ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando city commissioner Tony Ortiz is officially entering the race for Orlando mayor.<\/p>\n
The longtime commissioner filed paperwork this week to declare his candidacy.<\/p>\n
Ortiz becomes the fourth candidate to file for the race.<\/p>\n
“For me, this moment is about taking an important first step forward for a city I have dedicated much of my life to serving,” Ortiz said in a statement Tuesday. “Throughout every chapter of my life and career, my focus has remained the same: people, neighborhoods, and community.”<\/p>\n
Ortiz said he plans to share more details about his campaign in the coming weeks with an official kickoff event.<\/p>\n
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX LOCAL APP<\/a><\/p>\n Who is Tony Ortiz? <\/p>\n Ortiz currently serves as commissioner for Orlando’s District 2, a position that he’s held for nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n Before becoming commissioner, Ortiz was an Orlando police officer for 14 years. He’s also a U.S. Marine veteran.\u00a0<\/p>\n SIGN-UP FOR FOX 35’S BREAKING NEWS, DAILY NEWS NEWSLETTERS<\/a><\/p>\n Who are the other candidates running for Orlando mayor? <\/p>\n In addition to Ortiz, three other candidates have entered the Orlando mayoral race.<\/p>\n Florida Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, filed in 2024<\/a>. Also in the race are Elliot Kahana and Abdelnasser Lutfi, according to records.<\/p>\n Buddy Dyer, Orlando’s current mayor, confirmed last year that he would not be seeking re-election. Dyer has served as mayor since 2003, making him the city’s longest serving mayor.<\/p>\n The election for Orlando mayor will take place in 2027.<\/p>\n The Source: This story was written with information released by Tony Ortiz, court records and previous FOX 35 reporting.\u00a0<\/p>\n Orlando News<\/a>Orange County News<\/a>Politics<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando city commissioner Tony Ortiz is officially entering the race for Orlando mayor. The longtime…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[47,115,1335,139,141,140,99,628],"class_list":["post-271616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-fl","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-politics","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271616","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=271616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}