About the Candidate

DéMaria Artis

For Supervisor of Elections — Lee County, Florida

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DéMaria Artis

A Lee County Neighbor Running to Serve Every Voter

DéMaria Artis is a lifelong Floridian. Raised in a military family that understood both the value of service and the demands of sacrifice, she grew up learning that showing up — wherever you are needed — is not optional. She has called Lee County home since 2019, building her life and her family here in Southwest Florida. As a mother, she knows what is at stake in local government. As a community member, she believes the elections office must belong to the people — not to any political faction.

DéMaria brings to this race something most politicians do not: nearly a decade of direct patient care. As a Certified Nursing Assistant with approximately nine years of frontline healthcare experience, she has spent her career in the rooms where attention to detail is not a professional virtue — it is a moral obligation. That same standard applies in an elections office. She is currently a nursing student at Keiser University in Fort Myers, and she is also a small-business owner. She enters this race without a party label and without a party's marching orders — only a commitment to administer Lee County elections accurately, transparently, and equally for every registered voter.

Background at a Glance

  • Certified Nursing Assistant — approximately 9 years of frontline patient-care experience
  • Nursing Student — Keiser University, Fort Myers campus
  • Small-Business Owner — Lee County, Florida
  • Lee County Resident since 2019; lifelong Floridian, raised in a military family
  • Registered No Party Affiliation (NPA) — running in a nonpartisan office
Her Mission

Community Over Politics

The Supervisor of Elections is one of the most critical roles in county government — and one of the most misunderstood. It is not a partisan office. The SOE does not pick winners or losers. The SOE administers the process by which voters choose their leaders. That process must be iron-clad in its integrity, open in its operations, and accessible to every eligible voter.

"I'm running because every Lee County voter — Republican, Democrat, Independent — deserves an elections office that works for them. The Supervisor of Elections doesn't pick winners. The job is to run elections accurately, transparently, and equally for every registered voter. That's the only standard I plan to apply."
— DéMaria Artis

DéMaria is registered No Party Affiliation (NPA) and is running in a nonpartisan race. She is committed to building a broad, community-centered coalition of voters who believe that fair elections transcend partisan politics — and that the person running them should answer to all of Lee County, not to a party apparatus.

Her background in healthcare taught her something that translates directly to public service: when you are responsible for people's most critical moments, there is no room for shortcuts, favoritism, or inattention. She intends to bring that same professional standard to every aspect of the Supervisor of Elections office — from voter registration processing to Election Night results reporting to post-election audits. Every voter deserves that standard. DéMaria intends to deliver it.

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