Election Name: | 2008 Orlando mayoral election |
Flag Image: | File:Flag of Orlando, Florida (1980–2017).gif |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Year: | 2012 |
Election Date: | January 29, 2008 |
Turnout: | 39.7% |
Nominee1: | Buddy Dyer |
Party1: | Nonpartisan candidate |
Popular Vote1: | 24,181 |
Percentage1: | 60.4% |
Nominee2: | Ken Mulvaney |
Party2: | Nonpartisan candidate |
Popular Vote2: | 15,863 |
Percentage2: | 39.6% |
Mayor | |
Before Election: | Buddy Dyer |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | Buddy Dyer |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2008 Orlando mayoral election was held on January 29, 2008 to elect the mayor of Orlando, Florida. Incumbent mayor Buddy Dyer was elected to a second full term.
Municipal elections in Orlando and Orange County are non-partisan. Had no candidate received a majority of the votes in the general election, a runoff would have been held between the two candidates that received the greatest number of votes.[1]