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City elections in Orlando, Florida (2025)
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| 2025 Orlando elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: September 11, 2025 |
| General election: November 4, 2025 Runoff election: December 9, 2025 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: City council |
| Total seats up: 3 |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2025 |
The city of Orlando, Florida, held general elections for city council on November 4, 2025. A runoff election is scheduled for December 9, 2025. The filing deadline for this election was September 11, 2025.
Elections
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Candidates and results
District 1
General election
General election for Orlando City Council District 1
Tom Keen defeated incumbent Jim Gray, Sunshine Grund, and Manny Acosta in the general election for Orlando City Council District 1 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tom Keen (Nonpartisan) | 54.0 | 2,961 |
 | Jim Gray (Nonpartisan) | 31.2 | 1,714 | |
 | Sunshine Grund (Nonpartisan) | 9.6 | 528 | |
 | Manny Acosta (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 283 | |
| Total votes: 5,486 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kevin Kendrick (Nonpartisan)
District 3
General runoff election
General runoff election for Orlando City Council District 3
Roger Chapin and Mira Tanna are running in the general runoff election for Orlando City Council District 3 on December 9, 2025.
Candidate | ||
| Roger Chapin (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Mira Tanna (Nonpartisan) | |
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General election
General election for Orlando City Council District 3
Roger Chapin and Mira Tanna advanced to a runoff. They defeated Chris Durant, Kimberly Kiss, and Samuel Chambers in the general election for Orlando City Council District 3 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Roger Chapin (Nonpartisan) | 34.0 | 2,477 | |
| ✔ | | Mira Tanna (Nonpartisan) | 33.8 | 2,464 |
| Chris Durant (Nonpartisan) | 18.1 | 1,318 | ||
| Kimberly Kiss (Nonpartisan) | 9.3 | 678 | ||
 | Samuel Chambers (Nonpartisan) | 4.8 | 347 | |
| Total votes: 7,284 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Aaron Lewis (Nonpartisan)
- Jason Albu (Nonpartisan)
District 5
General election
General election for Orlando City Council District 5
Incumbent Shaniqua Rose defeated Regina Hill and Lawanna Gelzer in the general election for Orlando City Council District 5 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shaniqua Rose (Nonpartisan) | 51.8 | 1,225 |
 | Regina Hill (Nonpartisan) | 32.7 | 773 | |
 | Lawanna Gelzer (Nonpartisan) | 15.4 | 365 | |
| Total votes: 2,363 | |||
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About the city
- See also: Orlando, Florida
Orlando is the county seat of Orange County. As of 2020, its population was 307,573.
City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
The city of Orlando uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body and the mayor serves as the city's chief executive. In the case of Orlando, however, the mayor also serves as the city council's seventh member.[1]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Orlando, Florida | ||
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| Orlando | Florida | |
| Population | 307,573 | 21,538,187 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 110 | 53,653 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 57.4% | 71.6% |
| Black/African American | 24.2% | 15.9% |
| Asian | 4.7% | 2.8% |
| Native American | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | N/A | 3.3% |
| Multiple | 8.1% | 6% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 32.7% | 25.8% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 90.7% | 88.5% |
| College graduation rate | 39.9% | 30.5% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $55,183 | $57,703 |
| Persons below poverty level | 16.1% | 13.3% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
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