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Randy Ross (Florida)
Randy Ross ran for election to the Orlando City Council to represent District 4 in Florida. He lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Biography
Ross received a bachelor's degree in speech communications and public relations from Ball State University. His professional experience includes hosting and producing the television show "Front Porch Chat" and working in marketing and public relations at the Orlando Museum of Art and CCP, Inc.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Orlando, Florida (2023)
General election
General election for Orlando City Council District 4
Incumbent Patty Sheehan defeated Katie Koch and Randy Ross in the general election for Orlando City Council District 4 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Patty Sheehan (Nonpartisan) | 64.4 | 4,814 |
| Katie Koch (Nonpartisan) | 25.6 | 1,912 | ||
 | Randy Ross (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 747 | |
| Total votes: 7,473 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ross in this election.
2022
See also: Florida House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Florida House of Representatives District 39
Doug Bankson defeated Tiffany Hughes in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 39 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Doug Bankson (R) | 55.6 | 35,785 |
| Tiffany Hughes (D) | 44.4 | 28,538 | ||
| Total votes: 64,323 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Tiffany Hughes advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Luther Dowe (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39
Doug Bankson defeated Charles Hart and Randy Ross in the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 39 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Doug Bankson | 52.9 | 7,558 |
| Charles Hart | 30.2 | 4,311 | ||
| Randy Ross | 16.8 | 2,405 | |
| Total votes: 14,274 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Chuck Burt (R)
Campaign finance
2015
The city of Orlando, Florida, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was September 4, 2015. Three of the six city council seats were up for election.[2]
In District 4, incumbent Patty Sheehan defeated Aretha Olivarez and Randy Ross in the general election.[3]
| Orlando City Council District 4, General election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Patty Sheehan Incumbent |
68.5% | 3,911 |
| Randy Ross | 20.0% | 1,141 |
| Aretha Olivarez | 11.5% | 654 |
| Total Votes | 5,706 | |
| Source: Orlando Supervisor of Elections, "2015 Official General Election Results," accessed November 16, 2015 | ||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Randy Ross did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Randy Ross did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Ross' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[4]
Property tax increase
- Excerpt: "In late 2014, the residents of Orlando received relatively short notice to learn their property taxes would go up by nearly 18%. This to address a $52 million dollar deficit in the overall City budget. I, personally, went to the public hearing to speak out against this property tax increase. Not because I didn’t feel an increase might have been warranted, it was the excessive amount as well as the way the increase was fed to the residents of Orlando."
Transportation
- Excerpt: "Conduct a resident feedback based traffic study. Go door-to-door if necessary to learn of the opportunities to make the streets of District 4 more resident friendly. With increases in traffic on I-4, as a result of the I-4 expansion project, daily travelers will seek new alternatives to get around traffic challenges. There is a plethora of downtown thoroughfares that will be considered as alternative routes. We need to take a close look at those downtown “expressway” style streets to ensure we develop speed deflectors to ensure safety."
- Excerpt: "Our City has a horrible record when it comes to pedestrian traffic. In fact, for example, there is no clear safe path from downtown to Baldwin Park. We should utilize this particular route as an example and create a pedestrian friendly bike and walking path to get to Baldwin Park from downtown. Then duplicate the example throughout the City.
Homelessness
- Excerpt: " I do not support the idea of preventing organizations from feeding the homeless. In fact, I wish the City had more compassion to help change the homeless landscape. The services exist at the Coalition for the Homeless to help address this epidemic. But…and there is a but…we as a City need to embrace changing the opinion that the homeless is not us. In fact, it could be any of us."
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Randy Ross campaign website, "Experience," accessed September 17, 2015
- ↑ City of Orlando, "2015 Election timeline," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ City of Orlando, "Announced City Candidates for the 2015 General Election," accessed September 8, 2015
- ↑ Randy Ross campaign website, accessed September 17, 2015
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