Qualifying period ended at noon on Friday
Candidates, start your campaigns.
The ballots for local races in the 2024 election are now set, as the qualification period, for those seeking election by paying he qualifying fee or turning in ballot petitions, closed on Friday at noon.
Here is the list of qualified candidates, per the Osceola County Supervisor of Elections office. (I = incumbent). The School Board, Kissimmee City Commission and St. Cloud City Council races are non-partisan. Any races with more than two candidates will be featured in the Aug. 20 primary; if no candidate gets 50% plus one vote of those cast, the top two vote-getters will move on to the Nov. 5 general election.
All other races will feature Aug. 20 partisan primaries where there are two or more of that party’s members in the race.
The News-Gazette will profile these candidates in future editions leading up to the primary and general election:
Osceola County Commission, District 1: Republican Disvany Martinez; Democrat Peggy Choudhry (I)
District 3: Libertarian Eric Montgomery; Republican FiorD’Aliza Frias; Democrats Brandon Arrington (I), Debbie Rambis
District 5: Republicans Ricky Booth (I), Dianna Liebnitzky
Kissimmee City Commission, Seat 1: Noel Ortiz, Jaime Reyes, Lisandra Roman
Seat 3: Carlos Alvarez, Rubin Anderson, Wade Choate, Nichole Wagoner de Arguello
Seat 5 (Mayor): Olga Carino, Olga Castano, John Cortes, Jackie Espinosa
St. Cloud City Council, Seat 2: Phil Lantry, Jennifer Paul, Mandy Shafer
Seat 1 (Mayor): Tony Busby, Chris Robertson, Adam Wagner
Osceola County School Board, District 2: Bethzaida Garcia, Diana Graniela, Julius Melendez (I)
District 3: Angel Coba, Anthony Cook, Julia Tavarez
District 5: Brian Bennett, Paula Bronson, Scott Ramsey, Dylan Reinsel
Clerk of Court: Republican Jossue Lorenzo; Democrats Jennifer Soto, Kelvin Soto (I)
Sheriff: Republican Donnie Martinez; Democrats Wiley Black, Luis ‘Tony’ Fernandez, Russ Gibson, Marcos Lopez (I), Amaryllis Rivera
Tax Collector: Republican Rafael Martinez; Democrat Bruce Vickers (I)
Property Appraiser: Republican Geny Shunnar; Democrat Katrina Scarborough (I)
Supervisor of Elections: Republican James ‘Jim’ Trautz; Democrat Mary Jane Arrington (I)
State Senate, District 25: Republicans Jon Arguello, Jose Martinez; Democrats Kristen Arrington, Alan Grayson, Carmen Torres
State House of Representatives, District 35: Republicans Erika Booth, Laura Gomez McAdams; Democrat Tom Keen (I)
District 45: Republican Carolina Amesty (I); Democrat Leonard Spencer
District 46: No Party Affiliation Ivan Rivera; Republicans Michael Cruz, Christian De La Torre; Democrats Jose Alvarez, Vanessa Alvarez, Jacqueline Centeno, Robert LeWayne Johnson
District 47: Republican Paula Stark (I); Democrats Andrew Jeng, Anthony Nieves, Maria Revelles
