2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Florida Senate District 12

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Colleen Burton

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, District 12 (since 2022)

Colleen Burton has served as State Senator for District 12 in the Florida Legislature since 2022, a district that includes all or part of Polk County. Official legislature records list the occupation as Former Nonprofit Executive Director, Polk Vision, Imperial Symphony Orchestra.

Burton's committees

Health Policy (Chair)
Judiciary (Vice Chair)
Agriculture
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Banking and Insurance
Fiscal Policy
Rules

Sources for Burton

Colleen Burton: 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)

Alfred Reynolds

Democratic

Work: Law studies professor (Polk County) and public school teacher; military veteran and former law enforcement officer

Alfred Reynolds describes himself as a law professor, public school teacher, military veteran and former law enforcement officer; he teaches law studies in Polk County. He left the military in 2014, founded the Reynolds Institute of Criminology in Lagos, Nigeria, and published the book "Child Soldiers: Victims and Aggressors" in 2021.

Sources for Reynolds

Reynolds for Florida (Alfred Reynolds 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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