2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Florida House District 50

3 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Jennifer Canady

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 50 (since 2022)

Jennifer Canady has served as State Representative for District 50 in the Florida Legislature since 2022, a district that includes all or part of Polk County. Official legislature records list the occupation as Teacher.

Canady's committees

Education & Employment Committee (Chair)
Budget Committee
Rules & Ethics Committee
Security & Threat Assessment Committee

Sources for Canady

Jennifer Canady: official member information (Florida Legislature (Florida Senate; Florida House of Representatives), Public record)
Florida Legislature: current member roster (Florida Legislature (Florida Senate; Florida House of Representatives), Public record)

Ricky Santiago

Democratic

Work: Architectural designer and owner of an architectural design business (Lakeland)

Ricky Santiago moved from Caguas, Puerto Rico, to Florida in 1989, studied electronics technology and computer-aided drafting at Traviss Technical College, and trained as an architectural designer at Dyplast Foam. After that division closed in the early 1990s he started his own architectural company, designing homes and commercial buildings across Central Florida and the Tampa Bay area.

Sources for Santiago

Meet Ricky (Ricky Santiago campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Jarvis Washington

No Party Affiliation

Work: State-registered insurance agent

Jarvis Washington is a state-registered insurance agent and a graduate of Kathleen Senior High School.

Sources for Washington

Candidate profile: Jarvis Washington (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Candidate list download, 2026 General Election (state candidates, all statuses) (Florida Department of State, Division of Elections, Public record)

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