The Village of Wellington will hold a municipal election on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, to fill two available seats on the Wellington Village Council. Both seats will be open, with Vice Mayor Tanya Siskind, the Seat 2 incumbent, and Councilman John McGovern, the Seat 3 incumbent, stepping down due to term limits.
At a meeting Tuesday, Aug. 12, the council unanimously set the qualifying period for the upcoming election to run from noon on Tuesday, Nov. 4 until noon on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
While Wellington’s charter calls for qualifying dates starting in late January, they can be set earlier each election cycle by ordinance. Current policy from the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office, based on interpretations of state law, requires candidates to be qualified at least 95 days prior to an election to have sufficient time to prepare, print and test municipal ballots. Wellington has set qualifying dates in November for the past several election cycles.
The 2026 Wellington election has already drawn several announced candidates. Three have filed paperwork with the Village Clerk’s Office: Johnny Meier and John “Jay” Carl Webber for Seat 2, and Stephen A. Levin for Seat 3.
Meier, a Wellington business owner, ran unsuccessfully against McGovern for Seat 3 in 2022. Webber, an attorney and member of the Wellington Education Committee, ran unsuccessfully for Seat 1 in 2024. That race was eventually won by Councilwoman Amanda Silvestri after a runoff.
Levin, a member of Wellington’s Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, has not run for a council seat before.
The election will be for four-year terms ending in March 2030.
