Amy Mercado

Democratic Party

Orange County Property Appraiser

Tenure

2021 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

5

Predecessor:Rick Singh

Prior offices:

Florida House of Representatives District 48

Years in office: 2016 - 2020

Predecessor:Victor Torres (D)

Successor:Daisy Morales (D)

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Last election

November 5, 2024

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Amy Mercado (Democratic Party) is theOrange County Property Appraiser in Florida. She assumed office on January 5, 2021. Her current term ends on January 2, 2029.

Mercado (Democratic Party) won re-election forOrange County Property Appraiser in Florida outright in the general election onNovember 5, 2024, after the Democratic primary and general election were canceled.

Biography

Amy Mercado was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from the Academy of Mt. St. Ursula in New York and relocated to Florida with her family in 1995 and became an Orange County resident in 1996. In 2004, she graduated from American Intercontinental University with a bachelor's of business administration with a concentration in management. In 2017 she completed an executive M.B.A. from the Jack Welch Management Institute at Strayer University. She subsequently became involved with the National Mango Board in Florida and became the board’s director of operations.^[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, Florida (2024)

General election

The general election was canceled.Amy Mercado (D) won without appearing on the ballot.

Endorsements

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Orange County, Florida (2020)

General election

General election for Orange County Property Appraiser

Amy Mercado defeatedTim Loucks andScott Boyd in the general election for Orange County Property Appraiser on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Mercado (D)	96.1	509,685
	Submit photo	Tim Loucks (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Submit photo	Scott Boyd (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	3.9	20,481

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 530,166
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Orange County Property Appraiser

Amy Mercado defeated incumbentRick Singh andKhalid Muneer in the Democratic primary for Orange County Property Appraiser on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Mercado	60.0	70,755
		Rick Singh	31.3	36,899
		Khalid Muneer	8.7	10,237

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 117,891
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Yesenia Baron (D)
• Matt McDonald (D)

2018

See also:Florida House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Florida House of Representatives District 48

IncumbentAmy Mercado defeatedGeorge Chandler in the general election for Florida House of Representatives District 48 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Amy Mercado (D)	73.4	37,279
	Submit photo	George Chandler (R)	26.6	13,525

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,804
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Scotland Calhoun (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 48

IncumbentAmy Mercado advanced from the Democratic primary for Florida House of Representatives District 48 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Amy Mercado

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 48

Scotland Calhoun advanced from the Republican primary for Florida House of Representatives District 48 on August 28, 2018.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Scotland Calhoun

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2016

See also:Florida House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theFlorida House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 24, 2016.

Amy Mercado defeatedGus Martinez in the Florida House of Representatives District 48 general election.^[2][3]

Florida House of Representatives, District 48 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Amy Mercado	79.84%	47,346
	No party affiliation	Gus Martinez	20.16%	11,958
Total Votes				59,304
Source:Florida Division of Elections

Amy Mercado defeatedAlex Barrio in the Florida House of Representatives District 48 Democratic primary.^[4][5]

Florida House of Representatives, District 48 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Amy Mercado	60.19%	3,949
	Democratic	Alex Barrio	39.81%	2,612
Total Votes				6,561

Gus Martinez listed no party affiliation on the candidate list.

2010

See also:Florida House of Representatives elections, 2010

Mercado did not have any opposition in the August 24 primary. She lost to incumbentDean Cannon (R) in the November 2 general election.^[6]Juanita Virone (TEA) also ran.

Florida House of Representatives, District 35 2010 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Dean Cannon (R)		23,007	57.88%
Amy Mercado (D)		15,887	39.97%
Juanita Virone (Tea)		853	2.15%

Campaign themes

2024

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2020

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State legislative tenure

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2020

In 2020, theFlorida State Legislature was in session from January 14 to March 19.

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2019

2018

2017

2016

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Mercado was assigned to the following committees:

• Public Integrity & Elections Committee (decommissioned)
• House Judiciary Committee
• Ways and Means Committee,Democratic Ranking Member

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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