ORLANDO, Fla. – The qualifying period opens Friday at noon for Orlando’s city council races in November.
Three seats are up for election this time:
- District 1, which includes southeast Orlando communities like Lee Vista and Lake Nona;
- District 3, which includes College Park, Rosemont, Ivanhoe Village, Audubon Park and Baldwin Park;
- District 5, Parramore, Rock Lake, Clear Lake, the Mercy Drive area, the Ivey Lane area, Lake Mann Estates, Malibu Groves, Timberleaf, Kirkman North and Metrowest, as well as much of downtown Orlando
In District 1, incumbent Commissioner Jim Gray has already filed for reelection and faces potential challenges so far from former State Rep. Tom Keen and Sunshine Grund, who ran for election supervisor last year.
In District 3, Commissioner Robert Stuart is retiring. Six candidates so far have filed to run for the seat:…