Tuesday, the city of Orlando will hold a series of elections for the Mayor's position, District 1, 2, 4, and 6.
New faces in the council seats could mean changes to the direction of the city of Orlando, but News 13’s political analysts said Monday they do not think that will happen.
News 13's Political Analyst Jeremiah Jaspon said it is going to be difficult to beat the current incumbents in District 2, 4, and 6.
“In order to take out an incumbent, you have to have a grand swell of reasons why they should be taken out and there really hasn’t been a ground swell of support of the folks against the incumbents, so I think they are pretty safe right now,” said Jaspon.
District 1 will definitely see a new person.
Commissioner Phil Diamond’s decision to run for Mayor forces him out of that seat.
“I don’t think it’s going to change the dynamics too much because it going to be one commissioner coming out of there and only one vote,” said Jaspon.
The current commissioners have supported some of big projects put forth by Mayor Buddy Dyer -- Medical City, the Amway Center, and the Creative Village.
"They’ve been attached at the hip of Buddy Dyer, so as their political fortunes go, so does Buddy Dyer’s political fortunes, so they are, not outwardly, they’ve all been running together and there are safety in numbers so none of them have rocked the boats with their votes, they’ve all kind of voted together and it’s promoted a safe environment for them to run again the cycle,” explained Jaspon.
But it’s anyone’s game and surprises are common.
Although turnout numbers are expected to be low, many are heading out to the polls.
“I try to vote in every election. I think if you don’t vote, than you shouldn’t have an opportunity to complain about it,” said voter Ron Stephens.
"They have a say in the planning, the zoning, city taxes, things of that nature, those things don’t come from the federal level or even from the state level in many instances, it all comes from the city and the county, so really the city races could be argued, impact you much more than presidential race,” said Jaspon.
Election officials said half of the registered voters in the city of Orlando have a new polling location when they take to the polls Tuesday.
Redistricting has caused changes. Officials said information was mailed to residents affected by the changes. Voters are encouraged to bring their sample ballots with them on Election Day. A bar code on the ballot can be scanned with the voter’s information to save them time at the polling location.
Election officials said they went from 32 to 27 precinct locations. Below is a list of locations that are no longer being used:
Old Precinct Number |
Old Polling Place |
Address |
1101 |
Lake Como Elementary School |
901 S Bumby Av |
1301 |
Siesta Lago Apartments |
5400 E Michigan St |
1401 |
Orange Co Library-SE Branch |
5575 S Semoran Bv |
2101 |
1st Church of God of Orlando |
431 N Semoran Blvd |
3301 |
Orlando Fire Station 9 |
3680 Mercy Dr |
3601 |
Loch Haven Neighborhood Center |
610 N Lake Formosa Dr |
4201 |
Woodlake Villas |
720 Conway Rd |
4301 |
Concord Street Church of Christ |
626 E Concord St |
4601 |
Westminster Towers |
70 W Lucerne Cr |
4701 |
Orlando Wastewater Bureau |
5100 L B McLeod Rd |
5101 |
AmVets Post 30 |
315 Ferguson Dr |
6401 |
Pine Ridge Presbyterian Church |
3900 S Hiawassee Rd |