Deltona City Commission · District 5 · Nonpartisan

Keep Deltona
Liveable.

Fix the roads. Fix the drainage. Answer the phone. It is not complicated, it just has not been done.

Christopher “Chris” Bellingham

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300+Combat missions
2Afghanistan deployments
Nov 3Election Day 2026
Chris Bellingham, candidate for Deltona City Commission District 5, photographed in front of an American flag
The Plan

Four things. That is the whole platform.

Every one of these has a date, a document, or a meeting attached. If I get elected and none of it happens, you should hold that against me.

Roads & Pedestrian Safety

Put the repair schedule online so you can see when your street is next. Then report on it out loud, every quarter, whether it is good news or not.

Drainage & the Aquifer

We flood. Everybody here knows it and everybody here is tired of it. Fix the drainage before the next storm instead of after, and protect the aquifer, because that is where our water comes from.

Fiscally Responsible Growth

New rooftops should pay for the roads and pipes they need. And District 5 should get its share of the money the city already collects. Just our share.

A Commission That Answers

Town halls out here, four times a year. Calls back in two days. If I say I will look into something, I will actually look into it.

About

I am not a politician. I am the guy from Theresa Lake.

Chris Bellingham serving as a US Army combat medic
Combat medic, 10th Mountain Division. Two deployments to Afghanistan.
  • Combat medic, 1st Battalion 32nd Infantry, 10th Mountain Division. Two deployments to Afghanistan, over 300 combat missions.
  • FEMA 406 Hazard Mitigation Specialist after Hurricanes Ian, Nicole and Idalia
  • Founder and Executive Director of the Chosin Foundation, a veteran-serving nonprofit, 2015 to 2019
  • B.S. in Chemistry from UC Santa Barbara. Master of Public Administration from CSU Northridge.
  • Finishing a doctorate in Public Administration and Public Finance at UCF
  • Lives on Theresa Lake with my wife and two boys
“Somewhere along the way the basics stopped mattering around here. That is the part I cannot let go of.”

I was a combat medic. You learn pretty fast that somebody has to be the person who shows up when it goes bad, and that it usually is not the person with the most to say about it.

I have knocked on hundreds of doors out here this year. People are polite about it, but the answer is the same on every street: the roads are bad, the drainage is worse, and nobody from the city has been out here in years.

I read municipal budgets for a living. I am finishing a doctorate in it. That is not a slogan, it is just the thing I happen to be good at, and this district could use somebody who reads the whole document.

This seat is nonpartisan, and I mean it. Nobody has ever asked me who I voted for while I was helping them fill a sandbag. I will work with anyone who wants this district taken seriously.

Check Your District

Am I in District 5?

District 5 is precincts 410 and 411, roughly Courtland, Newmark, Howland, Dumas, Elkcam and Providence. Two ways to check:

Check your precinct

Enter your address at the Volusia County Supervisor of Elections precinct finder.

Find my precinct

See the district map

The City of Deltona publishes the official commission district boundaries.

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Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Three ways to vote.

By mail

Ballots go out in late September. Request one at volusiaelections.gov or call (386) 736-5930. Send it back early. After October 27 do not mail it. Use a dropbox, or it may not get counted.

Early voting

Mid-to-late October at any early-voting site in Volusia County. Dates and locations are posted at volusiaelections.gov.

Election Day

Tuesday, November 3. Polls are open 7 AM to 7 PM at your assigned precinct. Bring photo and signature ID.

Out in the District

Showing up is the job.

Lake cleanups, backpack drives, and a lot of Saturday mornings. This is what the work looks like when nobody is handing out an office for it.

Chris Bellingham and his son picking up litter at a Deltona lake cleanup
Lake cleanup, with my oldest
City of Deltona lake cleanup volunteer crew
Deltona Lake Cleanup crew
Back to School Bash backpack giveaway in Deltona
Back to School Bash
Volunteers clearing trash along a Deltona lakeshore
Our shoreline, our problem
The Record

The receipts.

En Español

Mantengamos Deltona habitable.

Chris Bellingham es su vecino. Veterano de combate e investigador de finanzas públicas, se postula para la Comisión de la Ciudad de Deltona, Distrito 5. Su plan es sencillo: arreglar nuestras calles, resolver el drenaje, cuidar los parques, y contestar el teléfono. Elecciones el martes 3 de noviembre de 2026, de 7am a 7pm.

Información sobre votación: volusiaelections.gov · (386) 736-5930

Get Involved

This runs on neighbors.

Take a sign. Knock a few doors with me. Or just tell me what is wrong on your street. Honestly, that last one is the most useful thing anybody has done for this campaign.

Contact

chris@bellinghamnowfl.com
(661) 429-8634
Deltona, Florida. District 5.

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