Endorsements
Who’s With Us
Endorsements from the organizations and neighbors who know what this council actually does.
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Official 2026 Endorsement
Florida Puerto Rican Hispanic Minority Empowerment Committee
“Working Together for Our Community & Our Future”
The Florida Puerto Rican Hispanic Minority Empowerment Committee has issued its official 2026 endorsement to John Bruce for City of Melbourne City Council, District 4.
Their motto is the job description for this seat. A council member works for everyone in the district, including the neighbors whose concerns usually get raised last and answered slowest: the ones waiting on a sidewalk repair, a bus shelter, or a straight answer about an event permit.
Official 2026 Recommendation
Space Coast Association of REALTORS®
“The Voice for Real Estate in Brevard County”
The Space Coast Association of REALTORS® has recommended John Bruce for election to Melbourne City Council, District 4.
The association recommends candidates who champion homeownership, private property rights, and policies that improve the quality of life across Brevard County. This one came after a screening committee interview: the committee put John forward to the association’s Board of Directors, and the board voted to confirm it.
Their public policy is explicit that private property rights, responsible growth, and preserving Florida’s environment have to be balanced rather than traded off against each other. That is the same argument this campaign has been making about the lagoon and about housing this city’s workforce can afford.
Thank you to the board and the screening committee for the time and the conversation. Housing that working people in this city can afford, and growth that doesn’t cost us the lagoon, are both core to my platform. I’m glad to have their support and I’m looking forward to the work.
John Bruce
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The Sierra Club political endorsement seal.
Official 2026 Endorsement
Sierra Club
“Explore, enjoy, and protect the planet”
The Sierra Club has endorsed John Bruce for the 2026 election cycle in Melbourne City Council, District 4.
The club asks the candidates it backs to keep environmental issues in front of voters through Election Day. John was going to do that anyway.
Melbourne sits on the Indian River Lagoon, and it's the reason a lot of people live here. When the water goes bad, the fishing and the property values go with it. John wants the city to pay for stormwater and septic-to-sewer work the way it pays for roads, and to enforce the fertilizer rules already on the books. The lagoon was the first issue on his platform when the campaign launched. It still is.
Anyone can talk about the lagoon on the campaign trail. Judge me by how I vote after November, I'm confident I won't disappoint.
John Bruce
Official 2026 Endorsement
Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Political Operations Division
The Political Operations Division of the Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has endorsed John Bruce for Melbourne City Council, District 4, and is carrying that endorsement to voters through Election Day on November 3.
A chamber endorsement comes down to one question: will this council be a working partner for the people who actually run the businesses on these streets? That means permits answered in weeks instead of months, fees and rules that do not move without warning, and a city hall that returns the call.
Melbourne’s Hispanic-owned businesses are a real part of this economy and include restaurants, contractors, shops, trucking, and more, and they run into the same permitting, parking, and code questions as everybody else. Making those answers fast and predictable is not a favor to anyone. It is the baseline the city owes every business license it issues.
It also runs straight into the rest of the platform. Employees have to be able to live where they work. Housing that Melbourne’s workforce can truly afford is a small-business problem before it is anything else.
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The list so far
Who has backed this campaign
This campaign started in August. Endorsements and recommendations are posted here as they come in.
Official 2026 Endorsement
Florida Puerto Rican Hispanic Minority Empowerment Committee
Endorsed John Bruce for City of Melbourne City Council, District 4.
Official 2026 Recommendation
Space Coast Association of REALTORS®
Recommended John Bruce for election to Melbourne City Council, District 4.
Official 2026 Endorsement
Sierra Club
Endorsed John Bruce for the 2026 election cycle in Melbourne City Council, District 4.
Official 2026 Endorsement
Florida Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Its Political Operations Division endorsed John Bruce for Melbourne City Council, District 4.
More coming soon.
Organizations
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