{"id":123953,"date":"2026-01-19T17:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/123953\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T17:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:59:13","slug":"patricia-rumph-joins-crowded-race-to-be-first-ever-district-7-orange-county-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/123953\/","title":{"rendered":"Patricia Rumph joins crowded race to be first-ever District 7 Orange County Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patricia Rumph<\/a>, a retired state corrections department employee, is running for Orange County Commission\u2019s District 7 in August.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am running for County Commission<\/a> because service is not something I talk about, it is something I have lived every day of my life,\u201d Rumph said.<\/p>\n

Rumph\u2019s campaign priorities are public safety, investing in strong infrastructure, affordability, and environmental stewardship, she said in a statement to announce her candidacy.<\/p>\n

Rumph is joining a crowded field for a two-year term representing District 7 in the nonpartisan race. The other candidates are Selina Carter, Eatonville Mayor Angie Gardner<\/a>, Stacey Gordon-Ali, Framily Support Network<\/a> co-founder Aaron Lewis, Sonya Shakespeare, and\u00a0former Orlando City Commissioner Vicki Vargo.<\/p>\n

A County Commissioner\u2019s current annual salary is $130,262.<\/p>\n

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District 7<\/a>, which covers Maitland, Eatonville, Pine Hills, Orlovista and Fairview Shores in the northern part of Orange County, is one of the two new County Commission seats<\/a> added after last year\u2019s redistricting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs District 7 is formed, this is a moment to build something new and to do it the right way,\u201d Rumph said. \u201cOur residents deserve a commissioner who is present, accountable, and deeply invested in the people who call this district home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rumph\u2019s 30-year career in the Florida Department of Corrections<\/a> included jobs as Correctional Probation Senior Officer, Human Resources Specialist, and Fiscal Assistant. She retired in 2017.<\/p>\n

She received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2020, Rumph was appointed Orange County\u2019s Inaugural Community Ambassador, a role created to build trust between law enforcement and residents and to lead initiatives focused on reducing gun violence and violent crime,\u201d she said in a press release.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPrior to that appointment, she served for three years as President of the Pine Hills Community Council and has held leadership roles on numerous county boards and advisory committees.\u201d<\/p>\n

She was also named the League of Women Voters of Orange County Grassroots Champion of the Year, noted a press release highlighting her public service.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom Pine Hills to neighborhoods across District 7, I have worked side by side with residents to make our communities safer, stronger, and more connected,\u201d Rumph said in a statement. \u201cThis new district deserves leadership that knows our neighborhoods, listens to our families, and fights for opportunity in every zip code. I am ready to bring proven, community-rooted leadership to the County Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patricia Rumph, a retired state corrections department employee, is running for Orange County Commission\u2019s District 7 in August.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,1335,4775,61509,61510],"class_list":["post-123953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orange-county-board-of-commissioners","tag-orange-county-district-7","tag-patrica-rumph"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}