EDGEWATER — Steven Oleksy, a former professional hockey player with National Hockey League experience, is officially listed as an active qualified candidate for mayor of Edgewater in Volusia County’s 2026 election records.

Volusia County campaign-finance records list Oleksy as a candidate for Edgewater Mayor in the General Election 11/3/26 reporting group. The same public listing shows Oleksy with $500 in monetary contributions, $0 in in-kind contributions and $100 in expenditures as of the most recent publicly available campaign-finance summary reviewed for this article.

Oleksy’s candidate profile includes several public campaign and qualifying documents, including a Statement of Candidate, Appointment of Campaign Treasurer and Designation of Campaign Depository, Acknowledgment of Electronic Filing and Candidate Oath. In those public filings, Oleksy identifies the office sought as mayor and lists an Edgewater legal residence.

Public Volusia County property records reviewed for this article also show Steven Oleksy and Brooke Hogan associated with Edgewater property ownership since 2024.

Edgewater’s city elections page states that city elections are held in even-numbered years and that the mayor’s seat is up for election in November 2026. The city also notes that its election information is not all-inclusive and directs candidates and voters to Florida election-law resources and the Volusia County Supervisor of Elections for additional information.

Who is Steven Oleksy, retired NHL player?

Steven Oleksy is best known publicly for his professional hockey career. NHL records list him as Steve Oleksy, a defenseman who signed as a free agent with the Washington Capitals in 2013 and later signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2015.

Oleksy’s hockey career included time in the NHL and in other professional leagues. Public biographical reporting has also identified him as a business owner connected to hockey-related events and tournaments.

What is Steven Oleksy’s relationship to Brooke Hogan?

Oleksy is married to Brooke Hogan. Public entertainment reporting has identified Oleksy as Hogan’s husband and reported that the couple married in Florida in 2022. The couple later welcomed twins in 2025, according to public reporting.

The couple has generally kept their relationship private, but Hogan publicly confirmed the marriage after it had not been widely publicized.

Who is Brooke Hogan and what is she famous for?

Brooke Hogan, born Brooke Ellen Bollea, is a singer, television personality and the daughter of the late professional wrestling star Hulk Hogan, whose legal name was Terry Bollea.

She became widely known in the mid-2000s through VH1’s reality series Hogan Knows Best, which followed the Hogan family, and later starred in the spinoff Brooke Knows Best. She also pursued a pop-music career, releasing the album Undiscovered and the single “About Us,” featuring Paul Wall.

Brooke Hogan’s public profile has long connected entertainment, music and reality television. Her marriage to Oleksy adds a celebrity dimension to the Edgewater mayoral race, but Oleksy’s candidacy itself is documented in Volusia County election and campaign-finance records.

What the public records show so far:

The available public records reviewed for this article show:

• Steven Oleksy is listed as an active qualified candidate for Edgewater Mayor in the 2026 election cycle.
• His campaign-finance summary currently shows $0 in monetary contributions, in-kind contributions and expenditures.
• His candidate paperwork includes a candidate oath, statement of candidate and campaign treasurer filing.
• Public property records show Steven Oleksy and Brooke Hogan associated with Edgewater property ownership in 2024.
• The Edgewater mayor’s seat is scheduled for the city’s November 2026 election cycle.
• Volusia County’s current candidate list shows three active qualified candidates for Edgewater mayor: Diezel D. DePew, Wayne McCloskey and Steven Oleksy.

Other candidates in the 2026 Edgewater mayoral race

Oleksy is not the only candidate listed in public records for the 2026 Edgewater mayoral race. Volusia County campaign-finance records also list Diezel D. DePew and Wayne McCloskey as active qualified candidates for Edgewater mayor.

Diezel D. DePew

Volusia campaign-finance records list Diezel D. DePew as an active qualified candidate for Edgewater Mayor in the 2026 election cycle. Public campaign-finance records show DePew with $17,215.00 in monetary contributions, $4,050.70 in in-kind contributions and $10,654.45 in expenditures.

DePew’s public candidate profile lists available campaign-finance reports for Q3 2025, Q4 2025, Q1 2026 and Q2 2026. His candidate profile also lists campaign documents including a Statement of Candidate, Appointment of Campaign Treasurer, Acknowledgment of Electronic Filing and Candidate Oath.

Wayne McCloskey

Volusia campaign-finance records list Wayne McCloskey as an active qualified candidate for Edgewater Mayor in the 2026 election cycle. Public campaign-finance records show McCloskey with $4,800.00 in monetary contributions, $0 in in-kind contributions and $1,875.10 in expenditures.

McCloskey’s public candidate profile lists available campaign-finance reports for Q2 2025, Q3 2025, Q4 2025 and Q1 2026. His candidate profile also lists campaign documents including a Statement of Candidate, Appointment of Campaign Treasurer, Acknowledgment of Electronic Filing, an updated Appointment of Campaign Treasurer and Candidate Oath.

Editor’s note

This article is based on public election records, public campaign-finance records, public property records and sourced biographical reporting. Public online records can update as new filings are processed. Readers should check Volusia County campaign-finance records, the Volusia County Property Appraiser and the City of Edgewater elections page for the latest candidate filings, property-record information and campaign-finance updates.

Sources

1. City of Edgewater — Elections: City election information, including the 2026 mayoral election cycle. https://www.cityofedgewater.org/administration/page/elections
2. Volusia County Supervisor of Elections — Candidates: Official county candidate and campaign-finance resource page. https://www.volusiaelections.gov/candidates/index.stml
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8. VoterFocus — Wayne McCloskey Candidate Profile: Public candidate profile, campaign documents and campaign-finance records for Wayne McCloskey. https://www.voterfocus.com/CampaignFinance/candidate_pr.php?c=volusia&ca=1106&committee=N&e=36&op=cv&rellevel=4
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10. Volusia County Property Appraiser: Public property-record search for Volusia County real property records. https://vcpa.vcgov.org/search/real-property-classic
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