Incumbent
D.C. Reeves
Pensacola Mayoral Election
$2.13
AUG 19, 2026
General Election
Voters choose the office holder.
Overview
Current roleMayor
PartyRepublican
GenderMale
LocationFlorida
BackgroundMayor of Pensacola
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Notable personal detailsDarcy Curran “D.C.” Reeves is an American businessman, journalist, and politician who has served as mayor of Pensacola, Florida since being sworn in on 2022-11-22. He previously founded and owned Perfect Plain Brewing Co. and has also worked in local economic-development roles, including as chief entrepreneur officer at The Spring Entrepreneur Hub and as chair of Visit Pensacola. He is a Pensacola native and has run for reelection for the city’s 2026 mayoral race.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
D.C. Reeves has expressed openness to discussing property tax reform but emphasizes balancing homeowner relief with preserving revenue for essential city services and has warned that eliminating or sharply reducing property taxes would force cuts to services. He notes the city has kept its property tax rate unchanged for decades and frames tax discussions as trade‑offs rather than endorsing major new tax increases.
Healthcare
As mayor, D.C. Reeves has prioritized local healthcare infrastructure and the redevelopment of the former Baptist Hospital legacy campus—securing funding and completing the city’s acquisition for remediation and reuse—while focusing on connecting healthcare site redevelopment to housing and workforce goals. He has not published clear positions on federal healthcare policy (e.g., Medicare for All, ACA expansion, or privatization).
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Climate & Energy
As mayor, D.C. Reeves’s administration has supported city-level renewable energy and sustainability goals (including a 30% renewable-by-2030 target) and pursued municipal solar and resilience planning. The administration’s actions emphasize increasing renewables and vulnerability assessment rather than advocating for expanded fossil-fuel production or explicit rollback of climate goals.
Public Safety & Guns
The candidate emphasizes strengthening law enforcement and public-safety tools to address gun violence, including investments in police staffing, higher police wages, a SWAT/BearCat vehicle, and ShotSpotter gunshot-detection technology. Public statements and city actions prioritize supporting the Pensacola Police Department and crime-response capabilities. No clear public advocacy for major new firearm restrictions was found in the reviewed sources.
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