OKEECHOBEE – Early voting for the Aug. 18 primary election in Okeechobee County opened Aug. 8 and will continue through Aug. 15. Early voting will be 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Supervisor of Elections Office, 307 N.W. Fifth Avenue. 

As of Tuesday morning, more than 400 votes had been cast in Okeechobee County. 

Okeechobee County has 20,643 registered voters, including 4,277 Democrats, 12,383 Republicans, 3118 No Party Affiliation and 865 registered to other parties.

On Aug. 18, Election Day voting will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at designated polling locations.

There are no local city or county races on the primary ballot.

On the Republican primary ballot:

• United States Senator candidates are Chris Gleason, Ashley Moody, Neelan Taneja Perry and Ernest “Ernie” Rivera.
• Congressional Representative District 9 candidates are: Ben Butler, Marcus Carter, Thomas E. Chalifoux Jr., Dan Green, Jorge Martinez, Steve Rance and Justin Story.
• Governor and Lieutenant Governor candidates are: Jay Collins, Byron Donalds, James Fishback, Jim Holcomb, Arthur Joseph McCaffrey, Daniel Nokovich, Paul Renner, Rachel Rodriguez, James W. Shaw, Caneste Succe and Bobby Williams.
• Chief Financial Officer candidates are: Frank William Collige and Blaise Ingoglia.
• Commission of Agriculture candidates are Wilton Simpson and Matt Taylor (aka Matt the Welder).

On the Democratic primary ballot:

• United States Senator candidates are Angie Nixon and Alex Vindman.
• Governor and Lieutenant Governor candidates are: Evelyn Castillio-Bach, Thomas Eloy Fernandez, Dayna Marie Foster, David Jolly (with Gwen Graham as Lt. Governor), Dotie Joseph and Stephann Norman.
• Chief Financial Officer candidates are: Earle Ford and Annette Taddeo.
• Commissioner of Agriculture candidates are: Joey Mendoza Atkins and Donald A. “Don” Prichard.