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Cody Davis (Collier County Commissioner District 2, Florida, candidate 2026)

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Cody Davis (Other) is running for election to Collier County Commissioner District 2 in Florida on November 3, 2026.[1]

Elections

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Cody Davis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Davis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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My name is Cody Davis and I'm a historian and election law expert running for Collier County Commissioner of District 2. I grew up in Illinois but have been visiting Southwest Florida since I was very young. My grandparents were snowbirds in Ft. Myers and I would fly down with my family to see them sometimes. In 2019, I moved to Naples full-time along with my family and grandparents, who had also relocated nearby.

I hated school and decided to homeschool myself in 2016 for both high school and college, which I did until 2021, focusing on history, politics, and theology. In 2022, I created the Vote Men Political Action Committee to encourage men to run for office and help them win. I believed this was necessary to bring balance to the political arena since there were 20 political action committees, both Republican and Democrat, that elected women.

After growing frustrated with the corruption of major-party politics, I shut down the Vote Men PAC and created the Jeffersonian Party of Florida, a new political party that advocates for federal, constitutional, American government. We got ballot access in October and I'm now running as the Party's first candidate. You will see me on your general election ballot alongside the letters "JEF". I hope you are ready for change like I am and will come out and vote for me in the November 2026 election for Collier Commissioner, District 2. Thank you for your time,

-Cody Davis

  • Keep Collier's character: As Collier continues to grow and develop, the qualities that the original residents enjoyed and that the new residents were attracted by, are under threat. County government must guide the development of the County in a way that retains Collier's desirable qualities and prevents Southwest Florida from becoming disordered and broken.
  • A different approach to infrastructural development: The common approach to infrastructure development throughout the US marked by top-down, chunked development and ultra-rigid use-based zoning has led to ugly, dangerous, and financially and environmentally unsustainable places. We must take a different approach that promotes bottom-up, incrementally developed communities that we can live in rather than just drive to work in. Massive developers and other moneyed/powerful interests should not be the ones who dictate where and how people live in their own communities.
  • Rooting out corruption: Collier's own Supervisor of Elections said that there was "election fraud" in the 2024 Naples Mayoral race, and a man named Matt Hurley is currently being investigated by Florida law enforcement in connection with this scandal. In my opinion, Mr. Hurley, who is a well-connected and wealthy man, is the central figure in a corruption network in the Collier GOP, and he works very closely with Chris Hall, who is the incumbent of the seat I am currently running for.

I would like to be someone who says and does the right thing, even when it's not popular.

Humility, honesty and a service-oriented mindset.

To represent and act in the best interests of their constituents at the County level.

Infrastructure development: Making more walkable, livable, healthier and financially solvent communities.

Updating archaic government systems: As a result of County Commissioner-set policy, the Collier County Public Library system can't take credit/debit card payments, and can't setup an online payment platform. They only take physical checks/cash. County websites are often very outdated and difficult to navigate.

Effective water treatment: I limit my time at the beach because it's easy for me to get sick, perhaps from all the fertilizer that is flooding the coasts of Collier. Experts in the area have told me that this is largely caused by ineffective wastewater treatment, and I'd like to work towards correcting this.

Accountability and transparency are of course fundamental to American government.

The Jeffersonian Party of Florida has lots of info about what the Party advocates for; its principles, its structure, and its platform, on the Party website, JeffersonianPartyFL.com

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    • [1] ↑ Submitted to Ballotpedia's candidate survey in 2025.

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