2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Florida House District 61

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Linda Chaney

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 61
Work: State representative (since 2020); co-founder of a mammography business; marketing and business development professional

Linda Chaney is the sitting State Representative for District 61 in the Florida Legislature, a district that includes all or part of Hillsborough and Pinellas counties.

Linda Chaney earned a mass communication degree from the University of South Florida, worked in marketing and business development, and co-founded an independent mammography business later acquired by AdventHealth. She served on the St. Pete Beach City Commission (2007-2009) and in the Florida House since 2020.

Chaney's committees

Government Operations Subcommittee (Chair)
State Administration Budget Subcommittee (Vice Chair)
Health & Human Services Committee
State Affairs Committee
Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee

Sources for Chaney

Linda Chaney: 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)
Linda Chaney (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts summarized))

May Thach

Democratic

Work: Senior organizing manager, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (St. Petersburg)

May Thach holds degrees from the University of South Florida and a master's in international affairs from the University of California, San Diego. She served in the Peace Corps from 2015 to 2019 in education and HIV/AIDS education roles and has worked for the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum since 2022.

Sources for Thach

Candidate profile: May Thach (iVoterGuide, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))
Meet May (May Thach campaign website, 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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