Although the deadline for filing for Florida primaries is months away, already 34 candidates have filed for Governor. See this list. Scroll down to just below U.S. House.
There is one Libertarian, one Constitution Party member, and several Independent Party candidates.
Two Florida Democratic legislators have introduced bills to require the Governor to schedule special elections without undue delay. They are SB 460 by Senator Tina Polsky, and HB 597 by Representative Michael Gottlieb.
Dan Walters, the dean of California politics commentators, has again written a Cal Matters column on how the top-two system could result in a gubernatorial election ballot with only two Republicans on the general election ballot. However, he does not mention the idea that the legislature next year could react by legalizing write-ins in the general election.
The Carolina Journal has this story about the December 27, 2025 voter registration tally in North Carolina. North Carolina is the only state in which election officials announce new registration totals every week. Republicans have almost caught up with Democrats for the first time, but the bigger gains are the number of registered independents.
On December 15, the Arkansas Libertarian Party was told that its petition for ballot status in 2026 is valid.
