Orlando District 3 voters deciding who will serve on City Council

Early voting continues through the weekend in the runoff election for the open seat on Orlando’s City Council.In District 3, neither Roger Chapin nor Mira Tanna got the 50 percent of the vote needed to claim victory in November. There was only a 14-vote margin between the two Democratic candidates, so voter turnout is top of mind for both of them. Chapin has the name recognition in this race. His mother is former Orange County Mayor Linda Chapin.He also has the endorsements of retiring District 3 Commissioner Robert Stuart and Mayor Buddy Dyer. “That shows their confidence in me to make sure Orlando keeps moving in the right direction,” Chapin told WESH 2 on Friday.Tanna has run a grassroots campaign during which she’s earned the support of Congressman Maxwell Frost, State Rep. Anna Eskamani and other lawmakers. “Almost our entire legislative delegation from Central Florida has endorsed me,” Tanna said.Orlando’s District 3 covers College Park, Baldwin Park and neighborhoods north of Colonial Drive.Tanna was going door to door Friday morning near Lake Formosa.She’s worked at City Hall as the grants manager for seven years. “I think I can use that expertise to improve our community,” Tanna said, “to increase investment in public transit, to make our housing more affordable and to make our streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists.”A public relations consultant who ran and lost a City Council race in 2002, Chapin’s public service resume includes serving on the Municipal Planning Board and Downtown Development Board. “In terms of growth and managing growth,” Chapin said, “I’m hoping city and county can get to a resolution where we come to joint planning agreement where we’re not continuing to annex wide swaths of property outside of that agreed-upon boundary.”On the issue of public safety, Chapin said he applauds the Dyer administration for increasing the number of Orlando Police Officers.Tanna told WESH 2 she’d like the City to invest more in its Community Response Team pilot of mental health professionals who respond to non-violent crisis calls. The polls are closed on Monday before they’ll be open on Election Day from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday.The winner of this runoff election will begin the four-year term on Orlando’s City Council in January.

ORLANDO, Fla. —

Early voting continues through the weekend in the runoff election for the open seat on Orlando’s City Council.

In District 3, neither Roger Chapin nor Mira Tanna got the 50 percent of the vote needed to claim victory in November.

There was only a 14-vote margin between the two Democratic candidates, so voter turnout is top of mind for both of them.

Chapin has the name recognition in this race. His mother is former Orange County Mayor Linda Chapin.

He also has the endorsements of retiring District 3 Commissioner Robert Stuart and Mayor Buddy Dyer.

“That shows their confidence in me to make sure Orlando keeps moving in the right direction,” Chapin told WESH 2 on Friday.

Tanna has run a grassroots campaign during which she’s earned the support of Congressman Maxwell Frost, State Rep. Anna Eskamani and other lawmakers.

“Almost our entire legislative delegation from Central Florida has endorsed me,” Tanna said.

Orlando’s District 3 covers College Park, Baldwin Park and neighborhoods north of Colonial Drive.

Tanna was going door to door Friday morning near Lake Formosa.

She’s worked at City Hall as the grants manager for seven years.

“I think I can use that expertise to improve our community,” Tanna said, “to increase investment in public transit, to make our housing more affordable and to make our streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists.”

A public relations consultant who ran and lost a City Council race in 2002, Chapin’s public service resume includes serving on the Municipal Planning Board and Downtown Development Board.

“In terms of growth and managing growth,” Chapin said, “I’m hoping city and county can get to a resolution where we come to joint planning agreement where we’re not continuing to annex wide swaths of property outside of that agreed-upon boundary.”

On the issue of public safety, Chapin said he applauds the Dyer administration for increasing the number of Orlando Police Officers.

Tanna told WESH 2 she’d like the City to invest more in its Community Response Team pilot of mental health professionals who respond to non-violent crisis calls.

The polls are closed on Monday before they’ll be open on Election Day from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

The winner of this runoff election will begin the four-year term on Orlando’s City Council in January.