All four candidates running to replace the late Rep. Joe Casello in House District 90 have qualified for the contest.

HD 90 is a Democratic-leaning district that spans a coastal portion of Palm Beach County including Boynton Beach, Delray Beach and part of Highland Beach.

The qualifying period for the Special Election closed at noon Tuesday, but candidates weren’t confirmed to have qualified on the Division of Elections website until after 4 p.m.

Each candidate qualified by paying a qualifying fee.

The race — which includes a City Commissioner, a nonprofit founder and community activist, a political operative who has spurred conspiracy theories, and a serial litigant who has sued several governments and banks — will include a Republican Primary culminating Sept. 30 between two GOP members.

A Democrat and a no-party candidate are also running.

The General Election is Dec. 9.

Here’s a look at each candidate.

Rob Long — Democrat

Atop the list, alphabetically, is Delray Beach Commissioner Rob Long, who was campaigning to take the House District 90 seat in 2026 with Casello’s blessing before the lawmaker’s passing July 18.

Long, 40, also carries nods from Senate Democratic Leader Lori Berman, Boca Raton state Sen. Tina Scott Polsky, state Reps. Tae Edmonds, Kelly Skidmore and Debra Tendrich, and former Palm Beach State Attorney Dave Aronberg.

A political consultant, author and loss prevention expert, Long won his City Hall seat in March 2023.

Maria Zack — Republican

Longtime Georgia lobbyist and conspiracy theorist Maria Zack, who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to support U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign, is hoping to make the jump from political operative to elected official this year.

It’s not clear whether she still wields the same fundraising might; she filed to run July 30 and, as such, has not yet reported any campaign finance activities.

Zack, who turns 61 on Aug. 21, owns and operates Quantum Solutions Software Inc., which her LinkedIn page describes as a company that assists “productivity in business, non-profits, and clubs while propelling value driven success and enhancing people’s lives.”

State records show she was registered to vote in Broward County between 2018 and 2021, when she moved from Pompano Beach to Palm Beach.

In 2014, while still living in Georgia, Zack founded the federal-level political action committee Stand for Principle PAC, which through 2017 raised and spent nearly $420,000 backing Cruz’s failed presidential bid. She also ran former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s Atlanta campaign office during the 2012 presidential race.

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