The Operative Behind the Slate
How one political consultant's clients, committees, and donor network connect across the 2026 School Board races — from public filings and news reporting.
Four candidates, Sam Fisher, Jada Langford-Fleming, Armor Persons, and challenger Tony Beougher, form the DeSantis / Moms-for-Liberty-aligned conservative bloc that swept in in 2022, sharing the operatives Terry Miller (consultant, now a Ballard Partners lobbyist whose firm holds a $180K contract with the district) and Noreen Fenner (treasurer). Their opponents, Jenn McDaigle, Debbie Jordan, Carline Saintilus, and India Palencia, run reform-aligned campaigns funded far more by small in-state donors than by PACs. Whether the four slate candidates (Fisher, Langford-Fleming, Persons, and Beougher) are formally coordinated is probable, but not proven by any single public document.
The connected committees
- Friends of Brian Hamman — $4,000 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Friends of Denise Carlin — $4,000 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Friends of Carmine Marceno — $4,000 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Friends of Amira Fox — $4,000 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Friends of Jonathan Martin — $4,000 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Tiffany for Florida — $4,000 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Friends of Mike Giallombardo — $3,000 to Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Friends of Kevin Ruane — $3,000 to Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Friends of Spencer Roach — $4,000 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Friends of Vanessa Oliver — $2,000 to Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- John Snyder for Florida — $1,500 to Armor Persons, Sam Fisher
- Friends of Lauren Melo — $2,000 to Armor Persons, Sam Fisher
- Friends of David Mulicka — $5,000 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Conservative Legacy Fund — $4,000 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Conservative Leadership Caucus — $4,000 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- A Stronger Florida — $3,000 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher
- Southwest Florida Jobs Alliance — $2,000 to Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Parents for Accountability — $2,000 to Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Boatwashers for Botana — $2,000 to Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Ruth's List Florida — $2,000 to Debbie, India
- Suffolk Construction Company PAC — $2,000 to Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Florida Realtors PAC — $10,000 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Waste Pro — $5,000 to Armor Persons, Debbie, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Honc Destruction — $3,999 to Armor Persons, Tony Beougher
- Gulfpoint Construction Company — $1,500 to Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher, Tony Beougher
- Gulfpoint / Randolph E. Thibaut PLLC — $3,500 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher
- Castleton Capital / Quest Resources — $2,500 to Armor Persons, Jada Langford-Fleming
- Geraghty Stockman, PA — $2,000 to Jada Langford-Fleming, Sam Fisher