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Austin Arthur
Austin Arthur ran for election to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners to represent District 1 in Florida. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Arthur completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Austin Arthur was born in Miami, Florida. He earned a high school diploma from Palmetto High School. His career experience includes working as a firefighter, paramedic, and entrepreneur.[1]
Arthur has been affiliated with the WG Architectural Review & Historic Preservation Board, the West Orange Scholarship Foundation, West Orange Habitat for Humanity, One Winter Garden, Eight Waves Children & Family Services, Lift Disability Network, the Winter Garden Rotary Club, the Central Florida YMCA, Explore and Soar Children's Museum, the Local Winter Garden, Challenge 22 to End Veteran Suicide, Friends of Lake Apopka, the West Orange Chamber of Commerce, WG100, the Bloom & Grow Garden Society, and the Florida Bicycle Association. He has previously served as a board member of the West Orange Political Alliance and the 2024 Chair of the West Orange Boy Scout Eagle Dinner.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, Florida (2024)
General election
General election for Orange County Board of County Commissioners District 1
Incumbent Nicole Wilson defeated Austin Arthur in the general election for Orange County Board of County Commissioners District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Nicole Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 52.7 | 56,161 |
 | Austin Arthur (Nonpartisan)  | 47.3 | 50,417 | |
| Total votes: 106,578 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Orange County Board of County Commissioners District 1
Incumbent Nicole Wilson and Austin Arthur defeated Stephen Davis in the primary for Orange County Board of County Commissioners District 1 on August 20, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nicole Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 50.0 | 14,062 |
| ✔ | | Austin Arthur (Nonpartisan) | 50.0 | 14,060 |
| Stephen Davis (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 28,137 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Pam Gould (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
To view Arthur's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Arthur in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Austin Arthur completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Arthur's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Giving back is important to me, so I serve on various boards and charities. These include the Winter Garden Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board, West Orange Habitat for Humanity, Challenge 22 to End Veteran Suicide, the Central Florida YMCA, the West Orange Scholarship Foundation, Eight Waves Children and Family Services, the Explore and Soar Children's Museum, and more.
My wife Kellie and I live in Downtown Winter Garden raising our three children. As a successful entrepreneur who's created hundreds of jobs in Orange County, I have learned the importance of hard work, being able to adapt, and common sense solutions to solve critical problems. I'm running to be your commissioner. I'll bring that common sense, prioritize job creation and economic growth, ensure safe neighborhoods, invest in infrastructure, and protect our environment.- Infrastructure-First
- Make development pay its way with strong impact fees and hard negotiations for more land donations for schools, parks, and sensitive green spaces. - End the current Commissioner’s practice of not meeting with certain stakeholders and landowners. - Require road and infrastructure improvements before houses are all built out. We can’t keep playing “catch up” on infrastructure. - Work with Metroplan and Orange County staff to prioritize road improvements (“squeaky wheel” gets the grease). - Early and regular engagement with residents to identify issues and concerns, not just at election time. - Negotiate with cellular and wifi companies for better connectivity for safety and quality of life.
- Protect rural settleme - Partnerships & Common Sense Orange County can largely be defined as being in a state of crisis. There is a housing, a homeless, and an infrastructure crisis… in short there is a leadership crisis. There is also a serious desire by nearly all residents to preserve our ever-depleting green space. The way to balance these critical (and sometimes conflicting) issues is by fostering a partnership mentality between our residents, our county staff, municipalities, and property owners. This is how you bring Infrastructure-First. There must be no rubber stamping of encroaching development and we have to act on common sense traffic solutions including prioritizing road improvements. When we create adversarial and ideological environment
- Community Driven Leadership. The community is weary of distracted leaders who think and act like divisive D.C. politicians, we need leadership that is involved in the community and ready to leave their opinions about national and state issues at home. Our community on the west side of the county needs real representation on the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, someone ready to speak on behalf of all its residents on issues relevant to the commission’s duties. It is not enough to cut ribbons, we need active involvement with our residents when the cameras are away. I have been doing that for years and I am ready to take that service to the next level, our residents and businesses deserve it.
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See also
2024 Elections
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