{"id":33067,"date":"2025-11-04T18:09:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/33067\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T18:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T18:09:21","slug":"election-day-in-city-of-orlando-for-districts-1-3-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/33067\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Day in City of Orlando for Districts 1, 3, 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is Election Day in the City of Orlando for Districts 1, 3 &amp; 5.\u00a0Polls are open until 7pm.<\/p>\n<p>Voter turnout from vote-by-mail and early voting was under 10%. In total, only 5,382 people returned a vote-by-mail ballot and only 1,038 voters cast ballots during the early vote period. According to the Orange County Supervisor of Elections, there are 88,616 total active eligible voters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ocfelections.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-225727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/VoteOrlando2025election-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\"  \/><\/a>Overall voter turnout is expected to be pathetically low once again \u2013 a problem that plagues local Orlando elections.<\/p>\n<p>In two of the races, it is shaping up to be State Representative Anna Eskamani, current candidate for Mayor in 2027, versus Mayor Buddy Dyer. Progressive Democrat Anna Eskamani endorsed Democratic candidate Tom Keen in District 1, while Mayor Buddy Dyer endorsed Republican Jim Gray, who <a href=\"https:\/\/westorlandonews.com\/state-senator-slams-orlando-commissioners-homophobic-mailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">attacked Eskamani in his campaign mailer<\/a> which was also called \u201chomophobic\u201d by State Senator Carlos Smith. In District 3, Eskamani and other local Democrats endorsed Mira Tanna, while Mayor Dyer endorsed Roger Chapin to <a href=\"https:\/\/westorlandonews.com\/anna-eskamani-vs-mayor-buddy-dyer-in-orlando-district-3-city-council-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">replace Commissioner Robert Stuart<\/a> who is not running for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>The candidates running to serve on the City Council this year include:<\/p>\n<p>District 1:<\/p>\n<p>Manny Acosta Qualified<br \/>\nJim Gray (incumbent)<br \/>\nSunshine Linda-Marie Grund<br \/>\nTom Keen<\/p>\n<p>District 3:<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Chambers<br \/>\nRoger Chapin<br \/>\nChris Durant<br \/>\nKimberly Kiss<br \/>\nMira Tanna<\/p>\n<p>District 5:<\/p>\n<p>Lawanna Gelzer<br \/>\nRegina I. Hill<br \/>\nShaniqua \u201cShan\u201d Rose (incumbent)<\/p>\n<p>On Election Day, registered voters casting their ballot must vote at their assigned polling place.<\/p>\n<p>List of Election Day Polling Places for City of Orlando 2025 Election:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Municipal\u00a0Precinct #\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0City District\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0Polling Place Address<\/p>\n<p>OL32<br \/>\n1<br \/>\nOrlando Fire Station 16 12375 Lake Nona Gateway Rd. Orlando, FL 32827<\/p>\n<p>OL33<br \/>\n1<br \/>\nTaft Community Center 9450 S Orange Ave. Orlando, FL 32824<\/p>\n<p>OL35<br \/>\n1<br \/>\nVista Lakes Clubhouse 8841 Lee Vista Blvd. Orlando, FL 32829<\/p>\n<p>OL36<br \/>\n1<br \/>\nRandal Park Clubhouse 8730 Randal Park Blvd. Orlando, FL 32832<\/p>\n<p>OL37<br \/>\n1<br \/>\nLake Nona High School 12500 Narcoossee Rd. Orlando, FL 32832<\/p>\n<p>OL38<br \/>\n1<br \/>\nStorey Park Clubhouse 11650 Biography Way Orlando, FL 32832 (Location Change)<\/p>\n<p>OL39<br \/>\n1<br \/>\nRenaissance Senior Center 3800 S Econlockhatchee Trl. Orlando, FL 32829<\/p>\n<p>OL45<br \/>\n3<br \/>\nRosemont Neighborhood Center 4872 Rose Bay Dr. Orlando, FL 32808<\/p>\n<p>OL46<br \/>\n3<br \/>\nHarry P. Leu Gardens 1920 N Forest Ave. Orlando, FL 32803<\/p>\n<p>OL47<br \/>\n3<br \/>\nEmmanuel Episcopal Church 1603 E Winter Park Rd. Orlando, FL 32803<\/p>\n<p>OL48<br \/>\n3<br \/>\nCentral Christian Church 250 SW Ivanhoe Blvd. Orlando, FL 32804<\/p>\n<p>OL49<br \/>\n3<br \/>\nCollege Park Presbyterian Church\u00a0118 Par St. Orlando, FL 32804\u00a0(Location Change)<\/p>\n<p>OL50<br \/>\n3<br \/>\nElim Baptist Ministries Activity Center 4315 Rixey St. Orlando, FL 32803\u00a0(Location Change)<\/p>\n<p>OL57<br \/>\n5<br \/>\nRock Lake Neighborhood Center 440 N Tampa Ave. Orlando, FL 32805<\/p>\n<p>OL58<br \/>\n5<br \/>\nJohn H. Jackson Neighborhood Center 1002 Carter St. Orlando, FL 32805<\/p>\n<p>OL59<br \/>\n5<br \/>\nOrlando Fire Station 12 1588 Park Center Dr. Orlando, FL 32835<\/p>\n<p>OL60<br \/>\n5<br \/>\nNorthwest Neighborhood Center 3955 W D Judge Dr. Orlando, FL 32808<\/p>\n<p>OL61<br \/>\n5<br \/>\nMajestic Life Ministries 821 S Kirkman Rd. Orlando, FL 32811<\/p>\n<p>The Orange County Supervisor of Elections provided this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voterfocus.com\/VoterInformationLookup\/voterSearch?county=FL-ORA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">online search resource<\/a> to find your polling place.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/westorlandonews.com\/anna-eskamani-vs-mayor-buddy-dyer-in-orlando-district-3-city-council-race\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Eskamani vs. Mayor Buddy Dyer in Orlando District 3 City Council Race<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/westorlandonews.com\/state-senator-slams-orlando-commissioners-homophobic-mailer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State Senator Slams Orlando Commissioner\u2019s \u2018Homophobic\u2019 Mailer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is Election Day in the City of Orlando for Districts 1, 3 &amp; 5.\u00a0Polls are open until&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2217,8132,22485,21580,17532,23229,1296,7887,2811,13396,7509,1375,8790,139,141,140,23230,23231,11103,8793,7512,23232,16663,4220],"class_list":["post-33067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-anna-eskamani","tag-buddy-dyer","tag-carlos-smith","tag-city-of-orlando","tag-democrat","tag-district-1","tag-district-3","tag-district-5","tag-election","tag-election-day","tag-jim-gray","tag-mayor","tag-mira-tanna","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-polling-places","tag-polls","tag-republican","tag-roger-chapin","tag-tom-keen","tag-voted","tag-voter","tag-voting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33067","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=33067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}