{"id":220657,"date":"2026-04-06T15:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/220657\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T15:36:11","slug":"early-voting-begins-for-apopka-mayoral-runoff-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/220657\/","title":{"rendered":"Early voting begins for Apopka mayoral runoff race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>APOPKA, Fla. \u2014 Early voting started Monday in Apopka\u2019s runoff race for mayor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Voters will decide between Apopka Commissioner Nick Nesta and Orange County Commissioner Christine Moore to replace former Apopka Mayor Bryan Nelson.<\/p>\n<p>Apopka residents\u00a0will have through Sunday, April 12 to\u00a0take advantage of early voting\u00a0in the runoff election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What You Need To Know<\/p>\n<p>Early voting for the Apopka mayoral runoff race started Monday<br \/>\n<br \/>Apopkans will have until Sunday, April 12,\u00a0to cast their votes early for the special runoff election<br \/>\n<br \/>Voters will decide between\u00a0Apopka Commissioner Nick Nesta and Orange County Commissioner Christine Moore to replace former Apopka mayor, Bryan Nelson<br \/>\n<br \/>The early voting comes less than a month following the March 10\u00a0mayoral race headed into a runoff because no candidate crossed the 50%-plus-one vote threshold<\/p>\n<p>The early voting comes less than a month following the March 10\u00a0mayoral race headed into a runoff after neither candidate crossed the 50%-plus-one vote threshold.<\/p>\n<p>The final ballot count on March 10\u00a0showed Nesta leading with more than 3,300 votes, or 41% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Moore ended the night with just over 2,500 votes, or 31% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>Both candidates have shared a variety of priorities for the growing city of Apopka.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moore has expressed her goals of controlling growth by making improvements to the city\u2019s infrastructure and water and revitalizing the downtown core.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Nesta has been vocal about wanting to reduce utility rates for residents.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s up to the voters to decide who they think is a better fit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Orange County Supervisor of Elections Karen Castor Dentel encouraged residents to cast their ballots by voting early, by mail or on Election Day, for what she calls a \u201cmeaningful moment for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Apopkans can vote early all week long, either from the Apopka Community Center from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. or from the Supervisor of Elections office on West Kaley Street from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who is eligible to vote in Apopka can do so early at either location.<\/p>\n<p>On Election Day, Tuesday, April 14, voters will have to go to their assigned precinct to cast a ballot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"APOPKA, Fla. \u2014 Early voting started Monday in Apopka\u2019s runoff race for mayor.\u00a0 Voters will decide between Apopka&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3140,274,2287,115,1335,139,141,140,99,3139,278,835],"class_list":{"0":"post-220657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-app-local-state-politics","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-local-politics","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-orange-county","13":"tag-orlando","14":"tag-orlando-headlines","15":"tag-orlando-news","16":"tag-politics","17":"tag-sasha-teman","18":"tag-top-stories","19":"tag-vod"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220657","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=220657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}