Lee County Court Judge Group 5
Lee County, Florida
My vote power
Normal
Election date
August 18, 2026 · Primary election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 65 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 817,666 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(22,416,077 ÷ 817,666) ÷ ln(50,000) = 65.3, measured against a statewide vote in FL (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Housing Affordability, Civil Rights,
Candidates
Nonpartisan · Incumbent · declared
Lee County Court judge appointed in July 2025 after more than two decades as a board-certified business-litigation attorney, seeking election to Group 5 in 2026.
Records: Legal Competence 2 for
Nonpartisan · declared
Trial attorney with more than 25 years of courtroom experience, former prosecutor and Department of Homeland Security special agent, and 2026 candidate for Lee County Court Judge Group 5.
Records: Legal Competence 2 for, Public Safety and Crime Control 2 for, Civil Rights 1 for
Sources: lee.vote2 · floridabar.org