2019 Orlando mayoral election explained
| Election Name: | 2019 Orlando mayoral election |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Orlando, Florida.svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Orlando mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Orlando mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2019[1] |
| Image1: | File:Mayor_Buddy_Dyer_2018 (1).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Buddy Dyer |
| Party1: | Nonpartisan |
| Colour1: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,952 |
| Percentage1: | 71.8% |
| Nominee2: | Samuel Ings |
| Colour2: | c0c0c0 |
| Party2: | Nonpartisan |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,880 |
| Percentage2: | 17.5% |
| Image3: | File:3x4.svg |
| Nominee3: | Aretha Simons |
| Party3: | Nonpartisan |
| Colour3: | c0c0c0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 2,385 |
| Percentage3: | 10.7% |
| Mayor |
| Before Election: | Buddy Dyer |
| Before Party: | Democratic |
| After Election: | Buddy Dyer |
| After Party: | Democratic |
The 2019 Orlando mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019, to elect the mayor of Orlando.[2]
Municipal elections in Orlando and Orange County are non-partisan. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes in the general election, runoffs are held between the two candidates that received the greatest number of votes.[3]
Candidates
Declared
- Buddy Dyer, incumbent mayor who will be running for his fifth term, affiliated with the Democratic Party.[4] [5]
- Jentri D. Casaberry, motivational speaker, political activist, affiliated with the Democratic Party[6]
- Samuel Ings, Democratic member of the Orlando City Council from District 6 and 2004 mayoral candidate
- Aretha Simons, non-profit business woman, affiliated with the Democratic Party[7]
- Shantelle Bennett[8]
Results
The election was held on November 5, 2019, the incumbent mayor Buddy Dyer won by a large margin.[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: Election Results Orlando Florida Local Elections Spectrum News 13 . www.mynews13.com . 7 November 2019.
- Web site: Mayoral election in Orlando, Florida (2019) . Ballotpedia . 13 April 2019 . en.
- Web site: City of Orlando :: Office of the City Clerk . 13 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120510135830/http://www.cityoforlando.net/cityclerk/elections/election_faq.htm . 10 May 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
- Web site: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer files for re-election. 13 April 2019.
- Web site: Campaign Finance. 13 April 2019. 1 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191201165550/https://florida.easycampaignfinance.com/OfficerSearch/5CA2E004-BC31-408A-88E2-BA92B323964B. dead.
- Web site: Orlando, Florida, Mayor, 2019 . Crowdpac . 9 June 2019.
- Web site: Powers . Scott . Aretha Simons counting on waves to carry her against Buddy Dyer . 23 April 2019.
- Web site: 5 candidates qualify for Orlando mayoral race . WESH . 24 October 2019 . en . 13 September 2019.
- Web site: Mayoral election in Orlando, Florida (2019) . Ballotpedia . 7 November 2019 . en.
