Ryan Elijah

Ryan Elijah has coached high school basketball and Little League baseball, and he played baseball and golf at Anderson University.¹ He and his wife, Tasha, raised two sons in Seminole County and are active in their church.² His family also enjoys theme parks and taking cruises from Port Canaveral.³

An Indiana native, Elijah graduated from Anderson in 1994 after studying mass communications and political science.¹ He began broadcasting as a local radio news director and later became a television sports director in Jacksonville.¹ His assignments included Jaguars television programming, the team's radio sidelines and NFL games for Fox.¹

During an Indiana anchoring job, his consumer segment returned more than $100,000 to viewers, according to Anderson University's alumni profile.¹ He later anchored Good Day Orlando and hosted the politics and business program Orlando Matters before leaving broadcasting to run in 2026.¹⁴ He has also served on YMCA and Christian school boards and previously sought a congressional seat in Indiana in 2010.³⁵

Elijah's platform promises lower taxes and healthcare costs, stronger consumer protection, school choice and support for law enforcement.² He tells voters that increasing domestic energy production, improving permitting and reducing federal spending would address affordability, while healthcare needs more price transparency and competition.⁶ He is the Republican nominee facing Democrat Bale Dalton on November 3 for the seat covering Seminole and southern Volusia counties.⁶²