{"id":207454,"date":"2026-03-26T21:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207454\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T21:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:28:09","slug":"seven-former-school-board-members-endorse-moore-for-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/207454\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven former school board\u00a0members endorse Moore\u00a0for mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven former Orange County School Board members have endorsed Orange County Commissioner Christine Moore in the mayoral runoff against City Commissioner Nick Nesta.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Bill Sublette (2010-2018), Linda Kobert (2014-2022), Kathleen \u201cKat\u201d Gordon (2000-2020), Joie Cadle (2002-2018), Pam Gould (2016-2024), Daryl Flynn (2006-2018)\u00a0and Nancy Robbinson (2008-2018)\u00a0announced their support in a joint statement cited in a press release from Moore\u2019s campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All seven served alongside Moore at various points during her tenure on the Orange County School Board from 2008 to 2018, when she\u00a0represented\u00a0District 7, which includes Apopka.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moore was elected to the Orange County Commission\u2019s District 2 seat in 2018 and won reelection in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re honored to have worked alongside Christine Moore on the Orange County School Board,\u201d the former board members said. \u201cHer unwavering dedication to our community, students, and families has always been\u00a0evident. Christine has been a strong advocate for Apopka\u2019s schools, consistently delivering\u00a0real results\u00a0for her district. Tough, knowledgeable, and deeply committed to public service, she has the experience to lead a city.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The endorsements come as both\u00a0Moore and her opponent, Commissioner Nick Nesta,\u00a0continue to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/fire-union-commissioner-elect-baron-endorses-nesta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">build support<\/a>\u00a0ahead of the April election. On Monday, Moore\u2019s campaign announced she received an endorsement from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/orange-county-sheriff-endorses-moore-for-apopka-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Orange County Sheriff John Mina<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moore\u00a0previously announced endorsements from former interim Apopka City Administrator Chuck Vavrek and former Public Works Director Momtaz\u00a0Barq.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the March 10 general election, Nesta led the field with 3,365 votes (41.60%), followed by Moore with 2,574 votes (31.85%).\u00a0Incumbent Mayor Bryan Nelson finished third with 2,148 votes (26.55%).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Because no candidate received more than 50% of the vote, a runoff election will be held April 14.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Early voting is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. April 6 through April 12 at the Supervisor of Elections Office and the Apopka Community Center. The deadline to request a mail-in ballot is April 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Polls on April 14 will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Apopka Community Center and the Northwest Recreation Complex.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                                                                                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6.png\"  class=\"multiple_authors_guest_author_avatar avatar\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/>                                                                                                                                                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>Teresa Sargeant has been with The Apopka Chief for over 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                                                <a class=\"ppma-author-user_email-profile-data ppma-author-field-meta ppma-author-field-type-email\" aria-label=\"Email\" href=\"https:\/\/theapopkachief.com\/mailto:tsargeant@theapopkachief.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seven former Orange County School Board members have endorsed Orange County Commissioner Christine Moore in the mayoral runoff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207455,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-207454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207454","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=207454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}