The city of
Orlando, Florida
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...
, was incorporated in 1875. The first
mayor
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,
William Jackson Brack, took office in 1875. The Orlando mayor is officially a
nonpartisan election.
The current mayor is
Buddy Dyer
John Hugh "Buddy" Dyer (born August 7, 1958) is an American politician who is the 32nd Mayor of Orlando. First elected in 2003, he is Orlando's longest-serving mayor. He is a member of the Florida Democratic Party. Previously he represented Orl ...
, who was first elected in a
special election
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in
February 2003. Dyer was elected to his first full term in
2004, and after a brief suspension for six weeks in 2005, has subsequently been re-elected in
2008,
2012
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,
2015
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, and
2019.
List of mayors
Notes
* City commissioner G. H. Sutherland served as acting mayor after Eugene Goodman Duckworth resigned in the wake of a failed
city commissioners recall election
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.
Sutherland served for about four weeks until a special election was held. Former mayor
James LeRoy Giles won the special election and served out the remainder of the term.
*
Ernest Page was appointed interim mayor for about six weeks in March–April 2005 while
Buddy Dyer
John Hugh "Buddy" Dyer (born August 7, 1958) is an American politician who is the 32nd Mayor of Orlando. First elected in 2003, he is Orlando's longest-serving mayor. He is a member of the Florida Democratic Party. Previously he represented Orl ...
was under investigation for election fraud stemming from the 2004 election. The charges against Dyer were dismissed, and Dyer was reinstated as mayor on April 20, 2005.
See also
*
Timeline of Orlando, Florida
Notes
Works cited
World Statesman - Mayors of U.S. Cities M-W (Orlando)City of Orlando Election Results
References
External links
– Describes the city's exhibit of memorabilia from past mayors.
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Orlando
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures re ...
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Mayors