Orange County mayor to run for governor

Mayor Jerry Demings has filed to run for the governor of Florida.

By Liz Ramos
| 2:33 p.m. November 3, 2025

Southwest Orange
News

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings is making a run to be Florida's governor.

Demings filed to run for governor Friday, Oct. 31.

Demings, who is an Orlando native and graduate of Jones High School, was sworn in as the fifth-elected mayor of Orange County Dec. 4, 2018 and was reelected in 2022.

He is the first African American to serve as mayor.

There are 29 people, including Demings, who have filed with the Florida Division of Elections to run for governor, according to the division's website.

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Liz Ramos

Senior Editor Liz Ramos previously covered education and community for the East County Observer. Before moving to Florida, Liz was an education reporter for the Lynchburg News & Advance in Virginia for two years after graduating from the Missouri School of Journalism.