Cities in Florida
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Top 100 cities by population |
Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the100 largest cities in America by population and thelargest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in allstate capitals.
This page includes the following resources:
- Thecity governments covered by Ballotpedia in Florida
- An overview oflocal elections in Florida
- An overview of theinitiative process in Florida
Cities
City government
Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia'scoverage scope and thecounty governments that overlap those cities:
| City | County |
|---|---|
| Hialeah | Miami-Dade County |
| Jacksonville | Duval County |
| Miami | Miami-Dade County |
| Orlando | Orange County |
| St. Petersburg | Pinellas County |
| Tallahassee | Leon County |
| Tampa | Hillsborough County |
According to a 2022 study from theU.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 66 counties, 412 cities, towns, and villages, and 1,374 special districts.Jacksonville, a consolidated city-county, is classified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a city government.[1]
Elections
Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state;click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.
2026
2025
- Hialeah, Florida -Mayor and city council
- Miami, Florida -Mayor and city commission
- Orlando, Florida - City council
- Tampa, Florida - City council (special)
- All local elections by county
2024
- Jacksonville, Florida - State attorney, public defender, community development districts, soil and water district, special dependent districts, clerk of court, county court judges, and circuit court judges
- Orlando, Florida - City council (special)
- St. Petersburg, Florida - City council
- Tallahassee, Florida - State attorney and city council
- Hillsborough County, Florida - Property appraiser, public defender, sheriff, state attorney, supervisor of elections, tax collector, county commission, soil & water conservation district, clerk of circuit court, circuit court judges, and county court judges
- Miami-Dade County, Florida - Mayor, clerk of the circuit court and comptroller, property appraiser, public defender, sheriff, state attorney, supervisor of elections, tax collector, county commission, community development district, circuit court judges, and county court judges
- Orange County, Florida - Clerk of courts, comptroller, property appraiser, public defender, sheriff, state attorney, supervisor of elections, tax collector, county commission, soil and water conservation district, circuit court judges, and county court judges
- Pinellas County, Florida - Clerk of circuit court & comptroller, property appraiser, public defender, sheriff, state attorney, supervisor of elections, tax collector, county commission, fire control district, circuit court judges, county court judges
- All other local elections by county
- Florida school board elections
2023
- Hialeah, Florida - City council
- Jacksonville, Florida -Mayor, city council, supervisor of elections, property appraiser, sheriff, and tax collector
- Miami, Florida - City council
- Orlando, Florida -Mayor and city council
- Tampa, Florida -Mayor and city council
2022
- Hialeah, Florida - City council (special)
- Jacksonville, Florida - City council (special), soil & water conservation district board, community development district boards, special district boards, circuit court judges, and county court judges
- Tallahassee, Florida -Mayor and city council
- Hillsborough County, Florida - County board of commissioners, soil & water conservation district, circuit court judges, and county court judges
- Miami-Dade County, Florida - County commission, soil & water conservation district, community development districts, circuit court judges, and county court judges
- Orange County, Florida - County mayor, county commission, soil & water conservation district, circuit court judges, and county court judges
- Pinellas County, Florida - State attorney, county commission, fire control district board, circuit court judges, and county court judges
- Florida school board elections
2021
- Hialeah, Florida -Mayor and city council
- Jacksonville, Florida - City council (special election)
- Miami, Florida -Mayor and city council
- Orlando, Florida - City commissioners
- St. Petersburg, Florida -Mayor and city council
2020
- Jacksonville, Florida - Circuit court judgeships, county court judgeships, soil and water conservation district, city council (special election), clerk of courts, state attorney, public defender, community development district boards
- Hillsborough County, Florida - County commissioners, sheriff, county court judgeships, tax collector, property appraiser, supervisor of elections, soil and water conservation districts, clerk of court, state attorney, public defender
- Miami-Dade County, Florida - County commissioners, county mayor, property appraiser, clerk of court, county judgeships, special districts, soil and water conservation district, state attorney, public defender
- Orange County, Florida - Clerk, comptroller, property appraiser, public defender, sheriff, state attorney, supervisor of elections, tax collector, Orange County Court judges, soil and water conservation districts
- Pinellas County, Florida - County commissioners, clerk of circuit court, comptroller, sheriff, property appraiser, tax collector, supervisor of elections, county judgeships, fire control district, state attorney, public defender
- Florida school board elections
Past elections
Initiative process availability
The local units of government in Florida that make the initiative process available are:
- Charter cities, all 412 of which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process for charter amendments.
- Charter counties, which have the authority for the creation of an initiative and referendum process for charter amendment. All 20 have exercised this power and have some form of initiative and referendum in their charters.[2]
See also
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