Maria Scruggs
St. Petersburg Mayoral Election
$1.3K
AUG 19, 2026
General Election
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Overview
Current roleCommunity corrections administrator/supervisor
GenderFemale
LocationFlorida
BackgroundCommunity corrections administrator/supervisor
Notable personal detailsMaria L. Scruggs is a St. Petersburg, Florida community leader and mayoral candidate. She is a former president of the St. Petersburg Branch of the NAACP and has worked in community corrections in Central Florida, including supervisory roles. Her public work has focused on civil rights advocacy and local issues such as affordability and workforce wages.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports actions to increase earnings for residents and strengthen small businesses, including forming a livable-wage task force, using city funding sources for small grants and loans, and creating industry 'economic clusters' to boost local revenue and affordability.
Healthcare
Maria Scruggs emphasizes affordability, access, and community health advocacy while focusing on local economic development that includes the healthcare sector; she highlights ensuring city employees receive competitive compensation and benefits and cites past work on breast cancer education and community health programs. Her public materials and interviews do not articulate a clear stance on statewide or federal healthcare policies (e.g., ACA, Medicare for All, public option) or specific policy reforms.
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Climate & Energy
Maria Scruggs emphasizes resiliency, planning for flooding and protecting the city’s natural environment while prioritizing affordability and community-driven economic development; her campaign materials and interviews reference designing resiliency strategies and assessing environmental conditions for long-term planning but do not lay out specific climate or energy policies such as emissions targets, fossil-fuel phaseouts, or clean-energy programs.
Public Safety & Guns
Maria Scruggs has proposed measures to reduce gun violence that include charging a fee on gun and ammunition purchases to fund gun-violence education programs; her campaign materials emphasize public safety credentials and collaboration but do not lay out support for broad deregulatory or expansive pro-gun-rights measures.
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