Mark Davis

Davis earned a high school diploma from Western High School and served in the U.S. Air Force from 2005 to 2013.[6][3] He describes himself as a father, veteran and small-business owner who has worked in healthcare, and his campaign website says he moved to Florida about four years ago.[2][4]

Davis says he is not a politician and built an online following before running.[2][3] In his Candidate Connection survey he says he saw corruption up close in healthcare, spoke up, and then confronted the governor face to face, and that he supports a single-payer health system.[2] He lists affordable healthcare, protecting freedoms, economic security and restoring truth to government as his priorities.[2] During the campaign, he said he was running on health care, economic security and what he calls accountability in government.[2][3][4] He received 1.8% of the vote to Sydney Gruters's 51.2%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]

WWSB reported that Davis was arrested on July 28, 2026, for obstructing an officer without violence during a court-ordered welfare check of his children by Department of Children and Families investigators.[6][3] Davis told ABC7 the complaint is false and is retaliation for his criticism of President Trump and Gov. DeSantis.[6][3] This is a misdemeanor charge, not a conviction.[6][3]