2026 Candidate Forums
Staff | Published on 9/21/2026
Orange County Mayor Candidates:
Chris Messina
Tiffany Moore Russell
Forum held SEPT 9, Hot Topics
District 2 Commissioner Candidates:
Kamia Brown
Mike Crabb
Forum held on SEPT 3 at the John Bridges Community Center in Apopka
District 4 Commissioner Candidates:
Brian Jones
Johanna Lopez
Forum held SEPT 15 at the Legacy Middle School
District 6 Commissioner Candidates:
Lawanna Gelzer
Michael Scott
Forum held on SEPT 10 at the Orange Technical College-South Campus
District 7 Commissioner Candidates:
Patricia Rumph
Vicki Vargo
Forum held SEPT 8 at the Orange County Multicultural Center
District 8 Commissioner Candidates:
Jeannette Quiñones Hernández,
Victor Torres, Jr.
Forum was held on SEPT 5 at the Meadow Woods Recreation Center
Group 1 Ninth Judicial Circuit Court
Final race includes Temika Hampton-Johnson who appears in the video; challenger Charles Hart chose to not attend