John Mina

John Mina

Orange County Sheriff

Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

8

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Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

John Mina is the Orange County Sheriff in Florida. Mina assumed office in 2018. Mina's current term ends on January 2, 2029.

Mina (Democratic Party) won re-election for Orange County Sheriff in Florida outright in the general election on November 5, 2024, after the Democratic primary and general election were canceled.

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, Florida (2024)

General election

The general election was canceled. John Mina (D) won without appearing on the ballot.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Mina in this election.

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, Florida (2020)

General election

General election for Orange County Sheriff

Incumbent John Mina defeated Winston Johnson and Tim Lucas Adams in the general election for Orange County Sheriff on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	John Mina (D)	95.3	528,013
	Submit photo	Winston Johnson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Tim Lucas Adams (D) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	4.7	26,053

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 554,066
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Orange County Sheriff

Incumbent John Mina defeated Andrew Darling, Jose Lopez, Darryl Sheppard, and Eric McIntyre in the Democratic primary for Orange County Sheriff on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	John Mina	54.4	64,294
	Submit photo	Andrew Darling	15.1	17,824
	Submit photo	Jose Lopez	13.9	16,405
	Submit photo	Darryl Sheppard	8.8	10,399
	Submit photo	Eric McIntyre	7.9	9,368

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 118,290
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Lou Minnis (R)

2018

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, Florida (2018)

General election

Special general election for Orange County Sheriff

John Mina defeated Darryl Sheppard and Joe Lopez in the special general election for Orange County Sheriff on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	John Mina (No Party Affiliation)	45.5	205,949
	Submit photo	Darryl Sheppard (D)	40.7	184,281
	Submit photo	Joe Lopez (No Party Affiliation)	13.9	62,869

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 453,099
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

John Mina did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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