Mayor of Orange County

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The mayor of Orange County is the county executive and chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, Florida. The mayor is independently elected countywide.

Duties and powers

The mayor is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the county government of Orange County, overseeing over 8,000 employees with a budget of over $7.2 billion, as of 2025.{{cite web |date=2024-10-01 |title=Jerry L. Demings |url=https://www.orangecountyfl.net/BoardofCommissioners/Mayor.aspx |publisher=Government of Orange County, Florida |access-date=2025-02-12}}{{cite web |title=Orange County FY 2024-25 Proposed Budget |publisher=Government of Orange County, Florida |date=2024-10-01 |url=https://www.orangecountyfl.net/Portals/0/resource%20library/open%20government/FY%202025%20Budget%20Public%20Hearing-CERT.pdf |access-date=2025-02-12}} The mayor and county commission have municipal-equivalent authority over unincorporated areas and census-designated places within Orange County.{{cite web |last=Webb |first=Ashlyn |date=2024-07-31 |title=Orange County mayor responds to city mayors on rural boundary, voluntary |url=https://www.wftv.com/news/local/mayor-demings-responds-city-mayors-rural-boundaries-voluntary-annexation/34WXVT4HH5D2LJRH37CBBYI7YQ/ |work=WFTV |access-date=2025-02-12}}

History of the mayor's office

Before the approval by voters of a 2004 charter amendment, the position of mayor was called "Orange County chairman", which became an elected position in 1930. The Orange County mayor's post is the most powerful elected office in Central Florida. The current mayor of Orange County is Jerry Demings. Demings assumed office on December 4, 2018 and was subsequently re-elected in 2022. File:Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings seal (color).png

List of mayors of Orange County, Florida

class="wikitable" !No. !Image !Mayor !Term start !Term end !Party
1		Linda Chapin \|1990 \|{{datesort\|1998\|01\|03}} \|{{Party shading/Republican}}\|Republican
2	75px	Mel Martínez \|{{datesort\|1998\|01\|03}} \|{{datesort\|2001\|01\|03}} \|{{Party shading/Republican}}\|Republican
3	75px	Rich Crotty \|{{datesort\|2001\|01\|08}} \|{{datesort\|2011\|01\|03}} \|{{Party shading/Republican}}\|Republican
4	75px	Teresa Jacobs \|{{datesort\|2011\|01\|04}} \|{{datesort\|2018\|11\|19}} \|{{Party shading/Republican}}\|Republican
5	75px	Jerry Demings \|{{datesort\|2018\|12\|4}} \|Incumbent \|{{Party shading/Democratic}}\|Democratic

References

External links

[http://www.orangecountyfl.net/BoardofCommissioners/Mayor.aspx#.XAfgnZxKhaQ Mayor Jerry Demings] on the official website of Orange County Government

Category:County executives in Florida

Category:Orange County, Florida

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