Sam Neelam
Candidate. Does not currently hold an office tracked on this site.
On the ballot
Running for Polk County School Board, District 5 in the General Election, Nov 3, 2026.
Filing status: Defeated. $51,516 raised in monetary contributions
Where the campaign money comes from
Totals from official campaign finance reports. Occupations and locations are as reported by each contributor.
2026 campaign$116,005 in contributions
Who gave
- Individuals2%
- Businesses2%
- Candidate self-funding78%
- Candidate loans to own campaign14%
- Candidate self-funding78%
- Other4%
Where contributors live
- Elsewhere in Florida2%
- Outside Florida25%
- Other73%
Individual contributors by occupation group
- Lobbying & government relations35%
- Not employed30%
- Engineering & technology14%
- Business owners & executives10%
- Retired5%
- Other5%
Largest contributors
- John David Alexander (Lake Wales)$1,000
- GLK Real Estate, LLC (Winter Haven)$1,000
- Cassidy Holdings Group, Inc (Winter Haven)$1,000
- Mahendra Devabhaktuni (Irving)$500
- GOopi Dammalapati (Lewisville)$300
- Joshua Borem (Lakeland)$300
- Patricia Griffin (Yardley)$250
- Venkatl Emani (South Plainfield)$108
How the campaign spent
- Advertising & media44%
- Postage & mail25%
- Other / Not described13%
- Consulting & staff11%
- Signs & printing4%
- Other4%
Source: Polk County Supervisor of Elections campaign reports