1,100 school resource officers from across Florida are gathering in Jacksonville for hands-on training focused on the challenges they could face on campus.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery.

News4JAX spent a few weeks over the summer checking in on area high school football programs as they prepared for the regular season. Photographer Amber Milton captured those days in this photo gallery.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a woman’s dead body was found on the banks of Goodbys Creek, right next to Hooters, earlier this month.

Residents in the neighborhood say the house was condemned Monday, after News4JAX records show that this is the same home neighbors previously cited drug conditions and unsafe conditions at.

A 20-year-old man was arrested July 17 after deputies said he was driving 111 mph in a 45 mph zone on County Road 215, according to a Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

A DeLand mother died Saturday after jumping into the St. Johns River to save her 4-year-old son, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

An Amber Alert issued for a missing 13-year-old girl out of Bexley County, Georgia, just north of Waycross, was canceled Friday after she was found safe at an inn on Jacksonville’s southside.

A Jacksonville man with dementia wandered from an assisted living facility and was found dead in nearby woods. His family is now questioning whether staff acted quickly enough to save him.

According to an investigation conducted by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, former Howey-in-the-Hills police chief Michael Giddens was being investigated for having sex, while on duty, with a woman who was the estranged wife of the suspect in a criminal investigation.

More than a hundred Florida National Guard soldiers are heading out on a short-term deployment, but they’re not leaving empty-handed.

A man who was found shot late Thursday night near an apartment complex on Jacksonville’s Northside later died at the hospital, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Several neighborhood residents alerted News4JAX that a memorial for a 12-year-old student who was killed in a dirtbike crash might have had items removed.

A shooting is under investigation after a man was found dead early Thursday in Jacksonville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

After News4JAX reported on a Jacksonville woman fighting to stay in the home she inherited in a 55-and-older community, viewers flooded social media with one question: How can someone legally inherit a home but not be allowed to live in it?

News4JAX will begin featuring Trade Up stories in the weeks ahead, introducing viewers and readers to local students starting their journeys, employers investing in talent, and community leaders creating new pathways to economic opportunity.

After receiving complaints from residents about broken windows, apartment doors left wide open and concerns about squatters, the News4JAX I-TEAM found that an apartment complex near Westside High School is tied to a landlord with a history of code enforcement complaints and properties facing foreclosure.

A Jacksonville Afghan restaurant owner says a single social media post turned his struggling business around — and may have saved his family in the process.

A political flyer circulating in St. Johns County is drawing criticism from Congressman John Rutherford and the Republican Party of Florida just days after three local political figures were charged in connection with an alleged fake Republican voter guide from the 2024 election season.

All lanes of I-95 South in Nassau County are closed after a deadly crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Three candidates, Donna Westrich, Terence Myers, and Donovan Bradley, are competing for the Duval County School Board District 2 seat amid ongoing budget pressures and concerns about political influence.

Fire crews are responding to an active brush fire in Baldwin along Interstate 10 and US 301 on Friday afternoon.

News4JAX has obtained more arrest reports connected to a serious case of child neglect in Jacksonville.

Charging documents are revealing new details about an alleged fake Republican voter guide distributed in St. Johns County during the 2024 primary election — including what prosecutors describe as a coordinated, covert operation run out of a rented home.

The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department are investigating a two-inch break in a natural gas line on Kings Avenue near Naugle Way in Jacksonville’s San Marco neighborhood.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 70-year-old man last seen in the Baymeadows area.

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Palm Coast man on Monday after tracing Amazon purchases to a debit card a shopper had left in a propane exchange machine outside a Walmart.

A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office patrol car was involved in a traffic accident with injuries on Lem Turner Road and Edgewood Avenue on Tuesday, the agency confirmed.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit is investigating after an adult man was found shot to death early Tuesday on Bridges Road near Dunn Avenue.

Celebrate America 250 with News4JAX, a two-hour special airing at 8 p.m. tonight that counts down to a Fourth of July fireworks show stretching from Jacksonville to St. Augustine.

A Jacksonville man says he’s been without power for several days in the heat after an issue with the electricity at his duplex.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit officers cleared Tipsy Bar and Grill early Sunday morning, citing several employees for allegedly serving alcohol after hours — and when News4JAX arrived at the bar Monday, a second problem was already posted on the front door.

A 26-year-old Jacksonville man is facing an aggravated assault charge after police said he fired shots at a JTA bus on Monday afternoon after the driver refused to let him board without paying the fare.

About a dozen people were booked on street racing-related charges after a viral video showed a car gathering at Jacksonville’s Tinseltown. JSO hasn’t confirmed connections or released details.

A dispute that has been brewing for years over access to a public boat ramp in St. Johns County came to a head Thursday when News4Jax brought both sides together at the scene.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit officers cleared Tipsys Bar and Grill early Sunday morning, citing several employees for allegedly serving alcohol after hours — and when News4JAX arrived at the bar Monday, a second problem was already posted on the front door.

The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office responded to an incident at a RaceTrac gas station in the Picketville area of the city’s Westside on Saturday.

A 20-year-old Jacksonville man was arrested Wednesday after a Florida Highway Patrol trooper clocked him driving 108 mph on Interstate 295, according to his arrest report.

All lanes are closed on Interstate-295 W South at New Kings Road due to a crash with injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.