Primary Election: Tuesday, August 24, 2010
General Election: Tuesday, November 2, 2010

June marked the end of the official qualifying period for political candidates running for statewide office.  With so many important decisions being made at the state and federal level that affect our community, please take the summer to learn about all of the candidates running for offices for which you are able to vote.  It isn’t too early to start researching all of the candidates, not just the ones whose faces you see gracing your television screen, as well as their position on issues that matter to you.  As a point of reference, 22 Floridians qualified to run for our open U.S. Senate seat and 14 residents qualified to run for Governor.  In this election, there are no incumbents running for any of the cabinet posts and many different parties are being represented in addition to the popular Democratic and Republican parties, including the Libertarian party, the Florida Whig party and the Tea party. There will also be up to nine constitutional amendments (many are currently being litigated in the court system so their outcomes are still uncertain) as well as one referendum on the general election ballot.

Websites of Interest

Florida Department of State

Orange County Supervisor of Elections