Here are the Editorial Board’s primary election endorsements | Opinion

By the Miami Herald Editorial Board

July 17, 2026 5:19 PM

An unidentified Miami resident walks to a ballot box with his ballot in hand after casting his vote as voters head to the polls at Legion Memorial Park Community Center in Miami, Fla., on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. — An unidentified Miami resident walks to a ballot box with his ballot in hand after casting his vote at Legion Memorial Park Community Center in Miami on Nov. 4, 2025. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com

Editorial Board’s endorsements for primary elections

Registered voters in Florida will be able to cast ballots in the Aug. 18 primary election through vote-by-mail, early voting or voting on Election Day. Voters will decide races for judges, the school board, the county commission, state Legislature, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor.

Read the Miami Herald Editorial Board’s endorsements.

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For the Aug. 18 primary, The Editorial Board will issue endorsements in a number of races including governor, U.S. Senate, school board, County Commission, the Florida House and Senate and circuit and county judge.

Early voting begins Aug. 3 through Aug. 13 at eight locations across Miami-Dade County. Vote-by-mail ballots went out July 9. Residents can find their Election Day polling location on the Supervisor of Elections’ website.

The general election is Nov. 3, and the Board will issue additional endorsements then.

Here are the Miami Herald Editorial Board’s recommendations. This list will keep updating. Click each title to see our reasoning behind our endorsement for each race: