1994 Orange County, Florida Chairman election

1994 Orange County, Florida Chairman election

September 8, 1994
November 8, 1994
 
Candidate Linda Chapin Fran Pignone Tom Dorman
First round 34,119
41.83%
25,291
31.01%
22,148
27.16%
Runoff 102,603
60.56%
66,829
39.44%
Eliminated

Chairman before election

Linda Chapin
Nonpartisan

Elected Chairman

Linda Chapin
Nonpartisan

The 1994 Orange County, Florida, Chairman election took place on November 8, 1994, following a primary election on September 8, 1994. Incumbent County Chairman Linda Chapin, who was first elected in 1990, ran for re-election to a second term. Chapin originally announced on November 5, 1993, that she would not seek re-election, but reconsidered the decision and launched her re-election campaign on April 7, 1994.

Following a 1992 amendment to the Orange County Charter, elections for Chairman were conducted as nonpartisan races, with all candidates appearing on the primary election ballot, and a runoff election taking place if no candidate received a majority of the vote.

Two candidates ran against Chapin: County Commissioner Fran Pignone and former County Commissioner Tom Dorman. In the primary election, Chapin placed first, winning 42 percent of the vote. Pignone, a Democrat, placed second with 31 percent. In the general election, Chapin won re-election in a landslide, defeating Pignone with 61 percent of the vote.