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Endorses Peters
The race
This school board election is on the November 3, 2026 general-election ballot in Pinellas County School Board (Pinellas County). 1 seat(s) are at stake in School Board District 3 (At-Large) - Nov 3 2026.
One seat — District 3, an at-large seat — is up on November 3, the third and final Pinellas seat on the 2026 ballot, per Bolts. It is a head-to-head race: an incumbent against one challenger.
The verified roster is: Curtis Campogni; Dawn Peters.
The candidates
Curtis Campogni — The challenger, described by Bolts as Dem-backed. No published platform was verified in this pass beyond that backing.
Dawn Peters — The incumbent, described by Bolts as tied to Moms for Liberty — the parental-rights organization. Incumbency plus that reported tie are the sourced facts of her file in this pass.
Pros / Cons
- Peters — Pro: She is the incumbent, and Bolts reports her tie to Moms for Liberty, the named parental-rights organization — parental rights is one of the values this page endorses on. Con: Her file in this pass is thin beyond incumbency and that tie; no vote-by-vote board record was verified here.
- Campogni — Pro: He carries Democratic backing, per Bolts, which tells voters which coalition stands behind him. Con: No platform on parental rights, curriculum transparency, fiscal restraint, or school choice was verified for him in this pass.
OUR CALL
Our call: endorse Dawn Peters. The basis is stated and sourced: she is the incumbent, and Bolts reports her tie to Moms for Liberty, the parental-rights organization — an alignment with the parental-rights value this series endorses on. That is a narrower basis than a full board record, and we say so; it is still a sourced basis, which is more than a roster gives us in most races in this tier.
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Sources
- Bolts - Your Cheat Sheet to the 2026 General Elections — the verified roster for this race (accessed October 25, 2026) — https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/guide-to-2026-general-election/
- Roster grade: lead. Record gaps: candidate records, campaign materials, and fiscal analysis beyond the roster summary above were not verified at this pass's sourcing depth, except where a fact is stated and attributed in the text.
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.