{"id":32343,"date":"2025-11-04T04:59:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T04:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/32343\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T04:59:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T04:59:26","slug":"orlando-holding-city-council-elections-tuesday-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/32343\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando holding city council elections Tuesday. What you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Cities and towns across Central Florida will hold elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and perhaps the biggest is the city of Orlando, which is holding elections for three of its city council seats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[WATCH: Everything to know about Orlando\u2019s City Council races]<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">To see if you are eligible to vote in one of these elections, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocfelections.gov\/whats-on-my-ballot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ocfelections.gov\/whats-on-my-ballot\">head to the supervisor of elections website to check your voter registration.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Regular polling places will be open. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">If you are voting by mail, you need to have your ballot in to the supervisor\u2019s office by 7 p.m. on Election Night.<\/p>\n<p>Districts up for election <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gis.orlando.gov\/PDF_Docs\/CommissionerDistrictMaps\/CommissionerDistrict1Map_w_Nbhds11x17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/gis.orlando.gov\/PDF_Docs\/CommissionerDistrictMaps\/CommissionerDistrict1Map_w_Nbhds11x17.pdf\">Orlando City Council District 1<\/a> includes the communities of Lake Nona, Lee Vista, Sunbridge and neighborhoods around Boggy Creek Road and Narcoossee Road. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Incumbent Commissioner<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reelectjimgray.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.reelectjimgray.com\/\"> Jim Gray<\/a> is facing three challengers: <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gis.orlando.gov\/PDF_Docs\/CommissionerDistrictMaps\/CommissionerDistrict3Map_w_Nbhds11x17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/gis.orlando.gov\/PDF_Docs\/CommissionerDistrictMaps\/CommissionerDistrict3Map_w_Nbhds11x17.pdf\">Orlando City Council District 3<\/a> includes the communities of College Park, Baldwin Park, Audubon Park, and Rosemont. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Five candidates are running for this open seat. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/10\/06\/orlando-city-council-district-3-candidates-share-how-theyd-tackle-the-citys-biggest-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/10\/06\/orlando-city-council-district-3-candidates-share-how-theyd-tackle-the-citys-biggest-issues\/\">News 6 Orlando Community Correspondent Lisa Bell<\/a> interviewed the five candidates. Click on the names below to watch the videos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gis.orlando.gov\/PDF_Docs\/CommissionerDistrictMaps\/CommissionerDistrict5Map_w_Nbhds11x17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/gis.orlando.gov\/PDF_Docs\/CommissionerDistrictMaps\/CommissionerDistrict5Map_w_Nbhds11x17.pdf\">Orlando City Council District 5 <\/a>includes part of downtown Orlando, Parramore, Mercy Drive, Rock Lake, Lake Mann Estates, Malibu Groves and MetroWest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kNAFkD cuqaEv article-text\">Incumbent Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlanWithShan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlanWithShan\/\">Shan Rose<\/a> is facing two challengers:<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Cities and towns across Central Florida will hold elections on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and perhaps&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2715,1335,139,141,140,99,6892],"class_list":{"0":"post-32343","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-elections","9":"tag-orange-county","10":"tag-orlando","11":"tag-orlando-headlines","12":"tag-orlando-news","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-results-2025"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32343","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=32343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}