More than 5 million Floridians have cast their ballot either by early voting in person or by mail, according to the by state elections officials. More than 13.8 million voters are registered in the state for the Nov. 5 election.
This year, Florida's ballot includes abortion rights and legalization of recreational marijuana 鈥� hot button topics that have are likely to push high turnout among voters.
Besides picking the next president this year, voters will get to choose a U.S. Senator and members of the U.S. House, Florida Senate and Florida House 鈥� as well as local races, which now include some brand new positions, such as Miami-Dade County Sheriff and the Broward County tax collector.
READ MORE: What to know about the new positions on the ballots for Miami-Dade, Broward
However, often the candidates for local races have much lower name recognition. Meanwhile, referendums and other ballot questions can be hard to even understand, let alone make a decision on. To help you, we have compiled endorsements below from newspapers, unions and other voices from across the political spectrum in the South Florida community.
Nonetheless, we strongly encourage voters to do their own research, including on these pages and by listening to SA国际传谋鈥檚 on-air election coverage.
You can also find out detailed biographies of prospective judges and a helpful break down of your county's court system .
Find all the information you need on voting in South Florida here. Plus the SA国际传谋 News team and our public media partners across Florida have put together this guide to help you decide who gets your vote for the federal and state races in the 2024 election cycle.
Unions
Groups
Newspapers
Miami-Dade County
Tax Collector:
Supervisor of Elections:
Miami-Dade County Clerk of Courts:
Miami-Dade County Sheriff:
Miami-Dade Property Appraiser:
County Judge Group 29:
Miami-Dade Commission District 7 Runoff:
School Board
Miami-Dade School Board District 3:
Miami-Dade School Board District 7:
Miami Beach, Bal Harbour homelessness tax:
Miami Beach referendums
Referendum 1:
Referendum 2:
Referendum 3:
Referendum 4:
Referendum 5:
Referendum 6:
Referendum 7:
Referendum 8:
Congress: U.S. House Representative
U.S. House District 24:
U.S. House District 27:
U.S. House District 28: N/A
Congress: U.S. Senate:
State Senate
District 37:
District 39:
State Representative
District 106:
District 111:
District 112:
District 113:
District 114:
District 115:
District 116:
District 117:
District 119:
District 118:
District 120:
Florida Supreme Court Justices: Renatha Francis and Meredith Sasso:
Florida's Constitutional Amendments
Amendment 1, Partisan school elections:
Amendment 2, Hunting and fishing:
Amendment 3, Recreational marijuana:
Amendment 4, Abortion rights:
Amendment 5, Homestead exemption:
Amendment 6, Campaign financing:
Broward County
County Commission, District 1:
County Judge, Group 10:
Fort Lauderdale, Mayor:
Fort Lauderdale, District 1:
Fort Lauderdale, District 2:
Fort Lauderdale, District 4:
Hollywood, Mayor:
Hollywood, District 2:
Hollywood, District 6:
Pompano Beach, Mayor:
Pompano Beach, District 1:
Pompano Beach, District 3:
Pompano Beach, District 4:
Pompano Beach, District 5:
Sunrise, Mayor:
Sunrise, Seat A:
Sunrise, Seat B:
Tamarac, District 1:
Tamarac, District 3:
County Question 1, Housing:
County Question 2, Inspector General:
U.S. House Representative
U.S. House, District 21: Thomas Witkop
U.S. House, District 22:
U.S. House, District 23:
U.S. House, District 25:
State Senate
Florida Senate, District 35:
Florida Senate, District 37:
State Representative
Florida House, District 90:
Florida House, District 91:
Florida House, District 94:
Florida House, District 100:
Florida House, District 102:
Florida House, District 103:
Florida House, District 105:
Broward Sheriff
Palm Beach County
State Attorney:
Sheriff:
Supervisor of Elections:
County Commission, District 5:
County Question 1, School tax:
Judicial Race
County Judge, Group 2:
Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller:
Florida Supreme Court
Merit retention, Justice Renatha Francis:
Merit retention, Justice Meredith Sasso:
School Board
School Board, District 1:
School Board, District 5:
Read all the Palm Beach Post Editorial Board endorsements for local, state and U.S. House and U.S. Senate .
