Statewide · 2026 Candidate
Charles Burkett
Running for Governor, District Statewide
Party: No Party AffiliationStatus: Qualified
Visit campaign website →Running against
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What to know
Burkett is a Miami-area real estate investor who served four terms as mayor of Surfside, most recently 2024 to 2026, and was mayor during the 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse. He is running with no party affiliation, with Surfside Commissioner Ruben Coto as his running mate. His platform calls for eliminating homestead property taxes, rewriting insurance law, removing tolls and gas taxes, repealing the Live Local Act, and term limits and pay cuts for officials.
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