ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (FNN) \u2014 Orange County mayoral candidate Tiffany Moore Russell plans to attend Orlando\u2019s Come Out With Pride celebration and visit churches across the county this weekend as her campaign reaches voters ahead of early voting, according to a campaign announcement.<\/p>\n
The Oct. 17-18 stops will give residents opportunities to discuss their priorities with Moore Russell. Candidates, elected officials, community leaders and supporters are expected to join her at various locations, the campaign said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis weekend is about traveling across Orange County, meeting residents where they are and hearing directly from them about the future of our community,\u201d Moore Russell said in the announcement. \u201cThat is the kind of Mayor I will be \u2014 present, accessible and focused on delivering for the people of Orange County.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saturday: Come Out With Pride<\/p>\n
Moore Russell is scheduled to participate in the Most Colorful Parade at 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, in downtown Orlando, according to her campaign.<\/p>\n
The campaign lists the parade\u2019s starting point as Washington Street and Orange Avenue, with the route concluding at Lake Eola Park. Moore Russell\u2019s appearance will highlight her support for Orange County\u2019s LGBTQ+ community, the announcement said.<\/p>\n
Sunday: Church Visits Across Orange County<\/p>\n
Moore Russell\u2019s community church tour is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at Saint Mark AME Church, 1968 Bruton Blvd., Orlando.<\/p>\n
She will then visit additional churches throughout Orange County to meet with congregations, according to the campaign. The announcement did not identify the other churches or provide a complete schedule.<\/p>\n
Affordability, Transportation and Small Businesses<\/p>\n
During the weekend stops, Moore Russell plans to discuss housing affordability, transportation connections to jobs, support for small and local businesses, and improvements to county government services.<\/p>\n
The campaign described those issues as central to her vision for the county but did not outline specific policy proposals in the announcement.<\/p>\n
Early Voting Begins Oct. 19<\/p>\n
Early voting in Orange County runs Monday, Oct. 19, through Sunday, Nov. 1, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, according to the Orange County Supervisor of Elections. Registered Orange County voters may cast ballots at any of the county\u2019s 27 early voting locations.<\/p>\n
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters casting ballots on Election Day must use their assigned polling place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (FNN) \u2014 Orange County mayoral candidate Tiffany Moore Russell plans to attend Orlando\u2019s Come Out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-430388","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\/430388","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=430388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}