Seven Haitian-Born Candidates Win Florida Offices in November 2026 Elections
Le Nouvelliste reports two school board members, four state legislators and a mayor born in Haiti will take seats in Florida institutions.
A total of seven Haitian-American officials born in Haiti were elected or re-elected in Florida following the November 3, 2026 midterm election cycle, according to Le Nouvelliste. The group comprises two school board members, four state legislators and one mayor, all born in Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haïtien or Port-de-Paix. The newspaper identifies them as Berny Jacques, Mack Bernard, Daphne Campbell, Marie Woodson, Christina Romelus, Samson Borgelin and Linda Cothiere. According to the report, the outcome marks a first for the school boards of Miami-Dade and Palm Beach. Le Nouvelliste states that all seven were born in Haiti and that each won or shared in an electoral victory, though additional details on specific offices and vote margins were not provided in the available excerpt. The result reflects the continued political presence of Haitian-born Americans in Florida, a state with a significant Haitian diaspora. Further specifics on the newly elected and re-elected officials' roles and districts were not included in the published portion of the article.